Bee Pollen: Do You Hear the Buzzz?
Once you learn about the power of enzymes, you will want to add more and more raw foods in your diet. The good news is that this does not mean eating salads all day long, because the world of raw food...
View ArticleEating Healthy During the Holidays
We are celebrating the Orthodox Easter this week. It comes right after 1st of May which is the international labour day and controversially as it is - is a non-working day down here. And the last day...
View ArticleSpring In a Close-up
Living in a four-seasons climate I have always been thrilled by the changes that every new season brings to nature. I watch in awe how the bare trees dress up in white floral lace for their wedding...
View ArticleMorning Rituals and Strawberry Smoothie
I am a breakfast type of person. I rarely skip breakfast and always enjoy the morning ritual of preparing and serving breakfast. My breakfast tastes though change with the seasons. In the cold days...
View ArticleCelebrating Youth
Today I am getting 32 years old. And it is only natural that my birthday makes me think about aging and the passing of time. We live in a culture where after a certain age birthdays are not associated...
View ArticleStaying Healthy On a Vacation
It's been awhile since I wanted to make a post with tips for healthy eating on a vacation. But somehow other topics and tasks distracted me from the idea. A couple of weeks ago a fellow blogger Cole...
View ArticleGluten-free is the New Fat-free
This is the title of an article that I wrote for the May issue of The Woman Today magazine. I was asked to prepare a material on the popular topic of gluten, gluten sensitivity and Celiac disease for...
View ArticleRaw Chocolate Fudge
My transition to healthy eating was not an overnight shift but a process. The more things I learnt, the more things I changed, replaced and discovered. Тhe more inspired I felt! As time passed by I...
View ArticleThe Future of Our Children
Today many countries celebrate the International Children’s day. A good reason to think about the future of our loved ones. As a new mother with a 4-month-old baby I am getting increasingly concerned...
View ArticleSweet Green Beans, All My Life Where Have You Been?
You might not believe me but it was last spring that I first tasted fresh green peas and fava beans! All my life green peas have come along into jars and cans or in the last few years - only frozen....
View ArticleRaw Ice-cream Cake With Apricots
Helloooo…. Is there anyone around? I haven’t posted here the last couple of weeks but I haven’t stayed idle as well! I taught an 8-weeks long healthy nutrition course in a yoga studio in Sofia,...
View ArticleEating For Two: Pregnancy Nutrition
I've been told that becoming a mom will change my life completely. Now I am living this change! Motherhood comes with a great joy, a new love that grows every day but also with new responsibilities...
View ArticleCherry Tart and An Announcement
My baby daughter turned 6 months old yesterday! Half a year passed by so quickly and I am still figuring out what it means to be a mom. I guess that this is a process that goes on all your life! For...
View ArticleSummer-time, smoothie-time
The summer is passing by so fast! My daughter started crawling and is now all over the place! It’s amazing the fascination and curiosity with which she discovers the world around! She is still...
View ArticleMy New Project
If you have landed on my page in the last three months, you had been seeing the same old post and no new publications. But guys, I have not been idle for a single day! What I actually did was...
View ArticleTwo-Colour Pumpkin Mousse
I often come to descriptions of desserts that claim the recipe is healthy just because it does not contain white sugar, or flour or both. Folks, let‘s get it right! Lots of sweet, even less sweet , in...
View ArticleThe Art of Mindful Eating
Eating healthy becomes more and more popular these days. It's on the media, on the food labels and packages, on Facebook which is flooded by personal tips for healthy eating. The good thing is that...
View ArticleThe Art of Mindful Eating II
In my previous post I alarmed you of the health dangers triggered by unconscious eating. Unfortunately, the truth is that most of us rush through our meals, eat on the run while driving, working,...
View ArticleShaved Fennel and Celery Raw Salad
I hope that my two previous posts helped you realize how important it is to eat consciously and mindfully. But if you are not a mindful eater, it takes some determination and practice to cultivate the...
View ArticleGo Raw! Go Green!
Long-waited, much-dreamed-of, it is already here! Green-smelling spring that softens the hills with new foliage, springs into clouds of dashing colours and swaps the winter foods for fresh and cool...
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