Breakfast · 30 min
Overnight oats with poached quince and walnuts
Make it in five minutes tonight; breakfast is waiting tomorrow.
In season
What's at the market now, and what to cook with it.
Latest · In season
Cook with the calendar, not the trend
A tomato in August beats any imported superfood. Everything else follows from that.
Lunch · 60 min
Beetroot, apple and walnut salad
A crunchy, ruby-red winter salad with a mustard dressing.
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 · 55 min
Roasted pumpkin and red lentil soup
Velvety, warming and full of fibre. The soup we make all November.
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.
Snacks + sweets · 50 min
Baked pumpkin with walnuts and honey
A traditional Bulgarian autumn dessert. Just pumpkin, nuts and a little honey.
In season · 3 min
What's in season in November
Pumpkin, quince, leeks and the first winter cabbage. A market list for the month.
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.
Breakfast · 30 min
Baked eggs with spinach and tomatoes
A one-pan weekend breakfast with white cheese and herbs.
Every Sunday morning
The Sunday Letter
One slow read, one seasonal recipe and one small habit.