CREAMY GREEN PASTA

serves 4

(vegetarian)

Ingredients:

-350 g pasta                                                        -100g mascarpone or soft cheese

-140g broccoli                                                     -80g grated parmesan

-1-2 leek (white steams)                                      - juice of 1 lemon

-100g peas                                                          -handful of basil

-salt

Cook pasta in a very large pan following the pack instructions. Add the vegetables for the final 5 minutes of cooking time.

Drain, saving half a cup full of the cooking water first, then tip everything back into the pan.

Stir in mascarpone or soft cheese, juice 1 lemon, grated Parmesan, a handful basil leaves,
 some seasoning and a splash of cooking water.

Enjoy :)

   

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CARROT AND CORIANDER SOUP

Serves 4

Ingredients:

-5 large carrots                                                    -800ml water

-handful of fresh coriander                                   -salt

-1 onion                                                              -black pepper

-1 medium potato                                               -1 knorr vegetable cube

-1-2 garlic cloves

Chop the onion and garlic. Peel and chop the carrots.

Place all the ingredients in a saucepan bring it to boil and simmer it for about half hour or until the carrots are soft. Season it with black pepper and salt.

Let it cool for a bit then blend it with a hand blender.

Garnish with freshly chopped coriander and serve it .

Enjoy :)

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NUT ROAST AND VEGGIE RICE WITH DAHL

Serves 2

(Veggie rice with dahl and nut roast from the shop. Home made nut roast recipe coming soon.)

Ingredients dahl:

-1 cup dahl
-1/2 tsp ginger
-1 garlic clove
-1/2tsp turmeric
-1/2tsp cumin
-1/2tsp Indian spicy mix
-salt and pepper

For the rice:
-1 cup of rice
 1/2 onion
-salt

-trimmed fine beans or sugar snap peas

-water
olive oil

For the nut roast:

-pack of granosa mixed nut roast mix( readily available in health and food stores)


Soak  the dahl for few hours so it cooks quicker. Place in a saucepan with water.
Bring to boil and after half hour add the ginger, crushed garlic and spices.
Simmer gentle until the dahl is cooked, thick and smooth. Salt it to taste.


Prepare and bake the nut roast mix according to the packet instruction.


In the meantime cook the rice. 1 cup of rice 2 cups of water.
Use a bit more water if you cook brown or wild rice. Season it with salt.

Finely dice the onion  and cut the beans or peas.
Place in a larger saucepan with olive oil and sweat them for about 10 minutes.
Add the cooked rice and mix it together.






Please check back soon for the home made nut roast recipe.

Enjoy :)

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VEGETABLE LASAGNE

Serves 4

( Vegetarian dish, vegan if cooked without cheese)

Ingredients:

-1 onion

-1 garlic clove

-1 aubergine

-2 small courgettes
-200g mushroom
-6 wholewheat lasagne sheets
-half pack (180g) chopped tomato with basil&onion
-olive oil
-salt & pepper
-oregano
-grated cheese or 3tbsp chopped nuts to garnish




Ingredients for the white sauce:

-1 pack single cream (soya)
-1tbsp rice flour
-1tsp mustard
-1/4tsp grated nutmeg
-salt & pepper

Peal and cut the aubergine and courgettes and grill them in a pan with a little olive oil until almost cooked.

Remove from the the heat, sprinkle with salt and leave it to stand for a little, then pat gently to remove excess moisture.

Finely dice the onion and crush the garlic.Peal and cut the mushrooms.
Sweat the onion and garlic in olive oil for few minutes then add the mushroom and sweat them for further 5 minutes.
Add the chopped tomato and oregano and cooked it for about 10 minutes.


Now prepare the white sauce. Put the ingredients to a pan bring to boil and simmer for few minutes on low heat. Add a bit of water if the sauce is too tick.


Assemble the lasagne. Place 2 lasagne sheets into the baking pan cover it with half of the vegetable  mix and mushroom. Cover it with a layer of lasagne then pour over about half of the white sauce. Repeat the layer and use the remaining white sauce to cover the top.

Sprinkle it with either grated cheese or chopped nuts if you want it to be vegan.
Bake it in a preheated 200 degrees oven for about 40 minutes or until the cheese beginning to brown.

Serve it with fresh salad.
Enjoy :)

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