• Open faced sandwiches covered in deli meat, radish, tomato, cucumbers, and garnish

    Open Faced Polish Sandwiches (Kanapki)

    May 7, 2025thetipsyhousewife

    Simple, Delicious. Elegant Open Faced Polish Sandwiches (Kanapki) are just about the easiest treats you can make if guests drop by. Made with savory, herbed butter, cold cuts, and fresh vegetables plus always something pickled. They are pretty to look at and fully customizable so get creative! My friend Maggie has been doing my hair for nearly two decades. I have been with her since she worked at a salon to now owning her own salon. I was honored when she hosted her grand opening and asked me to make the food. Maggie and her family are Polish, and her…

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  • Polish Gnocchi Stir Fry

    Polish Gnocchi Stir Fry

    April 6, 2025thetipsyhousewife

    When Two Culinary World’s Collide Polish Gnocchi Stir Fry is a culinary masterpiece of two delicious cuisines made from smoked Polish sausage, tender onions and garlic, and soft, buttery gnocchi. Toasted caraway seeds add a nutty flavor and the tangy mustard brightens the whole easy and unique dish. Polish sausage, kraut and pierogi are staples in my family for big holidays like Easter. I started making this dish and it was very much the essence of all my favorite things about pierogi. My family now requests this for lots of family parties. I love it because it is so easy…

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  • Dill Pickle Soup

    Dill Pickle Soup

    October 8, 2024thetipsyhousewife

    Get Your Daily Dose of Pickle This Dill Pickle Soup does not taste how you would expect it to. Ités creamy, hearty, and delicious.  I modified this recipe from hundreds that are on the internet to create the perfect version in tribute to my Polish heritage. Ités great for lunch or dinner. and ités pretty easy to make and it keeps well in the freezer. Thereés a full, printable recipe card at the end of the post. You can click the print button to access an ad-free, one page version of the recipe and from there you can screenshot it…

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  • Three tins of stuffed cabbage

    Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Golabki)

    January 12, 2023thetipsyhousewife

    A Polish Classic Stuffed Cabbage Rolls are a dish popular in cuisines of Central Europe made from boiled cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of minced pork or beef, chopped onions, and rice or barley. They are called “golabki” in Polish but you might know them by a different name since so many different cultures have their own take on the dish. Golabki are often served during the Christmas season and on festive occasions such as weddings. We ate these once or twice a year growing up. It’s a labor of love but worth the work. I will post the…

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  • Pierogi, sausage, onions, and mushroom stir fry

    Polish Stir Fry

    September 21, 2019thetipsyhousewife

    Easy Meal, Ethnic Twist This Polish Stir Fry is not a traditional Polish meal but you can make it with traditional Polish ingredients. You can imagine it kind of like the Polish version of Chinese takeout! It is a quick and easy meal that still has a lot to offer. It’s got garlicky Polish Sausage, sautéed mushrooms, and delicious fried pierogi in butter. What else do you need? This will be a great weeknight meal. Can’t Take The Heat I feel like I am going to get a lot of comments about this recipe because it is not an authentic…

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