Entries by Elena and Alfredo

The Recipe for Lemon and Poppy Cake




Try and make this simple cake – you will get a beautiful soft cake with a rich taste and a wonderful lemon flavor. You can’t imagine how delicious it is! Ingredients for Lemon and Poppy Cake Flour: 250 gr. Eggs: 3 Sugar: 150 gr. Greek yogurt or sour cream: 150 gr. Lemon juice: 50 ml. […]







Baba Ghanoush, Pasta Aubergine and Sesame




Baba Ghanoush is a tender and flavorful paste made from baked aubergines, a dish often made in Mediterranean countries. It can be spread on bread, eaten with pita bread or serves as sauce to meat. The best thing is that it is delicious and very easy to make. Ingredients for Baba Ghanoush Eggplant: 2-3 Garlic: […]







Hot Chocolate Improves Memory




Scientists from Harvard urge to drink two cups of hot chocolate daily. It will help maintain healthy functions of the brain and prevent memory failing by keeping up blood flow in the working areas of the brain. If the blood flow is insufficient, it affects the person’s mental capacities – their brain cells don’t get […]







Milk Choc Ice




When it’s hot, home-made ice cream is the very thing to enjoy. The advantages of home-made ice cream are predominant. It is made without chemical taste enhancers and preserving agents. Ingredients for Milk Choc Ice Milk 800 ml. Milk powder: 100 g. Condensed milk: 300 ml. Cornstarch 3 tablespoons Sugar: 2-3 tbsp For the glaze: […]







The Frittata with Spinach and Cheese Recipe




Frittata is an Italian dish similar to an omelette with various additions. It is a delicious, nutritious and substantial dish. Its characteristic feature is that during cooking frittata must be turned over adroitly. Special double frying pans for making frittata are sold, not unlike wafer irons, they can be turned over easily. Ingredients for Frittata […]







Foods Rich in Iron Save from Dementia




The best way of decreasing the risk of developing dementia is maintaining a healthy way of life. Enjoy a well-balanced Mediterranean diet rich in fruits, vegetables, fat fish and a glass of red wine, don’t miss out on regular physical exercises and don’t smoke. This is the advice given by scientists based on the latest […]







Cold Beetroot Soup Recipe




Beetroot soup is the very good dish for hot weather. Even if you are not too fond of beetroot, you stand a good chance of liking the soup. Ingredients for Cold Beetroot Soup Cooked beets: 3-4 Carrots :1-2 Stalk of celery. Tomatoes: 3-4 Boiled Eggs: 2 Cucumbers: 1-2 Olive oil: 2-3 tbsp Kefir, yogurt or […]







How to Make Aubergine Paste with Capers and Olives




This is our favorite recipe of vegetable paste. We can even consider it to be an original, since it got worked out in our kitchen. By the way, you’d do well to cut up all the ingredients with the knife without using the blender: you will get marvelous paste with excellent texture. Ingredients for Aubergine […]







A Hamburger from a Test Tube




The other day in London was sold the first ever hamburger grown in a test-tube. It was made with laboratory-grown meat, not with meat from cattle in a pasture. Its creators hope that the demand on protein can be satisfied without the necessity to keep large herds. Frankenburger, whose production cost £ 250,000, was made […]







The Mint Syrup and Mint Milk Recipe




When it’s as hot as is now, we enjoy drinking cold skim milk with mint syrup. It is refreshing and pleasant to drink, and quenches thirst well. Besides, it is a good source of calcium and robust protein. We buy mint syrup made from natural mint, without any coloring agents or other chemicals, therefore biologically […]







Oregano is healthy




If you add a little oregano when you roast meat, you will get a much less carcinogens in the brown crust than it is customary. According to a study conducted by scientists from Arizona University, even a small amount of this spice decreases the quantity of carcinogens that roasting generates. They also found that oregano […]







Salubrious Gogi Berries




Gogi berries (Lycium barbarum, Lycium chinense), belong with solanaceae, solanberries. They grow naturally in the Himalayas, in Tibet, Mongolia and in China. Lately these berries have come to other countries as well bearing a reputation of being highly salubrious. According to traditional Chinese medicine gogi is an elixir that helps maintain excellent health. Modern science […]







The Napoleon Cake Recipe




Napoleon – is a tender Russian cake consisting of very thin layers and a delicious cream. Here is our favorite recipe of this cake that we adore. For cream you can make Custard, and whip it with butter. But what we prefer is Napoleon with cream made from milk cream and condensed milk. Ingredients for […]







Going without Breakfast Is Bad for the Heart




Scientists advise not to miss out on breakfast, men especially. Eat your breakfast every morning before going out to work. A recent study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health confirmed the importance of the time and amount of your meals. The researchers observed the health of male volunteers over 45 years of age […]







The Recipe for Yoghurt Ice Cream with Blueberry




Dietetic kinds of ice cream made from natural products are in these days. This kind of ice cream is liked by all who take care of their health and their children’s health too. This tender ice cream made from yoghurt, milk and fresh berries can become your favorite goodie. Ingrediente for Yoghurt Ice Cream with […]