Fladenbrot mit Knoblauch und Kräutern | Pita bread with garlic and herbs

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Ideen, die man hat, wenn man Samstag mittags noch schnell was zu futtern zaubern möchte, aber nicht all zu viel Arbeit haben will: heißes Fladenbrot mit Knoblauch-/Kräuterfüllung und n bisschen Hummus dazu.

Teriyaki Sauce

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Mr. Squirrel hat mal wieder Teriyakisauce gemacht. Super lecker und sorgt dafür, dass man mal eben aus Gemüse und Reis (und vielleicht ein bisschen Mock Duck) was Tolles zaubern kann!

Mittagessen: Gebratene Mock Duck, Gemüse und Reis in Teriyakisauce.

Smoked Tomato Paprika Sauce

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Many thanks to Mr. Squirrel at Camslinger.de for the photo 

I started out making a sauce out of things that had to go for whatever reason: Veggies on the verge of looking less Next Veggie Top Model, open packs of pureed tomatoes from yesterday's pizza... that sort of thing. I ended up with the best sauce ever! It will go well with our Tomato Lentil Bites (filled with Cashew Feta) at my work Christmas party tonight!

Easy: Creamy Spinach with Chickpeas and Peanuts

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So, I am not in my usual kitchen environment. Instead of enjoying the beautiful Ruhrgebiet, I am in New York City! Only temporarily, though. I am still settling in and finding my way around, particularly in the supermarkets, but I am glad to have access to a kitchen in the apartment in which I'm subletting a room. I had originally intended to make something along the lines of my world famous (ok, it's not... yet!) Sesame Spinach, but since I couldn't find any sesame seeds, I had to come up with something else. And I like what happened as I threw together my very, very limited selection of food items. Getting set up in a kitchen without having anything in the pantry or fridge whatsoever is quite the challenge. But it worked! :D

Antipasti II: Roast Bellpepper with Shaved Almonds and Garlic

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Part II Antipasti recipes! Part I (marinated roast veggies) is here. Part III (Tomato filled with pesto cream cheese) will be posted soon.

(1) marinated roast veggies
(2) Roast Bellpepper with Shaved Almonds and Garlic
(3) Tomato filled with pesto cream cheese

Dips, dips, dips: "Honey" Aioli

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Fortunately, my little sister loves cooking food for her guests as much as I do, so I had the wonderful opportunity to first steal and then modify a recipe from her latest birthday party. The glorious, glorious honey aioli. Her version was vegetarian, so I decided to make a vegan one.

The basis for the honey aioli is mayonaise, a traditionally very unvegan product. Conventionally made with egg yolks, I knew there had to be a way to avoid them.

The secret star of our buffet: The Honey Aioli