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    Balkan Lunch Box > Recipes > Vegetarian > Page 3

    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?

     

    Rapidly fast walnut bites (cookies).

    Walnut Cookies (Orašnice)

    Eight crepes on a plate, and a hand holding tartar saauce.

    Balkan Mushroom Crêpes (Palačinke sa Gljivama)

    Santa’s sugar cookies: classic butter and sugar dough that can be used for several different cookies. Make the dough the night before. The day off, roll the dough out, and shape and bake. Done in 15 minutes.

    Santa's Sugar Cookies

    Cake being cut and a hand holding it on the bottom.

    Mama's Walnut Cake with Chocolate (Čokoladna Orah Torta) [Classic, European, Old Fashioned Torte Cake]

    Roulade on a cutting board.

    Roulade Recipe with Plum Jam

    An easy guide to fermenting vegetables for salads and meals. Includes: yellow bell pepper tomatoes, green tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, celery root, peppercorn.

    Turšija: A Guide To Fermenting Salad Veggies

    Sideways photo of pindjur in a bowl with a spoon and vegetables in the background.

    Pindjur (Pinđur) Spread - Easy Homemade Balkan Relish with Red Peppers and Tomatoes

    A bowl with rice pudding on a table.

    Sutlijaš: Balkan Rice Pudding (Sutlija, Riža na Mlijeku)

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    Ajvar

    Bowl with carrots and apple, and carrot and apple and a spoon on a table.

    Grated Apple and Carrot Salad [Two Ingredients, Ten Minutes]

    Milk pasta on a plate on a pink background, overhead photo.

    Bosnian Milk Pasta (Omač)

    Bread on a blue background.

    Tepsijaš - Bosnian Homemade Pan Bread

    Chocolate Walnut Marzipan Squares: a unique take on an old favorite.

    Chocolate Walnut Marzipan Squares

    A bowl of carrot and beet salad, a beet, carrots and fork on the side.

    Grated Beet and Carrot Salad [Five Ingredients, Ten Minutes]

    A bowl of rice overhead, with a spoon inside.

    Easy Vegetable Rice [Frozen or Fresh Veggies]

    A fork holding half of a dumpling knedla on a white plate, with one and a half knedle in the background.

    Knedle: Balkan Plum Dumplings (Knedle sa Šljivama)

    Overhead photograph of a pan filled with rolls.

    Buhtle - Balkan Jam Rolls

    Why buy mint tea when you can make your own from scratch?

    Homemade Mint Tea

    A hand holding a crepe above a plate of crepes on a pink background.

    Palačinke - Balkan Style Crêpes

    Overhead photo of a bowl of risotto and a fork holding risotto above it on a marble background.

    Chicken and Mushroom Risotto in White Wine [1-hour, Stovetop]

    Pasta with Veggies in White Sauce

    Mint Cordial

    A hand holding a forkful of cabbage salad.

    Kupus Salata - Balkan Cabbage Salad

    Cast iron pan filled with yellow stuffed peppers and a kitchen towel on a gray background.

    Easy Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers with Potatoes [Oven Baked, No Rice, Gluten-Free, and Tomato Sauce-Free]

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