These are healthy and not over complicated meat-free dishes for vegetable lovers.
A light, fresh salad made with tomato, avocado and mozzarella is perfect for lunch or dinner. I drizzled the vegetables and cheese with a dressing made from olive oil and lemon juice. I like to eat these types of salads during the day and I usually make them when I don’t have much time for…
Béchamel is a white sauce based on flour, milk and butter. The first step is roux prepared from flour and butter, which are fried until the flour is cooked. If after tasting the roux, there is still a noticeable taste of flour in it, it means that the flour is not cooked and the roux…
Potato wedges make a great dish perfect when served by itself or as side dish. To prepare potato wedges, you need good quality baking potatoes, spices and grease. Garlic and fresh herbs are perfect when it comes to adding seasoning to potatoes. The following recipe for potato wedges uses quite a bit of fresh rosemary….
A soft, creamy kohlrabi with carrot, onion and spices is the perfect vegetarian dish for cold days. I got the recipe for this dish from my Hungarian grandmother. This type of dish can be prepared from most vegetables, what’s important is that they should be soft, very thick in consistency and seasoned with sour cream…
Caponata is a dish originating from Sicily, with eggplants featuring as its main ingredient. The eggplant can be combined with additional vegetables, such as peppers, carrots or potatoes. The dish is seasoned with olive oil, capers and tomato sauce. It can be served by itself or with pine nuts. This dish is perfect not only…
Groats are edible grains with both gluten and gluten-free versions available. At home, I mostly use buckwheat. I mainly serve it as an addition to meat-based dishes. A bit less often, I make meals with barley. I mostly use barley for stuffing cabbage rolls. This time I decided to use barley groats as a part…
I usually make cakes with either flour or raw vegetables. My favourite raw vegetables I like making cakes from are potatoes, carrots, zucchini, cauliflower and corn. This time, I made slightly different cakes – these ones are based on boiled potatoes with raw green asparagus, flour and Parmesan cheese added to them. The cakes turned…
On cold days, hot drinks are irreplaceable. The same can be said about warm soups. Most warming-up soups are not only making you feel warm instantly, but they also fill you up. Personally, when making soups during the winter season I like adding chili pepper to them. Such soups are pumpkin or tomato, but recently…
Most vegetables can be prepared as purée. Perhaps the most popular one is potato purée. Potato purée can be made in a basic version, i.e. only with potatoes – however, additional vegetables can be added to it as well. I often combine potatoes with pumpkin, sweet potatoes and beetroot. Purée made with the addition of…
Patties are small snacks made from yeast dough, shortcrust or puff pastry. The pastry is filled with meat or vegetables whereas the meat stuffing can be made from chicken, beef or pork. The vegetarian version of the stuffing is prepared with cabbage, mushrooms or even spinach. On the blog, you can already find the recipe…
Mushrooms and green beans are both perfect as the main ingredient of many dishes. They are great in sauces, cooked, in soups or in salads. You can eat them all year round, because mushrooms are available fresh all the time, and beans, if not fresh, can be easily bought frozen. This time I served mushrooms…
Sauerkraut with mushrooms is a must-have dish on the Christmas table in my home. My mother makes this cabbage every Christmas. Usually, she makes a bigger quantity of it, so that we can enjoy its taste for a few days. To prepare sauerkraut with mushrooms, you will need sauerkraut, dried forest mushrooms, a little onion…