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    Balkan Lunch Box > Recipes > Recipes By Meal Type > Vegetarian

    Balkan Vegetarian Recipes

    For a Peninsula that boasts itself on its meat, Balkan has a surprising number of PERFECT vegetarian dishes.

    So many, in fact, that this is our largest section! So many, it's hard to choose just a few to start you off.

    Have you had Balkan Ratatouille? Or this AH-MAZ-ING Cheese Pie? Or should we simply let you eat (Chocolate) Cake?

     

    Latest In Vegetarian

    A hand holdling a fork with scallion salad above a black bowl filled with salad on an orange background.

    Scallion Salad with Sour Cream (Lukmira) [2 Ingredients, 5 minutes]

    A bowl of tarator taratur soup (salad) on a green background.

    Tarator (Taratur) - Macedonian Cucumber, Yogurt and Garlic Salad

    Two bowls of soup, and a ladle full of soup pouring it into one of the bowls.

    Mushroom and Potato Soup from Slovenia (Gobova Juha s Krompirjem)

    A white plate full of satarash dish on a white honeycomb table.

    Classic Satarash: Pepper, Onion and Tomato Stew (Sataraš)

    A slice of bread with jam, hand that's holding a spoon full of jam, and a jar in the background on gray background.

    Raspberry Jam [Three Ingredients, Stovetop, 40-min]

    A hand holding a bottle of liqueur, pouring it into a small shot glass, another shot glass in the distance, bottle cap, and a couple of raspberries on a dark blue marble background.

    Homemade Raspberry Liqueur (Malinovača, Malinovac Liker) [Three Ingredients]

    Breaded eggplant and zucchini: if you've ever had doubts about these two, now is the time to put them to rest. Tough but dewy eggplant and zucchini, dipped in flour and egg, then frizzled until a perfectly crunchy yet soft.

    Breaded Eggplant and Zucchini

    Three pieces of spinach pie.

    EASY Feta and Ricotta Cheese and Spinach Pie With Phyllo Dough

    Closeup of four wafers.

    Balkan No Bake Wafer Cake (Oblatne, Oblande)

    Woman holding halved pogacha.

    Pogacha (Pogača): Traditional Balkan Bread Without Yeast

    Closeup of a poppy seed slice.

    Potica (Povitica) Poppy Seed Roll

    Traditional Serbian cake called Vaso's Cake. Made with dark chocolate, oranges, walnuts and meringue.

    Chocolate Orange Cake with Meringue (Vasina Torta)

    Poached Quince Dessert

    A hand holding a chocolate ball above a glass bowl full of chocolate balls.

    Hazelnut Chocolate Balls (Bombice od Lješnjaka/ Lešnika)

    A plate with eggs and peppers (satarash) with two halves of integral bread with a fork and two eggs on a dark marble background.

    Scrambled Eggs and Veggies (Sataraš sa Jajima) [Egg Satarash]

    Erva's Very Berry Raspberry Cake

    Balkan Homemade Cornbread From Scratch (Kukuruza, Proja)

    Chocolate Pudding Dessert Cup

    A forkful of djuvec above a plate.

    Djuvec - Balkan Ratatouille (Đuveč, Ghivetch)

    Jar with fig jam, and figs spread on the pink table.

    Easy Fig Jam [No Pectin, Stovetop, Few Ingredients]

    A bowl with potato and carrot soup, a spoon, bread, salt and pepper on a gray background.

    Simple Potato Soup Recipe [Stovetop, Few Ingredients]

    Apricot Cheesecake

    Crepes on a white plate and a pan with crepes in the background on a black table.

    Savory Crepes [Layered, Spinach and Cheese Filling]

    A piece of cake cut with a fork on a white background.

    Chocolate Hazelnut Cake (Šamponeze Torta)

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