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. […]
Tag: grain-free
Creamy Tofu Cashew Cheesecake Dessert Bowls
Should you crave for a decadent dessert to impress your guests or just enjoy it yourself at the end of a long day, look no further. My tofu and cashew cheesecake dessert bowls are an easy and quick version of raw cakes that doesn’t need to firm up in freezer. […]
Chocolaty Quinoa-Millet Muffins
Recently I have only used soaked grains in my muffin recipes (buckwheat-millet-blueberry muffins and buckwheat-millet-fig muffins with blackcurrants), and I must say the mania continues. This time, to have variety, I fitted quinoa seeds in the millet muffins. Quinoa is more similar to buckwheat rather than common cereals like wheat, […]
Millet-Buckwheat Muffins with Blackcurrants
I developed my Millet-Buckwheat Groat Muffin Breadsā recipe into muffins that are as springy, but have a sweeter taste. Besides banana, the sweetness comes from oat milk and figs ā my latest favourites to give sweet taste to bakes. Until very recently I only used dates, but after discovering the […]
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 ā 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 […]
Millet-Buckwheat Groat Muffin Breads with Blueberries
I named these healthy goodies muffin breads rather than muffins because they are only subtly sweet. Hence, you are able to taste all the ingredients. There is the divine flavour of blueberries as well as subtle sweetness of peanut butter combined with the taste of banana. And then of course […]
Back to School Lunch Boxes ā How and What to Pack
Kids are going back to schools and kindergartens. Wondering what to pack your kid for lunch? Iāve always provided my 5-year-oldās lunch boxes and snack for kindergarten and I make it super-easy. You can do it too! My kidās kindergarten is very accommodating, i.e. the food can be stored in […]
Spicy Cherry-Poppy Seed Muffins
Enjoy those plant-based, oil-free spicy cherry-poppy seed muffins for breakfast, snack or dessert. Itās been a long time since I posted a muffin recipe ā Iāve been enjoying my quick barley bread Karask too much!Maybe itās because I hadnāt had muffins for a while or the recipe just turned out […]
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 itās gaining […]
How to Make Vegan TiramisĆŗ
TiramisĆŗ comes from Italian tira mi sĆŗ, meaning ālift me upā. This dessert (when made right) really lifts you up! How if I made vegan tiramisĆŗ? I still remember the first time I tasted tiramisĆŗ ā I was lucky to have a real one in Italy. I do not exaggerate […]
Cheesy Veggie-Lentil Casserole with Tomato Sauce
I first made Italian-style casserole with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese years ago when I still consumed dairy products. Since it was one of our favorite dishes back then, I wanted to create an equally delicious plant-based cheesy veggie casserole with good tomato sauce and I must say I succeeded 100 […]