Vinegret (Russian Vegetable Salad)

This week I am going to share one of my favorite healthy Russian vegetable salads called Vinegret. It consists of beets, carrots, potatoes, pickled cucumbers and peas. It is pretty basic but tasty and nutritious. 

I am a fan of beet and I really enjoy it with other vegetables.

So let's have a look at health benefits.

Inspirational Note on Health Benefits:

I have discussed health benefits of beets while speaking about the popular Russian soup - borsht (read health benefits of beets).

So let's speak about carrots in this section. So according to The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (by Michael T. Murray, Joseph PIZZORNO, Lara Pizzorno) "Carrots are

Eggplant Caviar (Spread)

Today I am going to share a recipe of the eggplant caviar. I learnt it from my friend (Ira thanks again :) This is the way we make it here, in Moldova. 

Mmm...I really enjoy the smoky taste of eggplants together with a tomato and an onion. It goes very well as an appetizer. You have to try this spread...

Inspirational Note on Health Benefits:

In this section I will cite some health benefits from http://www.whfoods.com. So, according to The George Mateljan Foundation "Researchers at the US Agricultural Service in Beltsville, Maryland, have found that eggplants are rich sources of

Apple Cake (with soured milk or kefir)

This week I decided to try another apple pie recipe. This time it was with soured milk or kefir. It turned out to be tasty and worth publishing:). I adapted it from  http://www.liveinternet.ru/.  So let's get started...

Inspirational Note on health benefits...

In this section we are going to talk about the health benefits of the main ingredient apples. Let's see what The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (by Michael T. Murray, Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno) says about it.

Easy Apple Pie (Eastern European Style)

This time my friend and I decided to make an apple pie (thank you, Ira). We found a recipe that seemed to be very easy, unusual and healthy. You don't need to make dough to prepare the pie. Isn't it unusual? 

We adopted the recipe from http://saechka.ru.

You don't need many ingredients to prepare the pie. Try and you'll be surprised by the result :).

Inspirational Note on health benefits...

In this section we are going to talk about the health benefits of the main ingredient apples. Let's see what The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods (by Michael T. Murray, Joseph Pizzorno, Lara Pizzorno) says about it.