This is a very simple recipe for a red colored rice. It looks and tastes great. Little kids will love it! Beetroot gives a sweet taste that is combined with vinegar to give an interesting result. It is a fun way to eat your rice instead of simply cooking it alone. This recipe is inepxensive and can be used as a side dish or main meal if combined with some cheese or nuts. It is also gluten free. Try it out!

This recipe is one of those I call “table recipes”, as you can make one on your plate while eating, combining ingredients that you have on your table. For this one you combine roasted potatoes with salad ingredients. you just add curry powder and dried parsley, which you can store in your capboard or even carry along in a small jar.

This is a very simple recipe with whole wheat. Whole wheat is a great food to store for long term and also buy in bulk to save money. The thing is many people are asking how to use it. This is a good example. Soak the wheat into water for 2 hours. Then boil it for 15 minutes and then enjoy it as your breakfast cereals. Mix it with cinamun, nuts, raisins, toss in some pieces of apple, add honey and serve with Greek Yogurt!

This is an easy and delicious way to cook and enjoy whole wheat kernels. Combining wheat with nuts provides all essential amino acids which means full protein. Honey is my favorite sweetener but you can use whatever you have available. Fruit juice also provides sweetness. Chestnuts, Walnuts and Apples grow in trees and do not require special care for cultivation. People who live in mountain villages have the freely available!

This is a simple delicious yogurt dressing that you can use on any fresh vegetable salad. It is easy, nutritious and really delicious!

No matter how much we praise the nutritional virtues of broccoli, it is never enough. Broccoli is a nutritional superstar! There are countless ways to enjoy broccoli but I think this easy-to-make soup is a must for those who do not like much broccoli and especially its texture. This is a brilliant recipe, even for children. Adding less water and making the soup thicker you will have a tasty and healthy sauce for pasta!

Apple is my favourite fruit, that is why I dedicated a whole cookbook on apple recipes. Here I just present one of the simplest baked apple recipes. It is a clever way to utilize your surplus apples and stale bread. It needs less than 5 minutes to mix everything and then simply put the tray [...]

Oats are very cheap if you buy in bulk. It is also highly nutritious with plenty of fiber, protein and vitamins. They also contain complex carbohydrates that give us lasting energy. They are a great value food and an ideal way to add thickness and nutrients to soups, juices and smoothies. You can also use [...]

This is one of my favourite desserts. It is nutritious, delicious and contains no added sugar. It is a smart way to use ripe bananas that you can buy cheaply in many groceries stores. If you want to make dairy-free ice cream instead of milk you can use fruit juice or milk substitute made of [...]

This is the most simple and basic cake recipe you can find. You only need to master this recipe and make it once a week so that you remove the need to buy any kind of premade packaged baked sweet from the supermarket. With small changes you can use this recipe to make all sorts [...]

This is a simple, cheap and very tasty pasta dish, without animal products. It is made in one pan so that you keep the energy consumption to a minimum and ltransfer the sweet taste of the carrots inside the pasta. Carrots are quite inexpensive and they provide a great amount of vitamin A, fiber and [...]

Tuna is an inexpensive source of high quality protein and it is great addition to many fast nutritious dishes. When I was a University student I always kept a can in my cupboard for those cases that I had no much time to prepare a meal. Chose tuna packed in water and add your own [...]