I have at least three favourite basic components to lunch dishes. These are fish, kasha and pasta. I could eat them with other added ingredients almost every day. Every year I look forward to a summer trip by the seaside, where I can eat fresh fish and seafood without any limits. So I am worried about this year's summer holiday with the pandemic, which might frustrate my travel-cooking plans and dreams. For now, while waiting for the summer, I prepared steelhead with intense colour and with beautiful green basil pesto. Thanks to this, this dish gained another interesting flavour and beautiful look.

Ingredients (for 2 people)
2 pieces of trout
1 teaspoon of clarified butter
2 pinches of lemon pepper
salt
pesto
1 pot of basil
50ml of olive oil
a fistful of pine nuts
50g of parmesan
1 clove of garlic
salt

Lemons in my house disappear quickly. My children like fresh juices made from citrus fruit and lemons are essential. The more lemon juice the merrier. My husband drinks tea with lemon and during the summer I habitually prepare lemon and lime lemonade with mint. Lemon is associated with desserts, sauces, salads and drinks, but it is also a perfect addition to meat, sauces or soups. Today I bet the ranch on lemon for lunch, and not as a flavour balance or accent, but the determined guiding flavour. I prepared lemon soup with coconut milk, poultry meat and bulgur. The soup amazed the whole household - even my son, who is very suspicious when it comes to new dishes. Try it yourself.

Ingredients (for 4 people)
4 chicken thighs
100g of bulgur
400ml of coconut milk
1 teaspoon of butter
2 carrots
1 parsley root
a piece of celery root
a piece of leek
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 chili pepper
a piece of ginger
1 teaspoon of butter
2 bay leaves
2 allspices
1 big lemon
1 teaspoon of curcuma
half a teaspoon of herbal pepper
2 tablespoons of chopped chives
salt and pepper

Pasta with pepper-tomato sauce and corn and cocktail tomatoes makes a delicious change to ordinary bolognese. You can do this as a vegetarian dish, or add mincemeat just like me. I really like sauce made from vegetables or herb pesto for pasta. My children prefer the meaty variant. I wonder if you will enjoy this type of spaghetti bolognese. We all liked it.

Ingredients (for 4 people)
400g of pasta
500g of minced meat
2 red pepper
400ml of tomato passata
2 tablespoons of oil
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
150g of sweetcorn
cherry tomatoes
a fistful of spinach
1 tablespoon of oregano
salt and pepper
chives

Until now I have used avocado to prepare salads and pastes, that is, dishes cold served. Lack of ideas for a quick lunch caused me to invent a new, incredibly delicious dish. I prepared a paste from avocado and feta cheese, which I treated like pesto, and I mixed it with pasta. I also added unsalted pistachios, black olives and different coloured cherry tomatoes. It all was so tasty that only my common sense stopped me from eating another portion. Unfortunately, the dish has a weakness. It can't be heated up, but it is possible to create quickly another serving.

Ingredients (for 2 people)
150g of penne
1 big avocado
1 small clove of garlic
50g of feta cheese
3-4 tablespoons of water from boiling penne
black olives
coloured cherry tomatoes
unsalted pistachios
a couple of basil leaves
salt and pepper

Duck dishes are treated like a luxurious option served at official meetings. Duck roasted with oranges, flambé duck breast or duck thigh with apples are delicious dishes, but they require knowledge and ability, so it isn't popular in home kitchens. Today I want to offer a meal thanks to which duck meat can be an ingredient of an everyday dish that can be prepared by anybody. It is best to make duck stew with dark duck meat. I prefer juicy meat from the duck's thigh and the rest of the meat that's left after cutting out the thigh and breast. An amazing addition to this normal dish is pomegranate and unsalted pistachios, which look wonderful and taste surprisingly good with stewed meat.

Ingredients:
500g of duck meat
1 shallot
2 cloves of garlic
chili pepper
a piece of ginger
150ml of dry white wine
half a teaspoon of curcuma
half a teaspoon of cumin
half a teaspoon of paprika
3 tablespoons of thick coconut milk
2 tablespoons of oil
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of maple syrup
1 tablespoon of lemon zest
pomegranate
unsalted pistachios
salt and pepper