(Serves 4) / (за 4 лица) Every time I hear mousse I look like a cat that’s just heard the kibble bowl being loaded with fresh kibbles. I kid you not! And if you are (probably) guessing that this started out as a modest shiitake mousse (but then came along the parsley and swept my…
Month: January 2014
Vegan Puff Pastry / Посно лиснато тесто
(Serves 3) / (за 3 лица) Another super easy recipe coming your way. Don’t judge! 🙂 As I said before – there are days when I haven’t got time for anything, much less for cooking. This is one of my all time favorite cheats. The cool thing is you can add whatever filling you like…
Vegan Cereal / Посни мусли
(Serves 1) / (за 1 лице) I know, I know, too obvious, right? I mean where’s the effort here?! It’s easy and it’s supposed to be easy. Being vegan is simple. It’s this simple. Ingredients 1 cup (250 ml) homemade almond milk, cold 5-6 Tbsp organic
Potato and Dried Chili Peppers Side / Макало од суви пиперки и компир
(Serves 4) / (за 4 лица) ♫♪ Loves the theater but she never runs in there late ♪♫♪. Rings a bell? Well I’m NOT going to be that lady from one of my favorite songs if I don’t write this extremely fast 🙂 Ingredients 4-5 large potatoes 5 dried large chili peppers 1 medium sized leek (white…
Keerai Masiyal (Mashed Spinach) / Пире од спанаќ
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) When I was younger I HATED spinach. My grandmother used to prepare all of our meals at home and she was kind of stingy on the water (or the time) so she never wasted hours (like I did today) washing a bunch of greens. Every time we had spinach…
Spaghetti with Creamy Mushroom Sauce / Шпагети со крем-сос од печурки
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) It was a busy day today for me and bf. After last night’s party which was off the hook, by the way, we had a good night’s sleep and we got up all willing to work today. I was cleaning around the house and bf was studying for his…
Rice Porridge with Dried Fruit and Nuts / Оризова каша со сушено овошје и јатки
(Serves 1) / (за 1 лицe) Not much time tonight, bf’s sister graduated yesterday. We’re gonna parteeeeeeeeeeeeeey tonight! We were out all day, feeding the cats, some homeless animals, and shopping for tonight’s present. So I have to be out in an hour or so and I have to do this as quickly as possible….
Ultimate Vegan Hot Chocolate / Најдобриот рецепт за посно топло чоколадо
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) I know that you want to get inside the screen and lick the cup full of chocolaty goodness clean. Unfortunately, you’ll have to do it the ‘hard’ way i.e. make this recipe yourself. The trick is it’s not at all a hard thing to do. It takes about 15…
Semi-Waldorf Salad / Полу-Волдорф салата
(Serves 1) / (за 1 лице) Ever since I discovered Waldorf, I can’t think of a salad I’ve enjoyed eating more. I guess it’s the unique mix of flavors that does it for me. I’m all for trying out new stuff and I’m oh-so happy when I really like some new dish. It goes right…
Red Lentil Burgers / Ќофтиња од црвена леќа
(Serves 6) / (за 6 лица) It’s official – I’m sick! No fever, but nose is running like crazy. Not the best way to start a food post – I know 🙂 I’m not taking any drugs, I do not believe in drugs. There’s this tea we have here, the woman that owns the company…
Broccoli and Ginger Potage / Потаж од брокула и ѓумбир
(Serves 6) / (за 6 лица) Hello friends, I hope you’re having a great day. Unfortunately I’ve got some bad news…bf got a cold yesterday and today I started feeling kind of uneasy too. That didn’t prevent me from heading straight for the kitchen after work and preparing this exquisite potage – one of my…
Almond Pesto-Stuffed Mushrooms / Шампињони полнети со песто од бадеми
(Serves 6) / (за 6 лица) Well if this doesn’t make you go vegan, nothing will (JOKING! You must ALL go vegan before I finish my 365 days vegan recipe delivery for 2014!) This is the best thing you’ve tried since..well, forever. It is a GREAT show off for your little dinner parties and what’s…
Brussels Sprouts Mix / Бучкуруш со прокељ
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) I know I’ve already admitted in one of my previous posts that bf taught me how to cook. Well, this here was one of his culinary escapades. No idea for dinner? Here, just let me look at what’s left in the fridge. And a half an hour later –…
Messed Up Sarma :) / Растурена сарма
(Serves 6) / (за 6 лица) Let’s face it, sometimes despite your best intentions and your enormous wish to eat well and treat your body right, there just isn’t enough time, right? Some dishes may take ages to prepare and sometimes you simply have to find that way around them. This here is a variation of…
Warm Winter Balls / Топли зимски топчиња
(Serves 10-15) / (за 10-15 лица) Hello friends, sorry for not being able to post these last couple of days, but it has been rather hectic here. I am volunteering at an animal protection organization and there was this cat that got hit by a car Tuesday evening. It wasn’t until today that we finally…
Sarma / Сарма
(Serves 6) / (за 6 лица) Ingredients 1 medium sized leek, finely chopped 1 kg sauerkraut, big leaves 1 1/4 cup (150 g) walnuts, finely chopped 1 ½ cups rice 3 cups (400 g) button mushrooms, finely diced 1 large sized carrot, grated 2 large sized garlic cloves, chopped 6 Tbsp unrefined oil
Breaded Eggplant / Панирани модри патлиџани
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Not so long ago I was at a friend’s place and she made me these wonderfully amazing soy schnitzels. They were so irresistible I couldn’t stop stuffing my face, literally. I told my mom about them in superlatives, so, obviously, she couldn’t wait to get her hands on the…
Extremely Tasty Vegan Gravy / Неодоливо вкусна посна каша
(Serves 6) / (за 6 лица) Ingredients 2-3 Tbsp all purpose flour Pinch of paprika 6 Tbsp unrefined oil Water (to taste) Salt Mixed pepper, freshly ground
Oyster Mushrooms and Mashed Potatoes / Буковка и пире
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Here’s what we had for dinner yesterday. The mashed potatoes are my mom’s invention and the taste – phenomenal! I really can’t get enough of oyster mushrooms cooked this way (OK, I admit, for a certain period of time, then I have to have them in some other way…
Biscuity Beer Rolls / Пиварки
(Serves 17) / (за 17 лица) This is how we started our day today. It was a wonderful sunny morning and while we had our coffee and biscuity beer rolls in our garden, a hungry furry friend came along looking for some food. Prince got really scared of him, but then he became curious (cats, go…
Honey-Mustard Taste-alike / Сос со (демек) мед и сенф
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Ingredients 3 tbsp mustard 2 tbsp agave syrup Directions Mix the ingredients in a bowl and adjust the ratio to your taste. ————————————————————————————————————————-
Mushroom and Olive Spaghetti / Шпагети со печурки и маслинки
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Ingredients 350 g spaghetti 150 g champignons 100 g olives, pitted ½ l (approx 2 cups) tomato sauce Salt Mixed pepper, freshly ground Other spices (optional)
Foamy Soy Vanilla Latte / Матено соја-лате со вкус на ванила
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Ingredients 2 tsp instant coffee *We use Jacobs Intense, it reminds me of Rome and the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had in my life! 2 tsp unrefined cane sugar 2 cups soy milk 5 tbsp lukewarm water Vanilla extract, to taste (you can substitute it for 1 pkg powdered vanilla) A…
Bean Stew / Грав
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Remember the best beans in the world I was telling you about in this post? Well, I did get the recipe for this great and highly nutritive dish. While I was researching the ingredients online I came across some interesting stories about bay leaf, and from now on I plan to…
Simple (Yummy) Bread / Едноставен вкусен леб
(Serves 6) / (за 6 лица) Ingredients 1 fresh active yeast (40 g) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 1 kg all purpose flour 1/2 l water *This is an approximate measure, you may need more water so the dough is soft and it doesn’t stick to your hands when you knead it
Ultimate Christmas Fruitcake / Најубав божиќен колач
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Ingredients 400 g all purpose flour 1 pkg (10 g) baking powder 100 g unrefined cane sugar *If you want to omit the sugar, you can substitute it for 1 cup of dates 1 pkg (10 g) powdered vanilla sugar (or simply the vanilla extract you usually use) 1 tsp salt 1/2…
Japanese Persimmon with Walnuts / Јапонско јаболко со ореви
(Serves 1) / (за 1 лице) Here’s what you’ll need for this wonderful snack: 2 medium sized Japanese persimmons couple of walnuts, chopped Directions Wash the persimmons thoroughly. Remove the green cap from the top. Take a tsp and scrape the gooey inside of the persimmon into a bowl through the hole that was created…
(Not So) Plain Rice / (Не)обичен ориз
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Here’s what you’ll need: 1 1/2 cup white rice You can also use whole rice if you want, or maybe mix the two, and throw in some rice shaped vegan pasta, bf’s mom did this last time we had lunch at their place and it was really great 1 medium…
Olivier (Russian) Salad / Посна руска салата
(Serves 5) / (за 5 лица) Ingredients 300 g peas 300 g carrots 300 g potatoes 300 g pickles 300 g corn vegenaise* (to taste) 1 medium sized lemon squeezed
Fried Seitan and Potato Salad / Пржен сејтан со компир салата
(Serves 2) / (за 2 лица) Believe it or not this is my first time eating seitan at home after becoming vegan. This was from my lunch today. I had to do some chores and didn’t have much time to prepare something more elaborate, so here’s a quick and easy recipe. In the beginning of…