Cuisine » Kuhinja | 35 - I tried to think of the most possible scenarios in which amodern, busy person would find themselves if they wanted to organise a dinner or make something really memorable. Roasts with vegetables are great for preparing a day in advance, ready to simply pop in the oven in record time. Many seasonal vegetables are currently available, so you can even make a great meal without meat. It seems as though timely preparation is the key to success? - For working parents, crispy chickenwith pesto sauce and garlic bread is an ideal solution. It seems slightly demanding, but it’s great if you do the prep work the day before. In principle, the magic of the kitchen is in the conceiving. It is sufficient to set aside just five minutes a day to consider what you’ll offer your family on tomorrow’s table in order to already be a step ahead in the race against time.This is themost commonmistakepeople make, because theyonly start thinking about food a moment before they start making a meal. Hence the stress and lack of creativity. What makes a meal memorable? - What’s on the table isn’t important at all. Food has an incredible power to bring people together. When you’re with people you love and are able to relax and enjoy each other's company, to see how they react to ameal and to laugh together, that’s what makes life worthwhile. I hope the new show will also serve as an excuse for viewers to bring their loved ones together around the table to create new shared memories. Food can be the perfect excuse for people to come together. What’s your advice for working mothers who perhaps don’t have enough time for cooking? - For parents, chicken with potatoes, or fried drumsticks with wings, is the easiest andmost popular solution, but they are mistaken. You can experiment a lot with chicken and achieve so many different flavours. Of course, it’s the oven that does all the hard work, which makes it somewhat understandable that it’s themost popular choice for busy mothers. For me, for instance, Italian cuisine is an eternal source of inspiration. Let’s fry or boil the chicken for a change, and use it with a thousand excellent pesto sauces that you can find in any exotic pasta supermarket. It isn’t always necessary to combine chicken, potatoes, oil and the oven. Preparation takes just as long, and the taste is different every time. You’ve spent many years promoting healthy nutrition in schools. Did the pandemic influence us to change our eating habits? -Those were unbelievably difficult years, but one thing this situation showed us was just how important nutrition in schools is, as a basic source of food that generations who are just growing up depend on. I was very glad to hear California’s decision to provide free school meals to more than six million schoolkids. That’s serious forward thinking, an important step, but what comprises that diet is also important. I really believe that good food can galvanise our recovery, both economically and academically, to encourage success for the next generation. What’s your children’s favourite meal? - That always depends and changes day to day. They are actually great foodies and really enjoy food. On weekends, when we’re all together, we like to have fun while webakebreadandmakehomemade pasta together. What culinary message do you want to convey to people? - Be careful what you eat and avoid processed junk food. Strastveno verujemda je kuvanje jedna od najvrednijih i najlepših veština kojimamožete naučiti dete I passionately believe that cooking is one of the most valuable and beautiful skills you can teach a child FOTO: Planet Photos / Planet / Profimedia
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