Only those who have had to say farewell to their bundles from heaven too early know how to deal with the loss of their own child. It is difficult for me even to think about it. For me, a mother of two wonderful rascals, books in which children are harmed are particularly difficult. Especially when I realize that the book is based on a true story.

This difficult subject is put forward by Katarzyna Bonda in her third story about the profiler Hubert Meyer entitled "Flower Girl". We find the police psychologist in a very difficult time of his life. He has said goodbye forever to his parents and made a professional mistake, after which he honorably withdraws from his work in the police. His own company, which was supposed to be the base for his professional career, appears to be a failure. He has become a bored, unemployed divorcee without any goals or livelihood.

He happens to meet two people who change his life. The first is an ambitious young woman called Lena who tries to talk him into cooperation, and the second is his old friend who asks for help in solving the mysterious disappearance and murder of 9-year-old Zosia. It turns out that the girl's disappearance causes a lot of people's tragedies to come to light. This case is reminiscent of another occurrence which took place a few years before. At that time a young boy called Amadeus was murdered. In fact, the culprit was caught and imprisoned, but this doesn't help to clarify the situation. We could say it makes it less clear. It calls into question the quality of the police's work, its loyalty and credibility. The mental status of Amadeus' mother, the flower girl Olga, causes her to be perceived as one of the main suspects.

In many Polish homes Sunday dinner begins with broth. Golden, cooked with at least two kinds of meat, vegetables and spices – it is my favourite soup. In my home the cooked meat from broth was used as an ingredient of baked casseroles with onion, vegetables from the broth and pasta. My children hate this dish's guts, so I try to use the meat in a different way.

Today I would like to share with you the recipe for just such a meal. The cooked meat from the broth is used as an ingredient of the filling for pancake rolls. Chickpeas and vegetables from the soup make a side dish. I served the pancake rolls with gherkin-pepper salsa. It was great. I recommend it!

Ingredients (for 12 pancake rolls)
12 crepes
filling
0.5 kg of cooked meat from broth
1 onion
2 carrots from broth
1 parsley root from broth
1 tin of chickpeas
half a chili pepper
3 tablespoons of minced chives
1 tablespoon of mixed herbs
1 tablespoon of grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon of butter
salt and pepper

Successive research has proved that sugar is damaging. And no matter how hard we deny the reality, it is obvious that excess sugar leads to the body's acidification, causes tooth decay, harms the heart and immune system and leads to obesity. On the other hand sugar is important for the taste, durability and texture of many products. Having got used to sweets and bombarded by so much information about sugar's harmfulness we stand before the dilemma: "sugar or no sugar?"

Do we really want to fully cut ourselves off from sweetness? I don't. I like sweets and my family does too, so I decided to look for products thanks to which the wolf would be full and the sheep alive. The dietitian Maria Śledziowska from EKOlogika on Opaczewska street in Warsaw was very helpful. Thanks to her I learnt that we may reduce the harmful effects of sugar by exchanging it for different sweet products. The way out of the situation is sugar substitutes. During the workshop at EKOlogika I discovered a plentiful group of such products. I found out about their properties, consistencies and how we may use them. I knew some of them before. Who hasn't heard of honey, stevia and xylitol? However, many products from this group were new for me.

Especially interesting for me was information about the glycemic index and the calorific value of sweet products and which of them can be used for baking. For example, I discovered that stevia can be used for baking below 180C. Above this temperature it loses its sweetness. Erythritol leaves a cold feeling in the mouth and cannot be used to sweeten hot tea, but it is perfect for refreshing lemonade in the summer. If we use it to bake biscuit cake, we can lower its calorific value by 25%.