Healthy Food - Better Mood!

  Today we will travel to the north of Europe. England, Finland, Russia, - what do these countries have in common? Yes, correct, - a long and cold (in comparison with Southern Europe) winter. So, obviously, the traditional homemade food is different there. For every day cooking at home, especially when it is cold outside, a soup is very popular. Meat soups, fish soups, accompanied by vegetables like potatoes, carrots, cabbage, beetroot are considered not as a starter like in Mediterranean countries, but as the main course. These soups are thick, nutritious, and usually served very hot with bread and cheese. In this case a small salad can be offered as a starter. For the full family lunch or dinner also meat dishes can be served after a soup, and then a dessert - tea or coffee with bans or cookies. This is really nice to warm yourself like this and enjoy looking through the windows when snow is falling down and snowflakes are dancing in the air! Welcome to the North!

Hi! Today we will check two recipes of pancakes from two countries that are far away from the Mediterranean Sea - USA and Russia. I mean the recipes of very popular dessert, pancakes! Everybody knows how American-style pancakes look like - small, thick, cooked with minimum veg oil and served with jam or nutella one above the others.  Russian 'blini' look more like Breton crepes, they are big, thin, cooked in a pan with a lot of oil. They have neutral taste and can be served with sour or sweet filling. The most favourite ones in Russia are jam from various berries or plain yogurt.  You can also close them as an envelope, put inside cooked minced meat or cottage cheese with an egg, and put in a freezer. It is very delicuous and easy-to-make snack!