vegetables
Recipes with green vegetables, garden vegetables and mushrooms.
Couscous salad
A traditional dish from the north of Africa and Middle East reinvented. This salad is a meal in a dish, and one more option for a packed lunch as it can be served warm or at room temperature.
Spicy couscous
Couscous is quick and easy to prepare. As pasta, you can flavor couscous in a myriad of ways. Mixed with beans or a little meat, a couscous dish serves as a whole meal.
Summer salad with parsley & onion dressing
Not only salads are the best way to enjoy the summer flavors, they help you cool down in more than one way, as salads are usually chilled and don't require time at the stove.
Cucumber, shrimp and cream cheese salad
Serve this salad as a cold appetizer, as a light meal or as part of a brunch buffet.
Stir-fried pak choy with garlic and mushrooms
Pak choy is a type of cabbage from Southern China, where it has been in the menu since the fifth century.
Curried sweet potato with hake
Curried sweet potato with hake is one of those great Anglo-Indian recipes.
Layered leeks and potatoes Italienne
One would think leeks, potatoes, garlic and sage would not marry well. The truth is the flavors blend beautifully.
Cheesy leek and ham bake
This recipe becomes easy if you have ready-made cheese sauce.
Leeks and bacon au gratin
Leeks need to be cooked in advance. Trim the top, cut the roots at the bottom, wash, and steam or boil them before getting on with this recipe.
Mini cheese and onion pies
These are ideal for a buffet or brunch. Use cheese with color and flavor, such as red Leicester, and maybe a pinch of cayenne pepper instead of the black one.