Flexible Recipes

These recipes are flexible as to ingredients and/or amounts. This is a good place to get ideas when you have nothing in the house to eat, or you forget a vital ingredient for a less flexible recipe, or when you just feel like being creative.

Antipasto, which means “before food” in Italian, is a salad-like appetizer consisting of various fresh and pickled vegetables, cheeses, and rolled or sliced meats. For vegetarian antipasto, you can either substitute mock meat products or leave them out altogether.

Filed in Appetizers & Side Dishes, Easy Recipes, Flexible Recipes, Picnics
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This simple white sauce goes well with flavorful vegetables like broccoli and asparagus, or in lasagne. It can easily be made vegan.

Filed in Comfort Food, Flexible Recipes, French Recipes, Quickies, Sauces, Vegan
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You can either make these burritos yourself or put the ingredients on the table and let everyone build their own.

Filed in Flexible Recipes, Kids' Recipes, Main Courses, Mexican / Tex-Mex Recipes, Quickies, Vegan
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Berry cobbler is one of my favorite desserts of all time. It’s also lovely with a cup of tea for breakfast or a mid-afternoon snack.

Filed in American Recipes, Desserts, Flexible Recipes, Quickies
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This sweet-tart sauce is wonderful on pancakes, French toast, and ice cream.

Filed in Brunch, Easy Recipes, Flexible Recipes, Quickies, Sauces, Summer, Vegan
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A small serving of this sweet drink is delightful after a filling lunch.

Filed in Brunch, Drinks, Easy Recipes, Flexible Recipes, Kids' Recipes, Quickies, Raw, Summer, Vegan
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Beet borscht is a traditional cold vegetarian soup common in Russian, Ukrainian, and Jewish cooking.

Filed in Autumn, Eastern European Recipes, Easy Recipes, Flexible Recipes, Jewish Recipes, Soups, Vegan
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There’s no set recipe for breakfast burritos – you can stuff them with pretty much anything you like. This recipe is for a basic breakfast burrito that you can customize to suit your own tastes.

Filed in Breakfast, Brunch, Easy Recipes, Flexible Recipes, Kids' Recipes, Mexican / Tex-Mex Recipes, Quickies, Vegan
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Recipe for a sweet and simple coffee cake made with fruit and nuts.

Filed in Breakfast, Brunch, Easy Recipes, Flexible Recipes, Quickies
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A calzone is a turnover or pocket made with pizza dough and filled with veggies, cheese, and pretty much anything else you put on pizza.

Filed in Easy Recipes, Flexible Recipes, Kids' Recipes, Main Courses, Vegan, Winter
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