Italian-style kale and white bean soup / Talianska polievka z kelu a bielej fazule / La soupe italienne au chou frisé et aux haricots blancs / Итальянский суп с кале и белой фасолью

Servings : 4, calories per serving : 432

Preparation time: 45 min, cooking time : 60 min.
Rich in fiber, amino acids, folate, vitamin A, vitamin K, copper

This Mediterranean soup can be cooked only with vegetable as a vegan/vegetarian, or along with Italian sausages. It is slightly adapted from several blogs (Sharedappetie.com, Nutritionstudies.com). This time, we have made it as vegetarian /vegan using white beans and onion from our garden harvest. Kale (or leaf cabbage, a variety of Brassica oleracea) was from the market, as well as another vegetable. Kale is high in vitamin K ; 100 g of kale has 705 micro grams of vitamin K, which represents 6-7 times higher dose than the USDA recommendations per day. The main taste of our soup was attributed to the beans with a slight flavour of kale. A toast or baguette with or without cheese can make that even better.

Táto stredomorská polievka môže byť varená len so zeleninou ako veganská / vegetariánska, alebo spolu s talianskymi klobáskami. My sme sa pri jej príprave inšpirovali niekoľkými blogmi (Sharedappetie.com, Nutritionstudies.com). Tento krát sme ju uvarili ako vegetariánsku / vegánsku z bielej fazule a cibule z našej záhradnej úrody. Kel (druh Brassica oleracea) bol z tržnice, rovnako ako ďalšia zelenina. Kel má vysoký obsah vitamínu K; 100 g kelu obsahuje 705 mikro gramov vitamínu K, čo predstavuje 6-7 krát vyššiu dennú dávku ako odporúča USDA. Hlavnú chuť našej polievky tvorili fazuľky s miernou príchuťou kelu. K tomu sa hodia aj opečené kúsky bagety, so syrom alebo bez neho, pokvapkané s olivovým olejom.

Painted Easter eggs from shortbread / Kraslice z lineckého cesta / Sablés œufs de Pâques colorés / Окрашенные пасхальные яйца из песочного теста

Servings : 15, calories per serving (64 g) : 261 

Preparation time: 120 min, baking time : 10 min.
Rich in carbohydrates, fat, B-complex vitamins, Copper (Cu), Selenium (Se)

During this Easter holiday, we were inspired by the magazine My best sweet feasts.  We prepared shortbread dough, which we have made a bit healthier by adding buckwheat and oatmeal along with walnuts to the classic wheat flour. Eggs were then filled with a homemade jam prepared from blueberries picked up in nearby mountains and painted initially with the colors of the spring, yellow and green, and then to enrich them, with white and brown chocolate. Despite that we replaced a part of the traditional ingredients with healthier ones, the biscuits  were delicate, fragile and without distinction between classic goodies. They were even better, where a great contribution made our jam containing small pieces of delicious blueberries.

Na tieto veľkonočné sviatky sme sa inšpirovali časopisom Moje najlepšie sladké sviatky. Pripravili sme linecké cesto, ktoré sme trochu ozdravili trochou pohánkovej a ovsenej múky spolu s vlašskými orechmi. Vajíčka sme naplnili domácim džemom z horských čučoriedok a omaľovali najprv farbami jari, žltej a zelenej, a potom na spestrenie aj farbami bielej a hnedej čokolády. Napriek tomu, že sme časť tradičných surovín nahradili zdravšími, pečivo bolo jemné, krehké a bez rozdielu s tradičnými dobrotami. Ba čo viac, bolo ešte lepšie, na čom mal podiel aj výborný čučoriedkový džem s kúskami čučoriedok.

Stracciatella cake with raspberries / Stracciatella torta s malinami / Gâteau stracciatella aux framboises / Stracciatella торт с малиной

Servings : 12 , calories per serving : 492 per 191 g 

Preparation time: 90 min, baking time : 15 min

Rich in proteins, calcium, phosphorus, zinc and B12

Stracciatella is renowned Italian gelato flavour consisting of ice-cream filled with irregular shavings of chocolate. The flavour was created in 1962, in Bergamo of northern Italy. Here, we have made no bake stracciatella cake with a creamy texture and shredded dark chocolate of the high quality made by Lindt. Instead of ice-cream, we have made a mixture of yogurt and milk curd with added shredded chocolate and solidified the all by gelatine. To make it fresh and colourful, raspberries were scattered over the curd/yogurt mixture. The top of cake was garnished with chocolate shavings and chocolate roses. When making this cake, not only dessert fitness lovers come into their own, but also those who like rich treats may be also delighted. Although we made the cake for birthday celebration, this chilled luxurious and elegant dessert could be perfectly refreshing also for hot summer.  

Stracciatella je známa talianska príchuť, ktorá sa skladá z bielej mliečnej zmrzliny zmiešanej s nepravidelnými kúskami čokolády. Vznikla v roku 1962, v Bergame v severnom Taliansku. My sme pripravili nepečenú tortu stracciatellu s krémovou textúrou a postrúhanej tmavej Lindt čokolády vysokej kvality. Zmrzlinu sme nahradili  krémovou zmesou z jogurtu a tvarohu s pridanou strúhanou čokoládou a všetko stuhnuté želatínou. Aby to bolo aj svieže a pestré, roztrúsili sme maliny do krémovej vrstvy.  Tortu sme ozdobili čokoládovými hoblinami a čokoládovými ružami. Pri príprave tejto pochúťky si prídu na svoje nielen milovníci fitnes dezertov, ale sa môžu potešiť aj tí, ktorí majú radi sýte sladké dobroty. Aj keď sme spravili túto tortu pre oslavu narodenín, toto luxusné a elegantné dielko môže dokonale osviežiť aj v horúcom letnom dni.