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    Balkan Lunch Box > Recipes > Vegetarian > Page 2

    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?

     

    Perfect three ingredient crescents (margarine, eggs, and flour) filled with jam and baked. Classic combo for the win!

    Jam Crescent Cookies

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    Puffed Rice and Cornflake Bites

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    Meringue Cake (Španski Vjetar)

    Pepper sauce in a white bowl on a table and a pepper in the background.

    Roasted Red Peppers Cheese and Garlic Sauce

    Closeup of beans on a spoon.

    Macedonian Baked Beans (Tavče Gravče, Gravče na Tavče, Grah Prebranac)

    Cookies on a plate, shot from above.

    Watermelon Shaped Bites

    Bajadera on a table.

    Bajadera: Balkan Nougat Pralines [No Bake, 40 Minutes, Dessert Bars]

    Chocolate cake rolls on a pink background.

    Chocolate Cake Rolls

    Chocolate pudding biscuit cake: three tier no bake dessert made from ingredients you already have in your kitchen (pudding, biscuit, butter, heavy cream, sugar and milk). Because, sometimes, simple really is the best. 

    No Bake Chocolate Pudding Biscuit Cake

    Golden bread sticks, painted with salt with just the right amount of crunch. You'll never try other bread sticks again. 

    Slanci: Balkan Breadsticks

    Serving spoon holding bean casserole.

    Balkan Baked Romano Beans Casserole

    Soup in a wooden bowl with a wooden spoon on a wooden table.

    Cream of Squash Soup

    Chocolate Nutella strudel: chocolate infused flour caressed into dough, let to rise, smeared with huge chunks of Nutella, toped with egg yolk glaze, then baked. Tastes like heaven!

    Chocolate Nutella Strudel

    Braided Sweet Bread (Slatka Pletenica)

    Mama's Apple Crumble Cake

    Soft and flavorful buckwheat mini breads further enriched with sunflower seeds. A simple way to get you into making your own dough.

    Buckwheat Mini Breads (Hljepčići od Heljde)

    A bowl with risotto and a fork in it and vegetables in the background on a white honeycomb background.

    Easy Vegetable Risotto (Sataraš sa Rižom) [Rice Satarash]

    Sautéed spinach, a sophisticated way to eat more greens. This velvety side dish requires minimal preparation is ready in 25 minutes.

    Quick Sautéed Spinach

    A piece of integral bread with marmalade and a jar of marmalade with a wooden spoon on top, on a gray background.

    Orange Jam (Orange Marmalade) [No Pectin, Stovetop, 1-hour, 3-ingredients]

    Dried cookies on a tray, above photo.

    Dried Fruit Cookies with Walnuts

    Overhead photo of fig balls on a pan.

    Fig Balls with Chocolate and Rum [No Bake, Under 1 Hour]

    Macedonian baked beans are a beloved classic. This quick and tasty version is enough to give you a taste of this simple, unique dish, and inspire you to explore.

    Easy Baked Beans with Onions and Paprika

    A bowl with savoy cabbage soup and a spoonful above being held by a hand.

    Savoy Cabbage Soup

    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

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