French style Gratin Potatoes
Here’s a classic recipe with guaranteed success for a creamy, delicious and easy-to-prepare gratin dauphinois (gratin with potatoes, onion, garlic cream, whole milk and nutmeg)! …
Roasted celery-root slices with zaatar
Here’s a quick and easy, yet original recipe that might just reconcile you with celery-root (or celeriac). When roasted in the oven, the taste is …
Fried potatoes, Swiss chard, olives & pine nuts
Here’s a quick and easy recipe with potatoes and chard leaves, brightened up with spices and olives. You can add legumes and/or protein for a …
Roasted vegetables with orange and rosemary
Here’s a delicious and easy recipe to prepare tasty vegetables that you can adapt according to the season (see some suggestions at the end of …
Roasted butternut squash with yogurt & pomegranate sauce
Here is a recipe inspired by the famous chef Ottolenghi: in this original recipe, this meal is made with roasted eggplant halves seasoned with a …
Red kuri squash and potatoes with green & black olives
Here is a simple recipe to cook your autumn vegetables with a Mediterranean touch that will remind you a little of summer… You can adapt …
Kuku sabzi (Persian omelette with fresh herbs & barberries)
There are many kinds of “kuku” (or koukou) in Persian cuisine: it’s a kind of spicy vegetarian patty with fresh herbs and eggs, and other …
Vegan red kuri squash and potato gratin with spices
Here’s a recipe of a red kuri squash and potato gratin with an oriental flavour. Easy, healthy and tasty! You can accompany this gratin with …
Sudanese eggplant caviar with peanuts (al-aswad)
Here is a delicious Sudanese-inspired recipe: eggplant caviar with peanuts. The peanuts go very well with the eggplants! Enjoy it hot, warm or cold, with …
Eggplant parmigiana (Parmigiana di melanzane)
Eggplant parmigiana is a bit like vegetarian lasagna, with the different layers that make up this dish: tomato sauce, aubergine, mozzarella and parmesan. It is …
French Ratatouille
A “traditional” ratatouille recipe, where every vegetable is first cooked separately. A simple recipe to prepare and very delicious! You can serve your ratatouille with …
Persian tomato & cucumber salad (Shirazi salad)
Shirazi salad is a popular Iranian dish, originating in the city of Shiraz. There are several versions of this salad depending on the regions of …
Japanese style eggplant (Nasu Dengaku)
A very easy, tasty and healthy recipe to cook eggplants. It is strongly inspired by the Japanese recipe “Nasu Dengaku” (see notes below). You can …
Fava beans falafel
A simple falafel recipe with fava beans and chickpeas: a nice dish for spring season. I don’t put a lot of chickpeas to preserve the …
Roasted tandoori vegetables
Tandoori is a mixture of spices used for cooking with a tandoor (clay oven) in traditional Indian cooking. Usually it is mixed with yogurt. Meat, …
Naan (Indian bread)
If you are addicted to Indian food, you should try to make your own naan. Follow the steps below, you’ll see how simple it is, …
Zero waste broccoli mash
A simple zero waste recipe to turn your broccoli stalks into mash! I also suggest some other zero waste recipes with broccoli stalks: soup, wok, …
Roasted potatoes with herbs
A very simple recipe to prepare delicious potatoes! Try it and adopt it!
Pesto with carrot tops
A delicious way to recycle carrot tops! The zero waste recipe is really simple. You can eat this pesto with a slice of bread, some …
Nettle pesto
There are so many recipes to make pesto! If the traditional recipe normally features basil, it’s also possible to make pesto with other greens. Here …
Sweet persian rice (shirin polo)
This recipe inspired from Persian cuisine is a mix between shirin polo (sweet rice) and morassa polo (jewel rice) but without meat. They are holiday …
Persian potato patties (kuku sibzamini)
Before giving you the recipe, I would like to point out that this recipe can be highly customized according to the spices you like and …
Persian basmati rice (or chelow)
This recipe is a traditional way of cooking basmati rice in Iran. This is the basic recipe which consists in obtaining a non-sticky rice with …