Category Archives: Vegetarian

Creamy Zucchini Carrot Mini-Tart

 Creamy Zucchini Carrot Mini-TartDelicious creamy zucchini carrot mini-tart recipe; an ideal appetizer for a romantic dinner for two. It is amazing how well zucchinis and carrots combine with the herbs to elevate the flavor! Everyone who ever has tried this tart (that I know of) has loved it. May you enjoy it as well! Continue reading Creamy Zucchini Carrot Mini-Tart

Cardamom Salad

Cardamom Salad

Usually when you think of cardamom the powder comes to mind. Here we are using the leaves from the cardamom plant to make a cardamom salad! It is a delicious salad!

Fresh cardamom leaves give an amazing flavor to a plain lettuce salad. Somewhat spicy, with some chopped green onions and sun-dried tomatoes; this cardamom salad is very tasty!

Ingredients:

  • 1 big bunch of lettuce leaves
  • Fresh cardamom leaves
  • 4 green onions, chopped
  • 1 tomato
  • 5-6 sun dried tomatoes
  • Olive oil
  • Sea salt

Wash the lettuce and the cardamom leaves very well, along with the tomato and the green onions. Chop everything to your taste and serve with sun dried tomatoes, sea salt and olive oil.

Extra Cheesy Broccoli Soup

Vegan Cheesy Broccoli Soup

Let’s face it, it’s soup season. I love making soups even though it’s a labor of love to make them. I got started making soups almost two years ago now; as they became a popular choice for my family back home in Minnesota I became more comfortable with what a soup should be. Some would say you cannot eat this extra cheesy broccoli soup standing because your knees will buckle. Want to know how to make the perfect broccoli soup? Here’s how:

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Peas with Carrots and Potatoes

Peas with Carrots and Potatoes

Peas with carrots and potatoes, with aromatic dill and tomato sauce. A quick and nutritious food, very traditional in Greece! An easy meal for the hungry student 🙂 Continue reading Peas with Carrots and Potatoes

Gluten Free Vegan Meatball Bread

Gluten Free Vegan Meatball Bread

These little balls of bread are very delicious. They go very well with our marinara sauce! Obviously these make a great Super Bowl snack as well. This gluten free vegan meatball bread idea came to existence by accident but ended up being so delicious that we had to share them. A few weeks ago, I was trying to create a gluten-free vegan meatball since most of the ways it’s done uses gluten. I ended up using too much flour and these little meatball breads emerged. Sometimes failures can be a success in the kitchen, rarely, but sometimes. Here is how I made them: Continue reading Gluten Free Vegan Meatball Bread

Gluten Free Vegan Marinara Sauce

Gluten Free Vegan Marinara Sauce

It’s Super Bowl Sunday! If you are anything like me you want to get all your food ready before the big game so you can watch football and the commercials. I made a delicious gluten free vegan marinara sauce that we love as a snack. I have made this recipe many times now and decided it was time to share it. Athanasia says I only make bread now so I can make marinara. She says marinara and I should get a room! I guess I am passionate about marinara sauce! Here is how I did it: Continue reading Gluten Free Vegan Marinara Sauce

Vegan Super Bowl Snacks

Vegan Super Bowl Snacks

It’s Super Bowl time so we wanted to post some ideas for vegan Super Bowl Snacks!

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Vegan French Onion Soup

Vegan French Onion Soup

Athanasia has been wanting an onion soup for a long time now! I decided it was time to make it, finally. This tasty vegan French onion soup is also gluten free. It does not take a long time to make it at all (after you dice the onions of course) and this recipe will serve two bowls of soup. Continue reading Vegan French Onion Soup

Gluten Free Vegan Banana Bread

Gluten Free Vegan Banana Bread

I really have been wanting to make gluten free vegan banana bread for a while. It seemed we kept buying bananas that were nowhere near ripe enough to pull it off for the longest time! Of course, by the time the bananas were almost ripe enough to make the bread we had eaten them all! I finally was able to do it though and it was very delicious!

Gluten Free Vegan Banana Bread Party Tray

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Vegan Sloppy Joes

Vegan Sloppy Joes

It has been a long time since I have had sloppy Joes! I have been working with walnuts a lot lately and so it was only a matter of time before I attempted vegan sloppy Joes. The time had come and I must say they taste amazing! One bite of these and you will think you are eating a school lunch all over again! Here is how I did it: Continue reading Vegan Sloppy Joes