If you try to avoid any dairy intake, these dishes are a must for you to try. All lactose-free, made from plant based substitutes.
Shawarma is a classic Arabic dish made from meat: lamb, chicken, turkey, beef or mixed meats. After seasoning, the meat is placed vertically on a spit and then slowly roasted. Often, the roasted meat is cut into thin slices and served with tabbouleh, bread, vegetables and various sauces. Cinnamon, paprika, cloves, cumin, turmeric and cayenne…
Homemade lard is exceptionally tasty and incredibly easy to prepare. You can make it in its basic version with onion or diversify it with additions such as minced meat and mushrooms. You can find the recipe for lard with onion on the blog and below I invite you to try lard with meat and mushrooms….
Fried Spanish Padron peppers are one of my favourite tapas dishes. They are easy to prepare, as proved by the recipe below. Most traditional tapas menus are dominated by bread, potatoes and meat in various forms, which are undoubtedly very tasty. However, they taste much better when accompanied by fresh produce, and one such product…
Quick puttanesca sauce made from tomatoes, anchois, capers, olives and herbs is a phenomenal combination of simple and colourful ingredients. This sauce is super fragrant with garlic, anchois and basil and so tasty that it’s hard to tear yourself away from it. Most often, puttanesca sauce is served with spaghetti pasta, but an equally tasty…
Jewish-style herring with onion, dill and garlic is a fish dish that, assuming you like herring, you will definitely like. These fish are aromatic, intense in flavour and smell beautifully of both garlic and dill. Preparing herrings in Jewish-style takes about 15 minutes, assuming that you use herrings in oil or have salted herrings already…
Tofu dip with baked eggplant is a simple vegan dish, a perfect snack for gatherings with friends. This dish is great for sharing because you just need to put it on a table and by using bread everyone can scoop as much of it as they want. As this is a vegan dish, all the…
Butter beans in curry sauce is a meatless vegan dish in which simple-tasting beans are seasoned with a bit of spicy chili flakes, turmeric and sweet paprika. This dish is filling and can be safely served both for breakfast and lunch. Despite their simplicity, beans in curry sauce are aromatic mainly due to the use…
Red cabbage slaw with dried figs and pomegranate is a meatless addition to meats. Thanks to the use of sweet figs, this vegan slaw acquires a slightly sweet taste, while the addition of pomegranate gives it a delicate touch of tartness. This type of slaw is a nice addition, especially to fried and grilled meats…
Sriracha mayonnaise is an easy-to-prepare spicy addition to meat and seafood. It is made by combining mayonnaise with spicy sriracha sauce, lemon juice, salt and garlic. Sriracha sauce is a hot chili sauce from Thailand, characterized by a beautiful light orange colour. It can be used as an addition to seafood, a base for marinades…
Pak choi with mushrooms is an idea for a meatless side dish that goes well for dinner. I use pak choi cabbage mainly when I prepare Chinese food dishes, but the cabbage itself comes from Asia and is very popular in Asian cuisine. Every part of this vegetable is edible: its white and crunchy stems…
Sauerkraut with shelled peas is a dish that will probably be on the Christmas Eve table for many of us. This dish is extremely simple, uncomplicated and tasty. Of course, you can easily cook such cabbage, outside of the holiday season, throughout the year, and serve it as an addition to meat and fish. For…
Christmas is upon us and this is the time of the year when most of us will undoubtedly bake delicious cakes, make salads and cook dishes that cannot be missing on our tables this time of the year. Without a doubt, such dishes include borscht, both red and white. However, before you can cook homemade…