For those of you who are totally bored with plain boiled or steamed spinach I recommend this spinach sauted with a shallot, garlic and white button mushrooms. You’re still getting your super healthy greens but in a slightly new form. Mushrooms add different flavor and texture and it’s so good that I could eat it all without sharing.
The ingredients here are for 2 servings. When I was preparing it I was sure it would be enough for 4 people but spinach shrinks so much that a standard 9-10 oz bag …

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 …

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 …

Did I mention already that I love trying new things? If not, than I’m telling now, I absolutely adore trying new foods. Every time I’m about to take the first bite of something completely new to me, I feel like a kid before Christmas. Hawaiian purple sweet potatoes (also known as Okinawa potatoes) are one of those foods. Honestly I never even knew that anything like this exists until few days ago when I saw them in my favorite grocery store. A lady at the store was giving away samples …

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 …

Aji Amarillo is a Peruvian yellow chili pepper. It’s very spicy and has a distinctive taste. In the recipe I used Aji Amarillo paste but you can use fresh pepper instead. If Aji Amarillo is not available in your supermarket you can always try to substitute it for regular yellow chili pepper but the taste might be slightly different. The sauce also tastes good with veggies like asparagus or cauliflower. Peruvians use it with chicken, fish, pumpkin and squash so go ahead and try it with different kinds of foods, …