Spinach salad with mulled wine tomatoes
This very easy salad tastes lovely.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
For the mulled wine:
1 glass of red wine
1 orange, zest only
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
pinch sugar
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 vanilla pod, split
1/2 teaspoon crushed chilli
For the tomatoes:
handful of cherry tomatoes
handful of basil leaves, torn
For the salad
2 handfuls of spinach leaves, washed
salt and freshly [...]
Eggplant Rollups with Tomato Sauce
This tasty meal was much easier to make than expected, and didn’t take very long to make either. The making of the vegan mozzarella took the longest, otherwise, grilling the eggplant was just a few minutes, and then the rollups were ready to enjoy.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 large eggplant
seasoning, such as Cajun Spices
1 cup vegan mozzarella [...]
Vegan Eggplant Parmesan Soup
The yummy tastes of the Mediterranean all in one tasty soup. This was quick and easy to make as well. It was delicious on a chilly fall day.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 med eggplant, cut into small cubes
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can crushed tomatoes
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup water
1 vegetable bouillon cube
1-2 tablespoon Italian [...]
Mini Broccoli Quiches
We enjoyed these yummy quiches as our main meal tonight. They would also work well for a brunch. The batter is the same as for the Spanish omelet.
Yield: 6 mini quiches
Ingredients:
6 squares frozen ?hearty puff pastry?, thawed
1 onion, minced
4 cups broccoli, washed, cut in florets
1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
handful almond slices, toasted
1 tablespoon oil
8 tablespoons [...]
Rasta Pasta (Pasta Marinara)
Friday night’s we usually “kick off” the weekend with a special meal, often it’s Italian. This is just a regular spaghetti with tomato sauce. The pasta made it special, and seasoning the sauce for a longer time gave it a chance to mellow and mix. We enjoyed the meal with a savory zucchini bread and [...]
Classic Italian Rice Salad
This recipe makes a lot. We enjoyed it as a main meal salad on a warm summer night. It was delicious! We enjoyed it accompanied with a whole grain baguette and a lovely vegan bio wine.
Serving Size: 8
Ingredients:
1 cup mixed wild and white rice
1 eggplant, cut in small pieces and sauteed
1 zucchini, cut into matchstick [...]
Spinach & Sundried Tomato Windmills
These tasty savory windmills are great as a lunch or appetizer. They’d also be great finger food for a party.
Yield: 10 windmills
Ingredients:
1 package vegan puff pastry (10 sheets), thawed
1 package (450 grams) frozen chopped spinach
salt
1/2 lemon, juice of
5 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
10 tsp. sun-dried tomato tapenade
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 215 C (420 [...]
Acapulco Tofu
The mild flavors of sweet red bell peppers were brought to life with a jalapeno and a dash of Tabasco, making a delicious bed for the tofu. Enjoyed with yellow rice made this a very nice meal.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
325 grams tofu, patted dry and sliced in thin squares
3 tablespoons oil
1 tablespoon sweet chili powder
2 large [...]
Tempeh Escalope à la Bordelaise
This was a very nice way to enjoy tempeh. It’s a meal that can be made ahead and then warmed up later. It really gives tempeh that nice Mediterranean taste.
Serving Size: 6
Ingredients:
2 onions, chopped
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
2-3 tomatoes
3 slices wholewheat bread
fresh parsley, chopped
6 small spring onions
6 personal size slices tempeh
2-3 Tbs. oil
salt and pepper to [...]
Crunchy Celery Root Salad with Mango Ginger Dressing
Cutting the celery root into small matchstick sized pieces is the secret to this tasty salad. We’ve been eating more raw vegetables lately and this salad was one that we really enjoyed.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 med. large celery root
2 Tbs. lemon juice
2 packages. salad mix herbs
125 ml. tomato juice
2 Tbs. olive oil
2 tomatoes
1 avocado, peeled and [...]
Raw Vegieghetti with Marinara Sauce
This was our first “raw” main meal and there will be many more to come. We will continue to have our cooked meals, but we would like to increase the percentage of raw meals a bit more. I’m looking forward to growing a lot more vegetables in our garden, particularly for our raw meals.
This marinara [...]
Summer tomato crostata with kale pesto
This is a really tasty treat. It’s very easy to make and kale pesto was very nice.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
3-4 large ripe tomatoes, sliced
1/2 cup kale pesto
1 pie crust
for the pesto:
1/4 cup walnuts or pine nuts, chopped
2-3 cloves garlic
1/2 pound kale, without stems
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
for the pie crust:
1 & 1/2 cups all-purpose [...]
Creamy Tomato-Paprika Soup with Peas, Carrots and Potatoes
This is a lovely mild, creamy soup that is very filling.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
4 potatoes, peeled and cut into pieces
2 Tbs. oil
1 onion, cut in pieces
1 red bell pepper, cut in pieces
1 tomato, cut in pieces
1 – 1 & 1/2 cups tomato puree, the one in a carton, not the little cans of condensed puree
8 young, [...]
Roasted Tomatoes and Onions
This makes a simple yet refreshing appetizer or anti-pasta.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
4 tomatoes, sliced
1 large onion, sliced
fresh thyme
olive oil
salt and pepper
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 220 (C).
Slice the tomatoes thinly.
Slice the onion also thinly.
Carefully arrange the tomatoes and onions alternating in a oven-proof dish.
Drizzle a bit of olive oil over the tomatoes and onions.
Sprinkle some fresh thyme [...]
Lentil chili
This was a new way for us to enjoy chili by using the lentils. It was very tasty and warmed us well on a chilly spring evening.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
3/4 cup dry lentils (I used brown)
1/2 cup TVP (reconstituted)
1 onion, chopped
1 med. carrot, cut in small pieces
3 Tbs. olive oil
[...]
Tomato salad with avocado salsa
So easy and so tasty!
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
6 vine ripened tomatoes
1 scallion
2 Tbs. jalepeno or serrano chile, finely chopped
1/2 green or yellow bell pepper, finely chopped
1/2 lemon
1 large or 2 small ripe avocados, cut in pieces
2 Tbs. olive oil
4 sprigs coriander leaves or cilantro
salt and [...]
Creamed tomatoes on toast
This makes a lovely brunch or snack, it’s very easy and quite tasty.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
300 grams cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup soy cream
1 clove, garlic crushed
salt and freshly ground black pepper
4-6 slices farmhouse-style bread, toasted
Directions:
Select some of the prettiest tomatoes and save them to pan roast whole [...]
Baked Mediterranean casserole with rucola pesto
Potatoes, tomatoes and spicy tofu all seasoned with garlic and rosemary with a tasty pesto sauce.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
600 grams very small potatoes, washed and quartered
2 cloves garlic, minced
60 ml. extra virgin olive oil
180 grams spicy tofu pieces
350 grams cherry or grape tomatoes
2-3 Tbs. rosemary, chopped or minced
salt [...]
Review: Tofu in sun-dried tomatoes and balsamic vinegar
Tommy’s recipe “tofu in sun-dried tomatoes and balsamic vinegar” is very tasty. It’s quick and easy to make and looks colorful on the plate. Her instructions are detailed and easy to follow.
Ingredients:
1 block of tofu around 225g
1 small onion
1 clove garlic
1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes and oil
1 tbsp ground almond
1 tbsp olive oil
50 ml [...]
Tomato & Onion Salad
Well, this is so easy, I don’t feel right calling it a recipe. But often people forget about simple things. This is a really nice refreshing salad.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
4-6 tomatoes, chopped
1 red onion, minced
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Wash the tomatoes and chop them into small pieces. I discard many [...]
Coriander Tomato Soup
This is a French recipe that I got from a German lady it really is quite special. We really enjoy the flavor of the coriander, so I usually puree one bunch into the soup also.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
2 bunches fresh coriander
1 Tbs. olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp. [...]
Gnocchi with fava beans
Such a lovely colorful meal and so tasty. It would be easy to make this for a Christmas meal as it is so red and green, but it tastes great any time of the year. We enjoyed it on a windy wet fall night with a lovely rose wine and a full grain bread and [...]
Ratatouille
Well, guess what movie we just saw. We had so much fun watching Ratatouille, and of course it inspired us to try and make it just as in the movie. We were very pleased with this meal. We often have ratatouille, but not sliced in small slices as these. It did make it much more [...]
Warm Quinoa Lentil Salad
Quick and delicious!
Ingredients:
0,5 cup brown lentils
0,5 cup quinoa
1 small red onion, finely chopped
3 tomatoes, chopped and seeds removed
A handful of fresh lemon balm
Dressing:
0,25 cup canola oil
1 tblsp lemon juice
1,5 tsp curry powder
1 tsp lime pepper
0,5 tsp black pepper
1 tsp fresh, grated ginger
Directions:
Cook the lentils and quinoa (if you like, cook them in vegetable bouillon to [...]
