Forget about Eggs Benedict and welcome Turkish Eggs! Imagine poached eggs bathing in warm yogurt with garlic, topped with fresh garden herbs and drizzled with a chili pepper, butter and olive oil sauce. Turkish eggs provide an intriguing flavor combination that might sound odd at first, but are truly sensational. Give it a try and…
Tag: Vegetarian
Tomato Tartare with Coconut Sauce
Easy, healthy and surprisingly tasty. This was the result of an impulsive experiment to create a vegetarian tartare. The ingredients are simple and fresh, and honestly we did not expect much from it… but wow were we surprised! This one will be added to our collection of impressive starters for dinner parties. I often read…
Urid Dal Puree with Hot and Sour Aubergine
Today is the last day of the “National Week without Meat” in NL, an initiative of the “Hippe Vegetariër“(the hip vegetarian). The first edition of the week without meat kicked off in 2018 and from now onward, this will be a recurrent week every year. The idea of this awareness week is to bust some…
Wild Garlic Quiche
This is a fun recipe, because you need to forage for the key ingredient outside: wild garlic. Ideal for getting some exercise and doing the prep work for cooking at the same time. How healthy! So if you are enjoying the nice weather outside anyways, try to spot some wild garlic and forage while exercising….
The Ultimate Veggie Burger: Vada Pav
It’s not hard to be a vegetarian in India. Anthony Bourdain, who was a notorious meat lover, once said that he could consider going vegetarian in just on place on earth: India, “where being a vegetarian is not a burden”. Indian cuisine uses a mix of assertive spice blends (massala’s) and different textures to create…
Indian Streetfood Classic: Papdi Chaat
This is one of my all time favorite Indian street food snacks. Papri Chaat is a delicious starter made with Papdis (fried flour discs), boiled potatoes, tomatoes, chickpeas, onion, yogurt and mint & tamarind chutney and yogurt, sprinkled with generous amounts of chaat massala and red chili powder. The flavors melt together in an Indian…
Niven’s Pumpkin Pizza with Horseradish and Cheese
I have been raving about Niven’s restaurant for quite some time and have already visited the place three times in the past 2 years. It is rare that a restaurant keeps the quality of food and the overall experience high consistently, and Niven is a restaurant that never disappoints. I also love the concept of…
Miso Aubergines with Fried Rice
Another super easy recipe for the weekdays. It’s delicious, vegetarian and gets you your daily intake of veggies. Aubergines are the star of this recipe. They are glazed with miso and baked in the oven until they are very tender. I have combined this with a simple and easy to make fried rice recipe, which…
Shakshuka for Dinner
Shakshuka is a wonderfully lazy recipe if you come home, don’t feel like cooking and can’t wait to binge watch your favorite Netflix series. It’s exact origins are debated, but it probably originates from the Middle East / Mediterranean. I have transformed the traditional recipe into a fulfilling vegetarian dinner by adding some potatoes and…
Farinata with Confit Tomatoes and Cavolo Nero
You are going to fall in love with this! Crunchy and nutritious farinata, a chickpea flatbread from Liguria, Italy, perfumed with rosemary and caramelized onions. I have combined the farinata with Ottolenghi’s tangy cavolo nero (a type of cabbage) and confit tomatoes. I discovered farinata last year. I had a whole pack of besan (chickpea…
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