Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Orange and Celeriac Salad

It is time for winter salads. Celeriac is in season now, so I decided to try something with it. Here is a recipe of a salad that I think is worth trying... I adopted it from www.buzzle.com. I really liked the combination of celeriac and orange. Let's have a look at some health benefits...

Inspirational Note on Health Benefits:
This section will be about celeriac. According to Prescription for Dietary Wellness by Phyllis A. Balch, "celeriac contains

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Lemon Ginger Mint Tea

Lemon Ginger Mint Tea... So warming, calming and refreshing at the same time. I tried fresh ginger root for the first time and I liked it a lot. I was inspired by this recipe

Inspirational Note on health benefits...
This section is going to be about ginger. So according to The Condensed Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, "ginger has a long tradition of being very effective in

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Blini (Russian thin pancakes) filled with cottage cheese and dried apricots

My mom used to prepare blini or Russian thin pancakes a lot at weekends when I was a kid. I remember waking up early in the morning on Sunday smelling blini... mmm...:)
You can eat them with any jam, fruits, berries, etc making the meal tastier and healthier. My favorite blini are with cottage cheese and sour cream. This time I also added dried apricots to the filling.

Inspirational Note on health benefits...
This section is about one of the ingredients - cottage cheese.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Apple Sponge Cake

I am still trying different apple cakes or pies and ... here is another recipe of apple sponge cake.  I adopted it from www.millionmenu.ru It turned to be deliciously light and fluffy. And I liked apples in it. You should give it a try!


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.