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Under 350 kcal per serving, without the sad-diet energy. Real flavour, careful fat, plenty of vegetables — the kind of light cooking you actually want to make again.

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Gazpacho with bell pepper, bread and cucumber — Spain recipe

🇪🇸SpainMedium

Soups

Gazpacho

Gazpacho is a refreshing cold soup that is perfect for hot summer days. It is made from fresh vegetables and flavored with olive oil and vinegar.

25 min175 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick🌱Vegan

Gazpacho Andaluz (Classic Spanish Cold Tomato Soup) with ripe tomatoes, extra virgin olive oil and sherry vinegar — Spain recipe

🇪🇸SpainMedium

Soups

Gazpacho Andaluz (Classic Spanish Cold Tomato Soup)

Gazpacho is not a recipe — it is a summer habit in Andalusia. Ripe tomatoes, cucumber, green pepper, garlic, sherry vinegar, and a generous pour of olive oil go into the blender raw and come out as a cold, silky, bright-tasting soup that is consumed by the glass as much as by the bowl. The quality of the tomatoes decides everything. Needs at least two hours in the fridge before it tastes right.

20 min145 kcal4 serves

🌱Vegan⚡Quick🌿Vegetarian

German Potato Salad with potatoes, vegetable stock and mustard — Germany recipe

🇩🇪GermanyMedium

Salads

German Potato Salad

Schwäbischer Kartoffelsalat is the potato salad of southern Germany: thin slices of warm waxy potato soaked in hot vegetable stock sharpened with mustard and cider vinegar, without a spoonful of mayonnaise anywhere. Germans judge it by one word, schlotzig, meaning loose and glossy, with starch from the potatoes themselves binding the stock into something between a dressing and a sauce. That takes two things the recipe below insists on: the stock goes on in two pourings, and the bowl needs a full hour standing before the salad stops tasting watery. It sits on every summer table in the south and turns up again on Christmas Eve next to a plate of boiled sausages.

45 min220 kcal6 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

Gochujang Mayo (Korean Spicy Mayonnaise Sauce) with Kewpie mayonnaise, gochujang paste and toasted sesame oil — Korea recipe

🇰🇷KoreaEasy

Sauces and Dips

Gochujang Mayo (Korean Spicy Mayonnaise Sauce)

Gochujang mayo is a Korean-inspired spicy condiment built on Japanese Kewpie mayonnaise, fermented gochujang chili paste, rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, and garlic. The mayo cools and rounds out the heat, the gochujang brings deep fermented umami, sesame oil signs the sauce as Korean. Whisks together in five minutes, lives in the fridge for a week, and works on Korean fried chicken, sweet potato fries, poke bowls, burgers, sushi, and as a sandwich spread. Serves about eight as a dipping sauce. The 30 minute rest in the fridge before serving is what separates a punchy mix from a balanced sauce.

5 min110 kcal8 serves

🌶️Spicy⚡Quick

Gỏi Cuốn (Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls) with pork belly, shrimp and rice vermicelli — Vietnam recipe

🇻🇳VietnamAdvanced

Appetizers and Sandwiches

Gỏi Cuốn (Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls)

Translucent rice paper rolled around poached pork belly, boiled shrimp split lengthwise, rice vermicelli, soft lettuce, fresh mint and Thai basil, with garlic chives trailing from one end. The shrimp is placed at the top before rolling so it shows through the paper like a window — pink, curved, vivid. Everything inside is cooked, cooled, and assembled cold. The roll is eaten with a rich peanut-hoisin dipping sauce. Gỏi cuốn translates literally as 'salad rolls' (gỏi = salad, cuốn = to roll), not spring rolls — the name reflects the herb-forward lightness of the filling rather than the season. They are served fresh, at room temperature, within minutes of rolling; the rice paper hardens and the roll becomes difficult to eat if it sits more than 20 to 30 minutes.

50 min220 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy

Golabki Soup (Polish Cabbage Roll Soup) with ground pork, white cabbage and white rice — Poland recipe

🇵🇱PolandMedium

Soups

Golabki Soup (Polish Cabbage Roll Soup)

Golabki soup is the Polish cabbage roll taken apart and cooked in one pot. Ground pork, cabbage, rice and tomato give the same taste as the rolls, with no leaves to blanch and nothing to wrap. One hour instead of three.

60 min310 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free

Golden Milk (Turmeric Latte) with ground turmeric, milk and black pepper — India recipe

🇮🇳IndiaEasy

Beverages

Golden Milk (Turmeric Latte)

Warm milk with turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, and black pepper. The original recipe is centuries old — haldi doodh in Hindi, drunk before sleep as a remedy and a ritual. The black pepper is not decoration: piperine increases curcumin absorption by a significant margin, which is why every serious version of this drink includes it. Ten minutes on the stove, and the kitchen smells like something your grandmother would approve of.

10 min120 kcal2 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Grapefruit Mint Paloma Mocktail with fresh pink grapefruit juice, fresh lime juice and fresh mint leaves — Mexico recipe

🇲🇽MexicoMedium

Beverages

Grapefruit Mint Paloma Mocktail

The paloma is Mexico's national drink — traditionally tequila, grapefruit, lime, and bubbles. This alcohol-free version keeps everything that makes it worth drinking: the bitter-sweet punch of fresh pink grapefruit, the brightness of lime, a mint syrup that opens the whole thing up, and sparkling water that keeps it cold and alive. Ready in 10 minutes. Scales to a pitcher for a crowd.

10 min85 kcal2 serves

🌱Vegan⚡Quick🌿Vegetarian

Grechka with Mushrooms (Russian Buckwheat) with buckwheat, mushrooms and onion — Russia recipe

🇷🇺RussiaMedium

Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Grechka with Mushrooms (Russian Buckwheat)

Grechka with mushrooms is a classic Russian dish of toasted buckwheat with sautéed mushrooms and onions. Toasting the groats and not stirring them as they cook keeps the grains fluffy and separate rather than sticky. The mushrooms are dry-fried for deep flavor, then folded through. It's a hearty, naturally gluten-free dish and a staple of Lenten cooking.

30 min290 kcal4 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Greek Salad with tomato, cucumber and feta — Greece recipe

🇬🇷GreeceMedium

Salads

Greek Salad

Greek salad is a classic dish from the Mediterranean that includes fresh vegetables, olives and feta cheese seasoned with olive oil and oregano.

25 min200 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🥑Keto⚡Quick

Greek Yogurt Parfait with Greek yogurt, granola and berries — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAEasy

Breakfast and Brunch

Greek Yogurt Parfait

Thick plain Greek yogurt layered with granola, fresh berries, and honey in a tall glass. No cooking, five minutes, maximum visual impact if you use a clear glass and care about the layers. The parfait is only as good as its three components: the yogurt must be full-fat and thick enough to hold shape, the granola must be genuinely crunchy, and the fruit must be ripe. All three conditions met, this is one of the most complete breakfasts you can assemble without turning on the stove.

5 min320 kcal2 serves

🌿Vegetarian⚡Quick

Green Bean Casserole from Scratch with green beans, cremini mushrooms and whole milk — USA recipe

🇺🇸USAAdvanced

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Green Bean Casserole from Scratch

Fresh green beans keep a gentle snap under a savory mushroom cream sauce, while crisp onions provide the salty crunch people expect from this American holiday casserole. The sauce is made in the pan rather than poured from a can, but the dish still tastes familiar. Most of the work can be done a day ahead, which matters when the oven is busy.

70 min285 kcal8 serves

🌿Vegetarian

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