This is a delicious veggie lasagna! This is my families favourite lasagna, they ask for it all the time! It is filled with flavour, and its even better when the veggies are in season!
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Meatless Monday
Veggie and Cheese Pide
I love the combination of cheese and veggie in this pide! Its even better with roasted red peppers! You can make it with a variety of veggies, sometimes I add mushrooms and olives to the mix! Any veggie will do, the more the merrier! You can also make this with store bought flat bread, I get mine from a Middle Eastern Bakery, they work out perfect on those rushed days, you can also use pizza dough.
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Salad with Feta Cheese – Grandpa’s Salata
This is my Grandfathers (gjyshi in Albanian) way of making salad, when ever I make it I get transported back to that big old house, sitting at the huge cherry wood dining table with that patterned vinyl table cloth in the dining room with my grandparents. In the summer he would use the veggies from the garden except for the lettuce as he never grew them in the garden. It was always so good, the oregano and feta makes this salad extra special! My grandfather loved oregano, used it in a lot of his recipes. …
Eggplant with Garlic Yogurt Sauce
Eggplant is great when grilled, paired with garlic yogurt sauce and you won’t be able to put your fork down! You can use grilled eggplant, roasted or pan fried….all work and taste great! You can have this as a side dish, or as lunch on its own with bread….
Cacik – Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
In Turkish its called Cacik pronounced ‘gagik’, in Albanian its called tarator, and in Greek its called tzatziki, in what ever language you wanna call it….it’s delicious! I make a variety of tarators every week, we like to have some kind of veggie and yogurt with our dinner.
This goes well with many dishes and even on it’s own with bread. …
Beet & Yogurt Dip -Pancar Salatasi
Pancar salatasi means beet salad or dip in Turkish, it’s like tzatziki ot tarator made with beets instead of cucumbers. I found these lovely candy & golden beets at the grocery store, so I made three different dips. They’re all naturally gorgeous in colour, you can make it with different colour beets for a pretty presentation or just make it with one, all are perfectly wonderful! …
Potato Clouds
Thank you for helping me choose a name for this lovely side! Potato clouds! Aren’t they pretty? They are so easy to make too, and taste great! Make your simple mash into something wonderfully delicious! …
Albanian Cornbread with Feta and Leek – Pispili
This feta and leek cornbread is a family favourite and an old recipe, my grandma grew up on it, so I love making it for her and and for my kids, who love this with yogurt, it actually goes really well with yogurt on the side.
I’ve made this using one cup corn meal, but find it to be dry, so in the recipe I say to use half a cup. If you like you can try making it yourself to see which you prefer.
This is the perfect thing to make for picnics, or something to serve at a party or when guests come over, it’s a nice snack to serve anytime.
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Salad with Bulgur
My son loves salad and bulgur, so when I have extra bulgur left I like to add it to the salad! It makes for a great lunch or snack food!
I bought this mix of quinoa with bulgar and tried it with it, it was great! First time trying quinoa and it won’t be my last!
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