Aside from all the negative effects of the coronavirus epidemic, the best thing in my family is the time we're spending together. We always felt that we were missing this, and now we almost have too much of it. We more often eat meals together, we have time to talk, play board games or watch another episode of our favourite series. If we eat together, we feel as if it was the weekend every day. And if it's the weekend... there must be dessert. Today I offer chocolate cake with blueberries. It is strong chocolatey, plump and moist. It is perfect for relaxing with afternoon tea on a sunny terrace.

Ingredients (bread pan)
180g of flour
100g of brown sugar
3 tablespoons of cocoa
80g of melted butter
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
220ml of hot water
half a teaspoon of cinnamon
a pinch of salt
150g of blueberries
1 teaspoon of sugar
1 teaspoon of potato flour
50g of chocolate drops

The mistresses of the world in making lunch without meat were our mothers and grandmothers. When the amount of meat was limited, because it was sold with ration cards and usually there wasn't any, preparing meals for the family was a challenge. From this time I remember egg chops, bean chops, potato chops and fried marrows in lieu of pork chops. Today meat is much easier to get, but I still prepare vegetables or egg chops. I serve them with sauce or often (because my children don't like sauces) with fresh salad. The chops are perfect served hot after frying or cold as something different to go with bread.

Today I offer chops made of cooked potatoes, chickpeas and spinach. I brown them with onion butter, garlic and chili. This dish is also great way to use up potatoes leftover from the day before.

Ingredients:
0.5kg of cooked potatoes
1 tin of chickpeas
150g of fresh spinach
1 onion
1 clove of garlic
chili pepper
1 tablespoon of butter
salt and pepper
breadcrumbs for dredging
oil for frying

My mood during social isolation during the coronavirus epidemic is great one day, motivates me to work and play with the children, but the next day I have to sit on the couch under a blanket with a glass of wine. My children don't let me give in to temptation and hide under the blanket in a bad mood, and wine definitely has to wait until evening. But sometimes I try to improve my mood and with the family I prepare something delicious, colourful and ... best of all with chocolate. Delicious and with chocolate – a brownie of course. And colourful? It is also possible. Just add sugary spring decorations or colourful m&m's. If like me you need to cheer yourself up, make this brownie – it's not much work, you can bake it in no time, and even the aroma will make your day better. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
200g of flour
150g of brown sugar
50g of peanut butter
50g of cocoa
120ml of melted butter
300ml of milk
100g of chocolate drops
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 tablespoon of vanilla essence
a pinch of salt

Recently I realised that it was a long time since I had done risotto. Because the family wanted meat for lunch I did a beautiful sunny risotto with chicken and vegetables. It was wonderful. It was light and filling, meaty and full of vegetables. A full balanced meal. Serve it immediately after cooking with Parmesan or fresh herbs. Remember that saffron gives it a beautiful colour, but don't add too much, because the risotto will be bitter.

Ingredients (for 4 people):
300 g of arborio rice
2 pinches of saffron
1.5l of bouillon
1 courgette
1 red pepper
500g of chicken meat
1 teaspoon of sweet red paprika
half a teaspoon of curry
1 shallot
2 cloves of garlic
2000ml of dry white wine
4 tablespoons of butter
3 tablespoons of parmesan
1 tablespoon of oil
salt and pepper

Mushroom soup is definietly not my children's favourite soup. I love it, so with stubbornness I am stubbornly trying to find a version of this soup so it will tastethat everybody will like. This time I made a good step in the right direction, because my daughter accepted the new mushroom soup. Only mMy son still turns his nose upsniff, but it I will get therecome later... trial and error. I hope that positive ones will be oftenthe results will be positive.

Ingredients (for 4 people)
500g of mushroom
2 carrots
1 parsley root
¼ of a small celery root
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
chili pepper
2 tablespoons of butter
100g of bulgur
200g of small white beans (boiled or from a tin)
400ml of coconut milk
3 twigs of thyme
2 bay leaves
1.5l of vegetable bouillon
salt and pepper