Tag: dinner

Grilled Artichokes

Grilled Artichokes

If you could smell these artichokes you would surely try this recipe out. We like them more than the traditional stuffed artichokes recipe.

Vegan Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

Vegan Creamy Pumpkin Pasta

Vegan Creamy Pumpkin Pasta I love this vegan creamy pumpkin pasta! This recipe creates a rich pasta sauce, which has the texture of a Mac and Cheese but is lighter on the stomach. This is so far our favourite pumpkin carving leftover recipe. The recipe 

Cuttlefish and Seafood pasta

Cuttlefish and Seafood pasta

This is a quick recipe that you can use with any seafood. Here we used cuttlefish, which is very similar to calamari or squid, but the same recipe could be used with clams (vongole), mixed shellfish and king prawns.  This is a crowd pleaser. Now that 

Asian aubergine noodle dish

Asian aubergine noodle dish

This is a super quick and tasty recipe I fell in love with. The aubergines are similar to sweet and sour or sticky beef. A great vegetarian/vegan meal with an Asian kick. The dish is paleo and gluten-free! Four simple steps 1. Cut the aubergines into a tick 

Pumpkin risotto

Pumpkin risotto

I also made this lovely pumpkin rice recipe this Halloween weekend. The other recipe was this Thai pumpkin soup, in case you missed it. This pumpkin risotto was a great crowd pleaser, I definitely have pumpkin recipe options now. Easy and tasty, the picture doesn’t do this 

Easy Thai Pumpkin Soup

Easy Thai Pumpkin Soup

I am not a big fan of pumpkin, but buying one for pumpkin carving intrigued me to come up with an easy Thai pumpkin soup recipe. Pumpkin and Thai flavours turned out to be a great combination; now I might even buy pumpkin again just 

Quinoa Muffins

Quinoa Muffins

These quinoa muffins are perfect to make for picnics or to put on salads. They can be prepared in advanced and even stored in the freezer for later use. Muffins are also a great way to hide vegetables for those less willing to indulge in whole 

Stuffed Butternut Squash

Stuffed Butternut Squash

This was a very heart warming dinner which I had posted on my Facebook page. Due to its popularity, I am sharing the recipe here so that you can pin it, print it or save it! The dish is very versatile and can be easily turned 

Easy Broccoli and Cauliflower Bake

Easy Broccoli and Cauliflower Bake

You don’t need comfort dishes of baked pasta when you can have equally delicious baked vegetables. This meal is effortless to assemble and is pure comfort food, without giving you the guilt feeling and bloating effect. Now that the cold weather is kicking in, we 

Mac & Cheese inspired vegetable bake

Mac & Cheese inspired vegetable bake

Re-creating staple comfort foods into healthier alternatives is a topic of much interest for me. Whilst my colleagues were talking on how they make the famous Mac and Cheese the other day, I immediately started thinking of how I could re-create the dish whilst replacing 

Vegetable Cake

Vegetable Cake

The idea of the words vegetable and cake combined might not sound right at first, but unless you associate a cake with only something sweet, I assure you that you will not be disappointed. I found it very convenient to combine all these vegetables in 

Creamy Spinach Sweet Potato Noodles

Creamy Spinach Sweet Potato Noodles

If you want to fall in love with vegan cooking, this recipe is the place to start! Me and my boyfriend said that we could easily go vegan if vegan food would always taste this good. The ingredients used in this recipe are very warming and this 

Raw Pad Thai Salad

Raw Pad Thai Salad

This is a recipe for a pad Thai inspired salad. Pad Thai is a typical street food dish in Thailand. It is usually made with rice noodles, cabbage, carrots, sprouts, fish sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, tamarind paste, spring onions, prawns or chicken and an egg. 

My Red Harissa Salsa

My Red Harissa Salsa

I made this great red salsa to go with my zucchini spaghetti. However it turned out to be so great that I also used it with my aubergine base mini pizzas, bread and cheese platters. This will surely be my red sauce alternative in many dishes. 

Stuffed Patty Pan Squash

Stuffed Patty Pan Squash

I came across this curious looking squash at a fruit and vegetables shop in Paola and it immediately caught my attention. I asked what it was and found out that it’s called a Patty Pan squash and that it comes from the ‘white type’ of the squash family. Since I have never come across such a thing,