This spicy carrot and lentil soup uses chicken stock made when processing a roast chicken carcass. The stock brings a great deal of flavour to the soup.
Lunches
Olive, Soft Cheese and Cucumber Sandwich
Salty olives, creamy cheese and crunchy cucumber encased in granary bread – scrumptious!
Salted Cashew Vegan Couscous Salad – warm or cold
Wanted to try a couscous salad that I have been doing for a while and see if I could get it sub 50p. Well, it worked out at 71p for the dish in the picture, and there is plenty there for two, so 35p each, billy bargain 🙂
Soufflé Croûton Slice
They are deeply savoury, crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. VERY moreish, so you might like to make a couple of extra slices!
Curried Pumpkin and Coconut Soup
Use up the innards of your Halloween pumpkin in this super easy and very tasty soup. Not Halloween? Use any pumpkin or a butternut squash
Potato, Sweetcorn & Onion Cakes
Delicious little patties with crispy bacon and ketchup. Or could be eaten cold in a lunch box, or use the same ingredients to make a soup
Spiced lentil balls
These little lentil balls are very tasty and could be used much like falafel. Very many flavour variations are possible
Spiced Carrot Tart
Having made a delicious tart using soft cheese and peas, I wanted to try one using carrots and a bit of spice.
An everyday curry base
This curry base recipe is a very useful one to have in your repertoire. Endlessly versatile, you can add pretty much any protein to it.
Cheese and Onion Tart
Meltingly soft onions, in a creamy cheese pastry case. Good hot, cold and in between. Great for dinners, packed lunches and picnics
Pea Tart
Vegetarian tarts and quiches are versatile and very useful recipes to have in your repertoire. This is a very tasty and easy to make, creamy tart
Christmas Leftovers – part 6. Ten ways to use up that surplus bag of Brussels sprouts lurking in the fridge
Christmas Leftovers – part 6. Ten ways to use up that surplus bag of Brussels sprouts lurking in the fridge