"When I grow up I will bake cakes. It is so easy." That's what my son said when we prepared a sprinkled apple pie for the first time. I really don't know of any easier cake. It would be easier to walk to the bakery, but the net effect isn't the same. And your home won't smell so beautifully of cake and apples.

The key to success is the apples. I like Antonovka for an apple cake, but, unfortunately, I can only rarely buy them at the market. I'm lucky that in one of the family gardens there is a big apple tree and once every two years it gifts us with a huge abundance of apples.

Ingredients (25 cm cake tin)
170g of wheat flour
200g of semolina
150g of brown sugar (+ 2 tablespoons of sugar)
1.5 teaspoons of baking powder
180g of butter
2 kg of apples
1 teaspoon of cinnamon

Autumn is a colourful time. Peppers, tomatoes, carrots and pumpkins have intense, warm colours. It is worth classifying autumn beetroots in this group. Salads and soups have an unwonted, strong colour due to them.

I have prepared cream of beetroot soup a few times. Usually I add lemon juice, but I try not to add any ingredients which could change the taste of the beetroots. This time, inspired by a recipe from http://www.jadlonomia.com, I took a chance. I added coconut milk, chili pepper, onion and garlic to this soup. I served it with beetroot salad with orange juice and peppermint. I don't regret the changes; the soup was excellent.

Ingredients
5 beetroots
1 tin of coconut milk
1 onion
chili pepper
1 clove of garlic
1 tablespoon of olive oil
4 tablespoons of orange juice
2 tablespoons of chopped peppermint leaves
salt and pepper

Thanks to my son, I prepare tapioca pudding at least once a week. Up to now I have prepared it with vanilla and different fruit. This time my children ordered a chocolate dessert. Today I can say that the chocolate version of this dish is equally as yummy as the vanilla one. If you add some plums, you will have an excellent, autumnal dessert which nobody will be able to resist.

Ingredients (for 4 people)
400ml of coconut milk
200ml of cow's milk
60g of tapioca
100g of dark chocolate
8-10 plums
3 tablespoons of maple syrup
half a teaspoon of cinnamon
50g of white chocolate

I don't like throwing away any food. In my home the meat from broth is a difficult ingredient. I am the only one who likes meat just after cooking soup. Therefore, I try my best to prepare different dishes which the whole family likes. Stew, tart, salad and kromeskies have successfully passed muster up to now. Today I decided to try something else. I prepared some swift dumplings with French pastry. The stuffing I enriched with vegetables and spinach. The dumplings - sprinkled with nigella and served with a tomato-pepper salsa - were excellent . Even my son (for whom eating is a waste of time) didn't grumble this time.

Ingredients:
2 packs of chilled French pastry
500g of the meat from broth
1 small onion
chili pepper
2 cloves of garlic
2 cooked carrots
250g of fresh spinach
2 tablespoons of butter
2 tablespoons of milk
2 tablespoons of nigella
salt and pepper

The pumpkin is the kitchen queen of the autumn. In October and November it is often in my kitchen. I like its gentle taste and beautiful colour. This year, as well as traditional pumpkin soup with coconut milk which I have prepared a few times, I have been making pumpkin salads. These colourful, yummy dishes are an excellent autumn proposal for a light dinner or supper. If you would like to prepare something richer, add some pieces of roast meat to the salad. I assure you that your associates will envy the contents of your lunch box.

Today I would like to share with you the recipe for an autumn salad with pumpkin, quinoa, spinach and pomegranate. I add also feta cheese and my favourite roast cashew nuts. Simple vinaigrette is the finishing touch for the yummy dish.

Ingredients
half a butternut pumpkin
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon of chopped rosemary
salt and pepper
half a pomegranate
100g of feta cheese
100g of quinoa
200g of spinach
a fistful of cashew nuts
1 tablespoon of butter
vinaigrette