This month’s recipes
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Category Archives: Vegetarian recipes
A midweek treat: broad bean, pea and potato quesadillas
The quesadilla, like a sandwich or a kebab, is a fabulously forgiving vehicle. It lends itself to vegetarians, pescatarians or omnivores, it can be eaten simply midweek, as it is, or dressed up with guacamole, salsa and melted cheese at the weekend and if … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetarian recipes
Tagged broad beans, Food52, Mexican recipes, midweek recipes, storecupboard recipes, Thomasina Miers
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How to feel rich for a quid: make cheese #2 and palak paneer
If labne‘s not your thing, or you want something a little more sturdy that you can cook with, then perhaps try making paneer. Common to south-east Asia, it’s a cheese that is difficult to buy yet really easy to make. Easy … Continue reading
Posted in How to feel rich for a quid, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged Dan Lepard, Korasoi, Meera Sodha, one-pot, paneer
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Roasted cauliflower and hazelnut salad
I love a winter salad; I particularly love a winter salad that makes the most of a vegetable that was once, at least in the UK, only known for its affinity with cheese but, these days, is very much lauded beyond … Continue reading
Clarke’s 30 Ingredients and baked chicory with cream and garlic
Every so often a cookbook comes along that blows me away. And, being a publishing type, to blow me away it has to tick a lot more boxes than the recipe one. Apart from at least five things I want to … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Ingredients, Alice Waters, chicory recipes, Elizabeth David, Sally Clarke
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How to feel rich for a quid: Mexican corn on the cob
Oh, corn on the cob; is it the cheapest, most delicious thing ever? On a recent trip to the States I was surprised, since it was September, not to see any either on menus or for sale by the road and, … Continue reading
How to feel rich for a quid: Meera Sodha’s spicy chickpeas
It’s only at weekends that the idea of eating more than one or two dishes crosses my mind. Even then, the starter is often replaced by something that can be cooked and eaten simply: a dip, a handful of something … Continue reading
Gifts from the Garden: Debora Robertson’s chive pesto
This book has been on my shelf for a couple of years and, mostly, I’ve not been able to use it as much as I’d like because, well, I don’t have a garden. But, aha, this year the terrace has … Continue reading
Posted in Herb recipes, Summer recipes, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged Debora Robertson, gluten-free recipes
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The joy of the storecupboard: Lucas Hollweg’s pea and Parmesan tart
Two of my favourite storecupboard ingredients are ready-rolled pastry and frozen peas. The former lends itself to tarts, onion or roasted tomato or Flammekueche and the latter, a newcomer to my kitchen, can be turned into a soup, pesto or salad with barely any … Continue reading
The Complete Nose to Tail roasted tomatoes with goat’s cheese
It may not feel much like summer out there (it’s so dark in my office that I have turned the lights on) but the shops are still full of gorgeous, over-ripe fruit and vegetables. Right now, the huge 5kg boxes … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Tomato recipes, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged Bread Ahead, St John restaurant
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Puy lentils with white wine, parsley and pimentón
Ah, Mondays. And Mondays in February at that. Not my favourite time of year. In fact, I would say that, despite my usual cheerfulness, February is possibly the only month of the year that I don’t really like or cherish. … Continue reading
Posted in Lentil/bean recipes, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged Rick Stein, Spanish recipes, wheat-free recipes
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WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 