Fat-free banana-coconut pancakes

Fat-free banana-coconut pancakes

for 2 people need: 

- 1 egg 
- 2 tablespoons grated coconut 
- 1 banana 
- 1/2 tsp caster sugar 

Into a bowl add two tablespoon of coconut, an egg and blend whole into a homogeneous mass. 
Add banana cut into smaller pieces, mix again. 
Add the sugar. 

Fry on both sides until golden. 


Bon appetit!

Pork loin roasted in salt

Pork loin roasted in salt

ingredients:

- a piece of pork loin
- salt
- casserole


Wash loin, dry and cut all the  pellicles.
Weigh meat.
To a casserole dish pour exactly the same amount of salt as the meat weighs.
My pork loin weighed about a kilo so I used 1kg of salt.

Bake at 160 degrees  as much time as the meat weighs.
1kg is 1h in the oven.

Swet potato chocolate - cream

Sweet - Potato chocolate - cream

ingredients: 

- Cocoa powder (according to your taste) 

- 1 sweet potato 

- 2 bananas 

- 2 handfuls of oatmeal 

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. 

Peel potatoes, wash and cut into smaller pieces. 

Bake in oven until tender. 

In a blender put all ingredients and blend until smooth. 

Serve chilled.

Bon apetit!

Marzipan cookies

Recipe comes from Doroty Swiatkowska's book "Moje wypieki i desery". 
Wydawnictwo Egmont Polska, Warszawa 2013.

Marzipan cookies

ingredients 

- 1 cup (250ml) plain flour 

- 1/4 cup cornstarch 

- Weight 130g marzipan 

- 90g butter, room temp 

- 60g caster sugar 

- 2 egg yolks 

- Optional teaspoon almond extract or half a teaspoon of almond flavoring, 

You can also add a dash of ground almonds instead of flour. 

Place all ingredients in a bowl and knead the dough. 

From the dough into balls and crush them in your hands. 

On each cookie make a pattern with a fork. 

Bake at 190 degrees for 12-14 minutes. 

Bon apetit!

Vegan-green chilled soup

Vegan-green chilled soup

 ingredients: 

- 3 courgettes 
- 1 avocado 
- can of light coconut milk 
- chili flakes 
- salt, pepper 
- fresh herbs such basil, parsley, etc. 
- large handful of young peas 


Cut the ends, wash and cut into slices. 
Boil in salted water until tender. 
Peas also peel and cook. 
Toss vegetables into a bowl add the herbs and spices coconut milk. 
Blend. 
Cool overnight in the refrigerator. 
Before serving, season again to taste.

Yogurt chilled soup with zucchini and avocado

Yogurt chilled soup with zucchini and avocado

ingredients: 

- grilled courgettes (I use leftovers from the grill, yellow and green)
- 1 large cup of plain yogurt 
- garlic 
- salt and pepper 
- 1 avocado 

Grill courgettes (you can do it in a pan or in the oven). 
Peel avocado and garlic. 
Blend all into a homogeneous mass. 
Season to taste and chill in the refrigerator overnight.

Muffin cake

  

Muffin cake

(gluten-free, with corn flour)

we need:

wet ingredients

- 1 egg 
- 3 tablespoons melted butter or oil 
- 1/2 cup milk, optional yoghurt, kefir or cream, not water 

dry ingredients

- 1 cup flour 
- 1 teaspoon baking powder 
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 
- 1/2 cup sugar 
- optional cocoa, chocolate, fruits, etc. 

The dry ingredients and the wet mix separately. 
Then combine dry and wet ingredients and mix . 
Pour whole into the pan lined with baking paper (you can also bake the muffins in separate molds). 

Bake 20-45 minutes (depending on the size of the molds) at 200 degrees. 

ps. My inmates love chocolate, I decided to add cocoa!

Sunflower salsa

Sunflower salsa

we need: 

- A handful of sunflower seeds 
- A little bit of soy sauce 
- Juice of half a lime 
- 1 chilli 


Roast sunflower in a pan. 
In a bowl, combine soy sauce and lime juice. 
Add finely chopped chilli. 
At the end of the add roasted sunflower seeds. 

Mix everything and set aside at least an hour.
Serve with fish.

Baked salmon with sunflower salsa

Baked salmon with sunflower salsa

we need: 

- a piece of salmon (I used around 700g)
- dill 
- sunflower salsa 

Preheat oven to 180 degrees. 
Place a baking parchment paper on a baking tray. 
Place the fish (for me it was about 1 kg). 
Bake at 150 (or 100) degrees over an hour (fish will be still soft and tender). 

On the top arrange the salsa

Choco cake with cherries (gluten-free)

Choco cake with cherries (gluten-free)

we need: 

- 3 eggs 
- 100 g of sugar 
- 150 g of ground nuts 
- 150g of chocolate 

Beat eggs with sugar until fluffy. 
Add nuts and chocolate. 
Mix until combined. 
The add to the mold. 


Bake 30 minutes at 160 degrees. 
Cool down. 

Top with cherries. 

1/4 liter of juice mixed with corn starch or jelly. 
Pour over top of cake.

Boeuf bourguignon

French classic from Julia Child!

Boeuf bourguignon

ingredients: 

- Approx. 700 g beef without fat 

- 300 g of bacon 

- 500g mushrooms 

- A piece of peeled celery 

- 2 carrots 

- A bottle of wine (I used the Georgian Saperavi) 

- Salt and pepper 

- Optionally fat for frying 

- Approx. 500ml beef stock (can also be a vegetable) 

Cut beef and celery into thick cubes and bacon into small strips. 

Peel mushrooms and carrots and cut into chunks (for example: mushrooms into quarters, carrot into slices) 

On the hot pan fry the bacon and when the fat is melted, cast into the pressure cooker. 

At the same fat fry beef and vegetables. 

Add all the ingredients  to the pressure cooker. 

Pour wine and broth. 

Add a pinch of salt and pepper. 

Close the pot and cook over medium heat for approx. 1h. 

Serve with homemade spaetzle.