vegetables

As a child I remember many types of mushroom stews especially with wild mushrooms. They were especially tasty but now almost impossible to find. Now the only available variety are champignons. As such, I welcomed finding a different type of mushrooms, interesting and yellow: chanterelles. This recipe is quite simple, basicaly a mushroom stew with some optional minced meat and served with pollenta. Chanterelle stew Ingredients 1/2 kg chanterelle mushrooms 1 onion 200g minced meat (optional) corn flour Method prepare polenta by adding corn flour to boiling water in proportion (1:2....

Lentils are one of my favorite vegetable. They come in many colors: red, yellow, brown, green and black. Colors of lentils You can cook them in various ways: boil them, with vegetables or alone for a delicious lentils soup. reduce the soup to a cream or, my favorite, prepare a lentils curry. First brown some onion with cumin and curry, then add lentils and water. Boil until the lentils are soft optionally adding tomatoes and finally spinach....

These last days it was cold and rainy and it seemed more like autumn end than middle summer. As such a warm, comforting soup seemed the most rewarding dish today. Noodles soup Ingredients 1 chicken breast vegetables: 2 green onions, 2 carrots, 2 large mushrooms, 2 medium potatoes, 1 bell pepper, 1 tomato Vegetables parsley rice noodles Method in 2l of water boil the chicken. Remove the foam from time to time until it’s clear....

Pentru cei care nu stiau, Wok to Walk e o franciza pentru niste localuri unde poti alege diferite combinatii de mancare gatita in wok in fata ta. O “reteta” dureaza cateva minute sa fie gata si e compusa in general dintr-o baza (orez sau noodles), carne, legume sau peste si sos. E o mancare asiatica rapida si ieftina, doar unul din multitudinea de restaurante asiatice pe care le gasesti prin capitalele europene....

As a trekkie and a cooking fan I could not resist to this borg inspired composition based on an old recipe. Resistance is futile! Borg Nettle Cubes

Ro: paste cu pesto din leurda (usturoi salbatic, usturoiul ursului) Ramsons, wild garlic or bear garlic is a plant with a very strong flavor which grows wild in the forests around the city in spring for a few weeks. It is found rarely in the markets and then only for a few days each year but in my cycling trip this weekend I found the forest ground covered with it so I could not resist to collect a big bunch to make pesto and try a recipe I’ve done only a couple of times before: pasta with ramsons pesto....

I’ve been craving for some fresh vegetables and for spring for some time but in the market the only thing which attracted me was a red cabbage and some mushrooms. So what I did was the very simple mushrooms soup accompanied by a red cabbage salad. Thinly cut red cabbage, softened with salt for 30 mins then added vinegar and sesame seeds. Red cabbage salad and mushroom soup

Cand am facut chana masala am zis sa fiu un pic eficient si am pastrat o parte din boabele fierte de naut si din lichidul in care a fiert ca sa fac hummus. Bine inteles ca l-am facut imediat, doar ca mi-a luat un pic mai mult timp sa povestesc. Hummus Ingrediente 200g de boabe de naut 50g susan 1 lingurita chimen zeama de lamaie praf de chili (chili pepper powder) ulei de masline muguri de pin (optional) Metoda am pus boabele de cu seara la inmuiat si a doua zi le-am fiert cam 1....

Masala inseamna un amestec de condimente, fie pudra sos sau pasta. Asa ca reteta asta as traduce-o ca: “Naut cu amestec de condimente” si traducerea ar fi destul de obiectiva. Vezi si descrierea pe wikipedia. Chana masala Ingrediente naut cam 300g condimente: 1 ceapa 2 catei de usturoi o lingurita de chimen 1/2 lingurita de coriandru 1/4 lingurita de ginger (praf) 1 lingurita de garam masala 3 capsule de cardamom 1 ardei curry sare 3-4 rosii si 4 linguri de pasta de tomate Metoda nautul se lasa de cu seara la inmuiat in apa calduta, se va ufla cam de 3 ori....

O reteta foarte simpla si totusi destul de laborioasa. S-ar putea numi chiftelute din cartofi, potato pankates sau latkes (in versiunea pe care am gasit-o cel mai des pe net). Latkes Ingrediente legume: 5-6 cartofi, 2 morcovi, 1 ceapa, 1 sfecla rosie mica (de aici culoarea) 2-3 linguri mari faina 2 oua Metoda se curata si se rad legumele se storc cat mai bine de zeama (nici n-o sa credeti cat lichid lasa cartofii) se amesteca cu faina, oua, sare, piper, coriandru macinat se fac niste chiftelute cat mai plate si se prajesc in ulei in tigaie se pot servi cu sos....