Eggplant and Chickpea Curry

I call this dish a curry but in fact it is a fusion of Mediterranean and Indian flavors. Eggplant and chickpeas are common ingredients in both cuisines, but the spices and their use is quite different. Canned chickpeas are often used in salads or hummus, but here they are fried with eggplant, tomatoes, onion and…

Quinoa & Red Bean Stuffed Peppers

Quinoa and red bean stuffed peppers are delicious and very filling meal. Hearty tomatoes, red beans and the super-food quinoa make this dish tasty and healthy. The whole dish can be prepared in advance and baked a day later and thats a big plus. Peppers are low in calories, so when you stuff them with…

Quorn and Oyster Mushroom with Sweet Potato Vermicelli

Sweet potato vermicelli! Who knew there was even such a thing? I found a packet of it in the foreign foods section of my local supermarket and brought it home to try. Every time I opened the larder door it would look challengingly back at me, daring me to come up with a good recipe…

Slow Baked Sweet Potato with Rocket, Spinach and Sautéed Oyster Mushrooms

I was looking in the cupboard this evening and sort of got that blank feeling, you know the type, I dont feel like thinking, I dont feel like cooking but I feel like eating something yummy I ended up making this meal, so easy and quick and very tasty indeed. And I started with a…

Chargrilled Mixed Vegetable with Black Pepper and Olive Oil

Theres something extremely irritating about the pitying look people give you on hot summer barbeque days when you say you dont eat meat. Its like they feel theres nothing even vaguely enjoyable about a barbeque if you cant pig out on a ton of meat. Of course Ive learned, that I must cook triple what…

Fresh Kale Salad with Turmeric

After using turmeric in soups and curries, here is a very different and interesting salad recipe. It is highly anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-biotic, anti-septic and anti-cancer. Here, we have used turmeric to prepare and very simple salad dressing. Use a fresh turmeric piece or dry turmeric powder to make this salad dressing. Use veggies of your…

Arugula, Orange & Fennel Salad

In a small bowl place the orange juice, orange zests, ginger, and pepper. Mix it well. Season with salt and whisk in oil. Using a sharp knife, peel the oranges by cutting the skin and white pith away. Cut the oranges into crosswise slices. Arrange the arugula leaves on a serving plate and top with…

Lentils and Braised Vegetables

I had some friends round for a meal a couple of nights ago. Hes a chef so he knows his stuff so the meal had to impress but shes a new vegan. One who, in one fell swoop, knocked all sorts of foods out of her diet to claim this vegan status. While shes somewhat…

Crunchy Baked Corn on the Cob

Youre invited to our summer barbeque. The idea strikes dread into the heart of every vegan and vegetarian because the standard foods make their tried and tested way out into salad bowls on wobbly picnic tables tend to be the same, same, same. I wanted to make something a little bit different this time and…

Chickpea and Spinach Curry

A quick and super-healthy meal, this curry is packed with nutrients Iron and Folic Acid in chickpeas, Vitamin C in spinach, Lycopen in tomatoes. It is low in calories and makes a perfect quick dinner. Ingredients 1 medium onion 2 garlic cloves 1 tblsp olive oil 2 tblsp curry spice or 1 tblsp curry paste…