Sometimes in salads it's a case of the fewer ingredients the better. Today I would like to share with you the recipe for a grand, simple and colourful salad. The main ingredient is green beans. You can use ordinary green beans. Because of the fact that my husband did the shopping, I had to use 'mammoth' green beans. In fact the only difference is the width of the pods. Green beans are a rich source of folic acid and fibre. They are light and have a low glycaemic index, so they are recommended for people suffering from diabetes. Nuts are an interesting ingredient of this salad – use your favourite nuts. The second ingredients is a red onion. Pickle it in lemon juice and maple syrup. You can use the pickle as an ingredient of the sauce for the salad.

Ingredients
0.5 kg of green beans
100g of raspberries
100g of feta cheese
1 small red onion
4 tablespoons of lemon juice
3 tablespoons of maple syrup
2 tablespoons of olive oil
a fistful of cashew nuts
parsley and peppermint leaves

Whenever I have looked for ideas for a cake with pears, many times I saw interesting tarts with rolled edges called rustic tarts. I decided to prepare my rustic tart with pears. The thin crunchy almond cake, pithy pears and vanilla-fruit fragrance, which drew even my daughter from her room –is quite simply a dessert which you have to prepare. It has only one fault: it disappears too fast. But I tell you my solution. You just have to quickly make another one.

Ingredients:
dough
130g wheat flour
3 tablespoons of wheatmeal
4 tablespoons of minced almonds
2 tablespoons of caster sugar
2 tablespoons of cream
120g of butter
stuffing
3 pears
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
1 teaspoon of wheat flour
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
3 tablespoons of brown sugar
2 tablespoons of milk
2 tablespoons of apricot jam

We like potato pancakes with sugar or sour cream, smoked salmon and dill. I recently saw them served with a chanterelles sauce. I decided to prepare and try them. Admittedly, I prepared the pancakes with sweet potatoes, but the dish was still excellent. My son wasn't convinced and ate the pancakes with sugar, but the rest of the family said that the meal was yummy. Try it!

Ingredients:
pancakes:
500g of sweet potatoes
2-3 tablespoons of flour
1 egg
half an onion
salt and pepper
oil for frying
chanterelles sauce
300g of chanterelles
1 tablespoon of butter
150ml of vegetable stock
2 tablespoons of cream
salt and pepper
a fistful of chopped parsley

Today I freshened up one of my family recipes. Making the most of the fruit season, I prepared fruit dumplings with plums for my children. To my wonder they told me that they had never eaten fruit dumplings before. I don't know how it happened, but better late than never.

Potatoes are the secret of good fruit dumplings. The best are type C potatoes – they are mealy, contain more starch, and have bright, loose skin. Boil the potatoes for fruit dumplings the day before. Dumplings with freshly boiled potatoes could fall to pieces in the hot water.

Ingredients:
500g of potatoes
250g of flour
1 egg
a pinch of salt
500g of plum
3 tablespoons of brown sugar

I don't know anybody who doesn't like chocolate. Maybe except for those who like sausages more than sweets. Chocolate with nuts, dark chocolate, milk chocolate, muffins, cakes – I and my family like everything with chocolate. Some of us have to be careful with the amount of chocolate, but everyone sometimes allows themselves something mega chocolatey. Today I would like to share with you the recipe for an excellent chocolate dessert. It is similar to soufflé, but we don't need to worry that the cake will collapse, and the chocolate inside comes out nicely after slicing. You must be careful. The chocolate is extremely hot like lava, so it is excellent with cool fruit sauce and Vanilla ice cream. Do you know anybody who could resist this temptation?

Ingredients (for 4 people)
1 banana
50g of flour
50g of butter
100g of dark chocolate + 8 pieces of chocolate
100g of brown sugar
100ml of milk