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August 26, 2010

Do Vegetarians Live Longer?

vegetarian-liveMany people become vegetarians for moral reasons, but some do so for health reasons. For example, studies have found that eating too much red meat leads to increased risk of heart disease, certain cancers and other problems, resulting in higher rates of lethal illness and death. This research has lead many people who are concerned about their health to reduce consumption of beef or become completely vegetarian. No one denies that fruits and vegetables are good for you, but does being a vegetarian do anything really significant for a person, such as giving them longer lives? (more…)

July 21, 2010

Spicy Cream Mushrooms

Spicy Cream MashroomsIngredients:

  • 1/2 cup onion
  • 4 tbsp dairy butter
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1/2 kg champignons
  • salt, pepper, and red pepper to taste

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July 13, 2010

Colored Pasta

colored pastaYou can’t even imagine how many ways there are to make home-made pasta look and taste different! For instance, if you add some colouring agent to it… natural agent of course, like chocolate… Let’s think about colors.

Green color
You can made pasta look green with the help of spinach or broccoli. Just chop it properly and add to the dough. How much? – It’s up to you. The more you add the deeper color and taste you get.
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July 12, 2010

Peppers Stuffed with Mushrooms

Peppers Stuffed with MushroomsOnce we have offered you peppers stuffed with rice and potatoes stuffed with mushrooms. This time let’s cook peppers stuffed with mushrooms. Of course it’s similar to the first one, but mushrooms really add new taste to this vegetarian meal.

Ingredients:

  • 10 large peppers
  • 1/2 kg champignons
  • 1/2 cup rice
  • 2 onions
  • 1 carrot
  • salt, sugar, pepper to taste
  • vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup cream
  • 2 cups vegetable stock

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June 29, 2010

Baked Vegetable Marrows

Baked Vegetable MarrowsIngredients:

  • 1 kilo fresh vegetable marrows
  • 3 onions
  • 500 g hard cheese
  • 50 g olive oil
  • 5 eggs
  • salt and pepper to taste

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June 25, 2010

Classics of Milk Shakes

Milk ShakeAs any other vegetarian meal milk shakes have a classic recipe which is the basis for dozens of its variations.

Classic ingredients for one serving:

  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 vanilla ice-cream dipper
  • 5 strawberries or
  • 1/2 banana
  • 1-2 tsp syrup

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June 17, 2010

Seasonal Vegetarians

Seasonal VegetariansDid you know that in summer a lot of people become vegetarians? Well, it’s true. The funniest thing is that most of them don’t even realize the fact that they become vegetarians – at least temporary, but still… Why is this happening?

The main reason is the temperature which is rather hot in many countries during summer months. Hot temperature has a certain influence on our body whether we want and realize this or not. (more…)

June 9, 2010

“Ladybird Salad”

Ladybird SaladIngredients:

  • 5 tomatoes
  • 100 g cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 1-1.5 tbsp mayonnaise (vegannaise)
  • 1-2 garlic bulbet
  • 10 dry spice peppers
  • scallion
  • salad leaves for decoration

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June 8, 2010

French Pie

French PieIngredients:

for dough:

  • 150 g margarine
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 3 eggs (or substitute)
  • 1/2 tsp household soda
  • 3 tbsp soy milk
  • some vanilla

for filling:

  • 5-6 apples
  • 1 cup lemon juice
  • 3-4 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 tbsp cinnamon

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June 7, 2010

Vegetables in Thick Sour Milk

Vegetables in Thick Sour MilkIngredients:

  • 300-400 g vegetable mix (carrot, potatoes, onion, beetroot)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup thick sour milk
  • salt
  • pepper
  • and positive thinking… remember?

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