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Practical Lunch Recipes for Every Day

A useful lunch should fit the place and time available. Choose a light salad, a portable bowl, a reheatable soup or a warm family meal that can be prepared without disrupting the day.

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Wirsing-Rouladen with minced meat as a warming winter recipe for cold days and cosy family kitchen
1 hr 20 min Winter

Savoy cabbage rolls with ground beef

Blanched Wirsing leaves are filled with seasoned minced meat, rolled up, fried and stewed softly in broth. Cut thick leaf ribs flat and fry the roulades with the seam down to keep them closed.

Lentil soup with sausages as a warming winter recipe for cold days and cosy family kitchen
1 hr Winter

Lentil soup with sausages

Cook lentils, carrots, potatoes and leeks with marjoram in vegetable broth, after which sausage slices are only heated. Add vinegar only at the end, because acid can delay the softening of the lentils.

beef stew with root vegetables as a warming winter recipe for cold days and cosy family kitchen
2 hr 25 min Winter

Beef stew with root vegetables

Rindergoulash is fryed vigorously and slowly softly with onions, tomato paste, stock, bay leaf, carrots, celery and potatoes. Add vegetables after cooking time and let the stew simmer only gently until the meat is tender without resistance.

lentil salad with feta and pomegranate as a party-friendly New Year's Eve recipe for buffet, guests and midnight snack
40 min New Year's Eve

Lentil salad with feta and pomegranate

Cooked lentils are marinated lukewarmly with lemon-honey dressing and later mixed with cucumber, feta, parsley and pomegranate. Cook lentils only bite hard and drain well; take in feta and pomegranate only after cooling.

chestnut soup with cream as a festive Christmas recipe for Advent, holidays and cosy family dinners
40 min Christmas

Creamy chestnut soup

Marons, onion and potato are softly cooked with white wine and vegetable broth, puree and finished with cream and thyme. Let the white wine boil completely and add the cream only after pureing so that the soup tastes round instead of alcoholic.

Field salad with pomegranate as a festive Christmas recipe for Advent, holidays and cosy family dinners
15 min Christmas

Lamb's lettuce with pomegranate

Field salad with pomegranate is a festive winter salad without stove. Field salad, pomegranate seeds, orange, walnuts, feta and honey-senf dressing ensure freshness on the Christmas table.

Pumpkin risotto with sage as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
45 min Halloween

Pumpkin risotto with sage

Pumpkin cubes are toasted, risotto rice is then cooked creamy with onion and hot broth and is completed with sage, butter and parmesan. Add broth only in portions and crush a portion of the pumpkin so that the risotto binds without becoming pulpy.

Monster tacos with guacamole as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
35 min Halloween

Monster tacos with guacamole

Black beans and corn are heated with cumin, filled in crispy taco bowls and decorated with salad, tomato and fresh guacamole. Prepare guacamole just before serving and fill the taco bowls at the table to keep both fresh.

Blood red red beet soup as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
45 min Halloween

Blood red beet soup

Red beetroot, potato, apple and onion are cooked softly in broth, finely puree and balanced with apple vinegar and savoury. Dosage vinegar and sauté only after pureeing, so that colour, acidity and creaminess remain controllable.

Pumpkin lasagne with spinach as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
1 hr 15 min Halloween

Pumpkin lasagne with spinach

Roasted pumpkin meat, spinach, ricotta, tomato sauce and lasagne plates are layered and baked under mozzarella. Do not leave the pumpkin filling too moist and leave the lasagne to rest before cutting in order to create stable pieces.

Black spaghetti with tomato sauce as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
35 min Halloween

Black spaghetti with tomato sauce

Black spaghetti are boiled tender but firm and served with a slowly boiled tomato sauce made of onion, garlic and herbs. Start the sauce in front of the noodles and reduce it vigorously; swirl the black pasta only briefly in it so that its colour remains visible.

Stuffed paprika faces as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
55 min Halloween

Stuffed bell pepper faces

Orange pepper is cut out as a face and baked with a pre-cooke mixture of rice, beans, corn, tomatoes and cheese. Rice and filling must be pre-cooked, because the peppers in the oven should only become soft and retain colour.

Halloween pumpkin soup with coconut as creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
40 min Halloween

Halloween pumpkin soup with coconut

Hokkaido, onion and ginger are roasted, softly cooked in broth and finely puree with coconut milk and lime. Only add lime juice after pureing and cook coconut milk not for long, so that the soup remains round.

Pear-walnut salad as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
15 min Autumn

Pear-walnut salad

Field salad is served with pear clefts, roasted walnuts, blue cheese and an apple vinegar-honey vinaigrette. Field salad must be dry; pear and dressing will only be added shortly before the meal, so that the leaves do not collapse.

Sweet potato chilli as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
55 min Autumn

Sweet potato chilli

Sweet potato cubes are roasted with onion and cumin and then cooked softly with tomatoes, beans and corn. Do not cut the sweet potatoes too small and let the chilli thicken without a lid so that the pieces are preserved.

chestnut pasta with sage as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
33 min Autumn

Chestnut pasta with sage

Marons are roasted in sage butter and mixed creamy with pasta, parmesan, lemon abrass and reserved pasta water. Leave the butter to be nutty and add the pasta water in proportion so that no heavy or watery sauce is produced.

Brussels cabbage-potato casserole as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
1 hr Autumn

Brussels sprout and potato casserole

Potato slices and blanched Brussels sprouts are layered with a nutmeg-sahne cast and baked under Gouda. Cut potatoes thinly and cook Brussels sprouts so that both are soft at the same time before the cheese becomes too dark.

Pumpkin-Gnocchi Pan as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
35 min Autumn

Pumpkin gnocchi pan

Hokkaido cubes are softly roasted, gnocchi is browned separately and both are combined with sage butter, garlic and parmesan. Roast pumpkin and gnocchi in proportion so that both colour and do not become soft in leaking liquid.

Chicken breast with apple-mustard sauce as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
40 min Autumn

Chicken breast with apple mustard sauce

Fry the chicken breast and finish in a sauce of apple, onion, mustard, cream and thyme. Remove the meat from the pan before the sauce and put it back for a gentle cooking, so that it remains juicy.

lentils stew with root vegetables as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
1 hr Autumn

lentils stew with root vegetables

Brown lentils, carrots, potatoes and leeks cook with bay leaf in vegetable broth to form a strong stew. Match lentils and cooking time and add apple vinegar only at the end, so that the legumes become reliably soft.

Red beet carpaccio with goat cheese as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
15 min Autumn

Red beet carpaccio with goat cheese

Thin beetroot slices are laid out with rucola, goat cheese and walnuts and drizzled with balsamic honey dressing. Drain well beetroot and add the goat cheese only when dressing, so that the carpaccio remains clearly layered.

Potato leek soup as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
40 min Autumn

Potato leek soup

Sauté leeks, onions and potatoes are sautéed in butter, softly cooked in vegetable broth and partly or completely puree with cream. Sauté leeks only brightly and do not cook the soup strongly after pureeing so that taste and colour remain clean.

Wirsing meat pan as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
45 min Autumn

Savoy cabbage and ground beef skillet

Rinderhack is heavily browned, then boil onion, potatoes and finely cut Wirsing with cumin and little liquid in the same pan. Add the sauté only after the potatoes and cook the cream in the end only gently, so that cabbage and meat do not boil.

Apple-red cabbage salad as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
40 min Autumn

Apple-red cabbage salad

Finely sliced red cabbage is kneaded with salt and mixed with apple, walnuts and a mustard-apple vinegar vinaigrette. Kneading makes the cabbage softer; apple and nuts are added later so that they remain fresh and crisp.

Oven pumpkin with feta and honey as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong aromas
45 min Autumn

Roasted pumpkin with feta and honey

Hokkaido clefts and red onion are roasted with oil and thyme and then finished with feta, walnuts and little honey. Add honey and feta only towards the end, so that nuts and cheese do not burn and the pumpkin still tans vigorously.