Dinka's Cookbook

Serve as soon as possible – it doesn’t improve with keeping – with mashed potatoes (garlic, if possible) and a green vegetable or salad. …

Use almost any vegetables of your choice, just ensuring that you have the total amount of vegetables specified in the recipe; green beans are very good as are peas, also broccoli. …

A fresh tomato sauce (or a simple tomato salad) is good with this. …

Good winter dish with savoury rice pudding (or even plain boiled rice) and a vegetable. …

This salad may be eaten right away, but seems to taste better if it is chilled for at least an hour, then returned to room temperature before serving. …

Best served slightly warm or at room temperature, but is also excellent if refrigerated overnight. Stir in about 150 gr thinly sliced Black Forest ham …

This may be made well ahead, and reheated – in fact, any leftovers, heat up very well the next day. Probably not the healthiest of dishes, …

Garnish the salad with the toasted nuts, and serve at room temperature. …

This pot roast freezes very well – sauce and meat separate, but only add the sour cream/yoghurt to the sauce when reheating. Slice the meat and reheat it, sliced in the completed sauce. …

This salad must be served at room temperature, and is really at its best if served within a couple of hours of being made. …

A common favourite. …