This potato bake is a pleasure to cook. Grab a bunch of staples and elevate them with few extra ingredients to add a splash of ‘oh wow’ when you bite into it. It might look like a simple potato bake but I promise you, it is not! Now, for the lighthearted, this is…
Author: Vegetarian Girlfriend
Ultimate French date recipe (high protein galettes)
Imagine the perfect date night with your significant other. You light the candles, put the tablecloth on, perhaps some nice music to enhance the ambience? Of course we need to cook something French, right? Why not make those exquisite French high protein galettes then! This is the kind of food I was hoping…
Easy banana bread with a twist!
Here’s a time for a confession: I don’t like banana bread. I know, it’s horrible! I can’t help it. The taste of overripe bananas is just unbearable for me. Saying that, it does sometimes happen that I leave my bananas for a bit too long and they reach the stage just before turning…
Shakshouka- 30g of protein per portion!
This site may contain product affiliate links. It won’t cost you extra but I might be paid commission if you make a purchase after clicking on one of these links. I had a lot of cooking failures at my time at uni but this is one of the recipes that was an instant hit…
Wonderful spinach and walnut pesto
It’s finally hot in the UK! After what felt like an eternity, we finally got our share of sunshine. With raising temperatures I feel like cooking elaborated dishes is put to the side. I crave quick, flavoursome yet nourishing meals. This flavoursome spinach and walnut pesto hits the spot for me! What’s to…
Sweet potato and cheddar soup
This site may contain product affiliate links. It won’t cost you extra but I might be paid commission if you make a purchase after clicking on one of these links. I might be mad but this Summer all I crave is a pot of soup. Over 20 degrees does not cool my enthusiasm. It…
Low effort *freezable* chocolate cookies
Freezable cookies to prep ahead of a lazy day when you really need that last minute dessert.
Bougie rhubarb crêpes to impress
This is a real crowd pleaser. Those rhubarb crêpes are deliciously sweet, a little tangy, just the right amount of spicy. The addition of ginger makes it warming and fiery giving the recipe a little unexpected kick. Rhubarb and rose petals take it from good and modest to ‘oh yes, give me more’….
The best courgette soup
I will be honest. I had those two sad courgettes in my fridge looking at me every time I opened the door and be disappointed that yet, again- I had chosen some other vegetable. I am really sorry, courgettes, your time has come at last! Delicious courgette soup you can make in no time
*Dutch baby* huge pancake
This is a very lavish, weekend breakfast. Sure, it takes more time than simply having a granola but it is also surprisingly low-key: all you do is make the batter and then bake it all in one batch so it saves you the time it takes to fry individual pancakes. No resting time either, so as soon as the oven is hot, you are good to go! Literally! Throw it in and come back 20 minutes later to enjoy the most spectacular breakfast you had this week.
*One pot* gnocchi supper
This is one of my favourite, relaxed dinners to make mid-week. In about half an hour you get to enjoy a lovely warm bowl of gnocchi in aromatic sauce and you sort out the next day’s lunch for work.
Ginger nuts *Dutch* biscuits
I came across ginger nuts or kruidnoten biscuits when reading a fabulous book called ‘On the Bright Side. The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen’. And I just couldn’t resist making them! This is perhaps the first time when I became the victim of compulsive baking. Quite a new thing to me but yet, I only turned 30 few months ago so I am sure I will get used to it.
Quick *miso* pasta – comfort food
Some days you just need an easy, comforting meal after a long day at work. Well, this one works quite well if you ask me.
