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Gemüse ins Kind: Zucchini-Spaghetti mit Mangold-Erdnuss-Soße

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*Werbung weil Marke im Bild erkennbar* Wie ich die Gartensaison liebe… Frisches, selbstangebautes Gemüse zu leckeren Speisen zu verarbeiten, ist für mich Lebensqualität pur. Außerdem bietet das Ganze Gelegenheit neue Kreationen für meinen kleinen Nachwuchsgärtner auszuprobieren: Wie zum Beispiel die Zucchini Spaghetti mit Mangold-Erdnuss-Soße! Yum! Wenn er das Gemüse zudem nicht nur mit gepflegt und […]

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Bulgarian & Vegan: Тиквеник / Tikvenik

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Last-minute rescue – that´s how I would describe my very last cooking date this year! A few weeks ago two lovely Bulgarian girls and I decided to cook together when they are coming to Berlin in Dezember. They came, they “were silent”, they said that they rather want to go out with me for a drink […]

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Moldovan & Vegan: Fasole făcăluită

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The Romanians and Moldavians share a very similar cuisine so I was really happy to learn another recipe that belongs to that region. My teacher this time was a Moldovan girl named Katya. Yes again – a female cook! 😉 Katya lives in Tiraspol – the second largest city in Moldova. Tiraspol is the capital of […]

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Bolivian & Vegan: Sopa de maní (peanut soup)

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Franca contacted me on Facebook. She read about my project and wanted to be the Bolivian part of “vegan international”. I liked that idea very much – as you know – I LOVE the South American cuisine. Veggi Franca lives in Sucre – one more reason why she is perfect to be part of my […]

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Danish & Vegan: Brændende kærlighed

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Although Denmark is pretty close to Germany it was kind of hard to find someone to cook with. I mean many people said “yes – here I am” but then last minute they had no time anymore. That happened like 4 times in a row. I have to admit that I was a bit angry […]

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Romanian & Vegan: Zacuscă de vinete

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Romanian & Vegan

I have a very special connection to Romania. Not only that my boyfriend is half Romanian – two of my cats used to live on the streets of Bucharest before I adopted them. They are the cutest babies in the world! <3 Since the first one came to me one year ago I help to […]

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Mexican & Vegan: Chiles en nogada

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Exotic, hearty, sweet & spicy – that´s how I would describe the Mexican dish we made last week. My Mexican cooking teacher Rosita told me about it as very traditional dish but not vegan at all. When I saw the pictures of it I decided to try a vegan version which was a very wise […]

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Algerian & Vegan: Mhadjeb

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Deutsche Übersetzung My Algerian cooking teacher is called Caroline. Yes right – she´s not born in Algeria. Originally Caroline comes from Texas. During a long travel trip about 10 years ago she fell in love with an Algerian guy. Now she´s living in two countries. Caroline is almost vegan and loves to cook. One of […]

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Maltese & Vegan: Kapunata

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Today we are going to visit a small island situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, 80 km south of Sicily, 284 km east of Tunisia and 333 km north of Libya —> Malta. I had a nice long talk with my Maltese cooking teacher Paul about the Maltese culture and I really feel as if […]

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Czech & Vegan: Vdolky/Dalken

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If you´re on a challenge like this one it happens that the world seems smaller from day to day. So many countries I cooked with and the countries left are getting less and less. Incredible how small the world can be! But on the other hand I still have countries to cook with – even […]

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Albanian & Vegan: Tarator

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Deutsche Übersetzung “Do you like tzatziki? Then you will love this dish!” That´s what Corinne told me and after I tried her Albanian dish “Tarator” I´m telling you the same! By the way – I love (vegan) tzaziki! Corinne lives in Paris now but her parents originally come from Albania. That explains why she knows […]

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Cypriot & Vegan: Louvana

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Before I tell you about the Cypriot dish we made I want to take a second to say – I LOVE SKYPE! 🙂 Otherwise I wouldn´t be able to cook with so many people. And I never would make it to my goal of 50 vegans this year! But I´m pretty positive to make it […]

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Portuguese & Vegan: Doce de tomate

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Another Skype adventure lies behind me. It was a very special one. And I´m feeling like a house wife now! 😀 For the lovely country Portugal my Portuguese teacher Maria and me chose sth. different to make. We didn´t make dinner or dessert. This time we made a very special Portuguese jam. It´s called “doce […]

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New Zealand & Vegan: Pavlova

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Although the weather in Berlin gets colder and colder these days a few travellers still are coming to Germany to explore my awesome hometown. So did Amy and Georgina from New Zealand. They are on a trip through Europe right now and last week they visited me in Berlin to cook typical vegan dishes from […]

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Croatian & Vegan: Corba od Jabuka

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Yay! My first Skype cooking adventure is over and it was a lot of fun. 🙂 Although the connection broke a few times we had so much to laugh about and the food was pretty delicious and very heart warming! My first cooking guest via Skype was Mila from Croatia and this cooking session was […]

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Slovenian & Vegan: Žganci

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Last month three lovely ladies from Slovenia visited me and surfed my couch. And of course I´m telling you that because we also cooked together. Anja suggested to cook a typical dish of her childhood which is called Žganci. Every child in Slovenia knows Žganci. To me it was sth. very new and I had to get […]

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Chilean & Vegan: Charquicán

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Another country of my favorit continent is part of my challenge: Chile! And it is really one of the countries I wished for to cook with. So I´m very lucky that Jazmín from Chile liked the idea of my project so much that she decided to cook with me. Actually, Jazmín read about my challenge on […]

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Brazilian & Vegan: Vatapá

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Oh my Brazilian cooking day was sooo delicious. Again I can say I LOVE the south american cuisine! I think I should move there some time! 😉 But let me tell you about it. My Brazilian guest Felipe surprised me with his blonde hair! His family originaly is from Germany – indeed from Germany! But […]

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Norwegian & Vegan: Komler

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Komler is quite a short name for this Norwegian dish. But nevertheless it´s  one of the most traditional dishes you can find in Norway and the best – it´s (mostly) vegan by itself. So nothing to veganise here.

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Slovak & Vegan: Ryžový nákyp (creamy rice cake)

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My lovely Slovak guest Lucia went to a short couchsurfing trip to Copenhagen and of course to my wonderful hometown Berlin. That´s why she wrote me a message and we decided to cook with each other. When Lucia became vegan she “veganised” some of her favorite childhood dishes. One of them is Ryžový nákyp. Usually you […]

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Israeli & Vegan: Bourekas and Hummus

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It was a pleasure to host my Israeli guest Yasmin. Not only because of the delicious Israeli food we made on her last evening. I learned a lot about Israeli culture as well and had a pretty good time hosting Yasmin. Her Israeli friend Naama also visited us for dinner together with her host Robert. […]

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French & Vegan: Quiche Lorraine

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Oh it was such a French, such a delicious evening accomponied by jumping and leg climbing foster kittens who also desperately wanted to try the French & vegan cuisine. My French guest Astrid showed me how to make one of the Frenchest dishes you can imagine – Quiche Lorraine.

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Italian & Vegan: Panforte

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Mattia is that great Italian guy from Peru – so he actually could teach me both – Italian and Peruvian cooking. And much more better than that is the fact that this man used to be a dessert cook in Amsterdam, so he really knew what he was talking about and you actually could see […]

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Finnish & Vegan: Hernekeitto & Pannukakku

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Finnish Suvi (vegan) and her friend Annika (also Finnish, interested and experienced in vegan cuisine) were very funny to cook with. Those Finnish girls came into my kitchen and invited me to experience the very delicious Finnish cuisine. We had a lot of fun making those dishes!!

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Chinese & Vegan: Spring Rolls

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This cooking meet up was one of my most delicious ones until now. I met Yvonne from Hongkong via Couchsurfing.org. She was looking for a host in Berlin for one night and I told her that she could sleep on my couch. She ended up sleeping somewhere else because she met a friend who is […]

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Costa Rican & Vegan: Platanos Maduros (Fritos)

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The cooking with Penny from Cahuita, Costa Rica was pretty inspiring. She and her husband decided to quit eating meat around 45 years ago for ethical reasons! WOW! It´s pretty hard to find someone in Europe who is veggie for so long. You can imagine how impressed I was – I still am! In my […]

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Costa Rican & Vegan: Gallo Pinto

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I told you some blogs before that my boyfriend and I spent some time in Dominical, pacific coast during our time in Costa Rica but we also went to see the caribbean coast where we stayed in beautiful Cahuita. And that´s where I met Penny.

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Costa Rican & Vegan: Crema de Pejibaye (vegan)

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A German friend who is living in Costa Rica introduced me to the delicious little green/orange Palm Fruits called Pejibayes which you can buy almost everywhere in Costa Rica. The ticos eat them cooked and peeled or as Palm Fruit Soup – Crema de Pejibaye. As I was faszinated by the taste of that gorgeous […]

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English & Vegan: Helen´s Vegan Shepherd´s Pie

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When Nina and I travelled to England for the Brighton Vegfest we spend some days in London as well. Our first couchsurfing host was Helen. I can not imagine a better person for our very first couchsurfing experience! 🙂 Helen is such a nice person and she even showed us some beautiful places in London where […]

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My Raw Food Oscars: Broccoli Hemp Bread

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Yesterday was a very delicious evening for me. And I am about to give you the next recipe of my Raw Foof Oscars Watching Buffet – Broccoli Hemp Bread. You will need a dehydrator for making it. There are cheap and there are very expensive dehydrators you can buy. I was lucky to get a […]

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Belgian & Vegan – chocolate, chocolate, chocolate

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If you think of Belgium and food – you don´t need long to think about waffels. But there is another delicious dessert Belgium is famous for – chocolate! And that´s the reason why three girls in my kitchen shouted out: “Let´s make something with chocolate for dessert!” My belgian guest Nathalie knew the right recipe […]

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Belgian & Vegan – my second cooking date

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Yes, I already had my second cooking date. Last saturday a very lovely lady from Belgium honored my kitchen with a great vegan Belgian beef stew and an awesome  but very easy vegan Belgian chocolate mousse. The name of that Belgian lady is Natalie and she´s in Berlin for a week to visit a friend. […]