Every year when the pumpkin season begins I start cooking it in any way I can – I make pumpkin puree to add to muffins, cakes and cookies, cook stews and curries, make soup and risottos, add to pancake batter or just oven-bake and add to salads or use as […]
Dinner
To me dinner is one of the most important meals among breakfast, lunch and snack times :) As dinner ends your day, it has to be properly made, it needs to fill you with positive energy and with all those nutrients that a rainbow can offer. Find your favorite among soups, chowders, salads, stews, dhal’s, curries, pies, quiche’s, Buddha bowls, patties etc. Remember to have plenty of raw veggies with your cooked meals!
Squash-Chickpea Stew
I’ve made pumpkin stew with chickpeas, cauliflower, tomato sauce and spinach before, but never tried with just two main ingredients. I actually got inspired by the best vegan buffet I’ve ever encountered – Miobio Vegan Buffet in Valencia where we had several great lunches. On one occasion a deliciously sweet […]
Brown Lentil Stew with Corn and Green Peas
I prefer quick and filling lunches that I could also eat in smaller portions. That’s why I concentrate on legumes and starches when preparing lunch. There’ll be just a bit of veggies to accompany beans or lentil stew. I have my huge salad bowl with plenty of veggies for dinner. […]
Potato-Barley Sausages
This post is a reminder of last Christmas, which I spent with my family in Valencia for second year already. On Dec 22 I still didn’t know what to cook for Christmas Eve as my kid had an eye infection and I was busy nursing him. The next day I […]
Top 15 Plant-Based Recipes of 2015
I’d like to thank you all for your support in 2015! It has been an amazing year full of new challenges (read below). I couldn’t have done it without your support! So here my summary of plant-based recipes in 2015. Here are top 15 whole food plant-based recipes of 2015, […]
Whole Roasted Cauliflower [Vegan, Gluten-Free, Oil-Free]
Who wouldn’t crave for a nice and comfy meal like this whole roasted cauliflower at holidays? I know I do. Furthermore, I’m sure that many plant-based eaters host omnivores during the holiday season and vice versa, many omnivores host herbivores. In most cases, when trying to get conventional eaters to […]
Ginger-Lentil Soup for Cold Season
Ginger-lentil soup is a perfect natural remedy for cold season. Also, read about how to boost turmeric absorption to get the best out of it. The cold season is here, whether you want it or not. Usually I’m not ill that often, but this autumn I’ve been accompanying my kid […]
Tempeh-Cabbage Curry with Chard
Tempeh-cabbage curry is a comforting and hearty oil-free, plant-based dish. Perfect for lunch or dinner. I had chickpea tempeh sitting in my fridge and I needed to use it up before it was too late. I was also very curious to try it out, as I had never bought chickpea […]
Green Lentil Stew with Tomatoes [Gluten-Free, Vegan]
This green lentil stew with tomatoes is a perfect flavourful and hearty go-to meal. Prepare it in a bigger batch and your lunches for the week are covered. You’ll only need 10 ingredients, one pot and 30 minutes of your time. Lentil stews are my favourite thing for lunch lately. […]
Hearty Chickpea-Red Bean Stew
I like to make lentil stews for lunch, but suddenly my 5-year-old got tired of lentils and asked for a meal made of beans. So I made chickpea-red bean stew. I left the base the same – onion, garlic, celery, and carrot. I added potatoes for starch and corn for […]
The Easiest Lentil-Kale Soup
I need to fix a quick lunch very often and find a red lentil stew or a soup to be the quickest and simplest things to prepare. Red lentils are ready in no time even without soaking and are so hearty and filling besides having a nice flavour. How about […]
Tempeh with Oven-Roasted Veggies and Chard
I had been on plant-based diet for three years already, when I first bought tempeh. Tempeh is a fermented soy product made of cooked soybeans, whereas fermentation is started with Rhizopus moulds. For hundreds of years tempeh has been the main source of protein in Indonesia. (1) Nowadays it’s gaining […]