Recipes
Homemade Whole Wheat Bread Loaf + Rolls
Ingredients: 1.5 cups lukewarm water (comfortably warm, not too hot) 3.5 cups whole wheat flour ½ tablespoon Himalayan salt ¾ tablespoon instant or active dry yeast ¼ cup finely ground flaxseed ¼ cup chia seeds ¼ cup hemp seeds Buttery spread (consider a vegan buttery...
Poppy Seed Strudle/Strudla s’makom
Ingredients for the dough: 1 cup of milk (consider soy or almond) 1 cup of water 1 tsp Brewer’s yeast 1 teaspoon brown sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 4 cups whole wheat flour 2 tablespoons vegan buttery spread or butter Ingredients for the poppy seed spread: 4 cups poppy seeds...
Spanish Rice
Ingredients Approximately 1 table spoon extra virgin olive oil ½ medium white onion (chopped) 1 cup brown basmati rice 2 medium carrots (diced) 1 table spoon tomato paste 2½-3 cups water 2 teaspoons Vegeta (non MSG) (OR ½-1 cup vegetable broth if you are not using...
Djuvec
Image above: Djuvec in the making. Djuvec (pronounced Duvech) is a Balkan, Romanian and Turkish dish. It is a stew made of vegetables, rice and meat. There are many different versions of it, and below I will share my family’s version that I grew up with. Ingredients 1...
Grashak
Ingredients 3-4 cups frozen green peas 2 large carrots (cut in small pieces) 1 bell pepper (cut in small pieces) Half an onion ½-1 tsp MSG-free Vegeta (alternative: a touch of Himalayan salt and chili powder) 1 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil 1-2 cups water Instructions...
Paprikaš
(Pronounced Paprikash) Ingredients 1 chicken breast (V*: a can of beans of choice for my vegan friends – I like kidney beans but feel free to experiment) 5 medium size potatoes – cut in chunks 2 table spoons extra virgin olive oil 2 large carrots – cut in small chunks...
Healthy-ish Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients: 2 ripe avocados ½ cup 100% cocoa powder ¼ almond or soy milk (may use more, depending on desired texture) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3-5 tablespoons of maple syrup Directions Mash 2 avocados. Add cocoa powder. Add almond or soy milk and mix all the...
Bojana + Olivia’s Gluten-Free Banana Bread Recipe With Vegan Option
Mix 2 eggs V*: instead of 2 eggs, add 2 table spoons of ground flaxseed to 6 table spoons of water; mix and let the mixture sit for 15 minutes in the fridge Add ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil (can use 1/3 cup of melted earth balance organic buttery spread instead,...
Dr. Bojana’s Holiday Cookies
Cook: 20 min Yield: about 24 cookies Ingredients 1 cup almond flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup rolled (old-fashioned) oats 1 cup of super seeds (chia, flax and hemp seeds) – I typically do 2/3 flax, the rest, chia + hemp 1 tea spoon organic ground cinnamon ¼ tea...