Yellow and Green Zucchini Curry

This is one of my favorite dishes! I love zucchini - grilled, cooked, baked, as a cream-soup etc... This dish is very light and easy to cook, great as a side dish or as a light main course.

This recipe comes from one of my favorite cook-book (and a lot others are yet to come!).  So I basically translate it for you into english.

For 4 Portions you need:

2 yellow zucchini

2 green zucchini

1 Tee spoon Coriander Seeds

2 Table spoons Ghee (or other oil)

2 Table spoons Ginger

1/2 tee spoon cumin 

1/2 tee spoon curcuma 

1/2 tee spoon garam masala

1 cup coconut milch 

salt, pepper, chives

What to do:

Fry Coriander Seed on a dry pan, then mill them. Let Ghee get warm on the pan, add ginger and cumin, fry it for about 2-3 minutes. Add zucchini and cook for another 5 minutes. Add garam masala, curcuma, coriander seeds, salt and pepper, coconut milch and cook all together for 10 minutes - till zucchini are ready. Serve with chives or other greens. 

Bon appetit! ;)     

Green Borsch (Sorrel Soup)

   Finally it's spring! And it's time for one of my favorite soups - Green Borsch! It's a traditional Russian and Ukrainian spring soup which is cooked without any beets but with a LOT of Sorrel (schavel in rus.)! Now you can find it everywhere, mostly on the farmer markets of cause. But in Metro Cash & Carry they have it as well. Well, let's start and let the spring taste great! 

Green Beans

Summer time is a Grill time! And usually I don't think a lot about "what to cook for dinner" simply because in Germany we grill almost every day till it snows... So it's often about a salad or a side-dish. 

We just love everything green! For example - green beans with garlic! 

Simple and sooo good! Perfect as a side dish or even as a one-dish dinner.    

Confit d'oignon - Red Onion Jam

This wonderful must-have/must-cook recipe I already shared with you guys here. But this time I show it step-by-step, which makes it super easy makable and understandable. This magic jam is an absolute must in every food-loving home - it's perfect with steaks and cheese... We just love it! 

Salat a la Caprese

Traditional Caprese Salad is a combination of tomato, mozzarella cheese and some basil. I use sometime a burrata cheese and a pesto instead of just basil leaves. It's a great accomplishment to any lunch, dinner, grill party etc. 

Below you find my secret pesto recipe ;)

Salad with caramelized pear and blue cheese

One of my favorite combination is fruits and cheese - especially in a salad! So it's not even a recipe, but just an idea for summer lunch.

Eggplants with Nuts Georgian Style - Step by Step

I love eggplants! Originally i come from south of Russia and there it's a very popular product. South-russian cuisine has also a pretty strong Caucasian influence. In my family we cooked a lot with Georgian spices. I was surprised that my European friends loved the dishes with Caucasian taste. 

Here I share with you one of the hits, which is also totally vegan! (hey, Frank ;)

See the step-by-step recipe below...   

    

Maier's - my tasty neighbor!

Before I moved to Germany I already new this brand - they are pretty famous because of their mustard. I was always bringing it as a souvenir from Germany. Recently I found out that Maier's is my neighbor! The production is in Stuttgart (Remstal) And non of my friends has ever heard of them! How comes? So this post is a tip for them, who leave here and don't know about such a cool product. But of cause you can get this magic mustards, dips and sauces not only in our region, but all over the world... 

Honestly my favorite is not a mustard but a Dip! It's called "Gut Laune Dip" which means "Good Mood Dip". 

And the bruschetta is also wow! Stephan loves it...
Click below for the "recipe".

Beet-root and Feta-Cheese Salad

This is one of my most favorite salads. Extremely healthy, super tasty, mega easy! It takes 5 minutes to "cook" it.  

Eggplants with carrots

It's a very russian dish. At least it is something from my south-russian childhood. So simple and so tasty! And smells great ;) You can serve it warm or cold, great with bar-b-q, as a salad, as a side dish - whatever... just try it!

Pumpkin with dried fruit and cashews

   It's autumn - and it's time for warm and cozy food. Also it's a Pumpkin season, which I just love! I cook something with pumpkin every second day: doesn't matter whether it is a salad with baked pumpkin, or a creamy soup with coconut milk - it always makes me happy. 
   The recipe I'd like to share this time is also our autumn must-have - nothing special, but very flavored and cozy. And it's totally Vegan! I hope you love it as much as I do ;)

All best things are simple

Of course it not a recipe at all. Sometimes (actually most of the times) the best recipe - is just great ingredients and nothing more! I try to get fresh, seasonal products from our region, and fortunately Italy is not that far away...

So, sometime for a lazy sunday lunch is enough just a piece of burrata with aromatic tomato and some basil on top of it, good olive oil, freshly ground pepper and a bit of salt... And a glass of light Rose ;)

I love weekends!