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 …

Yesterday I acquired new, very useful kitchen gadget, Kitchenaid Ceramic 6″ Chef’s Knife – White. It’s very sharp and according to a producer, it should never require sharpening because it doesn’t get blunt like regular steel knifes. That’s fantastic because I can never properly sharpen my knives. Interesting thing is that it doesn’t even feel sharp but once you’ll start cutting, you’ll notice how sharp it is.
Obviously I wouldn’t be myself if I haven’t tried it out right away so once I came home I put it to work. I chopped …

Lately I haven’t been cooking very much. We’ve been gong through some changes (read moving) and cooking definitely wasn’t on the top of my priorities. Also soon I am going home to visit my family in Poland. It will be a long visit, almost 2 months so you can expect me to be cooking a lot more often and it’s very likely that I will be focusing on regional cuisine. I hope together with my mommy and daddy, we will prepare some amazing Eastern European specialties. I can’t wait, I’m …

Roasted peppers have been one of my favorite things to eat ever since I remember. I think it’s absolutely amazing how the flavor of peppers changes from raw state to roasted. It becomes completely different vegetable. I was never fond of raw peppers but sauteing and even more roasting, changes their flavor and texture into a tender, heavenly deliciousness that melts in your mouth. In my home we never used to buy these popular roasted peppers in a jar. My parents always used to make their own, with a garlic …

I bet most of the people never even thought about combining peanut butter with macaroni. I also never did until one day while shopping in Whole Foods I saw peanut butter pasta noodles in their deli section. My first thought was: ‘Omg did I just saw pasta with peanut butter? How cool is that!’ I didn’t buy it and didn’t try it over there because I had other food waiting for me at home but I left the store with peanut butter in my bag and new recipe idea in …

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 …

I love salads, especially during summer. It feels like they cool down your body somehow and they taste so fresh. I went today to my favorite veggie store and got myself some yummy edamame and cucumbers. I’ve had some arame at my home and I didn’t really know what to do with it, so with all those ingredients I decided to make some Asian inspired salad. Arame and in general all sea vegetables contain 10 times as much minerals as regular vegetables. You need just a little bit of them …

Have you ever wondered how do they make orzo? That must be extremely long and tough process to cut out all  these tiny grains. And imagine how many of these grains need to be cut out, hundreds at least. I was very curious so I googled it. I found only one page that talks how to prepare orzo from scratch, it’s actually a blog ‘Having Fun in the Kitchen!’ Big props to the person doing it, that must have been hard work but also a lot of satisfaction. I …

I’m a type of the person that never buys ready salad dressing. Most of them taste disgusting. I only tried few that I liked and they actually weren’t from any commercial brand found in supermarket but  freshly made in my local grocery store. So I keep making my own dressings, they’re so much better and after many trials and errors I mastered a perfect  recipe for honey mustard.

What could be a better way to celebrate beautiful, sunny summer day than spending time outdoors and savor fresh  food straight from your garden. Well maybe not exactly form your garden, more like from farmers market but that’s alright too. As long as it’s fresh and healthy. Greek salad combines everything the best that summer has to offer, tasty cucumbers, crispy lettuce, sweet tomatoes, healthy olive oil…….yum.  If you don’t like salads, you are really missing out.

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