What’s not to like about a meal that involves delicious ingredients and minimal washing up? Well, Anna Jones’ sweet courgettes with crispy chickpeas delivers on both counts. Continue reading
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Chickpeas and spinach
I’ve always got an abundance of chickpeas and spinach hanging around the house. Spinach, because I use it most mornings when I make a green smoothie, and chickpeas, because they’re always good to have around. So, finding myself with nothing to cook for dinner and needing something in a hurry, I had a quick look for something to make with spinach and chickpeas, and happened upon this simple, but every so tasty recipe for spinach and chickpea curry from those lovely people at BBC Good Food. Continue reading
Hummus in a hurry
With the cupboards virtually bare, and a can of chickpeas winking at me every time I opened the virtually bare cupboard, there was only one thing for it – whip up some tasty hummus. Continue reading
Aubergine and chickpea tagine
After a trip to Morocco, I had tagines on the brain. Not because they are packed full of tasty ingredients, but because my travelling companion kept referring to them as tangines. I thought she was having a laugh and played along with it, but she really did think they were called tangines. I digress… Continue reading
Jamie’s butternut squash and cauliflower curry
When someone tells me that I can cook a tasty meal and have it on the table within 30 minutes, it makes my heart sing. So, it’s no surprise that I’m a fully fledged member of the Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals brigade.
While the book isn’t home to an abundance of vegetarian meals, Mr Oliver’s vegetable Rogan Josh is one of them. It’s also one meal the vegetable hating toddler actually likes, despite the presence of cauliflower, spinach and butternut squash. Continue reading
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