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Huge zucchini got marinated

Getting back on track with foodporning as well. My brother brought me an humongous zucchini instead of flowers. It was huge more than 50cm in length. Basically size of my whole thigh to knee and then some. I didn’t know what else to do than marinate the hell out of the...

Simple chicken curry

It is still winter outside so to continue my Marks & Spencer food stuff testing I thought I’d whip up a simple curry. Quick and easy way to get the needed warmth to the body. Thanks to the already made spice mixes and tikka paste it was surprisingly quick and...

Restaurant FARM tasting

Yesterday I got to taste the deliciousness of the new restaurant in town – FARM. I have to say this was the tastiest lunch ever – I love having dinner at lunch time. The mouth-watering modern Estonian cuisine was so elegantly simple and delicious. There’s no fuzz about the food....

Beetroot and asparagus orzotto

I finally got a boost to come up with some new recipes. Marks & Spencer Estonia offered me an opportunity to test out some of their foodsing stuff. I’ve been around their store couple of times before and been impressed about the pureness of most of their products. Like stock is...

Nutty and seedy green salad with papaya

I felt like something crunchy for dinner. So I whipped up a nice nutty and seedy green salad to continue my alkalising path. Nutty and seedy green salad with papaya (Serves 1-2 / Prep time approx. 10 min) What you need: half papaya 2 small-medium savoy cabbage leaves handful of...

Buckwheat mushroom, fennel, asparagus green salad

My salad dinners continue as do my experiments of mixing stuff together. As my safe food list said that a little boiled buckwheat is ok for my alkalising detox and I was kinda craving for fennel then I decided to build tonight salad on that. Buckwheat mushroom, fennel, asparagus green...

Beluga lentil salad

I’m continuing with my alkalising detox salad recipes. As I can’t eat just plain lettuce all day long then I’m testing out different combos of the foods on my ok list. I craved for something thicker more resembling a proper dinner so I thought I’d try out lentils. Went to...

Green salad with flax and sunflower seeds

My stomach has been acting up again, so it is time to go again onto the two week alkaline detoxifying diet to get everything into balance again. I did this half a year a ago by doctor’s recommendation and it helped a lot. This time around I will try to...

Minced beef, barley and vegetable soup

So I managed to get a cold at the same time when summer arrived to Estonia. Ginger and lemon are my besties at the moment. As I’m constantly tired I thought that the best solution would be cooking a soup to eat this weekend. Unfortunately I can’t eat super-spicy food for...

My awesome Lunch in the Sky

Brilliant! Last year I tried to get a spot on the Dinner in the Sky apparatus but failed with my planning and stuff, this year the Dinner in the Sky people asked me to try it out for a lunch! I said immediately yes I would love to! It was...

Primavera Sound 2014 experience

I’ve been offline for a tad. Me and my friend Jarõna we went to Primavera Sound music festival in Barcelona and then vacayed in Granada for a week. Unfortunately my phone was stolen on the last day in Barcelona, so this post will cover just the Barcelona and Primavera part...

Kaubamaja “Ilusat isu” popup restaurant aka awesome lunchbreak

I was invited to my goto food store and department store Tallinna Kaubamaja (Tallinn Department Store) for awesome press luncheon introducing their new campaign at the homeware and food departments. They had set up a popup restaurant “Ilusat Isu” (beautfiul appetite) where food blogger and critique Silja Luide whipped up a superdelish...

NOA Restaurant experience

Last weekend I finally got to enjoy the super praised foodsing at a new seaside restaurant NOA. I booked a table at the head chef’s hall to get the best overview of their offerings. It ended up being a superfabulous night filled with high-class culinary treats. Both the a la carte...

Chickpeas and spinach pasta

I was a tad hungover on Sunday and didn’t feel like going shopping for food and didn’t feel like ordering anything from a restaurant. So I went to my fridge and found some stuff that in my head should go together – I can say they totally went. I ended...

Multi-cabbage and asparagus warm salad

Keeping in with the theme of #gettinghealthy I tried out a salad with all the cabbages that I found from my fridge. Here’s the delish result. Multi-cabbage and asparagus warm salad (Serves 3-4 / Prep time approx. 5 min, cooking time approx. 10 min) What you need: small broccoli smallish romanesco quarter of savoy...

Bok choy, radish, string beans and cashew warm salad

For my #gettinghealthy foodsing I decided to try stuff that I haven’t eaten or have tasted just once-twice in my lifetime. First item was chinese cabbage or bok choy that I made into a delish warm salad! Bok choy, radish, string beans and cashew warm salad (Serves 2-3 / Prep...

Zucchini chips

To get some other type of crunchy taste while on my tummy healing diet and thought of chips. So I did some google research, gathered all the info about the mistakes and wrong doings and settled on slow cooking to be sure. Here’s what I did. What you need: Zucchini...

#gettinghealthy

I’ve been hassling with sore throats and tummy aches for over a year now and after millions of antibiotics and stuff finally docs think they know what’s wrong with my body. I’m not getting into details but work stress, alcohol, lack of sleep, no exercise has taken its toll on my stomach. I...

Beetroot and zucchini pasta / Punapeedi ja suvikõrvitsa pasta

Last week I agreed to be on of the food bloggers to test Estonian grain processing company Veski Mati‘s new pasta range that they’re launching now on the Estonian market. Following recipe will be featured on their facebook page, therefore this post will be bilingual (both in English and Estonian)....

Squash, chicken and bacon pasta

Yet again I’ve been bad blogger. It’s been a busy beginning of the year – lots of work and I’ve entered the dating world in full throttle too :). Hence, I haven’t had a chance to come up with any new recipes. Yesterday while shopping I thought it is about...

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