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Smooth and Creamy Coconut Shrimp Soup

Smooth and Creamy Coconut Shrimp Soup

Always in-season my coconut shrimp soup is very easy to prepare and moreover warmly welcomed every time I put it on our table. Full of good healthy vegetables and South Asian flavors it is creamy and delicate in taste but you can also have it 

Mediterranean-style stuffed bell peppers

Mediterranean-style stuffed bell peppers

The scent and taste of grilled peppers bring to mind the sun, warm weather and an abundance of fresh ingredients and flavours. For me they are also a little taste of home. They have an important place in Serbian cuisine, part of my heritage. They 

Spring vegetables Pad Thai style

Spring vegetables Pad Thai style

It has always been difficult to me to reproduce a dish that I enjoyed so much during a trip abroad. There is always something missing and I guess it is normal because it can never really be the same without the local flavours and fragrances. 

Thick comforting cabbage soup

Thick comforting cabbage soup

My granny would make this cabbage soup often in the winter. She would say to me “it’s easy, you put everything in a casserole and you let it simmer, nothing to do.” And it is true, or almost! She had time for everything my granny. 

Magic powers of garlic

Magic powers of garlic

I remember very well raw garlic sitting on my farmer grand parents’ dining table at almost every meal. They did not really care about the smell because they appreciated its rich taste and above all its health benefits. My grand mother used it in almost 

Put some sun in your bowl with this orange winter potage

Put some sun in your bowl with this orange winter potage

Squash, the winter queen, is often in our plates at this time of the year. Pumpkin and butternut squash are the varieties easiest to find in my neighbourhood, so I buy them most often. It also happens that they are both bursting with nutrients that