My office was in one of the most popular and nicest places in Sofia – Iztok district. Iztok means East in English, and the name have not been chosen just like that – Iztok is great, shiny place to work, live and have fun. There is also one more thing for Iztok – it is one of the most expensive districts in Sofia. Working there is great cause of the location (great public transport), numerous of green areas (parks and gardens) and last, but not least – there are a lot of food corners, restaurants, cafes and shops. You can work and meanwhile complete a lot of your daily to-dos in your lunch break (like shop, pay bills, use carrier, go to hairdresser or have a cup of coffee with friends). One of the things you can not do is to save money. But you can actually gather a lot of good ideas how to find (or prepare) something cheap 🙂
I had zucchini souffle in one of my lunch breaks couple of weeks ago, so I thought it is a good idea for a healthy dinner. Souffle sounds bit fancy and tricky, but it is actually something easy – if I’m capable to do it – everyone is 🙂
What you need:
- zucchini (~ 500-600 grams / 2 or 3 zucchini) – up 2 to 3 BGN per kilo
- cheese (~200-300 grams) – 7 to 10 (or more) BGN per kilo
- yellow cheese (~ 150-200 grams) – 10 to 15 (or more) BGN per kilo
- 3 eggs – 2 to 4 BGN for 6 to 12 eggs pack
- wholemeal flour / einkorn flour / flaxseed flour (whatever you have, or mix them all) (~2 or 3 full tablespoons) – 3 to 4 BGN for 300-500 grams package
- butter (2 tablespoons) – up to 3 – 5 BGN per 100-200 grams package
- (optional) pinch of baking soda
What should you do?
- Wash your zucchini and shred them in a bowl.
- Leave them for 10 to 15 minutes and remove their water-sauce from the bowl.
- Use the chopper to smash the eggs and put them together with the butter to the zucchini.
- Add your flour to the bowl and mix. Optional – add baking soda as well.
- Crumble the cheese into the mixture and in the end, add shredded yellow cheese.
- Put that whole mixture in a pan and bake till golden.
- Optional: you can add also pinch of salt and black pepper.
PS. I serve my souffle with a mixed green salad with cheese and fresh grated Parmesan. And yogurt! Bon appetit!