Today I would like to share with you the recipe for my favourite soup – Ukrainian borscht. My children like red borscht, but they don't like the Ukrainian version of this soup. It is soup in the "it is good but don't make it again" category . So I prepare Ukrainian borscht when my family is away. Ukrainian borscht is soup prepared with beetroot, potatoes, onion, cabbage, mushrooms and beans. In Ukraine borscht with beans is called czernihowski borscht. You may serve it with sour cream or yoghurt. I like it without them but I add a lot of chopped parsley.

Ingredients (for 4 people):
2 big beetroots
1 carrot
1 parsley root
a piece of celery
1 stem of celery
4-5 potatoes
1 onion
3 cloves of garlic
200g cooked white beans
2 big leaves of savoy cabbage
3 tomatoes
1 tablespoon of tomato concentrate
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
4 dried mushrooms
2 bay leaves
4 allspices
1.5l of meat bouillon
1 tablespoon of butter
salt and pepper
sour cream
chopped dill or parsley

One day after making stuffed cabbage, I had some leftover cabbage. Because I don't like to throw food away I prepared a small portion of stewed cabbage with tomatoes. It was so delicious that the next day I went to the store and I bought another cabbage, so I could make another portion of this dish, this time in the right amount. Stewed savoy cabbage with tomatoes is a dinner dish for me. I serve it with crunchy bread. If I prepare it for lunch, it is best with fresh new potatoes with dill. Choose your favourite sides or eat the cabbage straight from the pot. This is the way my husband likes it the most.

Ingredients:
1 savoy cabbage
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
150g of smoked bacon
250g of sausages
1l of vegetable bouillon
2-3 tablespoons of tomato concentrate
1 bay leaf
2 allspices
salt and pepper

My dears,

I wish you health, plenty of love and peace, because everybody needs these things regardless of our situation. I wish for the world to be open, safe and nice, so that each of us can make our dreams come true. I wish you a return to happy normality. Let the spring atmosphere recharge our internal battery before the coming busy days. Take care of yourselves.

Happy Easter!

My family like muffins much more than cakes, which need to be cut into slices. You can quickly grab a muffin and eat it on the way to the office. Eaten this way, this dessert is for sure less caloric than when we eat it at the table . It is the reason why muffins like today's forest moss taste better in the form of mini muffins. Besides, don't such little green cupcakes look cute in the springtime?

Ingredients
dough
450 g of fresh spinach
180ml of oil
150g of sugar
3 eggs
260g of flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder
creme
250ml of 30% sweet cream
250g of mascarpone cheese
2 tablespoons of caster sugar
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 teaspoon of lemon peel