Category: Lunch
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Potato Salad
Still clinging onto the last days of summer? Potato salad is a summery dish to me, served cool and on the side of a bit quiche or something similar. The below makes a decent bowl that should serve around four people Ingredients Method
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Loaded Nachos
You can load these up with whatever you want really for a quick and easy (but naughty) meal. I use a lot of ready frozen veg for this to save time. I tend to buy a bag of frozen chopped peppers and a bag of frozen chargrilled veg and just keep these in the freezer…
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Vegan Quiche
So this is a take on quiche which uses silken tofu to replace the egg. I add mushrooms, spinach and vegan bacon to mine as well. You can make your own pastry but I tend to use shop bought, ready rolled shortcrust to save time. Just check that it’s vegan. The quantities below made enough…
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Tomato & Pesto Tart
A super quick, light dinner or lunch idea. It’s full of spring/ summery flavours. Ingredients One pack of ready rolled puff pastry (check ingredients to make sure it’s vegan) 3 or 4 big vine tomatoes 3 tbsp pesto, any type will do 2 tbsp pine nuts 1 tbsp olive oil Method Preheat oven to 180…
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Wild Garlic, Parsley and Chilli Pasta
This is our “go to” for a quick, light dinner. It’s a type of “aglio e olio” but with wild garlic, when in season. If there is no wild garlic, just use normal garlic. The below serves two Ingredients 200g pasta A small handful of wild garlic leaves, about 15 to 20g. 15 to 20g…
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Broccoli, Chilli and Garlic Pasta
This is a simple pasta dish, which we serve with a topping of cashew parmesan. To make it easier, I use frozen broccoli florets, which saves me having to chop up a fresh broccoli. Plus I can then use just as much as I need. The following quantities serve two. Ingredients 250g pasta (I use…
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Vegan Leek Sourdough Rarebit.
Such a great thing to have on fresh sourdough bread and making the most of leek season at the moment by eating leeks several times a week! Ingredients Sourdough, sliced 1 tsp Dijon mustard 100g grated cheese (I use nurishh) 3 tbsp milk 1 leek, sliced 1 tbsp vegan butter Method Gently fry the leeks…
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Borsch
This is a very simple version of borsch. If you can make it the day before, it’s even better as then the flavours can meld beautifully in the fridge overnight. Ingredients 6 beetroot. Either fresh, peeled and diced or the packaged pre cooked ones peeled and diced. If you get precooked, make sure they are…
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Pampushki
I made these and served them with borsch and it was a hit! Even the littlest had some. Ingredients 100g starter 450g white bread flour 200g water 15g brown sugar 5g salt 25g olive oil for the dough 25g olive oil for the sauce A handful of parsley A handful of wild garlic leaves Method…
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Creamy Mustard Lentils
These lentils pack a mustardy punch and are oh so satisfying. I serve these with vegi sausages. Ingredients 200g Puy lentils 1 pot Elmlea plant double 1 carrot, diced 1 onion, diced 1 tbsp butter 1 tbsp olive oil 2 to 3 tbsp Dijon mustard 250ml stock 1tsp garlic granules Salt and pepper 1 bay…