Let me introduce you to my favorite comfort breakfast – the gluten free, completely vegan, but still incredibly delicious buckwheat banana pancakes. You know I’m not a heavy breakfast girl, so don’t think there’s anything hearty about these pancakes. The first time I made them I used a mix of plain flour and buckwheat; lately I discovered their best version ...

If it is to define my eating philosophy, it would be in four words: fresh, whole, seasonal, homemade. It’s a little more difficult to fulfill all of these in wintertime, because it’s hard to find good-quality, fresh ingredients. Summer is the best time of the year. With so many fresh, organic ingredients from local farmers’ markets, I don’t have any problem to ...

I'm pretty sure there are thousands of you out there struggling every day with hormone imbalance like me. Hormone changes are not something related to menopause, but an issue we face our entire lives. There’s a whole philosophy about how women are connected to the nature and moon cycles, about the way our diet and lifestyle is immediately mirrored in our bodies and our psyche, but one thing is for sure ...

Not very flavorful, mushy when cooked and with a horrible name – eggplants aren’t as friendly a summer veggie as their relatives, the tomatoes, and I get myself in trouble every time...

Almost every time I’m going to a barbeque party or a picnic, I’m bringing veggie burgers. It’s incredible how meat-eaters think there are so few options for vegetarians at these parties, and they cannot see beyond the plain salads and vegetables on the grill. So I manage to surprise everyone each time I bring ...

Bread used to have a major place in my diet, served alone or along with my favorite dishes, but as the years went by and I became interested about nutrition, bread changed its role in my diet from ...