Loaded with nutrition, flavour and colour. Those are the dishes you can find under our vegetarian-friendly recipes.
Chimichurri is a sauce popular in Argentina and Uruguay, made from parsley, garlic, olive oil, oregano and red wine vinegar. The sauce is served fresh as an addition to meats and vegetables. The sauce is also great when used as a marinade. The recipe for chimichurri sauce is very simple, the sauce can be made…
This is another recipe of mine for vegetable tartare. I prepared it from celeriac root but I also added tofu cheese, pesto, pine nuts and roasted onion to it. I chose not to serve the tartare with egg yolk, instead I used green pesto, which made the tartare completely vegan. Find me on Instagram: mecooksblog and Facebook: MeCooksblog…
When I make meat for dinner, I usually serve it with potatoes, rice or groats and with some kind of a salad. Mostly I make salad from carrots, beetroots, celeriac, cabbage, leek and kohlrabi. These are just some examples of vegetables that can be used when making salads. Celeriac is quite a versatile vegetable. In…
Pumpkin is a vegetable I eat very often in the fall. I usually bake it and use it as puree to prepare various dishes such as soups, cakes and sauces. Recently, I baked a pumpkin with garlic and olive oil and instead blending it, I cut it up into cubes and served it like that….
Avocado is a fruit that comes from Mexico. It is very popular in America, Asia and Europe. It is an excellent source of vitamins, proteins and fat. You can made dips, salads, smoothies, sandwiches and many other delicious dishes from that fruit. The combination of avocado and boiled or poached egg is amazing. I make…
Hummus is a dish that comes from the historical region of Levant and from Egypt. The word hummus literally means chickpeas in Arabic. So you already know what hummus is made from 🙂 It is based on cooked chickpeas, combined with garlic, tahini (sesame paste), olive oil, lemon juice and spices. The whole thing is…
If you like the intense flavour of homemade borscht, you must try this recipe. Quite recently, I shared a recipe for beetroot leaven. I made the leaven because I always like adding it to the borscht. Homemade borscht made the right way tastes amazing. By using a large amount of beetroot, other vegetables and herbs,…
If you like red borscht and cook it quite often, I suspect that you are making your own beetroot leaven to add to it. However, if this is not the case this it is time to do so. The preparation of beetroot leaven is simple and really changes the taste of home-made borscht. Beetroot leaven…
Halloumi is a cheese made from a mixture of sheep’s and goat’s milk. It has its origins in the Eastern Mediterranean. It is ideal for grilling and frying. I have used halloumi to prepare a simple dish that is perfect for lunch. I served the grilled cheese with toasted bread, vegetables and pine nuts. Give…
Homemade bars are a great way to combine your favourite fruit with oatmeal. Depending on the ingredients you use, they can be healthy or caloric. The bars in the recipe below are super fit. They do not contain any sugar, gluten or lactose. Happy baking 🙂 Find me on Instagram: mecooksblog and Facebook: MeCooksblog Ingredients for gluten-free bars….
Vegetable pate is my latest favourite thing to eat. When I told my husband that the pate that he was eating was made entirely from vegetables, he didn’t believe me 🙂 The pate differed neither in taste nor in colour from a meat pate after a first glance and bite. I used mushrooms and kidney…
Falafel is a vegan dish very popular in Arab countries. It is prepared from chickpeas or beans, shaped into balls coated in sesame. The falafel I have prepared is not vegan but vegetarian because I added eggs and as you know, vegans do not eat eggs. I served the falafel with a delicious joghurt-based sauce….