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Vegetables and Vegetarian

Tomato Fritters or Keftedes, Greek simplicity

December 18, 2025 by Tania 3 Comments

Tomato Fritters or Keftedes

Got too many tomatoes? Turn them into Tomato Fritters or Keftedes—a quick, Greek-inspired dish that’s perfect for brunch, parties, or casual sharing. Fresh herbs, feta, and juicy tomatoes make this recipe a sunshine-filled favourite. If summer had a flavour, I’m convinced it would taste like ripe tomatoes. In Summer, I can’t resist buying bowls of…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Brunch, Cheese, RECIPES, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: brunch, dinner, fritters, greekfood, keftedes, mykitchenstoriesrecipes, Recipes, tomatoes, tomatoes summer glut

What to do to Improve Your Diet & Eat Healthier

April 18, 2025 by Tania 3 Comments

improve your diet with ideas from my kitchen stories

I love to cook and eat a great diet. This in no way makes me an expert, but here are a few pointers on how to improve your diet and eat healthier. Many people struggle to eat well during a busy working week or as a student on a busy schedule. Food and what you…

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Filed Under: cooking ideas, How to:, RECIPES, Salad, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: burrata, diets for health, drink water for health, eat healthier, eat salad, eat well, food journal, improve your diet, salad ideas, salad recipes, what to eat to improve your diet

Irresistable Creamy Cashew, Tomato and Caper Salad

December 10, 2024 by Tania Leave a Comment

cashew and caper salad on a table

This creamy cashew, tomato, and caper salad will be very popular because it is a little like hommus but not quite. Add harlequin tomatoes, incredibly strident capers, crunchy peppery greens, and a perfect dressing. This salad goes with most BBQ’d meat or vegetables and plays well with other salads too! Creamy Cashew Base Cashew cream…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: cashew cream, everyday food, family BBQ salads, food for friends, holiday food, how to use capers, Salad, salad dip, salads that can be appetisers, unusual salads

Grilled Mushroom Salad, Watercress and Spanish Onion with crunchy bits.

November 17, 2024 by Tania Leave a Comment

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This kind of meaty delicious salad works for vegans, vegetarians, meat-eaters, and everyone in between. Grilled Mushroom Salad, Watercress, and Spanish onion with crunchy bits makes a great dinner or as part of a bigger feast when you need a delicious crowd pleaser. Grilled Mushrooms make the perfect Salad for everyone Mushrooms are juicy and…

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Filed Under: Barbeque, Cooking with Mushrooms, Gluten Free, Holiday, RECIPES, Salad, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: BBQ, christmas food, main course salad, Maincourses, Mushrooms, Vegan, vegetarian, warm salad

The amazing Spicy Korean Cauliflower Soup,

July 12, 2024 by Tania 2 Comments

Soup thats spicy and delicious witn cocnut and cauliflower

There is nothing better in the winter than a spicy soup! The thing that makes this soup a Spicy Korean Cauliflower Soup is the addition of Gochujang, sesame, and soy. It’s tingly hot and fortifying with comforting cauliflower and chunks of potato. It is perfection for warming up empty bellies. Make a double batch and…

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Filed Under: Asian, One pot cooking, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Soup, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Cauliflower, dinner, easy and delicious, Easy dinner, Gochujang, korean flavours, Soup, spicy soup, vegetarian, what to make for dinner

5 reasons to make this Red Lentil Dahl

June 30, 2024 by Tania 2 Comments

dahl for dinner

Yes, I can come up with 5 reasons to make this Red Lentil Dahl. Dahl is always a favourite for dinner or a snack with some crusty bread. Read on to learn my 5 reasons. Reason 1… to make Red Lentil Dahl Dahl, what is it and how is it different to curry? A dahl…

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Filed Under: Asian, Breakfast, Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Rice, Pasta and Grains, Slow Cooked, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Dahl, Easy dinners, easy vegetarian food, eating at home, How to make dahl, Indian at home, lentils, pulses, Quick cooking, red lentils

The best collection of Christmas Recipes Ever

December 16, 2023 by Tania Leave a Comment

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This IS the best collection of Christmas Recipes because it is a new fresh and easily sourced approach to making recipes for all the family. Mostly gluten-free, easily vegetarian, and perfect for all the family. With bonus desserts at the end! What you will find in this collection Fresh and delicious is what you will…

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Filed Under: Cakes and Decorating, Chicken and Poultry, Desserts, Gluten Free, Holiday, RECIPES, Salad, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: baking, Christmas, Christmas desserts, Christmas Recipes, holiday food, Make ahead Mashed potatoes, perfect mash potato, Salads, the best recipes for christmas, what salad can I cook for Christmas

Make ahead Creamy Mashed Potato with Bacon and Cheese

December 13, 2023 by Tania 2 Comments

How to make mashed potatoes ahead

Make ahead mashed potato is a discovery for me, how about you? Make ahead recipes are not new but they are popular for a good reason. Let’s take a look at how you can make the creamiest most incredible mashed potato with bacon and cheese a day or two in advance and enjoy them as…

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Filed Under: Cheese, Gluten Free, Holiday, RECIPES, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: baked potato, christmas dishes, gluten free, how to make mashed potato, maincourse items, potato bake, special dishes, vegetable dishes

Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Carrot and Olive salad

November 30, 2023 by Tania 2 Comments

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This salad is roasted and toasted and is ever so interesting in flavour and texture. Spice Roasted Cauliflower, Baby Carrot, and Olive salad, crunched up with pistachios, and touched with honey and preserved lemon. It’s exceptional. Roasting Vegetables for Salad I love roasting vegetables to make a salad. The roasting brings out the sweetness and…

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Holiday, RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Christmas Recipes, Dinner., gluten free, Maincourse, mykitchenstories, recipe, roast vegetables, Salad, side dish, summer salad, vegandishesforchristmas

Zucchini, Haloumi Salad with peas, mint, and lemon.

November 24, 2023 by Tania Leave a Comment

Grilled-Zucchini-and-Halloumi-Salad

This special salad is worthy of an occasion. Grilled Zucchini, halloumi, salad with sweet little peas make best friends. It is partly BBQ’d with all of the flavours of mint lemon and dijon it’s fresh and summery Make a salad that is NOT boring this Christmas! This salad has all the greens plus a zingy…

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Filed Under: Barbeque, Cheese, Gluten Free, Holiday, RECIPES, Salad, Side dishes, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: christmas salads, dinner, gluten free, gluten free salad, grilled halloumi, peas, Salad, zucchini recipes

Cuban Pork with Succotash

November 8, 2021 by Tania 2 Comments

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This Cuban Pork with Succotash is quick easy and filling. It’s such a great dish for summer. Smokey Cuban style Pork is perfect on the BBQ. I had no idea there were so many great recipes on the Hello Fresh website, you can jump on there and whip something up, even if you haven’t ordered…

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Filed Under: Barbeque, Gluten Free, Lamb/Beef/Pork, RECIPES, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Cuban Pork, Cuban pork with succotash, easy pork recipes, Foolproof pork, Hello fresh, Hello Fresh recipes, hello frtesh, pork for dinner, pork steaks, succotash

Watermelon Feta Salad with Greek Oregano

September 12, 2021 by Tania 2 Comments

salad with watermelon and feta

This Watermelon Feta Salad is so simple it doesn’t really need a recipe you can just use this as a guide. It’s not an obvious combination – watermelon, and salty Greek feta – but wait until you taste the two of these together. It’s savoury and sweet all at once. Watermelon is absolutely a reminder…

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Filed Under: Dressings, RECIPES, Salad, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: easysummer salad, greece, refreshing salads, Salad, thegrecianpurveyor watermelon, watermelonfetasalad

Cheese Balls with Cauliflower and Toum

June 30, 2021 by Tania 4 Comments

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These are Cheese balls with cauliflower and toum. They are incredible. They’re crunchy on the outside and have chunky cauliflower inside. And they always impress. What is a Cauliflower Cheese ball? You are going to love them. They are crunchy coated balls of cauliflower mixed with herbs and potato all bound together with the ultimate…

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Filed Under: Brunch, Gluten Free, RECIPES, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Cauliflower, cheese sauce without cheese, cooking vegan cheese sauce, cooking vegan food, vegan cooking, vegan dinners, vegan maincourses

Satay Vegetables with tofu, coconut and toasted peanuts

May 4, 2021 by Tania 4 Comments

Dinner in a flash satay vegetables

These creamy lightly spiced satay vegetables will become a staple. It’s quick to make and you can use whatever vegetables you have in the fridge

Filed Under: Asian, Gluten Free, Recipe Basics, RECIPES, Vegan, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: eves apple, freshawards, quick easy vegetarian dishes, Satay, satay sauce with vegetables, sydney markets, Vegan, vegan for dinner, vegetables

Tofu in Singapore chilli sauce

June 23, 2020 by Tania 4 Comments

Tofu with chilli sauce and coriander

This is my extra special Tofu in Singapore chilli sauce. Singapore chilli sauce is usually served with crab. The sauce is deep red in colour and it’s bright, sweet, salty and umami all at once. It could be the most perfect sauce for Tofu ever. The Singapore Chilli Sauce legend I’ve called it Singapore chilli…

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Filed Under: Asian, Gluten Free, RECIPES, Side dishes, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: chilli sauce, crunchy tofu, gluten free, glutenfree, Main course, side dishes, tofu, tofu dishes, Vegan, vegetarian

Cauliflower and Broccoli Wings with spicy sauce

May 21, 2020 by Tania 3 Comments

spicy fried vegetable wings on a plate

If you love a good spicy chicken wing then I promise you will love these Cauliflower and Broccoli “Wings”. They are spicy and completely addictive. I love chicken wings. I love the bones, the spice and I love the greasy finger licking. Making “‘wings” with two of my favourite vegetables makes me just as happy….

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Filed Under: Gluten Free, Holiday, RECIPES, Small Bites/ Party Food, Vegan, Vegetables and Vegetarian Tagged With: Cauliflower and broccoli dishes, easy starters, spicy wings, starters, vegan dishes, vegan food, vegetable dishes, wings

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Tania Cusack Hi, I'm Tania and this is My Kitchen Stories. I share all kinds of recipes here. Most recipes are quick and easy, just perfect for families. BUT, you could also find vegan, cakes and desserts too. Come and have a look around Read More
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