I was vegetarian for most of my teens and twenties and I still love the diversity of plant-based dishes the world’s cuisines offer. Some of these recipes contain anchovies or optional meat ingredients, which you can simply omit. Vegetarian recipes are colourful, tasty, usually quick and easy and, as my carnivorous husband likes to say, they go so well with meat! Use these vegetarian dishes as a meal in themselves, an accompaniment to a meat dish, or a starting point for your own inspiration!
Janni’s Orzo with Green Onion Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Greek cooking class inspired by Janni Kyritsis! Orzo is the Italian word for barley and also the name Greeks often use for the small, grain-shaped pasta that Italians call risoni (meaning rice). So I guess one man’s rice is another man’s barley. Orzo […]
Pasta Fredda with Smoked Trout Join my small-group food & wine tours to Italy to discover more traditional Italian specialties! My Italian friends would insist that pasta fredda, also called ‘summer pasta’, is not a pasta salad (not even a warm pasta salad) but a delicious dish of freshly cooked pasta tossed with a sauce […]
Chäschueche (Swiss Cheese Tart) Like this recipe? Discover More Delicious Swiss Dishes on My Small-Group Food & Wine Tour of Switzerland! Chäschueche literally means ‘cheese cake’ in Swiss German, which might make you think we’re preparing dessert. But ‘cheese tart’ would be a better translation, as Chäschueche is savoury, more like a quiche. You can […]
Chäschüechli (Swiss Cheese Tartlets) Like this recipe? Learn To Make Chäschüechli With Andie & Me On A Swiss Food & Wine Tour! Chäschüechli literally means ‘little cheese cakes’ in Swiss German, which conjures up images of dessert. These Swiss cheese tartlets are savoury however, more like quiche, and one of my favourite Swiss snacks. They’re […]
Fregola Risotto with Mushrooms Join me mushroom foraging in the Emmental on my small-group Swiss food & wine tour. Mushroom foraging in the Emmental is one of the highlights of my Swiss food & wine tour. We have an expert guide of course, and she gives everyone a pack of her dried wild mushrooms to […]
How To Roast Chestnuts In The Oven Master Kitchen Basics & Explore New Cuisines & Ingredients with My Online Cooking Classes Chestnuts are a favourite autumn and winter food throughout Europe with street stalls roasting them over braziers and selling them to passers-by. I often buy a cone of roasted chestnuts while wandering around the […]
Vietnamese Vermicelli Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class! Thin white vermicelli noodles are popular in many Vietnamese dishes – not least the multiple variations of this quick and healthy salad. Called bún in Vietnamese, they’re made from rice (so gluten free for those who care) and they’re popular in soups […]
Watercress & Cucumber Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class! This easy watercress and cucumber salad is inspired by chef Mark Jensen of Red Lantern Vietnamese restaurant. Vietnamese serve salad with almost every meal, sometimes tossed together like this one, sometimes just a platter of fresh leaves and herbs. Sweet Fish […]
Vietnamese Herb Salad Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Vietnamese cooking class! One of the defining elements of Vietnamese cuisine is the abundance of fresh herbs and leaves that appear at every meal. I love this Vietnamese herb salad because it features some unusual herbs that may necessitate a shopping trip to a suburb […]
Grilled Corn with Ajilimójili Butter Like this recipe? You’ll love my online Caribbean cooking class! Ajilimójili is a garlicky Puerto Rican sauce traditionally served with grilled seafood, meat or vegetables – the name literally means ‘garlic sauce’. I’ve turned it into deliciously spicy ajilimójili butter to slather onto grilled corn. This recipe makes plenty of […]
