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Oriental Lentil Casserole

January 10, 2016 by Stella 13 Comments

Make this oriental lentil casserole with bacon, carrots, beets and raisins, and sprinkle it with cinnamon for an unusual but extraordinary flavour combination.

In many cultures lentils (and peas) symbolize abundance and fortune, therefore one must eat it at the beginning of the New Year to ensure their own and their family’s prosperity in the year to come.

Due to this tradition my family’s obligatory lunch on January 1st always had lentil soup. Which as a kid I hated. My sisters and I tried to boycott my mom’s lentil soup, but the responsibility of the whole family’s fortune resting on our eating a bowl of lentil soup was too much, so we grumbled but ate it. Thankfully my mom heard our complaints and experimented with other dishes containing lentil and that’s how this oriental lentil casserole entered our lives. It was instant success the first time she made it: not just us kids, but my dad as well asked for seconds. To this day it’s a favourite in our house, and my mom never has to listen to me or my sisters grumble about having to eat lentil anymore.

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Multicoloured Scrambled Eggs Skillet with Vegetables

October 21, 2015 by Stella 30 Comments

For a hearty, filling and protein packed breakfast or brunch eat your scrambled eggs loaded up with plenty of veggies. Not only it looks cheery and colourful but is healthy and delicious as well!

Boyfriend likes to have a big breakfast or rather brunch on weekends. Usually the menu consits of freshly squeezed orange juice with scrambled eggs, bacon, toast and tomatoes.

Well last week I wanted to shake up the weekend routine and make our brunch a bit more exciting, so I convinced him to let me make the scrambled eggs, which I then loaded with plenty of vegetables. (I can be sneaky like that 😉 )

I put in everything I found in our fridge: scallions, carrots, zucchini, mushrooms and red pepper. (Since Boyfriend’s a carnivore I also added some ham to his eggs as he likes how it adds a smoky flavour, but even without the ham the eggs were plenty flavourful, so it’s completely optional.)…

Colourful Avocado Egg Spring Salad

May 18, 2015 by Stella 1 Comment

To start off the blog and the week I thought I would share with you a meatless lunch/dinner recipe that is easy and quick to whip up and will fill you up just enough so you won’t be hungry and avoid the usual meal-induced coma* at the same time.

(*Meal-induced coma: the very real and feared condition that you experience after a copious meal when all you feel is that you need to lie down and take a nap since there is just not enough blood in your head, making it quite impossible to think and be productive).…