How I love salads, I cannot even explain. Perhaps I’ll try by telling you that even after eating out in many fancy restaurants, Sweet Tomatoes with its giant salad bar is still one of my favorites. Definitely in my top 5 favorite restaurants of all times. Salad bar is all I need to make me happy. Nothing more is required and nothing compares to a healthy and clean taste of fresh vegetables mixed with a tasty dressing.
This recipe is my take on a Greek salad but instead of preparing it …

We are very lucky to live just around the corner of a fantastic Vietnamese restaurant called Hy Vong in Coral Gables, FL. Here it was when I first tasted Vietnamese cuisine and I absolutely fell in love with the flavors. I always thought of Vietnamese cuisine to be pretty much the same as Thai but surprisingly it is quite different. Much milder first of all and although I am not a big fan of Thai cuisine I really like Vietnamese one. The soup I’m presenting is one of the many …

Fried green tomatoes are one of those foods you have to try to satisfy curiosity. They are Southern specialty and if you happen to be in any of the Southern states you must give them a try, you won’t be disappointed. Crunchy on the outside with soft, almost melt in your mouth middle. Just make sure to buy really green, unripe tomatoes since they are firmer and won’t get mushy while frying.

It’s been quite a while since my last post. No i didn’t forget about my blog or cooking. I mentioned before that I was about to visit my family in Poland so here I am in my home with my parents constantly eating Polish specialties. I would probably cook something before but my parents didn’t let me touch the stove. All the time they’ve been making yummy treats for me so I had to wait for my turn in the kitchen.
The meal I’m presenting today is one of my favorite …

Sweet potatoes are my favorite starchy vegetables. Not that I don’t have love for a regular potato, I’m all about potatoes but nutritionally speaking sweet variety has much more to offer. It gives you more fiber and much more vitamin A and C plus it doesn’t affect your blood sugar as much as white potato. That’s pretty surprising considering the fact that it’s sweeter in taste. Nevertheless old school regular potato still is a great choice and offers a lot of nutrients but it can’t really compete with a super …

Mango chutney is a type of a sauce that usually accompanies Indian dishes. It’s very often eaten with lamb or chicken curry but it doesn’t have to be eaten only with meat dishes and not necessarily only with curries. It is a great partner to cheese sandwich or baguette and fabulous dipping sauce for crackers. I actually like it with sweet potato fries. Somehow the flavors of both nicely complement each other, especially if sweet potatoes are seasoned with spicy cayenne pepper.  A lot of people like to eat mango …

Quinoa is a very unusual grain. It actually is a seed, not a grain but since it looks like one and is eaten in the same way, it is considered grain. It comes from South America and used to be one of the main foods of Incas. In the past few years it gained a lot of fame among healthy conscious people because it’s gluten free and has a surprisingly high protein content for a grain. Vegetarians, vegans and gluten allergic people often consider it one of the staple foods …

Ful Medames is a national Egyptian dish. I would say it is the most famous Egyptian dish since I’ve never heard of any other. It’s made of Fava beans (sometimes called broad beans) and is usually eaten for breakfast or lunch with pita bread. It is very similar to Mexican refried beans although the flavors are slightly different. The dominant taste is lemony and even though plenty of garlic is used, you can barely taste it.
It can be made either with young Fava beans or old ones. I used older …

Today I invite you to prepare delicious deep fried zucchini. Deep fried? I know it was supposed to be healthy blog but I just couldn’t resist. I ate similar zucchini not long time ago in a small burger place in South Beach called Beer & Burger Joint. Their zucchini was slightly different, it was cut into large blocks and was covered with much more batter. I cut my zucchini into rings and deep fried with a very thin batter which just added taste rather than adding thick coating. It was …

When I saw today in my neighborhood market avocados priced 55 cents each I got so excited that I left the store with few in my bag. I still don’t know what to do with them but it was pretty obvious that I have to use one for guacamole. There are many ways to prepare guacamole, some people like it chopped, others smooth, some with tomatoes, others with tons of cilantro. I like my guacamole with garlic and cilantro. That combination seems perfect to my taste buds.

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