Cream of Mushroom Soup
Fresh mushrooms, cream, sherry and a touch of English mustard make an elegant cream of mushroom soup in 30 minutes. Serve with crusty bread and a salad. Read more →
Dry potato curry (Indian style)
This beautifully aromatic dry potato curry will bring a touch of India to your home, as a side dish or substantial vegetarian main, served with naan bread or chapatis and your favourite condiments. Read more →
Prawn Curry (Curried Prawns and Rice)
As a kid, I loved prawn curry from the Chinese takeaway. In those days it was called “Curried Prawns and Rice” and considered quite exotic. I still love it, but now I make it at home. Read more →
Here are ten flavour-packed vegetarian and vegan grilled sandwiches that I’ve come across on some of my favourite food blogs.
They’ve all got something special about them – a Mexican flavour, a veggie take on a classic Philly cheesesteak, European inspiration, mushrooms (yep, mushrooms – to me mushrooms are a special thing!) and two vegan sandwiches – a grilled wrap with garama masala and hummus, and one with homemade vegan cheese. Read more →
Cream of Celery Soup
With only 5 mins needed to prep the ingredients, you can have fresh, healthy, homemade cream of celery soup on the table in 30 minutes. Read more →
Moroccan chicken tagine
Free range chicken breast fillets, potatoes, tomatoes, olives, garlic, turmeric and seasonings are simmered in a tagine until tender. Serve with fresh crusty bread for a low-maintenance, easy weeknight meal.
Quick and easy to prepare with very little hands-on work once everything’s in the tagine.
DIY Slow Cooker Corned Beef
If you like corned beef, don’t buy the tinned stuff. Make this instead. DIY. It’s easy, versatile and economical. Your prep work will be done in 10 minutes and you’ll know exactly what’s in it.
Read the list of ingredients on a tin of corned beef sometime and you’ll see what I mean – only 44% beef in some generic brands, beef hearts in branded products and other stuff I won’t even mention.
Not the way I roll, and you don’t need to either.
Cosmopolitan
The Cosmopolitan cocktail has been around since the early 1900s, but was made famous by the 1990s television program Sex and the City.
It’s origin is unclear, but a very similar recipe was published in 1934, in Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars 1903-1933. Read more →
Lightly Curried Pumpkin Soup
This recipe was adapted from “The Margaret Fulton Cookbook”, published in 1968.
For a vegetarian soup, use vegetable stock instead of the chicken stock in the recipe.
Timesaving tips:
- Use garlic paste instead of crushing garlic cloves. It tastes the same with no mess or cleanup.
- Use ready peeled and chopped pumpkin pieces available from supermarkets
Huevos a la flamenca (Eggs flamenco)
Huevos a la flamenca, also known as Eggs flamenco or Andalusian baked eggs, is a traditional Spanish dish, with many regional variations.
Regardless of its origin, the basic recipe for huevos a la flamenca is to gently fry onions, garlic, tomatoes and peppers, add a pinch of paprika, salt and pepper, crack eggs over the mixture, add your choice of herbs and bake until the egg whites are set and the yolks still soft.
Easy, quick, filling and delicious. Serve with crusty bread or garlic bread fresh out of the oven to elevate this dish to a substantial meal.
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