It is common knowledge that strange cravings are the preserve of pregnant women. You don't need to be pregnant to want to a few things at the same time. There are two kinds of dishes which you may prepare in this situation: salads and baked goods. You may prepare surprising and yummy meals with products which seemingly don't go together. Try to experiment and maybe you will create something special. At worst you will make a dish "with an interesting taste" (this is what we call less successful culinary experiments in my family).

Today I mixed fresh spinach leaves and green asparagus spears with fruit: juicy pomegranate and sweet blueberries. Add poached egg or pieces of hard-boiled egg if you want to make a more filling dish. This salad is an excellent proposal for a light dinner on a hot summer day.

Ingredients (for 2 people)
2 fistfuls of spinach
a bunch of green asparagus spears (about 12 pieces)
half a pomegranate
two fistfuls of blueberries
4 eggs
salt and pepper
dip:
2 tablespoons of olive oil
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 teaspoon of honey
1 tablespoon of water

Last Saturday I was lazy and I didn't have any culinary ideas. When I asked my children what they would like for dinner, they answered "Pizza!". Strangely enough, this rarely happens nowadays. Unfortunately, they couldn't agree what should be on the pizza. I made the decision – otherwise I would have to add every kind of meat, ham, some shrimps and half a vegetable market.

Recently, asparagus spears have become a permanent product in my kitchen, so I decided that they would be the main ingredient of my pizza. I added to them some salami, two kinds of cheese and black olives. At first sight it is an unconventional combination, but it was surprisingly tasty. It was so yummy that my impressed daughter forgot to cover everything with ketchup.

Ingredients:
ready pizza base
1 tin of tomatoes (cubed)
half an onion
3 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of oil
1 tablespoon of butter
1 teaspoon of dried oregano
150g of sliced salami

black olives

Even during the most intense heat we would like to eat something sweet for dessert. Usually, the first choice is ice-cream. However, even though it is perhaps difficult to believe, sometimes you are fed up even with ice-cream.

In this kind of "difficult" situation you should reach for fruit. Today I would like to share with you a recipe for fruit mousse with a hint of coconut. You should serve it strongly chilled. It is perfectly refreshing and supplements the microelements which we lose when it is hot. The sweetness of the dessert hinges on the degree of ripeness of the fruit. If you don't have perfectly ripe, juicy fruit, you may add a bit of honey or maple syrup.

Ingredients (for 4 people):
1 big mango
1 pineapple
400g of coconut milk
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
honey or maple syrup
fruit for decoration

Today I would like to share with you the recipe for small pies. I wanted to make the stuffing without meat, so I chose chickpeas. They are a rich source of protein, they reduce blood pressure and cholesterol level. They also have a low glycaemic level and the fibre steadies the sugar level in the blood. You should remember its assets and add it to your daily diet.

Serve the pies with your favourite dip and vegetables. They taste the best hot, but we discovered that they are great cold and you may also reheat them.

Ingredients (12 pieces)
1 pack of chilled French pastry
200g of chickpeas
half a red pepper
2 cloves of garlic
half an onion
4 dried tomatoes from olive oil
3 tablespoons of olive oil from the tomatoes
6-8 black olives
1 tablespoon of butter
2 tablespoons of milk

This recipe for coffee cheesecake has waited for its turn a long time. In winter we wanted heavier and sweeter cakes. The nearer the summer, the lighter our diet becomes, so cakes are also a bit less solid. Cakes with fruit, cheesecakes and cakes that require "no baking" are a great part of this trend.

This dessert, because of the shot of coffee, is better for adult gourmands. For children I recommend using Inka coffee (chicory coffee) or instant cocoa. If you add dry granular coffee to the cheese, you will find small colourful dots in the cheesecake. If you would like to make a smooth cake, dissolve the coffee in a spot of water.

The recipe for this cake comes from www.aniagotuje.pl.

Ingredients:
1kg of grated curd cheese
200g of butter
150g of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of potato flour
4 tablespoons of granular coffee
icing
150g of dark chocolate
150ml of 30% sweet cream
4 tablespoons of desiccated coconuts
fruit for decoration