Shape-shifting salad – an easy versatile prep for busy times
Shape-shifting salad? It took us a while to come up with a name that would describe this amazing concoction that nourished us for a solid week. It can also be called a mood...
Category: Cooking
Creamy chicken & mushroom soup or what to do with a whole chicken…
I originally started this post as a quick recipe for a quick soup, but then I realised that I needed to address the scientific as well as traditional reason for it – to...
Sprout Guacamole
Don’t you just love it when you find out that one of your favourite foods is amazingly good for you? I fell in love with avocados the first time I tried them,...
Sourdough Crepes with Salmon and Avocado
Smoked salmon and avocado is a wonderful combination, not only because both are nutritional powerhouses of healthy fats and vitamins (A, D, K and E), but because they complement each other so well...
Onion Bhajis or how to bhaji anything!
This is one of my daughters favourites, I reckon its in the top five of all dishes we make. Why does she like them so much – I don’t know! Maybe because I do?...
One Young Lady’s Real-Food Diary II
You are welcome to take a peek into what my daughter eats in a week. I really enjoy documenting her meals – sometimes we come up with weird combinations, sometimes we eat whatever...
Zingy Chicken Wings and Book Review
This is not one of my usual posts with a recipe and pictures of my little one, munching on bones and other funny things! It is that too, of course, but there are...
Easy Ukrainian Borsch
Probably every country and then every family in every country growing beets and beef has a different recipe for borsh or borsch or borscht or beet soup. Its such a widely spread dish, popular not only...
6 tips to inspire your kids to eat bone broth
When I was growing up in Soviet Ukraine, we had some sort of broth based soup everyday. It was normally a clear soup with bits in it, not the puréed type popular in...
Smoked Salmon and Cabbage Frittata
Sometimes things just happen. And for me things happen when I am under pressure – 40 minutes left before I have to leave and get my daughter from school, not sure what we...
10 tips to inspire your kids to eat salads
Do your kids eat salads? Mine didn’t until very recently. Most kids like carrot sticks, cucumber slices, pepper wedges, cauliflower florets and all things crunchy. Cherry tomatoes seem also to be an attractive...
10 Point Strategy for a Flu Free Winter
This is my personal to-do list for the next couple of weeks to make sure we are prepared for the Winter season. It includes tried and tested remedies and strategies as well as...
