cookies for Ophelia

After many parties your system needs recovery..

For a great strength and youthful look..

Tree ingredients to kick start your morning..

If you are like Ophelia was, cursed with a wonky metabolism and a panoply of food allergies.. Bake these rather shy, cracked creatures that do give energy. This creation will not blow you away most probably, but it might define the parameters of your healthier life. 

Banana
Cinnamon
Coconut

Preheat the oven to 170 degrees. Mash banana with a fork and add the coconut (3/4 cup shredded coconut) and ½ tsp ground cinnamon and mix everything with the hand. Shape the mixture into balls and place them on a baking sheet and press with the bottom of a glass or just with the fork. Bake cookies for 20 minutes or until they get color. 

trip to sicily

fennel, orange salad & cream cheese, honey and nuts

Or in my case cream cheese, honey and nuts.. and you go nuts!

From time to time I receive edible gifts and when this happens I tend to make the best of it, which means either I eat everything right away or I tend to make the best parings. 

Today my kitchen kiosk catapults to Sicily for fresh, sunny and local flavors.

It should be ricotta, but you can use any good soft, cream cheese (just make sure it is not too salty). Spread few table spoons of cheese on a plate, sprinkle over ground cinnamon and chopped walnuts and drizzle with honey (Honey with Mulberries from Sicily or any other good honey).

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serves 2
2 Mediterranean oranges (seedless and juicy)

½ large fennel bulb – cored, very thinly sliced lengthwise

Pecorino cheese

extra-virgin olive oil

sea salt and freshly ground pepper (mixed peppercorns)

Place fennel slices on a plate and season with olive oil, salt and pepper. Toss them and leave to ‘marinate’ while dealing with the oranges. With the small, sharp knife remove the skin from each orange by slicing around the shape of the orange. Slice the oranges and arrange them over marinated fennel slices. Shave (using cheese shaver) some Pecorino cheese on top. Repeat again, fennel, ornages and finish with Pecorino slices. Drizzle olive oil on top and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and eat. 

avocado for breakfast

guacamole dip

It’s Friday morning, mostly cloudy and it feels like -8. My nose is running and I feel like my head will explode. I need vitamins, sun and something quick to wake me up from all this influenza misery. Blink!! Super pear like berry will bring sunny flavors to this winter’s day. They say that avocado offers nearly 20 vitamins and minerals, so why not take all of them at once and dive into smooth and creamy texture.

one ripe avocado

1/2 lime juice

pinch of salt

about tbsp olive oil

2 spring onions (finely sliced)

1/2 tomato, diced

In a bowl place avocado, lime juice, salt and olive oil. Mash avocado with a fork (this should be no problem if avocado is ripe). Fold in the spring onions and tomato and stir everything together.  

After only ten minutes you can finally dive in.