Quinoa is slightly sweet and nutty, so you may use it to prepare main courses and desserts. You may replace rice, groats, potatoes or pasta with it. It can be an excellent healthy ingredient of soups, stews or salads.

The spring is a great reason to change your eating habits, so I would like to share with you the recipe for a salad which you can have for lunch or a light dinner. If you serve it in bowls with avocado, it will look interesting. If you put it in a jar, you have lunch for work or a snack for a trip. I recommend it.

Ingredients:
100g of quinoa
2 avocados
red pepper
cucumber
a handful of chives
half a chili pepper
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
salt and pepper
almonds
2 eggs
parsley

This year during the winter holiday my son brought back a taste for Kaiserschmarrn. For me it is a simple, yummy omelette: sweet and fluffy with fruit and thick syrup. However, I read that it isn't an omelette but a traditional Austrian pancake cut into small pieces with a fork. The recipe comes from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. According to the anecdote it was first prepared for the empress Elizabeth Bavarian and she didn't like this dish. It appealed to the emperor Francis Joseph, who ate not only his own dish but also his wife's portion.

Ingredients (for 2 people):
2 eggs
3 tablespoons of sugar
125ml of milk
100g of flour
2 tablespoons of butter
a pinch of salt
decoration:
2 tablespoons of dried cranberries
2 tablespoons of pomegranate pieces
4 tablespoons of sweet syrup (chocolate, honey or maple syrup)
nuts

Quinoa, aka Peruvian rice, is a rich source of balanced protein, healthy fatty acids and many vitamins and minerals. In South America it is called the "holy grain of Inca" or "golden seeds of Inca". Quinoa contains saponins, thanks to which it is anti-allergy, anti-inflammatory, antimycotic and antiviral. Quinoa protein contains all essential amino acids, which our body can't make and we have to get from food. Typical grains are a poor source of them. Additionally, the protein content is high. Therefore, quinoa is an alternative to animal proteins and should be in your diet if you are vegetarian. (source of information http://www.poradnikzdrowie.pl).

Today I would like to share with you the recipe for a healthy breakfast with quinoa. It is a swift dish, so you can make it even on a busy weekday morning. You only need to cook the quinoa the evening before.

Ingredients
100g of quinoa
1 banana
150ml of vegetarian milk
2 tablespoons of maple syrup
100g of blueberries
a handful of almond flakes

There are some kinds of soup which everybody knows. One of them is definitely tomato soup. Served as a cream soup or with noodles or rice, it is a traditional soup which parents order for their children in many corners of the world. In my home I usually serve it with rice or egg-batter noodles. I sometimes prepare cream tomato soup with feta cheese for myself.

The new Lidl cookery book inspired me to prepare a new tomato soup with chickpeas and pineapple. I got the idea from the book, but I prepared the soup in my own way. You may use the original recipe or mine. Choose your favourite.

Ingredients
1 tin of tomatoes
1 tin of chickpeas
half a pineapple
1 stick of celery
half an onion
2 cloves of garlic
half a chili pepper
500ml of vegetable stock
1 teaspoon of sweet paprika
1 tablespoon of butter
1 tablespoon of honey
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
salt and pepper
a fistful of cashew nuts

When I ask my children what they want for weekend breakfast I always hear, "an egg on the box". In actual fact, it is ham and eggs, and the name of the dish comes from the time when my daughter was two. I have to say that I have got bored of it, so today I prepared a different meal: sweet, baked omelette with fruit and almonds. It is easy and quick to prepare – perfect for a family weekend breakfast.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
90g of flour
120 ml of almond milk
1 tablespoon of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla sugar
a pinch of salt
half a teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of oil
decoration:
fruit, almonds, cashew nuts, caster sugar or chocolate icing