Valentine's Day - some people like it, but others hate it. However you feel, every day is a good day to eat something yummy in nice company. So why not do this on Valentines day?

Today I would like to share with you a recipe for an easy but excellent dessert for two. The light, sweet mousse with white chocolate made with aquafaba goes well with currant confiture. You can use something different, but I recommend something that is not too sweet.

Ingredients (for 2 people)
100ml of aquafaba
100g of white chocolate
200g of red currants
1 teaspoon of caster sugar

Among all types of seafood, in my opinion octopus tentacles look the most intriguing on a plate. I buy octopus tentacles in a small fish shop where they are constantly on sale. They are boiled and chilled and actually ready to eat. We like them grilled with fresh French bread prepared "at once" just after shopping. This time I served them in a more decorative way. I served grilled parsley-garlic octopus tentacles with fresh lettuce and French toast. The salad was excellent and looked beautiful. I recommend it for a special occasion. Maybe it is a great idea for a light dinner on Valentine's Day.

Ingredients (for 2 people)
4 small octopus tentacles
4 fistfuls of mixed lettuce
a few cherry tomatoes
a few black olives
2 tablespoons of small capers or a few big capers
a lemon
marinade
4 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
1 teaspoon of chopped chili pepper
2 cloves of garlic (crushed)
salt and pepper

I like busy days. Even if I'm very tired, I feel that I use this time to the max. I'm glad especially when everything goes as planned and I manage to do everything. On such days it is worth having a few recipes for swift dishes to make a nice homemade lunch.

Pastas with homemade pesto or sauces are excellent for such situations. Most often I make my favourite green basil pesto or red pesto with dried tomatoes. I sometimes use tomato sauce. Today I chose creamy curry sauce with Parma ham. I also added black olives and chopped parsley. It was so yummy!

Ingredients (for 2 people)
150g of pasta
150g of Parma ham
1 clove of garlic
1 shallot
chili pepper
1 tablespoon of butter
150 ml of 30% sweet cream
1 teaspoon of curry powder
10 black olives
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
salt and pepper

I have a few recipes for soups which rescue me when I have to prepare something warm for lunch or dinner. These are: tomato soup, green bean soup, cream of courgette and, recently, cheese soup. I have made cheese soup before, but a simple version. This time I used a recipe by Jakub Kuroń. This Neapolitan version of cheese soup was with bacon, carrot and red pepper. My older version wasn't so good. I prepared crunchy croutons for my cheese soup, but you can use crunchy bread. My children were delighted and had a second helping. I recommend it!

Ingredients:
300 g of cream cheese
1l of vegetable bouillon
100 g of cubed bacon
1 small leek
1 carrot
a piece of celery root
1 parsley root
1 sweet red pepper
2 chopped cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon of oil
1 teaspoon of butter
2 bay leaves
3 allspices
salt and pepper
croutons or crunchy fresh bread
2-3 tablespoons of chopped parsley

In winter, especially when it is as grey as it is this year, I need something sweet to make me feel better. Do you think there is anything nicer than the fragrance of a homemade cake? The cinnamon-vanilla smell of a baked apple pie seduces you from the first moment you put it in the oven. You just can't wait for the first excellent piece on the plate. Today I would like to share with you the recipe for crunchy apple pie spiced with vanilla and cinnamon. I put a lot of apricot jam under the apples, thanks to which the cake is slightly sour – in one word: yummy.

Ingredients (20cm cake tin):
150g of flour
50g of ground almonds
100g of butter
125g of brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
2 big apples
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
125g of apricot jam