Eat with Steff

  It all began in the winter time. I was sitting comfortably on my bed and I was writing a list of winter veggies and fruits, that I wanted to include on my diet, but also make a Youtube video about it.  I‘m someone who‘ll always consider something seasonal first. I decided to take the red cabbage as a main ingredient and then form a recipe around it. So after a bit of brain storming and one semi-failed recipe, I came up with a risotto recipe, that I‘d like to have not only during the winter. That meant it was a success and also, who doesn’t love a bowl of comfort food. I‘ve been having it on the chillier days of April. Here is the recipe video on my Youtube channel, if you would like a video format. VIDEO Let’s get into the recipe.. The ingredients you‘ll need: 1 cup of rice 1/4 cup pine nuts 1/4 cup sultanas 1 cup of cabbage  1/2 an onion  1 garlic clove 1/4 cup of white wine 2 tbsp of double cream 1 tbsp of sesame oil  700-800ml of beef broth (you may use oth...

Halloween is nearly here and I wanted to come this year with two recipe ideas. This one, that I‘m going to share tonight is the savory one. I was thinking a lot before I came up with this idea and to be honest spiders are going to be all over the halloween snacks, so the next best thing was a snake. A cheesy, doughy, saucy snake.. So I went, tried it and it came out definitely delicious. Now before we get started I have to make it clear that we are making 2 parts of dough, one part normal and one part with some kind of color to make it more interesting. *!! This doesn’t mean the color  will show up on top, whatever you use, whether it’s charcoal, spirulina or food coloring, it will still have the „doughy hue“ on top. The inside will be pretty though. !!* So let’s get into it—> Ingredients: For the dough: -4 cups of flour (divided) -1 cup of milk (divided) -1/3 cup of red cabbage water -8gr of active yeast -4 egg yolks  -1/2 cup of sunflower oil...

Oatmeal can be very boring to some. To others,that know how to change it up, it is the best breakfast choice. You can now see it as a #breakfastidea all over instagram or other social media platforms and you can add pretty much everything from fruits to nuts to seeds to nut butters.. and so the list goes on.  It will continue to be in the healthy food spectrum whatever you add to it, but sometimes cravings kick in.  In this case I want to cover the savory cravings and make them „oatmeal approved“! This recipe is very simple, but the key point of this post is the idea of savory oatmeal and ingredients that complement each other very nicely, so let’s get to it.. Ingredients: 1 cup of oats 1 cup of milk 1 cup of water 1 tsp of butter for the oats  2 tbsp of crushed pine nuts 1 egg 1 cup of chopped mushrooms  2 cups of baby spinach 2-3 tbsp of feta cheese crumbles  2 tsp chilli flakes  butter or any kind of oil (for the veggies and t...

To me, ideas come out of nowhere, because my mind wonders all day long all over the place and sometimes the light bulb shines over my head. This is exactly how this recipe was put together in my imaginative kitchen. I thought well about the sweetness of the sweet potato, the creaminess of coconut sauce, the freshness of the spinach with that hint of metallic taste and also the spice of ginger & garlic. The ingredients worked so well in my mind and I was so pleased with the final product my hands made reality. Before I get into the recipe I should say that the dough makes quite a lot, up to 6 servings,so according to the servings you will cook adjust the spinach & coconut ratio. For example 1 serving = 1 huge handful of spinach, because spinach shrinks a lot. Now let’s hop onto it... Ingredients: sweet potato (450g) 2 cups of flour  1 tbsp fresh ginger  2 cloves of garlic  1 can of coconut milk  5-6 handfuls of spinach  oregano 1 1/2 t...

My last recipe was a mussle risotto and that day I also made a delicious creamy chickpea soup. By the poll I posted on my instagram ( @eatwithsteff ) most of you chose the risotto recipe, but some of you really wanted the recipe of the chickpea & prawn soup. So here you go! Ingredients: 400 gr of cooked chickpeas 10 prawns 5 cloves of garlic 1 tbsp of dried rosemary (or a fresh rosemary spring ) 1-2 tsp of chili pepper 5-6 tbsp of olive oil 1-2 tbsp of freshly chopped parsley (as a topping ) Salt & pepper Preparation:  First of all wash the prawns and remove the head . Don’t throw these away, because we are keeping them for the other step. Gently remove the shell & devein them if you want, but make sure to leave the tail. Put about 4 tbsp of olive oil, 3-4 halves of garlic cloves, a spring of rosemary or the dried rosemary, the prawn heads and let these release all their flavors to the oil for 3-4 minutes on a medium-high heat. This is...

 The Great Lent has begun and if you’re christian chances are you know what this is. Long story short, The Great Lent or The Great Fast officially begins on Clean Monday, seven weeks before Pascha ( Easter ) and runs for 40 contiguous days. It has its religion-related purposes, but personally I do it to feel better with myself, to eat healthier (most of the time), to eat mostly vegan meals (if you’re interested in knowing the benefits of eating vegan you can look it up by yourself, because I don’t want to force & influence anyone) and to expend my taste palette by trying new recipes.  The foods abstained from are meat, fish, eggs and dairy products, wine, and oil. According to some traditions, only olive oil is abstained from; in others, all vegetable oils. In my house we use all kinds of vegetable oils including olive oil, except the last week of the Lent. So basically you have to eat vegan, but with some exceptions such as: mussels, prawns, squid and cuttlefish. (beca...