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Traditional “Papanasi” (cottage cheese pancakes)

10 minutes to prepare, 15 minutes to cook) This is a traditional Romanian recipe. It is so traditional that in fact these days if you ask people on the street what is “papanasi” 99% will tell you a kind of donut with sour cream and confiture. Because this is how it is sold by the restaurants. But traditional recipe is different. These days my wife ma …

February 2, 20220 comments
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Stuffed eggplants

10-15 minutes to prepare, 30 minutes to cook) This is a dish “stolen” from Greek taverns, pretty flexible as ingredients range, so can be easily adapted to each one taste. Not too rich in calories, with plenty of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Eggplants are a very balanced source of potassium, magnesium, manganese, vitamin K and C, folic acid a …

February 2, 20220 comments
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Refried Beans Nachos

(10-15 minutes prepare, 15 minutes cook)  This is a recipe found in a vegetarian recipes book (1000 Vegetarian Recipes around the world) which our 16   daughter loves to prepare for us since more than 1 year.  While it is a balanced dish from nutritional perspective, I would advise you to avoid preparin …

October 15, 20210 comments
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Vegetarian food – is it healthy?

Vegetarianism became lately quite a trend, fueled by sustainability concerns and by ethics reasons. Apparently more than 20% of Millennials are vegetarian, within above 8-10% of global population following same eating style. On top, while no more than 10-20 years ago there were concerns on the potential nutritional deficiencies, swarms of studies s …

October 13, 20210 comments
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How many calories an adult needs per day?

I am not a fan of putting too much figures/calculations in nutrition advices; however, there are situations where crunching numbers is needed to reach a certain goal. This could apply to sport nutrition or to cases where a fast change in one person’s weight is required. Even so, I will try to give minimum numbers, and to also offer some hints for t …

October 13, 20210 comments
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10 mistakes made by people who want to lose weight

Making mistakes when choosing our food or through our eating habits is understandable, due to media pressures and (sometimes) less beneficial eating traditions. And when it comes to losing weight, there are some frequent mistakes people are making in their efforts to achieve this purpose. I will go through some of these mistakes, so you can avoid d …

October 13, 20210 comments
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The universe inside us

Each moment, between 1,5- and 2 kilograms of bacteria are teaming up with each of us in order to digest food, keep germs away, improve our mood or with many other purposes. It is our gut microbiota, billions of microbes, growing with(in) us since the day we are born. Here are some interesting facts:  99% of our body genes are non-human, 90% of …

October 12, 20210 comments
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Why food diversification is good for health

Many of us have learned of or followed a dietary recommendation which promoted either the consumption or the restriction of a certain food group (i.e. only proteins or no carbs, or a certain color, etc.). Of course, with guaranteed weight loss in a short period of time, and (of course) without mentioning what it will happen on the long run. But let’ …

October 12, 20210 comments
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