Recipe Type: Vegetarian
Rice Vermicelli, Fresh Spinach and Roasted Peanuts
This Asian style recipe can be a meal on its own (vegan & vegetarian) or an accompaniment to any meat, poultry or fish dish. I use fresh spinach because it’s easier to mix with the vermicelli. The frozen spinach is too compact. N.B: Spinach can be replaced, for example, by ...
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Rocket (Arugula or Rucola) Salad with Parmesan
This peppery plant is full of healthy benefits such as vitamins K, C and A. In addition, it contains fibre, folate and iron. It also contains 2 antioxidants that boost eyesight and protect the macula of your eyes from degeneration! There are 2 types of rocket salad: the common rocket ...
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Potato Salad – Mediterranean Style
We all know potato salad made with mayonnaise. This version is “healthier”, more colourful and has no mayonnaise. It is good as a vegan meal, on its own, or as an accompaniment to any meat, fish or chicken dish. You can add or replace the herbs that are in this ...
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Roasted Carrots with Dates
I cooked these carrots for our family on Christmas Eve! Not a shred of carrot was left! Everyone liked it a lot. The idea of roasting them with dates came to me because I had received packets of them from our friends, from UAE and Qatar. I needed to use ...
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Mizeria – A Polish Radish & Cucumber Salad
This salad is done with cucumbers only or with both cucumbers and radishes. It’s very popular throughout Poland! This fresh, crunchy, peppery, creamy and delicious salad is a good accompaniment to any meat, poultry or fish dish. Most of all it is very quick to prepare!
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Beans with Swiss Chard, Coriander and Garlic
This recipe was given to me by my sister who had it from a friend of hers! It may have a Lebanese origin. I cooked It twice: once with Swiss chard and another time I used Cavolo Nero (Tuscan kale), and both were really good. It is perfect as a ...
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Quinoa with Leeks, Broad Beans and Spinach
This is my 2nd inspired “Quisotto” recipe. We all know by now that quinoa is a superfood, low in carbs and high in protein. You can eat this Quisotto on it’s own ( a vegan & vegetarian dish par excellence) or use it as a replacement to rice, to accompany a ...
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Tortilla Espanola – Spanish Omelette
This is another egg based dish, tasty, nourishing and easy to cook. Unlike the Italian frittata or the French omelette – both made with eggs and a variety of ingredients and/or vegetables – the Spanish tortilla is done with eggs and potatoes only although some regions incorporate also peppers and ...
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Unbaked Potato Kebbeh – Mashed Potatoes and Burghul (Bulgur)
Kebbeh is generally made with mince meat and Burghul. The 2 famous Lebanese Kebbeh are: the raw meat Kebbeh and the baked one. But if you want a vegetarian or vegan Kebbeh then follow this recipe. It is also eaten either unbaked or baked! My recipe uses the same ingredients ...
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