Breakfast · 30 min
Overnight oats with poached quince and walnuts
Make it in five minutes tonight; breakfast is waiting tomorrow.
Food
Healthy, mostly organic cooking built around the Bulgarian seasons. Real ingredients, no diets.
Latest · In season
Cook with the calendar, not the trend
A tomato in August beats any imported superfood. Everything else follows from that.
Dinner · 40 min
Courgettes with rice and dill
A light summer pan dish with tomatoes and herbs.
Lunch · 60 min
Beetroot, apple and walnut salad
A crunchy, ruby-red winter salad with a mustard dressing.
Drinks · 7 min
Golden milk with turmeric and ginger
A warm, spiced cup for the evening digital sunset.
Nutrition · 3 min
Bread isn't the enemy
Good bread has been part of healthy diets for thousands of years. The problem is usually the rest of the plate.
Dinner · 30 min
Mountain trout baked with herbs and lemon
Whole trout from the Rhodopes, baked in 20 minutes.
Snacks + sweets · 55 min
Kyopolu, roasted aubergine and pepper spread
Smoky, garlicky and bright with parsley. Perfect on rye bread.
Lunch · 40 min
Green buckwheat bowl with tahini and crispy chickpeas
A filling, plant-protein lunch that keeps for three days in the fridge.
Snacks + sweets · 5 min
Dates stuffed with tahini and walnuts
Two-minute sweets for an afternoon slump.
Dinner · 110 min
Bob chorba, Bulgarian bean soup
Slow-simmered white beans with peppers, mint and chubritsa.
Dinner · 45 min
Forest mushroom soup with thyme
Gubena supa: earthy, warming and simple.
Dinner · 50 min
Leshta, Bulgarian lentil stew
Brown lentils simmered with paprika, carrot and savory. Cheap, filling and deeply comforting.
Drinks · 12 min
Mursalski mountain tea with honey
Bulgaria's beloved herbal tea from the Rhodope mountains.
Breakfast · 25 min
Mish-mash, peppers and tomatoes with eggs
Bulgaria's summer scramble with roasted peppers and white cheese.
Dinner · 55 min
Roasted pumpkin and red lentil soup
Velvety, warming and full of fibre. The soup we make all November.
Nutrition · 4 min
Why protein at breakfast keeps you steady
A breakfast with protein and fibre carries you to lunch without the 11 a.m. slump.
Snacks + sweets · 40 min
Baked apples with walnuts and honey
Grandma's dessert, warm from the oven with a spoon of yogurt.
Lunch · 10 min
Sauerkraut, carrot and apple salad
A tangy winter salad full of live cultures.
Drinks · 3 min
Green kefir smoothie with kiwi and spinach
Fresh, tangy and ready in two minutes.
Lunch · 40 min
Spring nettle and spinach soup
A bright green Bulgarian spring classic, finished with yogurt.
Nutrition · 5 min
Organic, explained without the guilt
What the EU organic leaf means, and where to spend first if your budget is limited.
Dinner · 55 min
Baked sweet potatoes with herbed yogurt and pomegranate
Crisp skins, soft centres and a cool, green yogurt.
Dinner · 55 min
Whole roasted cauliflower with tahini and chickpeas
Golden, nutty and generous enough for a table to share.
Snacks + sweets · 50 min
Baked pumpkin with walnuts and honey
A traditional Bulgarian autumn dessert. Just pumpkin, nuts and a little honey.
Dinner · 90 min
Vegetable gyuvech
A slow-baked stew of peppers, aubergine, okra and potatoes, traditionally made in a clay pot.
In season · 3 min
What's in season in November
Pumpkin, quince, leeks and the first winter cabbage. A market list for the month.
Dinner · 55 min
Winter bean and vegetable chilli
Three kinds of beans, smoky paprika and lots of vegetables.
Snacks + sweets · 15 min
Date, walnut and cocoa bites
Three ingredients, no baking, and a sweet afternoon fix.
Breakfast · 20 min
Buckwheat porridge with apple and cinnamon
Warm, nutty and naturally gluten-free.
Dinner · 35 min
Lemon-herb salmon with greens and new potatoes
One tray, thirty minutes, and plenty of omega-3.
Lunch · 90 min
Lozovi sarmi, vine leaves with rice and herbs
Little parcels of rice, mint and dill. Even better the next day.
Snacks + sweets · 60 min
Seeded oat crackers
Crisp, nutty crackers to pair with kyopolu or white cheese.
Dinner · 40 min
Braised lentils with kale and lemon
Earthy green lentils with garlic, kale and a bright finish.
Lunch · 15 min
Shopska salad with herbs
Bulgaria's favourite salad: ripe tomatoes, cucumber, peppers and a snowfall of white cheese.
Breakfast · 30 min
Baked eggs with spinach and tomatoes
A one-pan weekend breakfast with white cheese and herbs.
Breakfast · 3 min
Kefir berry smoothie with oats and flax
Tangy, creamy, and ready in two minutes.
Snacks + sweets · 15 min
Snezhanka, Snow White salad
Strained yogurt with cucumber, walnuts, garlic and dill. Cool and creamy.
Lunch · 35 min
Lentil, pomegranate and herb salad
A jewel-bright lunch that keeps for days and travels well.
Lunch · 10 min
Tarator, chilled cucumber and yogurt soup
Cool, garlicky and full of dill. Summer in a bowl, ready in ten minutes.
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