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
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Mushroom and chestnut wellington
While Christmas is well and truly over for another year, I’m still dreaming of my first full-on vegetarian yule-tide dinner. The husband may be a fish bothering vegetarian, I am not, and having banned guests from our dinner table this year, in favour of a quiet Christmas at home with just the three of us, it seemed pointless splashing out on a turkey when the boy would no doubt refuse to eat it, and I would become sick of the sight of it within a day or two. So, the decision was made for the husband and I to go veggie and to indulge the boy in a few slice of chicken. Continue reading
Sticky green bean and chilli paneer
When I spied this tasty looking dish in a modern way to cook, and noticed that it only takes 30 minutes to make, I was immediately sold. and suggested to the husband that I throw it together for dinner.
Initially the husband claimed he’d never had paneer before, until I reminded him of the numerous times he’d ordered sag paneer from the local Indian restaurant.
Any night of the week pizza
My gluten-free mum came over for lunch today. Having tired of whipping up soup or investing in a ‘free-from’ loaf of bread that languishes in the bottom of my freezer until the next time the gluten-free mum comes to visit again, I decided to pull out all the stops and give cauliflower pizza a go.
With this being ‘Anna Jones month’, her any night of the week pizza was my recipe of choice. I’m pretty slow to the cauliflower pizza party (mainly due to the husband not being a huge fan of the choux-fleur), but with gluten being off the menu today and the any night of the week pizza winking at me every time I flicked through Anna’s a modern way to cook book, I thought ‘what the heck’ and whizzed up a head of cauliflower to make the base. Continue reading
30 minute vegetarian pho
I happened across this 30 minute vegetarian pho recipe from ohmyveggies.com during one of my endless trawls through the internet for new recipe ideas. I’ve never had a pho before, firstly, because I’ve never been to Vietnam or a Vietnamese restaurant, and secondly, because by all accounts it takes hours and hours to make the meaty stock needed for an authentic one. Continue reading
Tomato and coconut cassoulet
Packed to the rafters with tomatoes, haricot beans, ginger, coconut milk, chilli and sourdough bread, Anna Jones’ tomato and coconut cassoulet is pretty far removed from the traditional version of this French classic, but I love it. Continue reading
Roast beets
Finding some forgotten beetroot at the back of the fridge I decided to give roast beet a go. I usually like my beetroot doused in a load of vinegar, but today was a day of experimenting. I washed the beetroot, popped it in a roasting tin with a few cloves of garlic and sprigs of thyme from the garden, drizzled it in olive oil and popped it into the oven at gas mark 5 for about 50 minutes, and this was the result.
Verdict from the cook: ‘Not bad, but where have I put that balsamic vinegar?’
Honey, ginger, tofu and veggie stir-fry
A lot of my favourite recipes come from a chance glance on the internet, and this honey, ginger, tofu and veggie stir fry from Pinch of Yum is one such recipe. Continue reading
Cashew fried rice
Alice Hart’s book Vegetarian has a handy section of ‘fast’ meals, and it happens to be the most thumbed section in my copy of the book. A favourite ‘fast’ recipe of the husband and I is Alice’s cashew fried rice. It’s quick, filling and pretty tasty too. Continue reading
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