Potato fritters with halloumi cheese and tobiko

Boys lunch-boxes, Eggs, Healthomania, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Starters, Lunch-box

Draniki (potato fritters) for Belarusians is sacred! In principle, every Slavic cuisine has a similar dish. And the ingredients are almost the same, but it’s in proportion. The real Belarusian draniki are made from potatoes, grated extra fine (“good-bye fingers”). Flour is used, but in very small quantities. Required salt and egg. In a foreign land, I began …

Frittelle di Spaghetti (or spaghetti fritters)

Boys lunch-boxes, Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Healthomania, Sustainable Kitchen, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Lunch-box

I simply love cooking this dish! Especially when I am tired from the monotony of regular spaghetti dishes. It is called Frittelle di Spaghetti One day sitting in the Queen Elizabeth 2 library, I found a culinary book and started leafing over the pages. One picture got my eye. That was fried swirly spaghetti! I …

Apple pancakes

Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Healthomania, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Breakfast, Lunch-box

Delicious Apple Pancakes Sometimes it is just enough to enjoy food without any restrictions! There are too many of them, so time to time we have to send the diets to the moon and celebrate the rainbow of flavors! Today’s recipe is about JOY! CHILDHOOD MEMORIES and FREEDOM! There are not just simple pancakes – …

Banana cheesecake

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I don’t know why it happens every time, but when I buy only 2 bananas – the kids are upsets that it is not enough. At the same time when I buy a bunch of bananas (around 4-5 bananas in a bunch), then ALWAYS two bananas are left and nobody wants to eat them. As …

Cottage cheese cookies ROSES

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What can be better than homemade cookies. More over – the cookies made from homemade cottage cheese! Yes, you are right. Making own cheese is one of the less popular thing in our days. However being 100% cooking lover and crazy recipe developer I can’t resist from eating still warm freshly made cottage cheese directly …

Tomato muffins

Boys lunch-boxes, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Starters, Lunch-box

Sometimes it seems like you can’t create smth simple and tasty. After all, everything has been tried and cooked for a long time! There are so many chefs in the world, so many amateurs, tons of recipes, etc. However, nothing is impossible. And here is an example – tomato muffins! Try it, you won’t regret …

Croque Madame

Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Breakfast, Lunch-box

Continuing the theme of the breakfast, I decided to share a very delicious recipe, inspired by French cuisine. Sandwich with a crisp, delicate aroma of baked ham and cheese … or Croque Monsier, first appeared in Parisian cafes in 1910.

Chicken rolls with omelette

Dairy products, Eggs, Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

And another original recipe for minced chicken. This time we will stuff it with an omelet :). Chicken rolls with omelettes are easy to cook. They can be fried, baked, steamed. And in any form they turn out very tasty.

How to make sushi at home

Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Healthomania, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Starters, Lunch-box

Sushi is an art. Art emerging from tradition. Japanese cuisine mainly concentrated on rice, which for many centuries has become the basis of nutrition for the Japanese. Modern sushi is very different from their original version of Naredzusi. Sushi, which was originally only a process for preserving and storing fish, over time has turned into …

Vegetables bites with cornmeal

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Good afternoon. As promised, I share a recipe for buns that you can put your child in a lunch box, well, or give your husband a job;) By the way, they can easily be turned into vegetable and meat ones by adding fried minced meat or cooked chicken.

Veggie and Beef baked meatballs (kids’ fav)

Meat, Starters, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

These days it is so easy to experiment in the kitchen. Any ingredient is available in the common supermarket. 15 years back I even didn’t hear about quinoa, and raw coconut milk was impossible to find anywhere. Today these products become the regular food ingredients in my kitchen. Simple beef meatballs could be turn into …

Pumpkin sweet balls

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  Today Pumpkin is my Hero! Pumpkin (Greek, “large melon”) is a large orange squash fruit of the genus Cucurbita family along with squash and cucumbers, originated in Central America. It can be of different shapes and sizes, but most often round with smooth, slightly ribbed skin, and deep yellow to orange in coloration. The …

Linguine with Brown Butter and Croutons

Flour, grains, pasta, Healthomania, Sustainable Kitchen, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Lunch-box

When you don’t have any ideas for lunch just make LINGUINE WITH BROWN BUTTER and CROUTONS! Only 3 ingredients are needed: pasta, butter and toast bread. Additionally you can add some Parmesan, basil leaves, chilli or any favorite spices. I am sure if you have kids you freezer is full of bread crust from kids …

Baked chicken nuggets

Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

For all lovers of chicken nuggets! This is the easiest and quickest recipe for home-baked chicken sticks. Only 3 ingredients!

Cottage cheese minis with raisins

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

These delicious minis are soft and tender. Egg-free recipe with whole grain flour is a healthy option for a snack in a lunch-box of your kids or as something sweet for a tea-time for all family.

Chicken and potato burgers

Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

Hello. Continuing the potato theme, let me introduce to you one more tasty dish, which you can feed the whole family. These are fritters from potatoes and chicken minced meat. Like two in one: meat with a side dish in one piece. I serve them with fresh salads and vegetables. An excellent dish for lunch …

Lunch-boxes 38-42

Boys lunch-boxes, Lunch-box

Time is flying. I didn’t notice when my kids grow so fast and when I’ve prepared more than 400 lunch-boxes!!!!! As they come every day, I have decided to share lunch-box ideas weekly. First, it is more convenient for you to plan your own lunch-boxes with some of my ideas. Secondly, for sure it is …

Colored sugar cookies

Dairy products, Eggs, Festive dishes, Flour, grains, pasta, Desserts, Lunch-box

Sometimes my inspiration is activated from just one word. This time, the key word turned out to be “burger”, as my husband was preparing hamburgers for dinner, and the children ate them all without a rest. Since I only EAT meat, not cook, I decided to make my own “burgers” by using colored shortcrust pastry …

Dumplings with meat

Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

There are many people around the world that transform making dumplings from “just cooking” category into “an art”. I am not the one of them. I just love food… and I am a mother. So if you are a mom for sure you know that feeling when after many food fails finely the kids say: …

Quick and Easy RYE BREAD rolls

Egg-free, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Breakfast, Lunch-box

What can be better than a divine aroma of freshly baked bread that gives us a feeling that we are at home 🍞❤️. I’ve just filled our home with this pleasant aroma 👩‍🍳. Ordered by my kids home-made rye bread is done! It is crisp outside as newly picked fruit, soft inside and tasty as …