A simple salad, dressed in lemon and fresh herbs from the garden.
Category Archives: Recipe
Spiced Veg and Hazelnut Couscous
Bursting with summer flavours, this melange of cherry tomatoes, white beans and greens is packed full of goodness.
Summer Pasta in Garlic White Sauce
Seasonal veg eat your heart out, this pasta dish is bursting with juicy summer veg dressed in a garlic white sauce, brought to life with oregano.
South American Sweet Potato, Grains and Kale
This one’s a whopper with 9 plant portions. Combining traditional vegetables of South America with their ancient grains; lentils and quinoa.
Black Beans, Salsa and Rice
I’ve been craving tomato salsa and black beans, so I decided to make my own burritos this week. I’ve added a portion of kale for calcium and iron, drizzled in lemon juice for extra zing.
Seitan Curry
No, not the devil, say-tan is in fact the exact opposite, wheat meat, designed for vegan angels! This is a quick and easy curry made with plenty of greens, and beans too.
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. It’s surprising how quickly the bowl fills up, but it will keep overnight in the fridge if you make too much.
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 of the broad beans and spinach, brought to life by the lemon and garlic.
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.
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 dish takes on the freshness of the oregano combined with the earthy nuttiness of a tahini yoghurt dressing. Not for the faint hearted, this is one mean salad.
