Tag: plant based
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Lemon Pudding
So this pudding is a sort of cross between a cheesecake and a lemon posset. It’s made with silken tofu and only takes a few minutes to put together and can then be left in the fridge to chill. The recipe below makes four individual sized servings. It’s best to use little ramekins for these…
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Stuffed Peppers
This doesn’t require a lot of effort as it used the Merchant Gourmet pouches of grains which are just delicious Ingredients Method
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Pizza Tomato Sauce
After making maaany pizzas, we have settled on a decent tomato sauce recipe that works well on pizza. It may not be the most authentic Italian one, but it tastes good on a sourdough pizza crust and only takes a few minutes to put together. The below makes enough sauce to generously top two pizzas…
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Easy Vegan Lasagne
I love lasagne and whilst this is a slightly more time consuming dish, it’s worth making a bit batch so that you’ve got leftovers for another dinner or a lunch. Ingredients 1 pack vegan mince (I use Meatless Farm) 8 to 10 lasagne sheets (I use the type that don’t require pre-cooking) 2 carrots, peeled…
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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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Spring Orzo “Risotto”
This can be made with normal risotto rice if you wish, or orzo. Orzo makes it a lot quicker to cook. The below quantities serve two. Ingredients 200g orzo 1 onion, diced 200ml of stock or water 2 tbsps pesto (I use wild garlic pesto) 50g grated vegan cheese A handful of runner beans, sliced…
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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 Sausage Traybake
I love traybakes. Anything that you can fling into a roasting dish and leave in the oven to do it’s thing, is a definite favourite for me. I use up some of my wild garlic pesto in this too Ingredients One pack of sausages. 200g of baby potatoes or bigger potatoes, chopped 3 tbsp pesto…
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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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