These are healthy and not over complicated meat-free dishes for vegetable lovers.
Cottage cheese is one of my favourite breakfast dishes. Besides being healthy, it is also very quick to prepare and inexpensive. It is therefore an ideal proposition for a cheap and quick breakfast. The basis of this dish is cottage cheese, sour cream or yoghurt, chives and radish. This is the way I make cottage…
Vegan strawberry millet pudding is a dish that you can make only from four ingredients. This pudding can be served both for dessert, supper or as a snack. I start the preparation of the strawberry millet pudding by cooking the millet grains. I cook them in milk with a little sugar until the whole thing…
Pearl barley with forest mushrooms is today’s suggestion from me for a vegetarian dinner. This dish works great when served as part of a main course or on its own. As an addition to the main course, it perfectly complements both meat and fish. The consistency of this mushroom barley is a bit like risotto,…
Polenta is ground corn boiled in water, often served with butter and cheese. This dish comes from Italy but also occurs under other names in different countries. Depending on how finely or coarsely the polenta is ground, this dish may have a creamy or a firmer texture once cooked. Creamy polenta can be served as…
Baked sweet potatoes served with ricotta cheese and natural yoghurt is an idea for a cheap, meatless dinner. After baking, the potatoes are soft on the inside, while on the outside they have a delicious, crispy crust. I start baking sweet potatoes by thoroughly scrubbing their skin under running water. I do this most often…
Cabbage and potato cakes i.e. bubble and squeak cakes is a very simple and cheap-to-prepare dish, that works well when served for dinner. The basis of this dish is boiled potatoes and cabbage combined with and spices. After thorough mixing, a vegetable mass is formed into balls and fried in oil. In England, this dish…
A light salad of raw zucchini with the addition of Parmesan cheese and pine nuts: this is my suggestion for a quick dinner salad, or for other meals. I like to prepare this salad mostly during the summer, when I can go for the zucchini from my home garden. This zucchini salad can be served…
Mini pizzas made from puff pastry are a great idea for a quick snack. Using puff pastry saves time which you would normally spend on waiting for the regular pizza dough to rise. All you need to do with the puff pastry is to remove it from the refrigerator, carve out the desired shapes out…
Arancini is a dish originating in Italy, specifically Sicily. The basis of this dish is rice, which is divided into portions after cooking, flattened on the palm, filled with a filling and shaped into balls. A popular filling is meat with tomato sauce, often with an addition of green peas, mozzarella or other cheese, and…
Beets pickled eggs stuffed with mascarpone are beautifully presentable and interesting-tasting stuffed eggs. Start preparing beets pickled eggs by making a vinegar solution. I make it with water, vinegar, sugar, salt and juicy red beet, putting all these ingredients on the heat and simmer it for a minute, then cool it down, pour it into…
Hard-boiled egg cakes are a simple and cheap dish to prepare. The basis of these egg cakes are hard-boiled eggs, combined with fresh egg and spices. The egg mixture is used for forming small cakes, which are then rolled in breadcrumbs and fried on butter or oil. These egg cakes are a dish that works…
Spaghetti with pesto is a quick and simple lunch dish. Its basis is, of course, pasta, which is combined with warm pesto fried with olive oil. I know that some people like to serve pesto pasta without warming up the pesto first, but I do fry it because I mix it with olive oil, thanks…