It is a water-soluble vitamin also known as L-ascorbic acid or ascorbate. Due to the absence of enzymatic activity of L-gulonolactone oxidase, humans, primates and some other species of animals cannot synthesize it themselves, so it must be constantly introduced into the body through diet. Vitamin C plays an important […]
This time we decided to prepare a risotto with eggplant and chickpeas, and we supplemented the lunch with vegetable soup and a salad of mâche and tomatoes. We wrote some interesting things about eggplants recently, and you can read them on CLICK Recipe, preparation, and price of a meal […]
Does it ever happen to you when you have vegetables on the counter and in the fridge that you need to consume as soon as possible and you don’t know what exactly to cook? Believe me, even at Lačna Bučka we sometimes find ourselves in such a predicament, so we […]
Beans are a legume that often appears on our menus today, regardless of whether you eat a predominantly plant-based diet or not. The plant originated in South America and was first mentioned in Europe only in the 16th century. Before that, we only knew beans, chickpeas, and lentils in Europe. […]
Fat in the diet is not just a source of calories, which we often do not want. Hormone-like message molecules are formed in our body from some of its components – fatty acids. Since these fatty acids cannot be produced by our body alone, we must necessarily consume them with […]
Spices are indispensable in cooking to diversify flavors. Although we also use them to our advantage at Hungry Pumpkin, we haven’t written much about them so far. Spices are a remarkably diverse group of foods, from homemade to exotic, mild or extremely strong in taste, cheap or expensive like saffron. […]
For this lunch, things were a little bit different. When it was still possible we stepped outside of our kitchen and were guests on a local program called “cook like a chef,” in which we cooked with a professional chef, Boštjan Palčič. We have prepared lunch in front of cameras […]
Most people prefer fresh cold soups in the summer time, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have it in warm fall as well. If it’s better, you can even call it green smoothie 🙂 We have already done the cold soup thing at Hungry Pumpkin when we prepared the classic […]
For several years now, we have seen a trend of the equipment found in kitchens coming to resemble more and more that which you would find in a chemistry lab. The use of ultrasonic baths, liquid nitrogen, and freeze-drying (lyophilization) is mostly limited to fancy restaurants where they want to […]