SHEET PAN PINEAPPLE BLACKENED SALMON

Makes 12 Rectangular Pieces

316 Calories Per Slice

The best way to say I love you this Valentine's Day is easy with these homemade decadent cherry chocolate treat ! So, whether you’re celebrating with someone special -even if that special someone is yourself -, hanging out with friends, or watching your favorite romantic comedy at home; take my word and give these delicious slices a try for unforgettable finish to this special day.. Here is a popular German cherry chocolate marble cake that made with layers of cherry loaded amazingly delicious sponge cake, vanilla pudding custard and thick chocolate sit on each other, and create addictively tasty bites that everyone will go crazy about.. Cherry and chocolate can't go wrong in desserts, right ? Especially for Valentine's.. Like all the other marble cakes, sponge cake consists layers combination of yellow and chocolate batter - don't freak out, they are

Makes 4 Servings

380 Calories Per Serving Without Eggs

Healthy twisted fried rice is one of my favorite dish, I love it so much, and make it frequently.. I simply build this delicious one pot wholemeal dish with combining of brown rice + cauliflower rice, then add tons of veggies and other goodies for getting daily amount of protein, vitamins, minerals and fiber.. Making fried rice is pretty straightforward and easy; using touch of brown rice gives a little carb comfort, and also delicious way to use leftover steamed rice plus whatever odds and ends you have on hand.. Ohhhh, homemade kimchi.. This fermented Korean side dish simply elevates humble fried rice into another level of taste, plus serves healthy nutrients and probiotics.. Any fermented food like homemade yogurt, sourdough bread;

Makes 7 Crepes

258 Calories Per Crepe

Time is flying, already two weeks in 2021, I hope you're keeping up with your New Year resolutions, whatever on your list; could be new fitness or meditation challenge, office or house to do list, improving self care & love practice, or eat more wisely and healthily, mainly plant based.. I don't believe in diets, they're like fashion, they can come big, and fade away easily.. But I do believe in clean, organic, fresh, colorful, variety, plant based eating that can help to increase your energy level, boosts your immune system + solves preventable health problems and gives huge advantage for quality life and longevity.. I also believe that healthy eating shouldn't be boring, nurturing food must satisfy your taste buds and provides all the flavors, texture and comfort as well.. It's possible to eat all the foods that you love -of course with a little twist - while at the same time keeping it healthy.. The only thing you need is visiting your kitchen as much as you can -of course with fresh produces-, and be consistent 

Makes 4 Servings

515 Calories Per Serving

Let this year focus on filling our table with real foods that provide immune boosting healing nutrients that can help us to keep our body and mind healthy and sane.. Like this citrus fruits, green veggies, healthy nut and seed loaded salad.. It is packed with immune supporter vitamins and minerals, as well as satisfied amazingly delicious winter-y citrus-y flavor.. Tangy bitter shredded Brussels sprouts and kale tossed together with all kind of winter fruits - grapefruit, orange, persimmon, apple or pear -, topped with umami taste most addictive almond bacon - this will be the yummiest thing you'll ever eat -, and finally drizzled with killer tangy, salty sour sunflower seed dressing- this dressing is so delicious that literally you can eat it with a spoon or you can use it on everything, like crepes, rice bowls etc. -.. Idea behind this salad is again balancing and complementing all the flavors 

Makes 1 Loaf Sourdough Bread, About 14 Slices

151 Calories Per Slice

2020 !! What a year it has been.. We chopped, stirred, cooked and baked our way through exhaustion, burnout and fear, most importantly we all - even the young ones, even the beginners who have never baked bread before - learned and enjoyed how to knead dough during long days in isolation... For that reason, I just want to start a New Year with freshly baked sourdough loaf; because I think we all agree that "sourdough bread "was the star of the year.. You know well, I'm not a newbie in this game, baking my own bread for decades now, especially sourdough.. My culture is almost seven years old, maybe older - this is the third culture for me -, and still active and healthy.. Baking sourdough still can be challenging for many of you, and many bakers feel intimidated, because of - completely my opinion - there is too much + complicated information to learn how to make a decent loaf of bread.. Over the years, I've learned that you can use many different technics and methods to make a sourdough bread or you can use extremely minimal and simple ways to make this delicious loaf for everyday meal.. All you need is time, active culture ( less amount of starter makes a better

Makes 28 Balls

95 Calories Per Ball With Dressing

Takoyaki is one of the Osaka's essential street food, they're super popular and probably the most well known food out there.. You don't have to go that far to taste takoyaki, with just a little effort you can make it at home.. Traditionally they cook in a special electric takoyaki maker, but I used my old ebelskiver pan - worked like a charm -, or if you don't mind their shape you can use regular saute pan for cooking. Regardless of their shape, taste will be the same; addictive, crazy delicious, crispy yet melt in your mouth kind a heaven.. Perfectly portion, one bite adorable balls deliver all the savory umami flavors in your taste buds.. Traditionally fill with octopus, garnish with mayo and kind of tonkatsu sauce, and sprinkle with seaweed powder and bonito flakes; but since we can not find every single ingredients in our hands because of pandemic, and I just twisted the original 

Makes 16 Cookies

233 Calories Per Cookie

I hope you all had an amazing Christmas or whatever holiday you're celebrating and enjoying some time off.. Just before the New Year, I wanted to share an another cookie recipe with you.. You can never bake or have too many cookies in December, right? Also these are not just an ordinary cookies - every year I have to shuffle and pick the "best " recipes from " my baking bucket list ", and only few of them become all time house favorite during the holiday season- like these gluten free flour-less doubled almond horn cookies that are repeating years after years.. Even though they are popular Christmas treat in Germany, 

Makes 6 Servings

334 Calories Per Serving

If you're looking for side dish that is easy, addictively delicious yet has tons of comfort food flavor, then give this amazing casserole a try.. Although I've made this healthier, lighter and easier to make side dish for Thanksgiving table alternative to classic sweet potato casserole, but it's perfect for any holidays or simple Sunday supper.. Casserole is unbelievably tasty, and guaranteed will be the first thing to disappear from table.. As I said, it's not a classic sweet potato casserole that you know; flavors enriched 

Makes 12 Slices

599 Calories Per Slice

I can not think of any holiday table without homemade delicious celebration cake.. Especially this one is my favorite right now.. Don't hate me adding piece of garden or hiding good amount of vegetables into bake goods, again.. You know how much I love doing that.. Thanks to roasted and finely grated red beets that provides extra flavors, sweetness and extreme buttery moistness into the cake that you'd never guess the cake is actually low in fat and sugar.. No, promise you will not taste the beets, you'll taste rich decadent chocolate-y cake with uber tasty, addictive yet light frosting.. Neither beet chocolate cake nor labneh + coconut frosting is overly sweet

Makes 8 Slices

346 Calories Per Slice

If your Christmas menu is not ready yet, hold on; I'm taking you directly right back to your grandma's kitchen with this delicious, healthy, plant based roast recipe that made with only wholesome ingredients without preserves, fake meats or additives.. Even though this veggie nut roast might be a little different than your grandma's old fashioned version, but believe me combination of fall veggies - leek, butternut squash, carrot - , nuts - chestnut and mix nuts - , dried fruits, spices, all the Christmas-y herbs and chickpeas are going to be a tasty beginning for your healthy eating journey.. Roast is easy and comes together 

We take Christmas cookies seriously in our house, really seriously.. Baking Christmas cookies with my husband is my absolute holiday tradition during the season.. I love to make different cookie boxes each year for Christmas.. Before start baking and decorating, the most important thing you have to be aware of when choosing the right recipes for love ones; my main motto when I'm developing the new recipes is always making super tasty yet healthy-ish, respectful, conscious cookies -low fat, low sugar - that made with wholesome organic ingredients.. You know, I took the Hippocratic Oath and promised "first, do not harm".. How could I forget this when I'm baking, so if you're looking for just any cookie recipes, then this blog is not for you!!  Because you'll never find the cups of butter or sugar loaded cookies here, but I assure you'll find a whole new world, much healthier and tastier.. Here are some tips for creating adorable cookie box as a edible gift if you're new in the game.. First, you need to choose a variety of cookies for variety shapes - using different cookie cutters will help - and flavors.. Secondly, 

Makes 4 Servings

490 Calories Per Serving

After our long cooking and baking marathon, I'm totally with you if you don't want to spend hours in the kitchen; but if you still want to use leftover veggies, crave something light as salad yet addictive as sweet, want to get your daily nutrition with beautiful texture, and tons of flavor, still an easy but uber tasty way; then I got you covered.. All the crunchy, colorful veggies - red, purple & watermelon radishes, puntenella ( Italian dandelion ), heir

Makes 6 Mini Stuffed Pumpkins

283 Calories Per Stuffed Pumpkin

We've entered in Thanksgiving week, and I'm super excited about it.. Because of our world is upside down and we're living unusual days/months, doesn't mean our holidays are going to be the same way.. I think everyone agrees, holidays feel even more festive & special this year, and I'm ready to put extra effort for making it unforgettable in every way.. Here I'm with another quick, easy, festive, delicious holiday appetizer or side that everyone asks for constantly.. First, I would like to talk about black garlic briefly.. Have you ever heard or used of black garlic before ? If not I strongly recommend using this.. Black garlic is fresh raw garlic that slowly fermented at low/warming temperature about 20 to 60 days.. Fermentation process changes garlic's texture, flavor and color -it turns into dark black, soft, sweet flesh - Black garlic doesn't just give amazing umami taste into 

Makes 11 Pies

334 Calories Per Pie

As we're getting closer and closer to the Thanksgiving, I feel obligated to share all kind of pie recipes with you !! Rustic, flaky, tart, spicy, cinnamon-y.. The most iconic of American tradition.. Who doesn't like delicious hand pies that made with addictively flaky homemade pie crust and crazy delicious, juicy, jammy fruit filling ? This year, I'm planning to serve individual hand pies rather than one big traditional pie.. I can give many reasons to convince you; first of all, they are conveniently easy grab and go dessert, secondly you can easily play with them, they allow you to use variety fillings 

Makes 6 Servings

366 Calories Per Serving

This is not the traditional caesar salad that you all know; super tender antioxidant loaded kale leaves, bitter-y radicchio Verona, crunchy shredded carrots, purple radish, purple turnip, creamy avocados, sweet juicy pears, spicy crunchy chick peas, roasted sweet potatoes, sweet addictive cornbread croutons and finally "not so traditional " yet sooooo delicious - no mayo, almost no oil - tahini dressing make this salad not just utterly delicious; much lighter, healthier and nutritious than traditional one as well.. So many flavors, so many textures.. Something raw something roasted, something soft something crunchy, 

Makes 36 Meatballs

47 Calories Per Meatball With Sauce And Dressing

Forget everything you know about hot wings; because I'm replacing them with much more healthier, cleaner and just as delicious alternative.. I would like to introduce you to new favorite game night appetizer; vegan buffalo meatballs.. I love making and eating delicious food if that just happens to be healthy.. Taste and health are really important factors for finding the perfect balance and as well as joy in your own health journey.. These meatless meatballs made using wholesome fresh ingredients -such as carrot, celery stalk, white bean, mushroom, walnut, brown rice-, and still loaded with addictive buffalo flavor and amazing taste.. Vegan meatballs are also easy to make; first, gather all the ingredients into

Makes 10 Waffles

139 Calories Per Waffle, 179 Calories With Garnish

Ahh, autumn; my favorite season of the year; colorful leaves, all the orange, purple and deep red color flowers, crisp calm mornings, irresistible warm spice kitchen scents, and of course big part of the reason is all about the food.. I can lose myself at the farmers market with all kind of fall squashes, pumpkins, Brussel sprouts, colorful cauliflowers, cabbages, and hearth warming delightful spices.. I love pumpkin so much that I've already posted four pumpkin recipes, but sit tight and hold on, I'm not done yet.. Still I have a long list of pumpkin/fall recipes that are waiting to be developed, tested in the kitchen, photographed, and published.. Pumpkin bread, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin pasta, pumpkin soup, pumpkin salad, YES anything with pumpkin.. When the "pumpkin extravaganza" starts in my kitchen, you know what that means; 

Makes 4 Servings

443 Calories Per Serving

The most important thing when preparing any salad is all about keeping the balance.. Balancing flavors and textures are so crucial as well as combining four main taste elements in a harmony; acid, bitter, sweet and salt.. You have to have little bit of everything in one bowl and in every bite; like this one.. Naturally sweet balsamic vinegar roasted honey butternut squash + rainbow heirloom carrots, honey spiced roasted walnut + pepitas, sweet juicy apples, peppery bitter yet super crunchy, tasty radicchio of Treviso, baby arugula, savory lemony lambs quarter, purple daikon, watermelon radish, salty blue cheese crumbles, pan roasted concord grapes joined in the party together for creating out-of-this-world deliciously salad, and finally