Buckwheat has become almost a national symbol. And rightly so! Fine quality, affordable price, and most importantly - the taste of health.

Хотя «гречка», казалось бы, имеет непосредственное отношение к Греции, как раз в Греции, где, как известно, «все есть», именно гречки и нет. Если попытаетесь найти родную и привычную крупу в европейском супермаркете, скорее всего, встретитесь с круглыми от удивления глазами менеджера. Разве что на севере Франции обнаружите на дальней полке гречневые галеты, а в Англии или Германии — зеленую гречку для проращивания в отделе здорового питания. А вот гречневую кашу готовят только у нас. Это наше, без всякого пафоса, национальное достояние, пришедшее из мистических Гималаев на Алтай как волшебный дар. Говорят, при монастырях ее начали выращивать греческие монахи, отсюда и «гречка». Все упоминания о «каше» в русском фольклоре — это упоминания именно о ней. Академик Павлов, которому можно доверять, доказал, что без вреда для здоровья можно провести целую неделю на одной гречке. Потому что она кладезь микроэлементов и витаминов, источник «медленных» углеводов и белка.

Buckwheat removes toxins and helps reduceweight, improve your skin, hair and nails, and increases resistance to stress. It is strange that Europeans bent on healthy eating, it is still not seized on this product: buckwheat has a low glycemic index does not contain gluten and does not need chemical fertilizers, so it is environmentally clean like the ones virgin snow of the Himalayas.

But our stars love buckwheat. Here are a few stellar declarations of love. Natalia Andreichenko has evolved from a chubby Russian virgins in refined English nanny was sitting on the buckwheat with yogurt. Suggesting Kalyagin Platonov role in »An Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano», the actor Mikhalkov took the photo and looked circuit, indicating to what size he should lose weight. Kalyagin was horrified by the proposal on a diet, but the role of Platonov was his dream. The actor has become a buckwheat and quickly dropped more than twenty kilograms easily. Prior proposals Natalia Goncharova played in the film »Pushkin. Last Duel »Anna Snatkina and did not think to lose weight. But for the role he dropped 10 kilos, eating only buckwheat, vegetables and dairy products. Now she was a vegetarian for several years. A buckwheat - is still her favorite product.

The secret of a large slenderness Valerie -fasting days, in which she eats cooked buckwheat porridge on the water without salt and oil. Especially tasty porridge turns out, if it does not boil, and steamed in a thermos overnight.
The same diet adhered Oksana Fedorova, to get in shape after two births.

Wonderful Pelagia is now attracting the attention notOnly vocal. In the new season of the show »The Voice» she surprised the audience radically postroynevshey figure. The singer shared the secret of happy metamorphosis. It turned out she was just some refused favorite ravioli, and passed on as a native buckwheat.

Кстати, гречка — это совсем не скучно. На Руси из нее готовили гречники и гречишники, ею фаршировали молочных поросят и зеркальных карпов. Плов, курник, голубцы совсем иначе «зазвучат», если рис заменить на гречневую крупу.
And here is the star recipe from Mrs Brylska,who knows how to prepare not only jellied fish: boiled cup of buckwheat, add the raisins, finely chopped nuts, black pepper, watering all the olive oil, stir and enjoy!