As soon as I hear the word “avocado”, I can speak for hours on how healthy, tasty, beautiful it is and in many ways of using it. My favorite ever avocado recipe is this guacamole with pistachio. I can have it for breakfast on toasted integral bread, for lunch as a side dish to chicken…
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Mediterranean Treasures in a dish – Pasta with sardines, dried tomatoes and mozzarella
Sardines are the champions of the seafood world. Reasonable price, delicious flavour and full of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, minerals and vitamins. They’re perfect for bruschetta, pasta, or as a main course accompanied by some grilled vegetables. You may choose between fresh or canned sardines, depending on what you have on hand, the fresh ones…
Homemade Almond Milk
I discovered the beautiful world of plant-based milk lately and I’m totally in love with it. As I am in love with dairy, don’t get me wrong, a glass of local and organic cow milk, or a bowl of yogurt with honey brings me to heaven. The first plant-based milk I tried was “oatmeal milk”,…
Oatmeal and walnut cookies
Looking for a delicious cookie to match with your afternoon tea, the best on-the-go breakfast or a great snack full of energy and flavour for hiking? The answer for all is winter cookies 🙂 I called them this way since during winter I bake them very often. I first made these cookies to enjoy as a…
Spinach, mint and pistachio pesto
I’ve told you how much I love pesto and how easy is to make it at home. I always make big batches and keep it in the fridge for months. But the basil season is over, and I finished my pesto stock too early this year, so I had to come up with a new…
Pispili – Albanian cornmeal flatbread with green leafs
If someone asks me, which is my favorite recipe ever, my answer will be without any doubt “Pispili”. It is a traditional dish cooked in many regions of Albania in different ways, but they all have something in common, they are made of corn-meal and leafy green vegetables. Even the name differs from region to…
Breakfast in a jar – Apple smoothie
If you’re looking for something sweet, fresh, healthy and super delicious and that is ready in the blink of an eye this smoothie is the answer. I usually have it for breakfast before my long runs or rides. It gives me lots of energy, keeps me full for hours and at the same time is…
Curry Pumpkin Soup
Autumn is all about pumpkin. Pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, pumpkin puree, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cake, roasted pumpkin etc, etc… Funny thing, one single vegetable and so many delicious dishes. I’m not too much into soups, but this pumpkin soup with the combination of pumpkin and curry won my heart. The pumpkin soup is…
Apple and oatmeal pancakes
Pancakes are nice, but I find them a little flat in flavor and of course not the healthiest meal, so why not experiment a little bit. I replaced flour with oatmeal, added vanilla and cinnamon and at the end a grated apple for more vitamins and autumn flavor. The result was this beautiful stack of…
Zucchini & ricotta casserole
Zucchini is a very comfortable fruit. Yeah, right , it’s a fruit 🙂 In a culinary context, zucchini is treated as a vegetable; it is usually cooked and presented as a savory dish or accompaniment. Botanically, zucchinis are fruits, a type of botanical berry, being the swollen ovary of the zucchini flower. I use zucchini to bake desserts, to make…