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The pumpkin. All its properties, benefits for your health and recipes That the pumpkin is not only the protagonist on Halloween . That you can incorporate it into your diet in a thousand different ways and until now you may not have known what to do with it other than the soup , cream or …

Call it Samain or Samhain, Day of the Dead, Halloween, Halloween … or just party just because yes, say it as you like but have a good time. Celebrations wherever they are are to celebrate, and the more the better. It is true that as a child I have never celebrated Halloween or Samaín as …

Everything you should know about Kefir, Ke what? KÉFIR! It invades the fridges of our supermarkets, mixes among our usual dairy products, we see it advertised everywhere, it succeeds at Instagram breakfasts, but what is kefir? Why is it so healthy? it’s good? Do you have lactose? In today’s post I will solve all your …

I can perfectly imagine how Ilya Metchnikoff (Met for friends) felt when she discovered that semi-solid white thing that the longest-living and healthiest peoples of their known world ate. It was the Bulgarians, and Met was a Russian microbiologist who studied the processes of aging. He came up to them and saw that they were …

The seasonal foods are healthier, cheaper and more environmentally friendly, but … what are at all times?  In Rechupete Recipes we have made this downloadable so you know at a glance what are the fruits, vegetables and fish that are in season . November is a great month for vegetables, the season of artichoke , …

Galician legends say that chestnuts represent the soul of the deceased and that with each chestnut that is ventilated in the Magosto, a soul is freed from going to purgatory and it must be celebrated. “After August, Galician Magosto: the festival of new wine and chestnuts.” And “for San Martiño the magosto is made with …

When we talk about chestnuts, I get the Galician gene, or rather ourensán. In any chat with friends in Madrid I try to value this fruit that reminds me of my childhood and the most popular festival in Ourense, Los Magostos. We can talk about chestnuts, because there is not a single variety, there are …

Kombucha, what is it and why is it “killing it”? You will have heard of it or you will have seen it. Social networks are crowded with this infusion. Yes, kombucha is an infusion and its health benefits are apparently better than any other. Known as elixir or energy of immortality . A drink that …

Pak choi and other Japanese vegetables . Surely you have been seeing our beloved pak choi, Chinese cabbage, in your supermarket for a long time. It is very common in Asian cuisine and oriental stores. Thanks to its easy digestion and numerous benefits for our health, pak choi is becoming a super popular vegetable that …

What is cream of tartar and its uses in the kitchen . Surely many will have happened to me at the time and when you find yourself in a recipe this name among the list of ingredients you think, but what the hell is cream of tartar ? I am going to explain a little …