Blog 6

  • Midsummer Super Salad

    Midsummer Super Salad

    Salad has never been my favourite dish, but when someone gave me a giant frilly lettuce I decided to make a giant frilly salad. This creation contains a multitude of tasty salad ingredients, olives, avocado and rocket, dressed in my allotment favs oregano and chive. I added couscous for a boost of protein and selenium.… Read more

  • Broad Bean and Walnut Tagliatelle

    Broad Bean and Walnut Tagliatelle

    This is the first time I have made tagliatelle using chickpea flour and I have to say I am impressed with how easy it is! Chickpeas are high in protein and this seasonal pasta dish is a clever way of incoporating the bean. Walnuts and tarragon add a creamy earthiness to the fresh, green taste… Read more

  • Broad Bean Soup

    Broad Bean Soup

    Taking my classic bean soup, and adding broad beans, this feel good soup is exactly what’s needed on a brisk summer’s day. Read more

  • Summer Salad (8* plant points)

    Summer Salad (8* plant points)

    Designed to be calcium rich this salad draws on all its ingredients to provide a healthy kick. Offering 270mg of calcium, this is more than a third of your RDA – not bad for a salad! Using the last of the winter lettuce (I know, I know, it’s supposed to be a summer salad) the… Read more

  • Baby Broad Beans and Mediterranean Couscous (5* plant points)

    Baby Broad Beans and Mediterranean Couscous (5* plant points)

    Fresh from the garden, broad beans are the first things to be ready to harvest after winter. If you pick them young, the whole of the pod is edible: a crunchy green case full of sweet baby beans. I fry minein lemon juice and wholegrain mustard, served on a bed of garlic greens and Meditarranean… Read more

  • Cream of No-Chick*n, Mushroom and Kale Soup

    Cream of No-Chick*n, Mushroom and Kale Soup

    High in protein with 20g of protein per serving and 6 plant points, this cream of mushroom soup combines seitan with kale for a nutritious punch. Seasoned with tarragon and paprika the earthy, aniseed flavours mingle with the fragrant , fruity spice. Read more