Recipes from Ingredient: Garlic
Lentil and Quinoa Soup
This soup is one of my inspired recipes. It is healthy, nourishing and very tasty. I think it is perfect as a main for lunch or a starter for dinner. I usually add to it some cubes of potatoes but, if you prefer, you can add any other vegetable.
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Moussa’a (Aubergines and Chickpeas in Tomato Sauce)
Moussa’a means “cold” in Arabic. If you are eggplant lovers, you will love this delicious dish. It is a classic vegetarian Lebanese recipe. It is best when served at room temperature and can keep in the fridge up to 3 days. Accompaniment: Lebanese flat bread, whole pink radishes and spring ...
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Moussaka (Eggplant and minced meat casserole)
Moussaka is a traditional Greek recipe, quite tasty and rich. It needs 3 stages: fry eggplant, simmer meat & tomato and finally cook the béchamel sauce. In this recipe I use only eggplants but you can also add fried slices of potatoes and alternate with the fried slices of eggplants. ...
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Poulet Basquaise (French Basque Chicken Casserole)
This dish is a speciality of the French Pays Basque, situated in the Pyrénées mountains, between France and Spain. It is easy to cook, rich in colours and full of flavours. The main seasoning in this delicious dish is the “Piment d’Espelette”, a smoky chili pepper which is also a ...
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Hungarian Goulash
Goulash has originated and is a national dish in Hungary but it is also a popular meal in other parts of Europe. It is a stew of meat (any meat) and vegetables and seasoned mainly with paprika. It is served with either home made dumplings, or potatoes, or noodles, or ...
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Jerk chicken
This Jamaïcain recipe has become quite famous in the U.K.. Like most Caribbean dishes, it can be fiery hot! But you can adjust the chili to your taste and enjoy this very tasty grilled chicken. The most important preparation in this recipe is the marinade. And the longer you marinate ...
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Sticky chicken (Kung Pao)
This classic dish originated in the Szechuan Province but is found throughout China, with some variations. Kung Pao chicken is also a staple of westernised Chinese cuisine, served in most Chinese restaurants. It is spicy, sweet, savory and most of all, addictive! In my recipe, I have added some broccoli ...
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Sautéed Mushrooms (Grzyby Smazone)
In Poland, almost everyone loves foraging for wild mushrooms when in season. Although I never lived in Poland, the love of mushroom’s hunting has been passed to me by my Polish parents! For this recipe, I have not been able to find any wild mushrooms so I used shop bought ...
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Salad of Grilled Peppers (Bell Peppers)
This is a healthy, easy and colourful side dish that I tasted, for the first time, at my Portuguese friend’s house in Bamako. My husband, who initially was not a capsicum fan, loves now this salad.
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Green Beans and Lamb Ragout (Yakhnet Loubieh)
In the Lebanese cuisine, you can add almost any vegetable to some meat (beef or lamb) and cook a tasty ragout. These stews are usually made with tomato sauce, onions, garlic and seasoned mainly with these spices: allspice, cinnamon and pepper. The vegetables that can be used with the tomato ...
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