carrots

Making a delicious side dish cannot get any easier. Only carrots, olive oil, salt and pepper and about half an hour roasting time. This is one of my go-to recipes…

A delicious low-fat lasagna with leftover turkey, vegetables and a skinny cream cheese and cottage cheese white sauce. I used to make this lasagna many years ago, using this delicious…

Deliciously tender yet crispy-skinned oven roasted turkey drumsticks served with a velvety vegetable gravy. You feel that cooking a whole turkey for Thanksgiving or Christmas might be too much for…

A different way of serving turkey this Thanksgiving or Christmas: turkey rolls stuffed with Gouda cheese and julienne vegetables in a delicious white wine and cream sauce. So, in preparation…

A Gypsy recipe for pork chops brined in milk with lots of garlic and seared in the skillet. Served with a delicious vegetable rice. The last recipe in this Gypsy…

Vegan vine leaf rolls stuffed with rice and mushrooms and cooked in an aromatic tomato broth. I am really into stuffed vine leaves lately. The reason for that is that…

Homemade cream of mushroom soup without the cream or lots of butter, just some cream cheese to make it really smooth and comforting. An easy to make, little soup to…

A most amazing fish soup with whole cooked potatoes, vegetables and Romanian garlic sauce. My masterpiece when it comes to this Dobrogea series: a really genuine fish soup recipe received…

A simple recipe for tomato rice with zucchini and carrots: vegan, healthy, quick, cheap and so delicious! You might have noticed that we love eating rice cooked this way. Which…

Fresh pike pieces baked in the oven on a vegetable bed. The recipe includes instructions on how to easily scale the fish. Like I have mentioned in my last post…

Deliciously tangy green tomatoes pickles, a staple in the Romanian pickling repertoire. So after preserving horseradish and making watermelon rind jam, pickling zucchini and making zacusca, I thought I would…

My favorite kind of soup made with homemade broth, lots of vegetables and turkey meatballs, this is an easy, quick, healthy and delicious soup recipe. I’ve made this particular soup…

A comforting salad full of delicious things like potatoes, beets, olives, carrots, gherkins, eggs and homemade mayonnaise. This would be the vegetarian version of the Romanian Boeuf Salad with Potatoes,…

Pasta with a delightful and comforting sauce made with soy granules and lots of vegetables. This is the last recipe in this rather long series featuring food suitable for the…