Spinach Casserole

I love spinach with lamb meat. I think that combination is absolutely perfect. But this vegan version is also tasty. It's easy to make, and it doesn't ask for a lot of planning ahead. A simple spring dish.

Baked Bean Casserole

Baked Bean Casserole or Tavce Gravce in Macedonian is a traditional Macedonian dish. Healthy, nutritive and delicious. My recipe is vegan, but you can make it with some bacon, sausages or fish.

24-Hour Sour Dough Bread

I continue my sour dough adventure. The starter is alive and very active. A couple of days ago I tried a recipe four sour dough bread with 24-hour fermentation. The result was- perfection. You can find the original recipe here. I did a small change. I used 300 grams whole grain flour, and 500 grams all purpose flour. It was easy to prepare and the bread was delicious.

Chocolate Muffins

I was inspired by the beautiful weather to make these vegan chocolate muffins. Airy and tasty, with some banana and cinnamon flavor. Ready in 30 minutes.

Ingredients:

• 200 grams (1 3/4 cups) flour, sifted
• 200 grams (1 cup) granulated sugar
• 75 grams (2/3 cups) cocoa powder
• 16 grams (3 teaspoons) baking powder
• 450 ml (2 cups) rice milk, or any other veggie milk
• 1 banana (mashed)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• some vanilla extract
• some cinnamon

for the topping

• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 4 tablespoons water
• 4  tablespoons cocoa
• 2 tablespoons oil

Preheat the oven to 160 degrees (320 degrees F).

In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa, cinnamon and baking powder.

In a separate bowl whisk the milk, oil, vanilla, and banana. Then, add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir with a wooden spoon until well combined. Be careful not to over-mix it.

Pour the batter in a muffin pan and bake for about 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

For the topping, pour the water in a pan and heat it with the sugar. Add the cocoa and oil and heat it for a couple of minutes.

Decorate your muffins and enjoy with a cup of Turkish coffee

Чоколадни мафини

Прекрасното време ме инспирира да ги направам овие чоколадни мафини. Воздушести и вкусни, со вкус на банана и цимет. Готови за 30 минути.

Состојки:

 200 грама брашно

·         200 грама шеќер

·         75 грама какао

·         1 пакетче прашак за пециво

·         450 мл оризово млеко, или друго растително млеко
1    1 банана

·         3 лажици маслиново масло

·         Малку ванила

·         Цимет

З     За глазурата
4     4 лажици вода
4     4 лажици шеќер
4     4 лажици какао
2     2 лажици масло

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Загрејте ја рерната на 160 степени.

Во длабок сад ставете го брашното, какаото, циметот и прашакот за пециво. Измешајте ги сувите состојки.

Во одделен сад измешајте го млекото, маслото, ванилата и бананата. Додадете ги водените состојки во сувите. Измешајте добро со лажица, но не премногу.

Турете ја смесата во тавче кое сте го намастиле претходно и печете околку 40 минути, или додека чепкалка ставена насредина во тортата излегува чиста.

За глазурата загрејте ја водата со шеќерот. Додадете го какаото и маслото и мешајте неколку минути.

Декорирајте ги мафините и уживајте во вашето омилено турско кафе

Red Lentil Soup

The tastiest lentil soup I have tried. Delicious! Completely vegan, without dairy products, even without oil. And it's a very quick recipe. You can make it when you don't know what to cook for lunch, and you don't want to stay in the kitchen all day.

Olive Sour Dough Bread

One week ago I began my adventure called- homemade sour dough starter. I got the idea from a friend, and I started reading and I  loved the idea of having your own starter to make your sour dough bread.

Chocolate Baklava

Baklava and some Turkish coffee, my recipe for a perfect Sunday afternoon. For those that do not know baklava is a kind of sweet pastry made of layers of filo filled with chopped nuts. My baklava is a little different from the traditional recipe. It has chocolate in it and does not have the traditional form. The filo can be homemade, but I bought the it from the grocery store. I promise I will make it myself next time :)

Шпагети со сос од брокула / Spaghetti with Broccoli Sauce

Едно од моите омилени посни јадења. Не можете ни да замислите колку е вкусна брокулата во комбинација со сусам и босилек. Лесно со за правење и е многу поздрава верзија на сите други сосови кои ги правите. Превкусно е. Се прави брзо, а е здрав и вкусен оброк.

Состојки:

• 1 пакетче шпагети (500 грама)
• 500 грама брокула
• 1 кромид
• 2 чешниња лук
• 100 грама сусам
• маслиново масло
• сушен босилек
• сол

Сварете ги шпагетите на вообичаениот начин.

За сосот, варете ја брокулата во солена вода околу 5 минути и исцедете ја водата. Ставете малку масло во тава за пржење и пропржете го кромидот и лукот. Додатете ја брокулата и малку од водата во која се вареше брокулата. Тргнете го тавчето од шпоретот и додадете босилек и сусам. После десет минути, кога ќе е малку оладено, ставете ја брокулата во блендер се додека не стане кремаста.

Ставете од сосот врз шпагетите. Добар апетит!

This pasta sauce is absolutely delicious. My favorite non dairy pasta sauce. It's almost as if it has cheese in it. Tasty and light. And so aromatic, with basil and sesame and garlic. Perfect combination of tastes.

Ingredients:

• 1 package spaghetti (500 grams)
• 500 grams (17 oz ) broccoli
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 100 grams (1/2 cup) sesame
• olive oil
• some basil
• some salt

Cook the spaghetti the usual way and set aside.

Start preparing the sauce. Boil the broccoli in salted water for about 5 minutes and drain the water. Put some oil in a frying pan and fry the thin sliced onion and garlic. Add the sliced broccoli and some of the water in which the broccoli was boiled. Remove the pan from the heat and add the basil and sesame. After 10 minutes, when it is cooled, put the mixture in a blender and blend it well until the texture is creamy.

Add some of the sauce on top of the spaghetti, and enjoy your delicious pasta.

Chocolate Cake by the Lake

This weekend the weather was perfect for a walk by the lake. We decided to go to our weekend house by the lake and I knew that some tasty dessert would be perfect for the trip. I made this moist chocolate cake. Non dairy, no eggs, just the taste of chocolate and cinnamon, spiced with some orange zest.