Kefir Muffins
Yogurt this, yogurt that. Let’s use kefir, from time to time. Here, we’ve included it in our ingredient list for these muffins, together with raisins, honey, and eggs. Snack on!
nut free
Barley-Stuffed Tomatoes
Welcome to the ever-nutritious pearl barley! We’ll mix it with vegetable goodies and herbs. We’ll flavor with lemon juice and olive oil and we’ll use this salad to stuff tomatoes. The result will be a no-brainer refreshing starter dish, a vegan treat, or even a side-dish for that matter.
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Beet Pesto Linguine
Cooking pasta is not just about making them ‘al dente’ or not. It’s also about how you pair them or upgrade them. In this case, we prepared a delicious red pesto from baked beetroot mixed with heavy cream and flavored with dill and lemon juice. It ended up so yummy! Serve them with some cheese (crumbled or grated, that’s your call).
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Catfish Steaks With Spinach Pesto
OK, maybe the low-fat catfish hasn’t the Omega-3 load that salmon or mackerel have, but still, he’s got enough of it and has a lot of other nutrients. Let’s sear and bake some. We’ll serve it seasoned with an incredibly flavored spinach pesto, where dill and parsley are doing their thing.
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Strawberry Cream
If a cream can be viewed as a perfect definition of smoothness, then here is a good example. You need basic skills and 15 minutes at most to put this refreshing dessert on your table. What you’ll also need is a true love for strawberries.
Turkish Coffee Shortbread Cookies
These cookies come straight from Turkish cuisine, although they are not over-sweet, as is the case with the most Turkish sweets. So prepare the cardamom and chocolate chips and never throw away your coffee grounds again. They are perfect when served as intended; over coffee, that is.
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Beef Stew
Although this beef stew is quite a hearty dish, we’d say it belongs more like to the healthier side of the food spectrum. For one, it’s not so high in calories; actually it’s right under the 400 kcal per serving limit. It’s quite high in proteins and not so high in carbs, although it crosses a little the 20 unit limit. Is this a Keto stew?
Leftover Coffee Brownies
Don’t throw away the coffee grounds! Especially if you’re into brownies! You can use it as a flavoring and texture-enhancing ingredient along with ground coffee, cocoa powder, and chocolate chips. Like we did.
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Empanadas With Salami and Mozzarella
We’ve baked these turnovers, rather than frying them in oil and we urge you to do the same, at least this time. The filling is a matter of the imagination; we’ve used salami, ham, mozzarella, and onion (both spring and normal).
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Date, Bacon, and Coffee Cookies
These date and coffee cookies are really something and it’s the bacon that makes them so special. It’s an unusual ingredient when one thinks about sweets, but wait until you taste them. Feel free to change the ratio for the sweet dates or the salty bacon to better suit your taste.
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Shrimp Noodles With Shiitake Mushrooms
Indeed, you’ll only need 15 minutes for this noodle shrimp and shiitake dish to wait for you on a plate, all warm and full of flavors. It’s a simple stir-fry where you flavor the main ingredients with soy sauce, lemongrass, ginger, and lemon juice mainly.
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Roasted Beet Soup
Let’s use the mighty beetroot once more to prepare a nourishing and healthy creamy soup. A soup where carrot and potato also find their rightful place. Parmesan is optional. Just remember that if you want this soup the stay vegetarian you better skip the ‘parmigiano’.
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