Fried fish with tomato sauce with capers

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Lactose-free, Main dishes

Today’s dish is the fast but successful cooking experiment of me and my husband. He was frying the fish, I was responsible for the sauce. We have worked both in unison that gave an impressive result. Golden sardines with crispy skin covered by aromatic tomato sauce full of flavor and texture just an amazing light …

Japanese style noodles

Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

Noodles are one of the best dishes for kids. Kids love them plain, with sauces, with meat or with vegetables, fried and boiled. Our kids prefer them to have in Japanese style: with some basic vegetables and home-made sauce. It is the winner for lunch box as well.

Coconut shrimps with rice sticks

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegetarian, Main dishes

I love Thai cuisine! Not too spicy, full of taste and colors. When cooking at home I don’t use chili pepper as we share Thai food with our young kids. So if you love spices just add few chili peppers while marinating shrimps and cooking them in coconut oil. Enjoy!

Beets and strawberry hummus

Festive dishes, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Starters

Time to time an inspiration finds me by itself and push to create something tasty in my kitchen. Yesterday the impulse came from the school needs. For the school year end party parents have to choose something from the list prepared by teachers and bring it to the school. As I came late the only …

Chicken liver with apples

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Meat, Main dishes

I think this is one of product that I really love to eat, but feel disgusted with liver while cooking. The rest of the family run away from the kitchen when hearing I am going to cook it. But even this doesn’t stop me! Because chicken liver with apples is just delicious! Worth to try!

Coconut matcha lace pancakes

Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins

These green pretties are also very light and delicious. As I love experimenting in my kitchen this time I did it with pancakes by changing the liquid part of a batter and way of cooking. Actually I have got the inspiration from Malaysian Roti Jala (means “net bread”), snack usually served with curry dishes. They …

Kale & quinoa salad

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Salads

Speaking frankly, we’ve met first only few years back here in Dubai. I still remember that moment when one of my friends (by the way, with the same name of mine) presented us to each other. Gentle lights, nice atmosphere, amazing smells and beautiful people around… it was just right time and place to meet …

Avocado salsa served with corn tostitos

Festive dishes, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Salads

Today’s dish seems too light to be served as a dinner. Well, this is the matter of your food preferences and routine. For example, in our family we eat a lot for breakfast, less for lunch, and really little for dinner. Dinner time is a time for seafood, salads or cheese with dried fruits. So …

Tomato jelly with ratatouille

Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Starters

Hello. I really love watching one culinary show from Australia. Its participants always cook with such passion, energy and, of course, immense knowledge. Especially impressive is the “inventive test”, where it is necessary to create something new and unique from ordinary dishes. After the next viewing I got inspiration either. Ratatouille is a famous vegetable dish, …

Minced beef teriyaki rice rolls

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

Today I want to share with you another wonderful recipe, inspired by Asian flavors and products. And this dish is wonderful because it can be modified to your taste. In it the basic ingredient is teriyaki beef, everything else is your fantasy. So, Bon Appetite!

Potato dumplings from Poland

Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Main dishes

Good day! Today again I cook a dish from potatoes. But this time – this is a traditional side dish from Poland, or rather from the southern part of the country – Śląsk (Shlonsk). The dumplings are formed with a small dimple in the middle. It is not just beautiful, but also functional. A dimple …

Tom Kha soup with coconut milk

Egg-free, Lactose-free, Meat, Vegetables, Soups

Asian cuisine always attracted me with its aromas and unusual taste. Especially I liked coconut milk and lemon grass. I’ll eat any dish that includes these two ingredients. Today we have a soup for lunch. Of course, ideally the curry paste for this soup would have to be cooked by myself… Maybe someday.

Butternut flat bread

Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Lunch-box

There are a lot of bread recipes, but I was always confused by the amount of effort, skill and uncontrollable factors that accompany its creation. Therefore, in my culinary practice of yeast, I learned to bake only walnut bread (it is extremely rare, since it works a lot, and it disappears from the table in …

Paratha with different stuffings

Egg-free, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Lunch-box

Trying to diversify the contents of my child’s lunch box, I came up with the idea of ​​cooking something less traditional, not from our kitchen. And here we just visited an Indian restaurant (by the way, by my standards, the best Indian food – in the restaurant India Palace in Abu Dhabi in the Mazayah …

German potato salad

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Salads

Being from Belarus, the potato for me is like a bread. Without it, we can not imagine any single table. I’m accustomed to the taste of salads with mayonnaise, where our bulb plays our first violin. However, recently I discovered a completely new salad, originally from Germany. They say that the Germans are divided into …

Tuna salad with cucumbers

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegetarian, Salads

I very rarely eat pasta. Not because I do not like, I just try to limit the amount of carbohydrates in my diet. That’s why I almost never cook salads with pasta. BUT! Yesterday I prepared a new very tasty and simple salad with it. Just a couple of ingredients and voila !!! It should …

Orient salad

Egg-free, Fruits, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Salads

So, the season of exotic fruits is open. I love their fresh smell and I just can not resist buying them. Recently I discovered a new fruit: a Chinese plum (loquats), little known in our country. The fruits are small, resembling apples, inside there are seeds. Taste like a sweet quince. Today I prepared a …

Zucchini fritters

Eggs, Lactose-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Breakfast, Starters, Lunch-box

Hello! I really like green vegetables. Cucumbers, salads, zucchini, celery, artichoke, green asparagus, small green patissons, and so on. And this is very well seen in my recipes, where very often green vegetables play the main role. Well, everyone knows that they have a lot of calcium and other important vitamins. But they also contain …

Vegetables fritters with tapioca

Flour, grains, pasta, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Lunch-box

I have seen tapioca in the store very often. It can be of different sizes, and is mainly used for preparing a variety of desserts. I wanted to experiment and prepare  from it an savory dish with vegetables. I really liked the result. I will add only that I expected to put the dish in my …

Coconut soup with vegetables and chicken

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Meat, Vegetables, Main dishes, Soups

I love oriental, but not traditional cuisine. That are type of dishes with ginger, chili pepper, lemon grass, lime leaves, coconut milk, fish sauce and so on. Using these ingredients I do best, or shrimp, or a variety of soups based on coconut milk (for example, coconut soup with chicken).