Coconut macaroons

Dairy products, Egg-free, Festive dishes, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Lunch-box

Hello. Today’s recipe is for coconut lovers. I can eat it in any form. For the first time I tried coconut shavings when I was at school. And there was this all known chocolate bar Bounty. Ate and wanted more! When I tell this to friend from Thailand, they immediately break away: “How? At school …

Cake Pavlova

Eggs, Festive dishes, Fruits, Vegetarian, Desserts

I admit honestly: I am a sweet tooth. Of course, with age you have to limit yourself in many ways. But there were times when I baked cakes, patties, cakes, etc. every week. Then, when I lived in Poland, I continued to discover new dimensions of confectionery art. It was there that I first tried …

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 …

Cottage cheese fritters with banana and carrot

Dairy products, Fruits, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Breakfast, Lunch-box

Sometimes I want to diversify the bored dishes. That’s just such an option. Cheesecakes with carrots and bananas. Bon Appetite.

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 …

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Boys lunch-boxes

These sausages are so funny and very easy to make. Just cut them before cooking.

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Boys lunch-boxes

Sometimes the shape plays very important role and decides if the kids will touch the food from lunch-box. For today’s lunch-box I cut funny snowmen from sandwiches and ginger-men and stars from baked sweet potato.

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Boys lunch-boxes

In the school the kids have two break for food. One is for snack – around 20 minutes, and the second is for lunch – around 35 minutes. It is not too much time if we consider the time that kids spend for washing hands, then coming to the lunch area and finally eating. Keeping …

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Boys lunch-boxes

Onigiri or sushi rice balls are one of the favorite dish of our kids. They can eat them every day.

Millet porridge with pumpkin

Dairy products, Egg-free, Flour, grains, pasta, Gluten-free, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Lunch-box

We can eat porridge for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Immediately remembered a fairy tale, how the soldier cooked porridge ? True, in our case, we do not need an ax or a boot for a porridge. Millet, milk, butter and pumpkin is enough. Have a nice cook!

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Boys lunch-boxes

Millet porridge with pumpkin can be baked in muffins molds to keep the nice shape in the lunch-box.

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Boys lunch-boxes

So many cool stuff in the lunch-box today. I hope kids will enjoy it.

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Boys lunch-boxes

We are so lucky to have strawberries all the year round. From different countries depending on where the season is right now.

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 …

Strawberry tart with Patissiere cream

Eggs, Festive dishes, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Desserts, Pies, tarts, casserole

Hello again to all cooking lovers. It is hard to write when everyone at home is a fan of “apple” products and literally snatch them from my hands. Here and now 7-month-old Nikita stretches his hands to my virtual keyboard on the iPad. Recently, I am often asked: when do I have time to cook? …

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 …

Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding

Egg-free, Festive dishes, Meat, Main dishes

In the Middle Ages, roast beef appeared for the first time at feasts in England. Today, the largest amount of beef per capita in Europe is consumed in France, while the world championship for both production and consumption is owned by Americans. High-quality beef has a bright red color and a rather dense consistency. It …

Home-made chicken broth with pancake noodles

Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Soups

Hello! In my cookbook there are not only difficult recipes from overseas cuisine with unknown ingredients. But also I have there classic simple dishes from common products. It is my mother in law, who reminded me about such recipes, when we were discussing the soups. And as you probably know, simple dish is the one …

Salad with arugula and apple

Egg-free, Fruits, Gluten-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Salads

Once upon a time … I had a restaurant where one of the main items on the menu were salads. Perhaps this is why the preparation of salads for me is a piece of cake: mentally I mix all the ingredients, add some seasoning and know exactly what taste should I get. And every time …

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Boys lunch-boxes

Although people can cook and eat quinoa seeds in a similar way to most grains, the quinoa plant itself is more similar to beetroots and spinach. People can eat both the seeds and leaves of this versatile, nutritious plant. Farmers cultivate over 120 different types of quinoa. However, the most common versions available in grocery stores …