How to make Risotto – Pea and Parmesan Risotto. Risotto is the ultimate comfort food. A plateful of risotto is something I make for myself when I’m looking for an easy meal that I can put together from ingredients I have in the cupboard, fridge or freezer. Once I learnt how to make risotto, it…
Supper in less than 30 minutes – Vegetarian/Vegan Sausage Pasta. If like me, you are trying to reduce the amount of meat in your diet, you may well have looked and wondered about vegetarian sausages. With the success of the Greggs Vegan Sausage Roll, I was keen to try for myself and bought a pack…
Basil infused easy aubergine parmigiana – the perfect winter supper. Aubergine parmigiana is one of those versatile dishes I love. It works perfectly for vegetarians as the main course. And it also makes a delicious side dish to eat – with hake or cod, with a nut roast or with lamb dishes. And, this is…
What do you make when you have nothing much left in the cupboard? A few leeks and potatoes are all you really need to make a delicious, easy leek and potato soup. Adding a stock cube or homemade stock will, of course, elevate your dish and, if you choose you can add leftover celery or…
Making a classic mince mixture with meat might not sound like part of a flexitarian diet at all. But, for me, rather than using a meat substitute and trying to fake the taste, I prefer to cut the amount of meat I use and add lentils and extra vegetables. That way, a single portion of…
The Flexitarian Supper – Pork Stroganoff with Fennel. This is a good example of the kind of flexitarian dining I enjoy. It uses a small quantity of ethically farmed Iberican pork, a cut called presa, from the shoulder which came from one of my favourite suppliers of specialist food in the UK, Unearthed Foods which…
Parsnips pair very well with apples. That earthy sweetness you get from the root vegetable is lifted nicely by the piquancy of apples – especially if you use cooking apples or a sharper green variety like Granny Smiths. I’m trying to keep the salt content of my soups as low as possible so using horseradish…
At this time of year, I seem to end up making a lot of soup. Perhaps my favourite lunch in Winter, a large bowl of wholesome soup with a hunk of crusty bread and butter is the ultimate cold-weather comfort food. This Broccoli, Stilton and Celery soup is an old favourite that I vary depending…
What is a flexitarian? It’s one of of those terms we apply apparently at random – depending on our own personal approach to diet. When I mentioned to some friends that I was planning to start collecting and publishing my favourite flexitarian recipes, each and every one of them claimed to follow a flexitarian diet….
