A Gathering of Veggie Deliciousness!
kale and butter bean fritters Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: These amazingly light, crispy and utterly delicious kale and butter bean fritters are quick and easy to make. I have used a vegetarian (i.e. animal rennet free) Parmesan equivalent in this recipe, but there are also now some pretty good vegan “Parmesan” style…
squash, mushroom and chestnut pie Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: A vegan alternative Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. Ingredients 350 g winter squash, peeled and cut into roughly 2 cm cubes 150 g organic baby button mushrooms 180 g cooked and peeled chestnuts 180 g baby onions, peeled 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 tbsp…
Warm of butternut squash, chickpea and kale salad Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: This delicious, wholesome autumnal salad is vegan and gluten free and tastes divine. Apart from roasting the butternut squash, it really doesn’t take long at all to put together. Ingredients 1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into 2-3cm chunks 200…
miso and sesame glazed aubergine Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: This dish is based on an enduring classic of Japanese cooking called nasu dengaku. Serve with a salad of mustard greens or with some plain steamed rice sprinkled with finely sliced spring onions. Ingredients 4 aubergines 4 tbsp groundnut oil For the glaze:…
individual pear tatins with cinnamon ice cream Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: These lovely individual pear tart tatins, accompanied by cinnamon flavoured ice cream, make a great vegan, and far less heavy, alternative to Christmas pudding. You could use powdered cinnamon in the ice cream as a short cut, but I find that…
Szechuan-style mushrooms with aubergine Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: Szechuan-style-mushroom-with-aubergine. Distinctively rich and spicy hot: a wonderfully flavoured, comforting bowl of goodness. Ingredients 1 large aubergine 400 g organic mushrooms (preferably a mixture – shiitake, oyster etc) 4 spring onions, including green parts, sliced diagonally 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 red chilli,…
triple cooked fries Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: Triple cooking is the best route to fries perfection. Ingredients 2 kg good quality organic main crop potatoes (maris piper and rooster are excellent) 1 tsp sea salt ground nut oil for deep-frying. Instructions View the full recipe at The Circus Gardener’s Kitchen →
vegetable chow mein Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: Vegetable chow mein: quick, easy and delicious. If you are one of those people who say they find tofu bland and uninteresting, then this could be the dish to change your mind. Tofu is only bland when it is not prepared and cooked properly. Ingredients…
smoked aubergine, tomato and chickpea casserole Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: A dish where a few simple ingredients combine to produce something far greater than the sum of its parts – a gloriously satisfying, restorative and nutritious bowl of goodness. Ingredients 3 aubergines 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 litre vegetable stock juice…
griddled plums with thyme, orange and vanilla ice cream Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: There are surprisingly few ingredients for a recipe with such a fancy sounding title. Best of all, they all combine perfectly in this light, beautifully flavoured vegan and gluten free dessert. Ingredients 8 fresh plums, halved and stoned 1…
Thai-style cucumber salad Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: At once refreshing and exhilarating, this salad has a simple cucumber and shallot base, which is given an exotic zing by the wonderfully spicy dressing. Ingredients 2 cucumbers 2 shallots, very thinly sliced 1 tbsp peanuts, dry fried in a pan then finely chopped 1…
broccoli, courgette and wasabi soup Prep time: Cook time: Total time: Serves: The amount of wasabi I suggest in the recipe is just enough to give an elegant lift to the flavours in this this rich, creamy soup. If you would prefer your soup with a bit more of a kick then add a touch…