Happy World Vegetarian Day! Today is the International Day for Vegetarian Food. “A day to promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism” ;) Anyway. To celebrate this special day I made a delicious vegetarian dish. You might expect something baked here since this is mainly a baking blog… but no. Today I made something delicious you can enjoy for dinner (or lunch – whatever you prefer): Mushroom Bourguignon with Polenta! Soulfood without any kind of meat ;)
This blog is lacking recipes with fish I’d say. Probably not a big surprise for most of you since this blog is all about baking and sweet stuff normally. I got exactly two recipes with fish on the blog so far: a delicious Quiche with Smoked Salmon and Green Asparagus and Smørrebrød with Herring Salad. COVID has not only turned the world upside down, it also changed a lot of things here on the blog – that’s why you get a new “fishy” recipe today: delicious Salmon with Roasted Peppers & Quinoa Salad. My personal dream come true ;P
I don’t know if you experienced something similar, but this lately we are eating much less meat here and much more veggies than ever. Well… not only us at home but also many friends. The options for (good) vegetarian or vegan food quadrupled in the last few years when you go out for dinner. And it’s delicious (most of the time)! It’s been quite some time since I had a burger with real meat because the vegetarian/vegan options, you can get, are so damn good! ;) Me eating veggie burgers does not have to do much with these delicious (green) Falafel with Hummus, but I had to tell you anyway :P
Today is “National Potato Day” in the US. Yay, right?! This might not really affect us here in Germany, but I think it can’t hurt if I do something else besides baking cakes and cupcakes from once in a while. It’s too warm anyway to bake a cake and try to frost it with buttercream right now. Let’s do something savory for a change. Baked Sweet Potatoes with Chickpeas, Spinach, and Tahini Sauce… sounds good, right? ;)
Did you know that falafel doesn’t have to be made with chickpeas alone? Did you even know that falafel is usually made with chickpeas? If not, then you know it now ;P Well… today these delicious small balls are made with a mix of sweet potatoes and chickpeas – fried to crunchy perfection but not dry inside. Ready to eat with some hummus and tomato salad – or if you prefer them in a sandwich you can do that too. Either way a delicious meal!
There’s nothing more American than Mac ‘n’ Cheese, right? Well… yes, ok – hamburgers and cheeseburgers are, of course, better known as American food and more widespread, but those are actually only “half-american” I would say. Theoretically, they saw the light of day in Hamburg, Germany, and then found their way to the US at some point… now I’ll probably get into a lot of trouble from die-hard hamburger fans, who deny that Hamburgers are involved in the creation of hamburgers ;P Anyway. No matter if the noodles are in the first place or on the tenth place – my Macaroni and Cheese with Panko Topping definitely deserve a position among the first spots.
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;)
