Plenty of delicious vegan-friendly recipes that will inspire you to make tasty dinners, desserts and snacks from plants. No food is impossible to prepare with these recipes.
A smoothie is a drink made of pureed vegetables and / or fruits, usually diluted with natural water, coconut water, fruit juice, yogurt, milk or ice cream. This drink perfectly refreshes and fills in at the same time. The majority of vegetables and almost all fruits can be used to prepare a smoothie. Broccoli, carrots,…
Recently, I’ve been making more and more vegan dishes. I’m trying trying to experiment with both sweet and savoury ones. As I have already mentioned some time ago, vegan desserts are quite difficult to prepare for me. The fact that eggs, butter etc. all need to be replaced by other vegan-friendly products can sometimes be…
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…
Romesco is a Spanish sauce originating from the region of Catalonia. The base of the sauce is made from tomatoes, peppers and almonds. The sauce is seasoned with olive oil, vinegar and garlic. Romesco sauce is a type of cold sauce, which means that the ingredients are not cooked together, only mixed once they are…
Brussels sprouts, or mini cabbage, is a biennial vegetable that has been grown in Europe since the 16th century. Brussels sprouts are a great source of vitamins. It contains more vitamin C than an orange and has very few calories. I don’t remember too many dishes with Brussels sprouts from my childhood. My mother did…
Sauerkraut is prepared from finely shredded cabbage salted with a generous amount of salt and then left to ferment. I have to tell you that I’ve tried sauerkraut in several countries and it tasted completely different in each one of them. At home, from sauerkraut I make stew, salads, soups, dumplings, patties, croquettes, savoury pastry…
There are many recipes for pierogi dough. They are very similar to each other, often they differ only in small details, which usually concern the amount of ingredients used. The basis of any pierogi dough is flour, water and a little grease. Butter or any type of oil can be used as grease. It is…
Sauerkraut prepared in a traditional way takes some time to pickle. If you do not have that much time and would still like to enjoy the taste of pickled cabbage, try this recipe for quick pickled cabbage. This cabbage can be eaten already after a few hours from pickling. In addition to the cabbage, you…
Zucchini is perfect for pasta dishes, pancakes, soups and salads. Zucchini is one of many varieties of pumpkin. Despite its lack of nutritional value, this vegetable is generally liked for its simple yet original flavour. For cooking, I really like using small, young zucchini as they have no seeds, which makes them the perfect ingredient…
Tabbouleh is a Lebanese dish based on bulgur. The dish resembles a salad, in which, apart from groats, you can find tomatoes, cucumbers, lots of greens such as mint, parsley and green onions. It is seasoned according to taste with lemon juice and olive oil. Tabbouleh is served cold mainly as an addition to meat…
Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish that consists of fermented vegetables. The base of kimchi is napa cabbage and white radish, seasoned with gochugaru (powdered chili) or gochujang (chili paste), ginger, green onions and garlic. Some versions of kimchi also contain salty seafood such as dried shrimp. Preparing kimchi is very simple. The vegetables should…
Cocktails are great not only to deal with hunger, but also to cleanse the body. There are a lot of cocktail variations. It all depends on what you fancy and sometimes on what you have in your fridge. For me it was kale 🙂 I also managed to find some bananas and pears. All I…