Whipped Ricotta Toast with Truffle Oil & Honey

❄LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas❄ ☃️ Day 2 ☃️ December is always filled with too many social events and festive invites than we normally would attend in a month, but it really is the season for entertaining and hosting too isn't it? I find that more often than not, there's always a need to have [...]

Spinach & Artichoke Pinwheels

❄LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas❄ 🎄Day 1 🎄 Do you guys remember the bliss of experiencing your parents prep on the weekend for a holiday party when you were a child? A mix of Christmas carols and polkas rotating on the 6-disk CD player (yes, we really truly had one of those), my mom in [...]

12 Days of Christmas with Little Girl, Big Eats is back!

Well here we are friends; it's finally December! Although it has been some time since this blog was in business, the passion behind it remains the same as it always has. This past year has given me more twists and turns than I could have ever imagined, but because of it, I can look back [...]

Eggnog French Toast Casserole

🎄LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas🎄 DAY 12 Christmas morning is covered, friends. The best part about overnight casseroles like this one is that your breakfast is pretty much 90% done -- all you have to do is pop it in the oven as soon as you crawl out of your cozy bed on Christmas morning. [...]

Homemade Irish Cream

❄LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas❄ DAY 11 I definitely was not the only one to have a phase during the pandemic that was coffee-centric; sionara Starbucks and helloooo at-home barista! With this recipe, I wanted to highlight a familiar flavour that reminds me of Christmas evenings and also as a chance to remind my lovely [...]

Slow Cooker Pot Roast with Gravy

🎁 LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas🎁 DAY 10 Have you ever wondered what the reality of writing a food blog is reaaaaally like? I test and pivot around obstacles that are bound to happen in the kitchen so that you don't have to endure those yourselves. Although I'd like to think I am the Barefoot [...]

Red Beet Soup with Mushroom Dumplings // Barszcz Czerwony i Uszka

🎅 LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas🎅 DAY 9 A common soup made many different ways depending on where you live in Europe. In Polish? we call it BARSZCZ, say it with me guys! Baaaaa-rsh-ch. A very clean soup packed with layers of flavour and featuring a mighty, yet humble veg: beets. Barszcz was another staple [...]

Kopytka with Sautéed Mushrooms, Kielbasa and Shredded Sprouts // Polish Potato Dumplings

☃ LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas☃ DAY 8 So story time: the plan was to make Babcia's pierogi this year. I set my mind to it at the beginning of November when I started thinking of what recipes I wanted to post this year for my 12 Days of LG,BE and pierogi were at the [...]

Cioppino (Fisherman’s Stew)

🎅LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas🎅 DAY 7 This one is for all my seafood lover's out there. A relatively quick stew that can be made within an hour, that doesn't break the bank, but definitely makes you feel like you're dining under some twinkly lights in San Francisco at night. The nice thing is that [...]

Orange and Cardamom Softie Cookies

🎄 LG,BE's 12 Days of Christmas🎄 DAY 6 Christmas cookies hold a special place in my heart. My mom, the ultimate baker, would always take the time to bake jam thumbprints, chocolate shortbread, or if we were super lucky, Polish Rogaliki (my absolute favourite without a doubt) over the Christmas break. As kids, we would [...]