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Quick Dinners for Busy Evenings

A good evening meal does not have to take hours. These pasta dishes, bowls, salads and skillet recipes are designed to get a satisfying dinner on the table without a long list of jobs.

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Witch broom snacks with cheese as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
20 min Halloween

Witch's broomstick snacks with cheese

Cheese strips are placed around salt sticks as bristles, bound with chives and fixed with a small amount of cream cheese. Do not cut cheese too thinly and insert the salt sticks just before serving to keep them crispy.

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

Pumpkin risotto with sage

Roast the pumpkin cubes, then cook the risotto rice with onion and hot stock until creamy, and finish with sage, butter and Parmesan. Add the stock in portions only and mash part of the pumpkin so that the risotto binds without becoming mushy.

Halloween nachos with cheese as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
27 min Halloween

Halloween nachos with cheese

Tortilla chips are topped with beans, corn, jalapenos and cheddar and only cooked until the cheese has melted. Spread the chips in a broad, not too high layer and serve the salsa and sour cream separately to keep them crispy.

Sweet potato ghosts from the oven as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffets, family evenings and creepy snacks
45 min Halloween

Sweet Potato Ghosts from the Oven

Slices of sweet potato are cut out as ghosts, seasoned with starch, oil and paprika and baked in the oven until crispy. Cut the slices equally thick and place them on the tray with a distance; fasten the olive eyes only after baking.

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, stuffed into crispy taco bowls and decorated with lettuce, tomato and fresh guacamole. Prepare guacamole just before serving and fill the taco bowls at the table first to keep both fresh.

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

Bloody beetroot soup

Beetroot, potato, apple and onion are boiled in broth until soft, finely pureed and balanced with apple cider vinegar and sour cream. Do not add vinegar and sour cream until pureed, so that colour, acidity and creaminess remain controllable.

Monster burgers with cheddar as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
40 min Halloween

Monster burger with cheddar

Spiced beef patties are roasted vigorously and built up with cheddar, lettuce, tomato, cucumber and burger sauce in the bun. Turn patties only once and melt the cheese on the hot meat; do not put the monster decoration on until assembled.

Creepy finger food pizza as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
35 min Halloween

Creepy finger food pizza

Pizza dough is thinly topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella, decorated with peppers and olives as Halloween motifs and baked very hot. Spread the topping sparingly and preheat the tin completely so that the small pizzas become crispy despite the decoration.

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

Cook black spaghetti until al dente and serve with a slow-cooked tomato sauce made from onion, garlic and herbs. Start the sauce before the pasta and reduce it considerably; stir in the black pasta only briefly to keep its colour visible.

Mummy sausages in puff pastry as a creative Halloween recipe for party buffet, family evening and creepy snacks
35 min Halloween

Mummy sausages in puff pastry

Mini sausages are wrapped in thin strips of puff pastry, spread with egg yolk and baked until golden brown. Leave small gaps between strips of pastry to keep the mummy shape visible and the puff pastry crispy everywhere.

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

Halloween Pumpkin Soup with Coconut

Roast the hokkaido, onion and ginger, boil in broth until soft and puree with coconut milk and lime. Add lime juice only after pureeing and cook coconut milk for a short time until bubbling, so that the soup remains round.

Chestnut pasta with sage as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong flavours
33 min Autumn

Chestnut pasta with sage

Roast chestnuts in sage butter and add the pasta water in portions to prevent the sauce from becoming heavy or watery. Add the pasta water and the butter and the butter will be creamy.

Pumpkin gnocchi pan as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong flavours
35 min Autumn

Pumpkin gnocchi pan

Roast the hokkaido cubes until soft, brown gnocchi separately and combine both with sage butter, garlic and Parmesan. Fry the pumpkin and gnocchi in portions to ensure that they both colour and do not soften in any leaking liquid.

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

Chicken breast with apple mustard sauce

Roast 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 gentle cooking so that it remains juicy.

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

Pear and walnut salad

Field lettuce is served with pear wedges, roasted walnuts, blue cheese and an apple vinegar and honey vinaigrette. Field lettuce must be dry; pear and dressing are added just before eating so that the leaves do not crumble.

Beetroot carpaccio with goat cheese as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong flavours
15 min Autumn

Beetroot carpaccio with goat cheese

Thin slices of beetroot are covered with rocket, goat cheese and walnuts and drizzled with balsamic honey dressing. Drain the beetroot well and add the goat cheese only when serving, so that the carpaccio remains clearly layered.

Apple-cinnamon-porridge as warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong flavours
20 min Autumn

Apple and Cinnamon Porridge

Simmer oatmeal with milk and cinnamon until creamy, while fry apple cubes briefly with maple syrup and walnuts. Stir in the porridge over low heat and let it swell; fry the apples only until they retain pieces.

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

Potato and leek soup

Leek, onion and potatoes are sweated in butter, boiled in vegetable broth until soft and pureed with cream, either partially or completely. Steam the leek only until light and do not boil the soup too much after pureeing, so that the taste and colour remain clean.

Savoy minced meat pan as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong flavours
45 min Autumn

Savoy cabbage and ground beef skillet

Chopped beef is browned vigorously, then onion, potatoes and finely sliced savoy cabbage are cooked in the same pan with cumin and a little liquid. Add savoy cabbage only after the potatoes and at the end boil the cream only gently so that cabbage and meat do not boil.

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

Apple and red cabbage salad

Finely sliced red cabbage is kneaded with salt and mixed with apple, walnuts and a mustard-apple vinaigrette. Kneading makes the cabbage softer; apple and nuts are added later to keep it fresh and crisp.

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

Roasted pumpkin with feta and honey

Roast the hokkaido slices and red onion with oil and thyme and finish with feta, walnuts and a little honey. Add the honey and feta towards the end, so that nuts and cheese do not burn and the pumpkin still browns vigorously.

Pumpkin cream soup with ginger as a warming autumn recipe with seasonal ingredients and strong flavours
40 min Autumn

Pumpkin Cream Soup with Ginger

Roast the hokkaido, onion and ginger, boil them in vegetable stock until soft and puree them finely with coconut milk. Cut pumpkin pieces into equal pieces and add lemon juice only after pureeing to ensure that sweetness, pungency and acidity remain balanced.

Shrimp skewers with lime as a fresh summer recipe for warm days, barbecues and light cuisine
48 min Summer

Shrimp skewers with lime

Shrimps are briefly marinated with lime, garlic, chilli and olive oil, put on skewers and grilled very hot. A few minutes of heat suffice: as soon as the shrimp are pink and just opaque, they must be grilled.

Panzanella with ciabatta as a fresh summer recipe for warm days, barbecues and light cuisine
28 min Summer

Panzanella with ciabatta

Toasted ciabatta cubes are briefly mixed with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, basil and red wine vinegar. Add dressing to the bread but keep the edges; therefore, mix just before serving.

Shakshuka with summer vegetables as a fresh summer recipe for warm days, barbecues and light cuisine
40 min Summer

Shakshuka with summer vegetables

Sweat the onion, peppers and zucchini with cumin, boil them with tomatoes and then put the eggs directly in the sauce. Reduce the tomato sauce before the eggs and cook the egg whites while the egg yolks remain creamy.