Entries by Elena and Alfredo

Spaghetti with Pumpkin and Shrimp Sauce Recipe




Eating a lot of vegetables and seafood is very healthy. They have one wonderful function – help control our weight. For example, pumpkin, though big in size itself, helps to lose weight and removes excessive fat and water from our body. And shrimp featured in our recipe contains







How to Make Walnut Filled Pastry Roll




Indulge yourself in healthy homemade bakery goods. You can always bake this yummy, soft and puffy pasty rolls with walnut filling to make your family happy. Our recipe features brown sugar that gives the dough its special caramel taste. But feel free to replace it with







Papaya and Shrimp Salad Recipe




Papaya is sweetish in taste and its aroma resembles that of water melon. Papaya is good not only in fruit salads. It goes well with veggies, seafood, ham and cheese, adding special and delicate note to any dish. The flesh of papaya contains amino acids and enzymes







How to Cook Sheatfish in Cranberry Sauce




Sheatfish is a predator fish having darkish and tasty flesh. Sheatfish dishes have a nice flavor and tender rich taste. Sheatfish marries well with sweet and sour cranberry sauce that makes the fish exceptionally succulent. Sheatfish is rich in phosphorus that improves







How to Make Tuna Stuffed Bell Pepper




We wanted to experiment a little and find a new filling for bell pepper. Our fantasy carried us to this recipe of sweet peppers stuffed with tuna, carrot and eggplant. We enjoyed it very much. Stuffed peppers had exclusive delicate taste. Try this recipe and your family will be delighted with these tasty stuffed peppers.







Learn if Coffee Is Healthy for You




Good news for coffee fans! Coffee that was wrongly found guilty of being unhealthy is now back on top of healthy foods lists. It scored high after reporting the results of full-fledged studies on natural coffee conducted in some European countries and US over long period of time. Tests and experiments involved over 130 000 […]







How to Cook Eggplants with Mozzarella Cheese




This eggplant dish is called “melanzane a frughetti” in Italy, meaning “eggplant mushrooms”. This is a staple of Neapolitan cuisine. You can serve it as a side dish for meat or fish, or as the main dish. Buttery, somewhat bitter eggplant, tomato and Mozzarella cheese balls work together to create a delicate, slightly zesty and […]







How to Make Charlotte Pie




Charlotte is a much-loved apple pie originated in France. The original recipe is slightly different, but the basic principle is the same – the combination of sweet soft dough and fresh fruits to create charlotte’s splendid taste. This light and airy pie has a balanced taste that could appeal to any gourmand’s







Recipe for Dor Blue Cheese Appetizer with Trout




You will be immensely delighted with this appetizer. Wonderful marriage of salted trout, pungent blue cheese and piquant green olives will surely appeal to all epicures. Blue cheeses are very good for digestion because they provide special ferments. And cups of white juicy onion filled with green peas will add new overtones to the exclusive […]







Iceberg Lettuce Salad Recipe




Head iceberg lettuce is very soft, juicy and crispy. Basically, salads are low on calories and extremely healthy due to their high chlorophyll content that improves the immune system. Iceberg salad is a good source of folic acid that regulates many processes in the body, including brain function. Try this simple and tasty iceberg salad […]







How to Simmer Haddock Fillet with Olives




Haddock boasts extremely tender flesh and having almost no bones. It is always tasty, whether fried, simmered or baked. We simmered haddock fillet in the appetizing, piquant sauce with olives and capers. The fish acquired just glorious flavor. Surely you are going to enjoy this dish with such a gorgeous







Valentine’s Day Tiramisu Cake Recipe




There is a great variety of Tiramisu cake recipes. But what all of them have in common is light sponge-type Savoiardi cookies. The dough for Savoiardi is usually made with 12 eggs per 2 pounds of flour. Our Tiramisu recipe also features airy custard, bitter chocolate, candied orange peel and pineapple







Artichoke and Cholesterol




Latest news on the health benefits of artichoke has drawn an immense attention to this plant. According to series of scientific articles featured in prominent health magazines, artichoke has the power to fight bad cholesterol levels (LDL). It is LDL that is responsible for the formation of cholesterol deposits in blood vessels.







Tuna, Tomato and Carrot Salad Recipe




Every salad that comes with tuna has very rich and pleasant taste. Tuna, tomato and carrot salad is very quick to make. This salad is filling yet stomach friendly. Tuna is quite nutritive fish and provides a wide range of biologically active and healthy elements. Besides, canned tuna is rich in calcium.







Recipe for Strawberry Jam Filled Honey Gingerbreads




Gingerbread is a traditional cake of Russian cuisine. There are lots of gingerbread dough recipes. Some housewives kept their recipes in secret, not wanting to share their reputation for making the best gingerbreads with anybody else in the neighborhood. We are going to reveal one of those recipes. These gingerbreads are