Many plants that we find commonly in our diet come from the botanical family Solanaceae. Tomatoes, peppers, and potatoes are all found in this family. In addition, we also find a vegetable here that will be the focus of today’s meal: the eggplant. Unlike these other plants in the Solanaceae […]
Catalonian chicory with potatoes, roasted tuberous vegetables, and onion sauce with adzuki beans With its saw-toothed leaves, chicory may look like a dandelion, but it is actually more closely related to radicchio! There are many varieties that have been famous throughout the years; perhaps the best-known varieties had red leaves […]
Do you have too many things filling up your schedule for the day and not enough time to cook meals? Or maybe you just want to prepare a delicious Asian dish to serve to friends? Either way, we have you covered! Rice noodles and vegetables is the dish for you! […]
For today’s lunch, we added a bit of Asian flair, preparing a soup with tofu and broccoli as our main course and a quinoa salad to accompany it. We even ended the meal with a special dessert: homemade banana and avocado ice cream! Many of you probably use broccoli on […]
Today we delve into the world of the pomegranate. In many languages, the word for this fruit also contains the word for “an apple,” for example in German (Granatapfel) and Italian (melograno). It is also less obviously referenced this way in many cases, for example, the English name; the beginning […]
For today’s lunch, we decided to make a meal with a Russian twist. This culinary adventure began with an appetizer consisting of sourdough buckwheat pancakes, also known as blini. We followed this up with our main course, a vegetable stew with beets that is known as borscht. Borscht is one […]
Today we started our meal with a fairly common dish: asparagus cream soup. We followed this up with something completely new, however, a polenta dish with an onion and olive sauce. We finished the meal with an asparagus and brown bean salad, which is also a bit of an unusual […]
Do you find yourself having difficulty finding time to prepare lunch? Or maybe you want a nutritious food for the following day for a picnic or a hike? Either way, we’ve got your back! Today we’re bringing you our recipe for vegetable pockets! Ideal as a meal or a finger […]
We have had quite a few readers ask us about arsenic in rice and if it is a problem. Well, the answer is both yes and no! To break it down further, however, we need to take a deeper dive into the topic. Arsenic is one of the most toxic […]