Back in my childhood buckwheat was omnipresent: buckwheat with milk and honey for breakfast (kasha), buckwheat sautéed with meat, buckwheat with mushrooms and sour cream. Later on I found out that there is also a buckwheat diet helping with weight …
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Crumbled Tofu with Vegetables
Busy day at work and no time to cook dinner? Try this quick dish with tofu. Tofu with vegetables is an optimal nutrition meal – plant-based protein, lots of colored vegetables (#eattherainbow ) and a perfect addition of seeds. Perfect …
Tomato Basil Soup
Summer is officially over with hot days and BBQ everything. Cooler fall days call for hearty soups and comfort foods. And here we go #fortheloveofsoup – my fall recipe for Tomato Basil Soup.
Did you know that cooked tomatoes have …
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction
Brussels sprouts is one of the healthiest vegetables. It is packed with Vitamin K, A and C, gives cancer and DNA protection. It is a great antioxidant, and when steamed (!) it is also known to lower cholesterol levels. Lastly, …
Borscht Salad
Quick side salad named after a Russian cuisine staple – Borscht, because of its color and its main ingredient – cabbage. This colorful salad is sure to brighten up your dinner table. Serve it with meat, or as a coleslaw …
Crispy Tofu Quinoa Bowl with Pickled cucumber
I call recipes like this – “mighty bowls”, because of the ultimate combination of nutrients and vitamins it has in one meal. You can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner, though my preference is lunch just because it’s usually …
Easiest Ever Pumpkin Soup
Here is my 5 year old’s favorite, seriously he adores it and requests it all the time. The beauty of this recipe is how fast you can make it. Ready in 10 min, it saves so much time. Basically faster …
Classic Pumpkin Pie
Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day! We are so blessed in so many ways!
One of my favorite Thanksgiving season things is the abundance of pumpkin. You could cook so many delicious things with it: soups, pastas and, of course, pumpkin pie.…
Spring Pasta with Goat Cheese and Peas
Let’s be honest everyone loves a good pasta and there is nothing wrong to enjoy it from time to time. The questions are how often, how much and what is in it. Let me share a light pasta recipe loaded …
Mimosa Asparagus
Asparagus aka “green spaghetti” as my kids call it one of my favorite vegetables. It is sad often times, it is overcooked and so people can’t appreciate how good it is. My love for this vegetable is infinite. I like …
Chickpea Vegetable Stew
Love potatoes but think it’s not healthy to eat them? Switch to fingerling potatoes. When cooked properly – their skins should on – it brings so many health benefits and means no harm to your weight loss plan:
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Shakshouka (shakshuka)
Shakshouka (which means “mixture” in Arabic) is basically sautéed vegetables with spices and herbs, baked with a few eggs afterwards. Traditional dish in Tunisia and Middles East, it was then brought to Israel by Maghrebi Jews, where it has become …
Zucchini Caprese, or Caprese Zoodles
My experience with spiralizer started with this recipe a few years ago. It has become a staple in our family. If you don’t have a spiralizer in your kitchen, just thinly slice zucchini lengthwise to form spaghetti-like strands. It will …