First thing first...we need to address the elephant in the room. Yes, Black Bean Burgers (or BBB's) are not the prettiest dish you'll ever eat. But oh boy, do they make that up in taste! If you can look past the cover you will find that not only BBB's are full of goodness, they also taste DELICIOUS! …
Bread, in one form or another, has been one of the main staples for the man from earliest times. The trade of the baker is one of the oldest crafts in the world. About 8,000 BCE the first grinding stone, called a quern, was invented in Egypt. Bread loaves have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs. In the British Museum’s Egyptian galleries you can see actual loaves which were made and baked over 5,000 years ago. In the Stone Age, people…
I’m not sure how well you know me (some of you know me really well, some not at all!). For those who don’t: I’m an Australian by choice, heart and the passport, but I have polish roots. I was born and grew up in a small Polish town called Kamien Pomorski (good luck pronouncing that!), on a Baltic Sea, and lived there (or not far from that place) for the first 20 years of my life. Needless to say,…
We all love food, don’t we? And the majority of us are especially partial to snacks (my hand is up!). However, snacks in particular, can be tricky to navigate if you are trying to lose weight. Or if you’re trying hard not to put the weight on, for that matter! Your snacking habits can sneakily damage all your hard work and add too many empty calories and too few nutrients to your diet. On the other hand eating the right…
I don’t think there is an easier thing to make than labneh. But don’t let it fool you, don’t judge the end product by the simplicity of this recipe. Often, the simplest recipe produces the tastiest result, as it is in this case. Make sure you use the best quality yoghurt you can get your hands on (FULL fat please!) and the best quality olive oil to drizzle the labneh with when it’s ready. It makes an excellent sourdough bread…
What Christmas would it be without a proper Christmas Pudding?? Silly question, I know! If someone asked me that today I would most likely roll my eyes and think “poor guy had a concussion…” However, if you asked me the same question 20 years ago, I would stare at you like you just fell of Mars. No idea! Back then I lived in Europe (born in Poland, with a short, 5 year long stint in Berlin) and my Christmas was…
Everyone needs few quick (but delicious!) dinner recipes up their sleeve for the weeknights where there is not much time or not much inspiration to cook up a storm. I have a whole page of them, which makes me either very efficient or very lazy cook. I’ll go with efficient. J Quinoa has been created for these kinds of weeknight meals. It’s easy to prepare, taste delicious, looks gorgeous in salads, and (perhaps most importantly) is very nutritious: high in protein,…
