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Looking for a delicious and vegetarian spinach salad? Here is another great summer salad that you can make with spinach, red onions, feta and cucumbers.

These vegetables and cheese together, make a great salad combination. Spinach adds this delicious, green, grassy background. Cucumber adds a nice, delicious crunch. Red onions add both color and a a bit of spicy taste. And feta adds the salty and cheesy component. What’s not to like — this spinach salad has all the elements that make for a good salad.

Often, when making spinach salad, I use whole baby spinach leaves. For example the Spinach Salad With Avocados And Blue Cheese uses whole baby spinach leaves. If you are using baby spinach, the leaves are usually small enough for a salad. For this salad, I decided to cut baby spinach leaves into smaller strips. I also cut feta, cucumber and red onions into smaller pieces. Doing this made the salad look great.

It is also very simple to dress this simple salad. A bit of Greek oregano, freshly ground black pepper, red wine vinegar and olive oil. That’s it, not even salt, as feta is a salty cheese on its own. A very simple and delicious spinach salad.

To make Spinach Salad Recipe With Feta, Red Onions And Cucumbers, first wash baby spinach leaves, and cut them into strips. Next, add red onions, cucumbers, and small pieces of feta. Dress with Greek oregano, black pepper, red wine vinegar and olive oil.

What can you serve Spinach Salad Recipe With Feta, Red Onions And Cucumbers with? This salad is a great salad to serve with many different dishes. You can serve it with Lamb, Chickpeas and Beef Stew Recipe. Or, you can serve it with chicken and a simple side dish, such as rice or couscous.

Spinach Salad

Ingredients For Spinach Salad Recipe With Feta, Red Onions And Cucumbers

6 oz of Baby Spinach
2 Medium Cucumbers
1/4 of a Small Red Onion
1 oz of Feta Cheese

A pinch of Greek Oregano
Black Pepper
1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
1 Tablespoon of Red Wine Vinegar

How To Make Spinach Salad Recipe With Feta, Red Onions And Cucumbers

Wash the baby spinach, cut baby spinach into small strips. Peel and wash the red onion. Cut the onion into small pieces.

Wash and peel the cucumbers. Cut the cucumbers into small pieces.

Cut feta cheese into small pieces.

In a salad bowl, combine spinach, red onions, cucumbers and feta. Add Greek oregano, black pepper, olive oil and red wine vinegar and mix.

May 19th, 2013 | Tags: , , , ,

Lentil Soup Vegetarian

Lentils are a very delicious and healthy ingredient. And if you are looking for vegetarian soup recipes, lentil soup is a great one. Lentils (just like beans) are great in soups. They provide a great flavor, and they make the soup very good for you, and they taste great too.

The best thing about this delicious vegetarian lentil soup is that you won’t even miss the meat — the soup is full of flavor because of all the great ingredients and spices. There are lots of spices in this soup, including red pepper flakes, cumin, coriander, and turmeric. These spices together give the soup both a great flavor and a great color.

In addition to the lentils and spices, there are lots of vegetables in the soup, including onions, carrots, celery and potatoes. If you are looking for vegetarian soup recipes, definitely take a look at this soup. It is delicious and good for you as well.

Serve this soup with some crusty bread and a salad, such as Tomato Salad With Green Goddess Dressing, or Greek Salad.

To make the soup, the first thing to do is to cook the lentils. Then, saute chopped onions, carrots and celery in a dutch oven for a few minutes, until they become soft.

Add pepper flakes, cumin, coriander and turmeric and saute for a few more minutes. Add water, bring to a boil. Add potatoes and lentils and cook, until the potatoes are cooked. Add chopped dill or parsley to the soup at the time of serving.

Vegetarian Lentil Soup

Ingredients For Lentil Soup Vegetarian

1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
1 Medium Onion
2 Celery Stalks
2 Medium Carrots
1.5 Cups of Lentils
3 Medium Potatoes
Scallions

Red Pepper Flakes
Ground Coriander
Ground Cumin
Turmeric (just a bit)
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Salt

How To Make Lentil Soup Vegetarian

Cook the lentils according to the instructions on the lentils package.

Peel, wash and chop the onion. Peel, wash and chop the carrots. Wash and chop the celery. Peel, wash and chop the potatoes.

Wash and chop dill and/or parsley, if using them in the soup.

Heat up the olive oil in a soup pot or dutch oven. Add onions, carrots and celery, and cook for a few minutes, until they become soft.

Add pepper flakes, cumin, coriander, and turmeric to the vegetables. Cook for a few more minutes. Add water to the pot and bring to a boil.

Add potatoes and lentils to the soup, and cook until the potatoes are done.

Clean, wash and chop the scallions. When serving the soup, sprinkle the soup with scallions.

April 14th, 2013 | Tags:

Here are five simple recipes that use tomatoes - Greek Salad Recipe, Eggplant Stacks With Goat Cheese And Tomatoes, Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons, Barley Salad Recipe With Tomatoes And Scallions and Quinoa With Eggplants, Tomatoes, Dill And Red Wine Vinegar Dressing.

- Greek Salad Recipe, a very simple and delicious salad. Greek salad is a combination of chopped tomatoes, chopped cucumbers, chopped onions, Feta Cheese, Kalamata Olives, chopped dill and parsley. But what makes this salad is the Greek salad dressing, a delicious dressing made using olive oil, red wine vinegar, oregano, and black pepper.

- Eggplant Stacks With Goat Cheese And Tomatoes, a great looking and delicious appetizer.

These stacks are a combination of fried eggplant, goat cheese, tomatoes and a bit of parsley on top. Just make stacks by putting a piece of fried eggplant on a plate, then topping it with a slice of goal cheese and a slice of tomato. Top with another eggplant slice, goat cheese and tomato slice. Sprinkle with parsley, it is as simple as that.

- Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons, here is another delicious salad that uses tomatoes.

To make the Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons, combine chopped tomatoes, chopped cucumbers, chopped red onions, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, croutons, chopped parsley and dill.

Add about half of the Greek salad dressing to the salad and mix the salad. If your salad is too dry, and add a bit more dressing and mix it again. Let the salad stand for 10 minutes, so that the vegetables and croutons absorb the dressing.

- Barley Salad Recipe With Tomatoes And Scallions, a simple side dish that uses barley.

To make the barley salad, the first thing to do is to cook barley, and cool it, once it is done. Next, chop tomatoes and scallions. In a salad bowl, combine barley, tomatoes and scallions. Season the salad with a bit of salt and pepper, and dress with olive oil and vinegar.

- Quinoa With Eggplants, Tomatoes, Dill And Red Wine Vinegar Dressing, tomatoes go well with quinoa as well. In this salad, quinoa is combined with eggplants, tomatoes, red wine vinegar dressing and dill to make a delicious side dish.

To make this quinoa salad, cook quinoa according to directions on the package. Make fried eggplant. Cool off the eggplant, then combine quinoa, fried eggplants, tomatoes, chopped red onions and dill. Add olive oil, Red Wine vinegar, salt and black pepper and mix.

June 15th, 2012 | Tags:

Here is a simple and delicious spread made out of ricotta cheese with just a few additions - dill, parsley, scallions (green onions), red wine vinegar, olive oil, paprika, salt and freshly ground black pepper. I have had flavored cream cheese before, flavored with herbs, spices, vegetables, and even smoked salmon, but I have never had a spread that had ricotta cheese for a base.

I wasn’t sure what a spread with a ricotta cheese base would taste like, but with all the ingredients, it turned out to be fabulous spread, that can be easily spread on bread, and topped with lots of different things. The great thing about this spread, is that while it has all the delicious ingredients - dill, parsley, scallions, red wine vinegar, olive oil - it can also be paired well with lots of toppings. Radishes or cucumbers make a great crunchy topping on top of bread with Ricotta Cheese Spread With Dill, Parsley, Scallions. Or, you can top it with smoked salmon or other smoked fish. Or you can just spread this spread on bread, and eat it as is, it is delicious with just bread.

Here are more ricotta cheese recipes: Spanakopita Recipe, Ricotta and Spinach Recipes.

To make the Ricotta Cheese Spread With Dill, Parsley, Scallions, combine ricotta with dill, parsley, scallions, olive oil and red wine vinegar. Season the mix with paprika, salt, and black pepper, and use hand blender to blend the spread together. Spread it on bread, top with various topping and serve with a salad for a great lunch.

Here is how to create a lunch menu that uses Roasted Asparagus And Grape Tomatoes Salad Recipe:

A Sample Menu With Ricotta Cheese Spread With Dill, Parsley, Scallions

- Ricotta Cheese Spread With Dill, Parsley, Scallions, with multigrain bread, white bread, bagels and a variety of toppings - radishes, cucumbers, smoked salmon, scallions
- Couscous Salad With Eggplants, Feta and Red Onions
- Simple Tomato Salad

Here is a sample grocery shopping list to shop for this menu. The list assumes that oil, vinegar, salt and black pepper are pantry items.

Sample Grocery List For This Menu

- Ricotta Cheese
- Dill
- Parsley
- Scallions
- Paprika
- Multigrain bread/White bread
- Cucumbers
- Radishes
- Smoked Salmon
- Greek Oregano
- Couscous
- Eggplants
- Onions
- Tomatoes
- Feta cheese
- Salad greens
- Grape Tomatoes

 

Ricotta Cheese Recipes

Ingredients For Ricotta Cheese Spread With Dill, Parsley, Scallions

1 pound of Ricotta Cheese
3-4 Scallions
A handful of Dill
A handful of Parsley

A dash of Paprika
Salt
Black Pepper
1.2 Tablespoons of Red Wine Vinegar
4 Tablespoons of Olive Oil

Multigrain bread, white bread, bagels, French bread, etc
Toppings - radishes, scallions, cucumbers, smoked salmon

How To Make Ricotta Cheese Spread With Dill, Parsley, Scallions

Clean and wash scallions and mince them on a cutting board. Wash dill and parsley and chop them.

Combine ricotta, scallions, dill, parsley. Add olive oil, red wine vinegar, paprika and season with salt and black pepper. Use a hand blender to blend the spread together.

Here is another simple quinoa recipe. I like using quinoa for quinoa salads and for side dishes because quinoa is a very versatile ingredient. It is simple to make lots of different dishes with it, because there are lots of ingredients that can be used in quinoa dishes. For example, Quinoa With Mushrooms And Onions, Quinoa Salad With Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Onions And Basil, Quinoa With Eggplants, Tomatoes, Dill And Red Wine Vinegar Dressing, are great examples of making different quinoa dishes by using different ingredients.

Quinoa With Swiss Chard And Almonds is another great quinoa dish. Swiss chard is both delicious and good for you, and adding it to quinoa makes a great quinoa dish that is both tasty and healthy. And almonds add a great crunch, while also being another delicious and healthy ingredient to use with quinoa. Toast the almonds to bring out even more flavor of the nuts in this dish.

Quinoa Salad Recipe

Since you need to use olive oil to cook the Swiss Chard, I also wanted to add another note to this dish, something that would a counterpart to the richness of the olive oil. Lemon juice is perfect for this - it is a great match for olive oil, it makes the whole dish come together, and the lemony flavor makes this dish even better, even tastier.

To make Quinoa With Swiss Chard And Almonds, first cook quinoa, according to the instructions on the package. Next, wash Swiss chard, chop it and saute Swiss chard in a saute pan. Toast the almonds. Then, combine quinoa, sauteed Swiss chard, and freshly squeeze lemon juice. Season with salt and black pepper and mix. Then, add toasted almonds. Serve Quinoa With Swiss Chard And Almonds with chicken and a simple salad.

Quinoa Salad Recipe

Ingredients For Quinoa With Swiss Chard And Almonds

1.5 cups of Quinoa
A bunch of Swiss Chard
A few handfuls of Slivered Almonds
Lemon

1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil
Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper

How To Make Quinoa With Swiss Chard And Almonds

Cook quinoa according to the directions on the package of quinoa. Cool quinoa.

Wash Swiss Chard and trim it. Chop the Swiss Chard on a cutting board, keeping stems and leaves separately.

Heat up the olive oil in a saute pan. Add the stems of Swiss chard and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add the leaves of Swiss chard and cook for 5 more minutes, or until the Swiss chard is done. Cool the Swiss chard.

Toast the slivered almonds for a few minutes, until they turn beige.

Squeeze the juice out of the lemon, and measure a tablespoon of lemon juice.

In a salad bowl combine quinoa, Swiss chard, and a tablespoon of lemon juice. Season with a bit of salt and black pepper and mix. Sprinkle with almonds and serve.

May 18th, 2012 | Tags: , , ,

If you have some old bread, and you want to make your own croutons, the great news is that it is very simple to make croutons. In fact, the only ingredient you need to make croutons is old bread. Once you cut the bread on a cutting board, all you need to do is to bake them for 10 minutes or so, and your croutons are done. Here is a post on how to make your own croutons.

Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons

To cook healthier, a great thing to do is to make whole grain croutons, using whole grain bread. In this recipe I am using a mix of whole grain croutons and white croutons, as that is what I had on hand. You can definitely use all whole grain croutons in this salad.

Once you have made croutons, the question becomes what can you make with those croutons? You can make Panzanella Salad, which is a wonderful salad with a delicious dressing. Or you can make this salad, the Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons, which is also great, has a lot of vegetables and is delicious.

Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons

The inspiration for this salad is definitely a Greek Salad. I am also using a dressing for this salad, make with Greek Oregano, red wine vinegar, olive oil and freshly ground black pepper. There is no salt in this salad dressing, as the salad itself has feta and Kalamata olives, both salty ingredients. And when you want to make something healthy, you want not to use too much salt in it.

To make Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons, in a salad bowl combine tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, feta cheese, Kalamata olives, croutons, parsley and dill. Add about half of the salad dressing and mix. If your salad is too dry, and you want to add more dressing, then add more dressing and mix it again. Let the salad stand for 10 minutes, so that the vegetables and croutons absorb the dressing. Serve this salad with something simple, such as roasted chicken or grilled chicken.

Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons

Ingredients For Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons

2-3 Tomatoes
2 small Cucumbers
1/2 of a small Red Onion
1/5 Pound of Feta Cheese
A handful of Kalamata Olives
A handful of Dill
A handful of Parsley

A few handfuls of croutons, here is a post on How To Make Croutons

Greek Salad Dressing, here is a post on How To Make Greek Salad Dressing

How To Make Tomato, Cucumber, Feta And Olives Salad With Croutons

Make the croutons.

Make the Greek Salad Dressing.

Wash the tomatoes and chop them. Wash the cucumbers, peel them and chop them. Peel the red onion, wash it and chop it.

If your Kalamata olives contain pits, then take the pits out and chop the olives. If they do not have pits, then chop the Kalamata olives.

Cut Feta cheese into small cubes. Wash dill and parsley and chop them.

Combine cucumbers, tomatoes, red onions, feta cheese, croutons, dill and parsley. Add half of the salad dressing and mix the salad. If you need more salad dressing, then add more dressing and mix again. Let the salad stand for 10 minutes for the dressing to absorb.

Here is a simple and delicious salad to make - Pears, Blue Cheese And Pecans Salad. A combination of these ingredients with a bit of crunchy lettuce makes for a delicious, fresh salad.

It is very simple to make a delicious salad with pears, blue cheese and pecans. The ingredients go very well together, and the addition of crunchy lettuce adds more texture and crunch to this already delicious salad.ve

How do you dress the Pears, Blue Cheese And Pecans Salad? Very simply, with a bit of freshly ground black pepper, apple cider vinegar (or you can use pear vinegar) and olive oil.

To make the salad, combine Boston lettuce, chopped canned pears, toasted pecans. Dress with a bit of black pepper, apple cider vinegar and olive oil. Mix the salad, then add some blue cheese.

Pears, Blue Cheese And Pecans Salad Recipe

Ingredients For Pears, Blue Cheese And Pecans Salad Recipe

1/2 can of 28 oz Canned Pear in Syrup
1/2 head of Boston Lettuce
A handful of pecans
3-4 oz of Blue Cheese

1 Tablespoon of Pear Vinegar (or Apple Cider Vinegar)
2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
Freshly ground black pepper

How To Make Pears, Blue Cheese And Pecans Salad Recipe

Wash the lettuce and chop the lettuce on a cutting board.

Drain and chop the pears.

Toast the pecans.

In a salad bowl combine Boston lettuce, pears and pecans. Dress with black pepper, olive oil, and vinegar and mix. Sprinkle with blue cheese.

More simple recipes: Bruschetta Recipe With Tomatoes, Feta, Onions, Parsley And Dill, Chicken Taco Recipes With Mushrooms And Swiss Chard, Pasta Recipes With Pesto And Roasted Carrots

May 11th, 2012 | Tags: , , ,

If you are looking for a simple, quick and healthy way to cook fish, then broiling is great. It does not take a long time, does not require a lot of oil, and broiled fish is delicious. Broiled fish is great in tacos, such as Fish Tacos With Pineapple Salsa, as well as Fish Taco Recipes With Cole Slaw.

To make fish tacos with cole slaw, you will need fish, tortillas and cole slaw. It is very simple to make cole slaw - here is a Cole Slaw Recipe. You will also need flour or corn tortilla and fish.

Brush the fish with oil, and season with freshly ground black pepper. Broil the fish until done. Once the fish rests, you can make the fish tacos. To make the fish tacos, arrange corn tortillas on plates. Arrange fish on tortillas and top it with cole slaw.

Fish Taco Recipes With Cole Slaw

Ingredients For Fish Tacos With Cole Slaw

1 pound of cod fillets
Canola Oil
salt
freshly ground black pepper

Cole Slaw
Flour tortillas

How To Make Fish Tacos With Cole Slaw

Make cole slaw, using the Cole Slaw Recipe.

Line the broiler pan with foil.

Brush the cod fillets with canola oil. Season the fish fillets with salt and black pepper. Place the fillets on the broiler pan and broil for 4-5 minutes on each side, or until the fish is done.

After the fish is done, let it rest for a few minutes.

Make fish tacos. To make a fish taco, put a tortilla on a plate, put some fish on top of the tortilla. Top the fish with cole slaw.

Here are a few more simple recipes: Swiss Chard Recipes, Swedish Meatball Recipe, Bolognese Sauce Recipe, Salsa Verde Recipe, Spinach Salad With Avocados And Blue Cheese

May 4th, 2012 | Tags: , ,

Cumin is a great, flavorful spice, that is used in flavoring dishes in many different cuisines. I like using cumin in many different dishes, from lamb patties, to stews and chilis, to side dishes, such as a lentils side dish.

If you are trying to cook healthier, so that you can lose weight or keep your current weight, spices are great ingredients to use. Usually to add flavor to a dish, people use something with lots of fat in it, such as butter or fat. When you add spices to dishes, you are making the dishes much more flavorful. So you won’t need as much fat or butter to add flavor - you can use spices to add the flavor without adding the calories!

If you haven’t used cumin before, it is a wonderful spice to use. It adds a lot of flavor to the dish, but it is not hot, so it makes the dish flavorful, but not hot.

Here are a few simple and healthy recipes that use cumin in them:


Lamb Patties With Tzatziki Sauce

If you like gyros, here is my take on making something similar. Instead of gyro meat use lamb patties, that are very simple to make. The patties are made with lamb, onions, parsley, eggs, cumin, salt and black pepper. Fry the patties, then serve them in a pita with Tzatziki sauce, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions.

 

Ricotta and Spinach Recipe

Here is my take on an Indian side dish, called saag paneer. Saag means spinach and paneer is paneer cheese. Paneer is a fresh cheese, made from cow milk. So Saag Paneer is spinach with Paneer Cheese, a tasty and flavorful dish.

In this recipe I am using ricotta cheese instead of paneer cheese, but I am using a lot of different spices that are used to make the real saag paneer. Garlic, onions, ginger, scallions, cumin and coriander make this dish very flavorful.

If you are looking to cook healthier by adding more spinach to your diet, this is a great spinach dish to try.

 

Lamb, Chickpeas and Beef Stew Recipe

If you like beef stews, then this is another great recipe to try. In this recipe, beef stew is made even better by the addition of lamb and chickpeas. The lamb meat provide lots of flavor to the stew. And the chickpeas are a perfect bean here - hearty, flavorful, colorful.

Adding beans to a stew is a great way to eat more beans. Beans are good for you, so if you are looking to eat healthier, this is a great ingredient to use. In this dish, the beans will cook together with the meat, which will make the beans more flavorful.

 

Chili Recipe

Here is another great recipe that uses cumin - chili recipe. It is very simple to make chili - you will need ground beef with onions, tomato sauce, pinto beans, oregano, chili powder and cumin. Chili is a fabulous dish because of all the toppings you can add to it.

Raw white onions, scallions, cilantro, radishes, avocados, sour cream, grated cheese - all make great toppings for chili.

 

Lentils With Onions, Garlic, Tomatoes, Cumin, Coriander, Turmeric

Here is a wonderful side dish, that is delicious, good you for you and is very simple to make. If you want to add more lentils to your diet, this is a great recipe to try. Lentils are healthy and good for you, and this recipe is a simple and delicious recipe for making them.

To make this lentils dish, you will need lentils, onions, garlic, tomatoes, turmeric, coriander, cumin. This is a great side dish for different chicken, beef and lamb dishes.

April 27th, 2012 | Tags:

I like cooking with cabbage - it is delicious, and it does not have many calories, a great combination when you are cooking healthy meals.

Cabbage is a great ingredient - you can use it in salads, you can use it in side dishes, and you can use it in main dishes as well. One thing that I have been seeing more and more lately, is roasted cabbage. Sounds interesting, and I will have to try that - have you tried making roasted cabbage yet?

Here are a few simple cabbage recipes: Lazy Cabbage Rolls, Reuben Sandwich, Cabbage Salad Recipe.

Making cole slaw is pretty simple, but there are tons of different cole slaw recipes out there. This cole slaw uses red cabbage, it makes the cole slaw really colorful. But you can also use green cabbage in this recipe. There are just three ingredients in this recipe, red cabbage, onions and carrots.

Next comes the cole slaw dressing. Just like there are tons of cole slaw recipes, there are also tons of cole slaw dressing recipes. There are tons of different ingredients used in cole slaw dressings. In this recipe I am using a simple and minimalistic cole slaw dressing made with mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar and sugar.

Another question is - how much cole slaw dressing do you use? Some people like just a bit, others like a lot of dressing in the cole slaw, to make it very creamy. I am somewhere in the middle, I like to be able to see and taste the cole slaw dressing, but I don’t like too much of it.

To make cole slaw, thinly slice the cabbage (or use a food processor to slice the cabbage), salt a bit and let stand for a few minutes. Add grated carrots, chopped onions and dressing and mix.

Question: What is your favorite cole slaw dressing recipe?

Cole Slaw Recipe

Ingredients For Cole Slaw Recipe

1/2 of a medium Red Cabbage
1/2 of a small Onion
1 medium Carrot
Salt

For Cole Slaw Dressing

1/2 cup of Mayonnaise
2 tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar
1 teaspoon of Sugar

How To Make Cole Slaw

Wash the red cabbage and thinly slice red cabbage (you can use the food processor to slice it). Put the cabbage in a salad bowl, add a bit of salt, mix and let stand for a few minutes.

Peel and wash the onion. Thinly slice the onion on a cutting board.

Wash, peel and grate the carrot.

Make the dressing - in another bowl, combine mayonnaise, apple cider vinegar and sugar, and mix well.

Put the onions and carrots into the salad bowl with cabbage, and mix. Add half of the dressing and mix. Taste and see if the cole slaw needs more dressing. If it does, add more dressing and mix.