Vegetables
Tomato Sauce
Tomato sauce for pasta and pizza. Now is the best time to prepare it because you need very ripe...
Onion Salad
This Turkish-origin salad-condiment can be served alongside many Turkish dishes - Turkish pizza,...
Pico de Gallo
Pico de gallo translates to "rooster's beak" and it's believed this name comes from the small size...
Zucchini Salad
It's delicious served plain or as a side dish. I especially like it in the morning, next to an...
Cream of Mushroom Soup
This cream of mushroom soup is very tasty, with perfectly balanced flavors. The appearance leaves a...
Eggplant Salad with Garlic
In Greece it's called Melitzanosalata and it's similar to our Romanian eggplant salad with onion.
Chicken with Green Beans
I kept avoiding green beans at the market last week because they had an outrageously high price,...
Chicken Salad with Apple, Celery and Carrot
I first ate this salad in Bucharest about 5 years ago and was so delighted that it has remained in...
Pan-Fried New Potatoes
A rustic side dish you can prepare with the freshly available new potatoes.
Beans in Chili Sauce
Mexican-style beans! Can be served as is, alongside a piece of oven-baked smoked pork knuckle, or...
Mushroom Paprikash
A simple and inexpensive dish I prepared on Saturday for my mother-in-law.
Vegetarian Lasagna
I worked 2 hours in total on it, and the result was worth it. It's a much "lighter" lasagna than the...
Venetian-Style Beans
One of my favorite dishes lately. I think the fact that I felt like I was at the seaside while...
Tomato Bread
Very simple, this Catalan appetizer (pa amb tomaquet), but all the more welcome when hunger strikes...
Bean Goulash
Today I invite you all to bab gulyas. I made it on Sunday at my mother-in-law's place and in her...