Moving!

Moving is certainly an interesting thing. We got the keys on Friday afternoon and spent our weekend moving stuff from one end of the town to the other. No internet connection in the new house yet so I will not be posting regularly in the next week or so. We needed to make sure we had a working line to book our Glastonbury Festival tickets on 1st April.

Rhubarb Rhubarb was great on Friday. Although unlike in the old days, they now have a limited vegetarian selection. I took some pictures and will post them eventually.

I will post again soon, when we have Internet back at home!

Just an omelette

As we will start moving in the next few days, I have made the inventory of what was in the fridge-freezer.

Fridge:
yoghurts, margarine cheese, eggs, bay leaves, milk, fruit juice, 1 btle sweet wine white (Xmas present from my brother. We are just waiting to make a great cake to drink it with!) and 1 btle Champagne (was given to us & has been in the fridge for 3 years. I much prefer wine)

Freezer:
icecubes, vanilla flavour Cornish icecream, peas, spinach, pinapple, summer fruit and chard.

So although I am not a big fan of eggs, I made an omelette with some cheese, all the spinach that was left, and Italian herbs. We had planned to eat the peas as well but I completely forgot to cook them! We had the last yoghurts as a dessert.

Here is a picture of the omelette:


I guess I will make some fruit juice/smoothie with the frozen fruit. I am not worried about the icecream, that should go down quite well.

We get the keys to our house tomorrow. We are planning to take our inflatable mattress over there and stay overnight.

Also, Trave is taking us out to Rhubarb Rhubarb, one of my favourite places to eat out.

Reviews on Rhubarb Rhubarb:

Vegout
The Zone

This place used to be an antique/gift/copper pot shop with a tiny vegetarian/vegan café at the back. Now it is a restaurant but has kept its Victorian look. Quite an odd place but the food is fantastic, and they play world music.

The other restaurant I like is The Basement. Good food (sometimes better than others. Not vegetarian focused but there is always a vegetarian option), jazzy atmosphere. We have not been there for more than 3 years though. We should check it out again some day.

Looking forward to Rhubarb Rhubar tomorrow!

Squash soup

On Monday we made a nice and smooth soup with squash, potatoes and carrots, which were what was left in our weekly veg box. It was a really nice soup. Fantastic texture and very smooth taste too!

This is what we put it in:

1 squash, diced
4 carrots, sliced
3 potatoes, diced
1 l vegetable stock
2 tbsp butter

1. Fry the vegetables in the butter then add the stock. Simmer gently for 20 min.

2. Mix in the liquidiser.

3. It's ready! You can add a drop of milk or cream, or your favourite herb. I wanted to add some tarragon but it looked and tasted so good I decided to leave it as simple as it was.



Soupe de potiron

1 potiron, coupé en dés
4 carottes, tranchées
3 pommes de terre, coupées en dés
1 litre de bouillon de légumes
2 c. soupe huile d'olive

1. Frire les légumes dans l'huile. Ajouter le bouillon et faire frémir pendant 20 minutes.

2. Passer au mixeur. C'est pret ! (Les gourmands pourront ajouter de la creme fraiche ou du lait. On peut aussi ajouter des herbes fines mais c'était tres bon tout simple)

Fennel seed biscuits

Believe me or not, as I was starting to reconsider jogging, it started to snow! It has been almost 20 degrees all last week (had 2 lunches outside on a sunny terrasse wearing short sleeve shirt in Salzburg), and as I think of going out, it starts snowing...

This gave me an excellent excuse to stay in and try these biscuits. They are not the ones I had in mind earlier on but I am trying these for the first time too. They are quite surprising in taste, and if you like fennel seeds like me, delicious!

Based on Cléa's recipe! (Her photo looks much better. Actually, ALL her photos are fantastic!)

200g flour
50g freshly ground almonds
80g demerara sugar
1 tsp vanilla powder or extract
1 tsp fennel seeds
1 egg, beaten
40g milk
40g extra virgin olive oil

1. Mix together the flour, almond, sugar, vanilla and fennel seeds. Make a well and pour in the beaten egg, milk and olive oil.

2. Make a dough and roll it into a big sausage shape.

3. Place in the freezer for 30-40 minutes.

4. Preheat the oven at 180 degrees.

5. Cut the sausage into thin slices (5mm) and place on a baking tray.

6. Bake for 13 minutes.

Why not try this with a cup of fennel tea?


Pour la version francaise, allez donc faire un tour chez Cléa !

Submitted!

I have just submitted my last assignment for this course, and well ahead the deadline. I have not much of a choice given that we will have to move within the next 2 or 3 weeks. I am not looking forward to the packing/unpacking thing and will be relieved when it is all done.

But for now, no more assignments, hurrah! (to tell you the truth, I may go one step further in November, but shush...)

What am I going to do with all that extra spare time now? Packing boxes, unpacking boxes, tidy things up in our new house, starting to make my own bread and pasta again (I missed this a lot), and starting learning Dutch! I have to go to the Flandres part of Belgium in September for work so this is my deadline to be able to utter a few polite words in Dutch. I understand Flemish Dutch at 60% (or so I believe!) but I cannot speak a word of it. Wait a minute, yes I can: I can order a glass of red wine and a glass of white wine. It is very limited to start a conversation! This will be a CD and book excercise though: no assignment, no exam, and no pressure!

How am I going to occupy the rest of this Sunday? Either going jogging or making some biscuits... Tough choice... I feel like jogging and I now that the weather will not allow any outdoor activities tomorrow after work, but... I think I will probably go for the biscuits. There is this new recipe I have seen on somebody else's blog and I want to try it.

I will let you know!

Beetroot salad

Beeroots take forever to cook (unless you cheat and cut them in smaller pieces beforehand like I do!) but I really like their taste, in a "back to roots" sort of way. And as we had beetroots in our vegetable box this week, I made this nice and simple salad for our lunch today.


The following should serve 3 people for a light lunch:

2-3 beetroots, cooked, peeled and diced
1 can of sweetcorn
50g Comté cheese, diced
50g Doux de montagne cheese, diced
2 tbsp mixed seeds, such as sunflower seeds, linseeds, pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds
2 tbsp extra virgin unrefined olive oil

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Salade de betteraves - pour 3 personnes

2-3 betteraves, cuites, pelées et coupées en dés
1 petite boite de mais
50g Comté coupé en dés
50g Doux de montagne, coupé en dés
2 c. soupe de graines, telles que graines de tournesol, de lin, de courge, de pavot
2 c. soupe d'huile d'olive extra vierge non raffinée

13 conversations about one thing + special news

I cycled in front of the library yesterday, and decided to browse their DVD section. I found a film I wanted to see for a while: Thirteen conversations about one thing. It is quite an odd one. And not as joyful as I expected and wanted it to be. Allegedly it is all about happiness, but it seems to be more about how fragile and limited in time happiness is, and how people should not take it for granted.



Which is not at all the sort of film we wanted to watch since we had something to celebrate:

Indeed, we have yesterday exchanged contract to buy a house! A house! A house! We will have the keys next Friday.

So, after years of saving money (during which time house prices have increased at a rate higher than our saving, Gggrrrrrr...) we have found a house. And in 20 years we will fully own it. It is an awful lot of money and thinking of 20 years ahead is kinda scary...

The great thing about that place is that the kitchen is big enough to have more than 1 person in it, which is not the case in our current flat. So Trave & I will be able to make dinner together, which is impossible at the moment. I am also looking forward to not having to eat by the coffee table but at a real table. Watch out for more news soon!

Potato pie

I made another potatoe pie yesterday night. This time I put courgettes instead of the onion, and I added some mixed Italian herbs. Also, I cased it in a dish rather than on a baking tray. It was good. I will probably add grated cheese to the filling next time.

Poached pears with Mascarpone Chocolate sauce

Simple and delicious, you must try this dessert.

Serves 6

6 firm ripe pears
100g caster sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
rind of 1 orange
2 cloves
1 bottle rosé wine

Chocolate sauce:
175g dark cooking chocolate
250g mascarpone cheese
2 tbsp Cointreau

1. Peel the pear, leaving the stalk intact.

2. Place the sugar, cinnamon, orange rind, cloves and wine in a saucepan big enough to hold the 6 pears.

3. Heat gently until the sugar has dissolved, then add the pears to the liquid and bring to a simmer. Cover and poach gently for 20 min. Leave the pears in the hot liquid whilst preparing the chocolate sauce.

4. To make the sauce, melt the chocolate. Beat together the cheese and the Cointreau. Beat the cheese mixture into the chocolate.

5. Remove the pears from the posching liquid and place on serving plates. Pipe a generous amount of sauce on the side of the plate. Serve the remainder separately.

(Photo not availabe yet. Did not have a camera available last time I made this)

Poires pochées sauce Mascarpone au chocolat

Pour 6 personnes

6 poires fermes mais mures
100g sucre fin
2 batons de cannelle
zeste d'une orange
2 clous de girofle
1 bouteille de rosé

Sauce chocolat :
175g chocolat noir á cuire
250 mascarpone
2 tbsp Cointreau

1. Peler les poires en gardant le trognon intact.

2. Mettre le sucre, cannelle, zeste d'orange, clous de girofle et le vin dans une casserole.

3. Chauffer doucement jusqu'á ce que le sucre ait fondu. Y ajouter les poire. Couvrir et pocher les poires pendant 20 min. Laisser les poires dans le liquide chaud pendant que vous préparez la sauce au chocolat.

4. Pour faire la sauce, faire fondre le chocolat. Mélanger le mascarpone et le Cointreau ensemble, puis y incorporer le chocolat.

5. Placer les poires dans des assiettes á dessert et servir avec une portion de sauce chocolat.

Cauliflower and Broccoli soup

Time for a bowl of soup after cheesy spaetzle and rich cakes in Austria!

Serves 4:

2 TBSP olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 cauliflower, cut into small florets
1 broccoli (same size as cauliflower), cut into small florets
1 TBSP plain flour
600ml milk
300ml vegetable stock
75g grated cheese (Gruyere/Cheddar/Comté)
pinch of paprika
150ml single cream

1. Sauté the onion, garlic, cauliflower and broccoli in the oil for 5 min. Add the flour and cook for another 1 min.

2. Gradually add in the milk and stock. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 min.

3. Remove a quarter of the vegetables and set aside. Put the rest of the soup in a liquidiser.

4. Return to the pan, add the reserved vegetables and heat through. Add the cheese, single cream and paprika. Cook for another 5 minutes without boiling.

5. Serve in warm bowl.


Soupe de chou-fleur et broccoli


Pour 4 personnes


2 c. soupe huile d'olive
1 oignon, haché
1 gousse d'ail, écrasée
1 chou-fleur, coupé en petits bouquets
1 broccoli, (meme taille que le chou-fleur) coupé en petits bouquets
1 TBSP farine
600ml lait
300ml bouillon de légumes
75g fromage rapé (Gruyere/Cheddar/Comté)
pincée de paprika
150ml créme légere liquide

1. Sauter l'oignon, l'ail, le chou-fleur et le broccoli pendant 5 minutes. Ajouter la farine et cuire en remuant pendant 1 min.

2. Ajouter le lait et le bouillon, faire bouillir, puis réduire et cuire en remuant pendant 20 minutes.

3. Retirer un quart des légumes et mettre de coté. Mettre le reste de la soupe dans le mixeur.

4. Remettre la soupe et les légumes dans la casserole. Ajouter le fromage, la creme et le paprika. Réchauffer sans bouillir et servir dans des assiettes préchauffées.

Off to Salzburg

I'm off to Salzburg tomorrow morning for work and will stay there a couple of days.

Last time I went there was at the time I lived in Frankfurt. My sister came to visit and we went camping on the shores of the Chiemsee Lake in Bavaria. It is a gorgeous place. We had some misfortune on one very stormy night, and had to abandon the tent and sleep in the car! Of course it was not clever to pitch the tent right by the lake under a tree... but we had fun! And the other campers who had caravans were very helpful and lent us washing lines and pegs. Everything was fine.


On our way to the lake, we visited Neuschwanstein, a beautiful yet odd castle designed by Ludwig II, 'the Mad King'. Amazing place. We also spent a day at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where we did a bit of hiking. There was a BMW-motorbikers rally on that day. Very odd but friendly atmosphere.

During our stay at the lake, we made a one day visit to Salzburg, where we saw Mozart's birthplace and wondered through the town.

We had a great time in Bavaria and Salzburg!

Too bad I won't be going there for leisure tomorrow!

Hot Fuzz

We went to the cinema and watched Hot Fuzz yesterday night. A British comedy starring Simon Pegg and with other actors from the Spaced series (I love the series!). The movie is brilliant! It is hilarious but at the same time has enough suspence to hook you to the story. It tells the story of Nicholas Angel, a very successful MET police officer, who is transferred to the countryside where obviously things are a bit different from what they are in central London!


The movie was great, but I found every minute beforehand very unpleasant. There are probably may reasons for that:

1. We do not go to this cinema very often so I had forgotten the smell of popcorn.

2. I had forgotten the price of a cinema ticket (£6.25/person, you can buy a DVD for that price!)

3. Maybe it struck me because we don't have TV, and it is also certainly due to the fact that it was 8.30pm so the cinema management think they will have only mature audiences (although the film was rated 12a), but 80% of the ads before the movies were trying to sell alcohol, or promoting sex, or promoting alcohol using sex references, or selling something completely unrelated to any of them using alcohol and/or sex references!!! Don't get me wrong, I am not a Puritan or anything, but when all the papers are appalled at Britain's worst rate in almost everything a society can produce for their children according to a recent UNICEF report (worst at young age smoking, drinking, teenage pregnancy, illiteracy, earliest to leave school, etc...) I jsut could not believe it...

And then, although we were coming to see a comedy, all the film previews were of thrillers, horror films, etc...


Am I out of touch with society altogether??????? Am I living in the past pretending that things are OK??? Am I simply making too much of a fuss about something which is the normal way for society to evolve and I will have to adapt???

I don't know. Maybe I should not worry too much about all this.

I did enjoy the movie so that's the main thing, isn't it?

Lentil and rice casserole

This is one of my favourite winter recipes, which has the advantage of being fairly quick to prepare (less than one hour) and there won't be much washing-up to do afterwards, which is always a bonus!

For 4 people:

250g red lentils
60g wholemeal rice
1.2 L vegetable stock
400g canned or fresh chopped tomatoes
1 smal broccoli, cut into small florets
100g French beans, cut in half
100g baby sweetcorn cobs, cut in half
1 red pepper, sliced
1 leek, sliced
1 TBSP chilli powder
1 TSP garam masala
1 TSP ground cumin
Coriander or parsley

1. Place the lentils, rice and stock in a big saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes.

2. Add all the vegetables and spices and cook for another 15 minutes, until all the veg are tender. Season to taste.

3. Serve into bowl and sprinkle with your favourite herb!



Casserole de lentilles corail et riz :

Pour 4 personnes

250g lentilles corail
60g riz complet
1,2 L bouillon de légumes
400g tomates hachées, conserve ou fraiches
1 petit broccoli, coupés en fleurets
100g haricots verts, coupés en 2
100g mini mais, coupés en 2
1 poivron rouge, coupé en lamelles
1 poireaux, coupé en lamelles
1 c. soupe de piment en poudre
1 c. café garam masala
1 c. café cumin en poudre
coriande ou persil

1. Mettre dans une grosse casserole les lentilles, le riz et le bouillon. Faire bouillir puis cuire pendant 20 minutes en remuant de temps en temps.

2. Ajouter les légumes et épices et faire cuire pendant 15 minutes, jusqu'á ce que les légumes soient bien tendres. Assaisonnez.

3. Servir dans des assiettes creuses et saupourdrer de votre herbe favorite !

World Naked Bike Ride Day

Today is World Naked Bike Ride Day. Well, I was fully dressed when I went to get some groceries this morning!

As a treat for my TMA results, I bought 2 Swiss chocolate bunnies: Trave does a lot at home during my intense studying periods, so he deserves one too! And they are not going to last until Easter. In fact their ears are already missing... (yum yum!!!)

TMA results

Just received the results of my latest assignment: 77%!

He he... I think I'll get myself a treat when I go shopping today! Only one assignment left to do (by the end of this month) and then I am done for this course. At least as far as assignments are concerned. I'll still need to revise for the exam taking place in October.

Stilton and Walnut soup

This soup is really nice. However, we are not big fans of blue cheese so we usually replace it with cheddar.

Serves 4

60g butter
4 celery sticks
1 garlic clove
2 TBSP plain flour
600ml veg stock
300ml milk
150g Stilton/any blue cheese/cheddar cheese
2 TBSP roughly chopped walnuts
150 ml natural yoghurt

1. Melt the butter in a saucepan and sauté the celery and garlic. Lower the heat, add the flour and cook for 1 minute.

2. Gradually add the stock and milk and bring to the boil.

3. Simmer and gradually add the cheese and walnuts. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.

4. Stir in the yoghurt. Heat through without boiling.

5. Season to taste and serve in warm bowls.

Hot chocolate drink

I had a bit of a sore throat last Saturday after going to a particularly smoky pub on Friday night. Too bad it is a smoky place, it is great for pub games: pool, darts, and table football. Not that I am good at any of them (due to lack of practice), but it is great fun!

In any case, I had a sore throat on Saturday. And what is the nicest thing to have when you have a sore throat? A hot chocolate drink with honey!

I had not made these for years and had forgotten how nice and mouth-melting it is.

Makes 2 hot chocolate drinks:

1 pint milk (600ml)
100g dark cooking chocolate
2 cinnamon stick or 1 TSP ground cinnamon
honey (optional but who could resist???)

heat the milk in a pan. Break the chocolate into piece and add to the milk. Keep stirring while the chocolate melt. Add the ground cinnamon if you do not use the cinnamon stick. When all the chocolate is melted, pour the drink into 2 big mugs. Use the cinnamon sticks as stirrers if using.
Add the desired quantity of honey, stir well, and it is ready!

Pour 2 chocolats chauds:

600ml lait
100g chocolat noir á cuire
2 batons de cannelle ou bien 1 c. café de cannelle en poudre
miel (optionel mais qui pourrait résister ???)

Faire chauffer le lait dans une casserole. Casser le chocolat en morceaux et ajouter au lait tout en remuant jusqu'á ce que le chocolat fonde. Ajouter la cannelle en poudre si vous l'utilisez. Quand tout est bien fondu, verser dans 2 grandes tasses. Utiliser les batons de cannelles comme touillettes si vous avez des batons de cannelles. Ajouter du miel selon votre gout, et dégustez !

Samosas

Yummy samosas which I made last week, they were delicious!

Makes 24 samosas:

Pastry:
150g self-raising flour
pinch of salt
40g butter
4 TBSP water

Filling:
3 potatoes
1 TSP finely chopped root ginger
1 TSP crushed garlic
1 TSP cumin seeds
1 TSP chilli powder
1 TSP finely chopped crushed red chilli
2 small green chillies, finely chopped
2 TBSP lemon or lime juice


1. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl, rub the butter into the flour. Add the water and knead until it becomes a smooth dough. Cover and leave to rise.

2. To make the filling mash the boiled potatoes and mix with all the other ingredients.

3. Form the dough into 12 smal balls and roll out very thinly to form a round. Cut the round in half. dampen the edges and shape into cones. Fill the cones with a little of the filling. Dampen the top and seal well. Set aside.

4. Fry then drain thoroughly on kitchen roll. Serve hot or cold with green vegetables or a salad.

Not a great picture (I got used to Trave's camera, which is much better, so it is difficult to use mine again!), but here it is:



Voici des samosas trés savoureux qui vous régaleront :

Pour 24 samosas il vous faut :

Pour la pate :
150g farine
1 pincée de sel
40g beurre
4 c. soupe d'eau

Pour la garniture :
3 pommes de terres
1 c. café racine de gingembre coupé trés fin
1 c. café ail haché
1 c. café graines de cumin
1 c. café poudre de piment rouge
2 piments verts coupés trés fins
2 c. soupe jus de citron jaune ou vert

1. Passer la farine dans une passoire avec le sel. Mélanger le beurre avec les doigts. Y ajouter l'eau et pétrir jusqu'á l'obtention d'une pate bien lisse. Laisser reposer.

2. Ecraser en purée les pommes de terre bouillues. Y ajouter tous les autres ingrédients et bien mélanger.

3. Former 12 petites boules avec la pate. Rouler en galettes trés fine. Diviser chaque galette en deux. Humidifier les bords de chaque demi-disque, former un cone, remplir avec un peu de garniture, et bien sceller en humidifiant le dernier bord.

4. Passer á la poelle et servir chaud ou froid avec des légumes ou une salade verte.

Easy to use recipe index

I have finished creating a new system to find my favourite recipes on this blog. On the side bar you will see two indexes: one by type of food (starter, main course,...) and the other by ingredient. I will keep it up to date as much as possible and it should be much easier to decide what to make for dinner. I will also add recipes I have done before but never posted.

All recipes on this blog are tried and tested!

Oh, and I should have the results of my latest TMA (Open University Assignment) on Friday. So if I don't post them, it means it's bad, so please don't ask! ;0)

A to Z ingredient index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


A

Apples

Apple blush
Apple & blueberry tart

Apricots

Apricot and orange jelly
Apricot and chocolate twirls

Asparagus

Fresh asparagus with orange dressing

Aubergines

Aubergine and courgette flans
Aubergine and sweet potato rolls

B

Bananas

Berries and banana smoothie
Summer fruit smoothie

Beetroot

Beetroot salad

Blueberries

Blueberry smoothie 1
Mango and blueberry smoothie
Apple & blueberry tart

Broad beans

Broad bean risotto

Broccoli

Cauliflower and broccoli flan
Vegetable chowder
Cauliflower and broccoli soup
Broccoli soup
Vegetable korma
Linguine with creamy vegetables

Bulghur

Vegetable Stir-fry and bulghur
Mashed potatoes & bulghur
Bulghur and potato cheesecakes (based on mashed potatoes & bulghur)
Mixed sprouting seed stew (with bulghur wheat)
Sprouting seeds with bulghur and quinoa

Butternut squash

Butternut squash curry
Couscous royal

Buckwheat flour

Buckwheat and vegetable stir-fry

Buckwheat grains

Galettes


C

Cabbage

Gougere
Cabbage gratin

Carrot

Carrot and leek quiche
Carrot and pesto lasagne
Winter stew
Carrot and parsnips bake
Carrot and leek quiche (multiseed pastry)
Potato and carrot quiche (hemp flour pastry)
Couscous royal
Spicy carrot traybake
Carrot mousseline
Courgette and carrot muffins
Potato, carrot and lentil Madras
Winter stew

Cauliflower

Cauliflower and broccoli flan
Cauliflower and broccoli soup
Vegetable croquettes
Aloo Gobi

Celeriac

Vegetable soup 1
Celeriac, mushroom and walnut risotto

Celery

Tofu, celery and carrot sandwich
Celery and cheese soup
Stilton and walnut soup
Fennel and celery risotto

Cereal flakes

Cereal galettes

Chard

Noodle curry

Cheddar/melting cheese

Cheese and mustard sandwich
Cheese fondue
Vegetarian sausages
Celery and cheese soup
Three cheese pasta bake
Stilton and walnut soup
Bulghur and potato cheesecakes
Chilli and cheese bread/cake
Cheesy vegetable chowder

Chick peas

Falafels
Curried rice patties
Lentil and chickpea patties with creamy coriander dressing

Chilli peppers

Cream cheese and chilli pepper sandwich
Chilli and cheese bread/cake

Chocolate

Double chocolate cookies
Hot chocolate drink
Poached pears with Mascarpone chocolate sauce
Hazelnut and chocolate cookies

Courgettes

Courgette and mushroom risotto
Pizza 1
Pizza 2
Vegetable lasagne
Mediterranean quiche
Couscous royal
Courgette and yellow pepper risotto
Aubergine and courgette flans
Courgette and carrot muffins
Courgette and feta croquettes
Stuffed courgettes

Couscous

Couscous royal
Lentil tagine with couscous

Curry

Potato and rice curry
Leek and mushroom curry
Curried rice patties
Vegetable korma
Noodle curry (with chard and lentils)
Potato, carrot and lentil Madras
Creamy vegetable curry

D

E

F


Fennel

Fennel seeds biscuits
Fennel and celery risotto
Fennel risotto

Feta

Pasta salad
Tomato and feta salad
Raw vegetables and feta salad
Raw vegetables and feta salad (2)
Tomato flan (rice pastry)
Feta and potato cake

G

Ginger

Vegetable croquettes
Spicy vegetable soup

Goat cheese

Potato bake with goat cheese
Pasta bake with goat cheese

Gruyere

Tomato and olive quiche
Aubergine and sweet potato rolls

H

Halloumi

Grilled halloumi and courgettes (veggie breakfast)

I

J

Jerusalem artichoke

Cream of artichoke soup

K

Kiwi

Kiwi and lime milkshake

L

Leeks

Carrot and leek quiche
Leek and tomato timbales
Potato and leek bake
Vegetarian sausages
Pea soup
Winter stew
Leek and mushroom curry
Carrot and leek quiche (multiseed pastry)
Spicy vegetable soup
Cabbage gratin

Lemon

Lemon and ricotta cheesecake
Marinated veggie kebabs

Lentils

Tomato and lentil soup
Lentil croquettes
Lentil and rice casserole
Lentil and mixed vegetables
Potato-topped lentil bake
Lentil and chickpea patties with creamy coriander dressing
Noodle curry
Potato, carrot and lentil Madras
Lentil tagine with couscous

Lime

Kiwi and lime milkshake

M

Mango

Mango and blueberry smoothie
Pango mango

Maple syrup

Maple and vanilla milkshake

Mascarpone

Poached pars with Mascarpone chocolate sauce

Melon

Pink melon smoothie

Mozzarella

Tomato & Mozarella salad

Mushrooms

Courgette and mushroom risotto
Gougere
Marinated mushrooms
Mushroom and red pepper pastries
Pasta with port sauce
Pepper and mushroom quiche
Pizza 2
Potato and mushroom bake
Leek and mushroom curry
Creamy stuffed mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms
Quinoa stuffed mushrooms
Mushroom quiche (by Trave)
Home-made ricotta and spinach tortellini with creamy mushroom sauce
Mushroom vol-au-vent in creamy port sauce
Stuffed courgettes
Mushroom crumble

Mustard

Cheese and mustard sandwich

N

Noodles

Noodle curry

Nuts

Spicy nut roast
Lentil croquettes
Stilton and walnut soup
Butternut squash curry
Vegetarian paella (with cashew nuts)
Nutty samosas
Cashew nut biscuits
Hazelnut and chocolate cookies (with hazelnut butter)
Buckwheat and vegetable stir-fry (with cashew nuts)

O

Oats

Oats and raisins biscuits

Olives

Tomato and olive quiche

Orange

Fresh asparagus with orange dressing
Apricot and orange jellies

P

Pak choi

Tofu & noodle stir-fry

Parmesan

Wild rocket and Parmesan salad

Paneer

Paneer and spinach curry

Parsnips

Vegetable soup with parsnips
Carrot and parsnip bake
Split pea and parsnip soup

Passata

Red pepper soup

Pasta

Three cheese pasta bake
Tomato and macaroni bake
Home-made ricotta and spinach tortellini with creamy mushroom sauce
Pasta with creamy white wine sauce
Linguine with creamy vegetables
Pasta with creamy veg sauce

Pea

Pea soup

Pears

Poached pears with Mascarpone chocolate sauce

Peach

Pango mango
Peach dessert

Peppers

Pepper and mushroom quiche
Mushroom and red pepper pastries
Red pepper soup
Pizza 1
Vegetable lasagne
Mediterranean quiche
Courgette and yellow pepper risotto
Rice-stuffed peppers
Celeriac, mushroom and walnut risotto

Pesto

Carrot and pesto lasagne

Pineapple

Watermelon and pineapple drink
Caribbean sunset

Pomegranate juice

Blueberry smoothie with pomegranate

Potatoes

Potato and leek bake
Potato and mushroom bake
Potato and rice curry
Potato pie
Spicy nut roast
Winter stew
Nutty samosas
Samosas
Mashed potatoes & Bulghur
Potato and carrot quiche (Hemp flour pastry)
Bulghur and potato cheesecakes
Vegetable croquettes
Aloo Gobi
Baked potatoes (with cream and cheese)
Potato-topped lentil bake
Vegetable korma
Mini-potato Bratlinge
Potato bake with goat cheese
Feta and potato cake
Potato, carrot and lentil Madras
Creamy vegetable curry
Potato and spinach korma
Spiced potato and spinach wheels
Potato-topped lentil bake

Pumpkin

Pumpkin soup

Q

Quinoa

Quinoa stuffed mushrooms
Sprouting seeds with bulghur and quinoa

R

Raisins

Oats and raisins biscuits

Red berries

Berries and banana smoothie
Creamy summer fruit smoothie
Summer fruit smoothie

Red kidney beans

Spicy Mexican pie

Red wine

Red wine sauce
Tomato red wine sauce

Rice

Vegetarian paella
Courgette and mushroom risotto
Lentil and rice casserole
Leek and mushroom curry
Spicy basmati rice and vegetables
Curried rice patties
Fennel risotto
Vegetable korma
Tomato flan (rice pastry)
Creamy vegetable curry
Potato and spinach korma

Ricotta

Italian savoury pastry
Lemon and ricotta cheesecake
Home-made ricotta and spinach tortellini with creamy mushroom sauce

S

Seeds

Carrot and leek quiche (multiseed pastry)
Mediterranean quiche (multiseed pastry)


Spinach

Italian savoury pastry
Paneer and spinach curry
Home-made ricotta and spinach tortellini with creamy mushroom sauce
Linguine with creamy vegetables
Creamy vegetable curry
Pasta with creamy veg sauce
Potato and spinach korma
Spiced potato and spinach wheels
Sweetcorn and spinach soup

Sprouting seeds

Mixed sprouting seed stew
Sprouting seeds with bulghur and quinoa

Squash

Squash soup

Strawberry

Apple blush
Pink melon smoothie

Sund-dried tomatoes

Sun-dried tomato bread

Sweetcorn

Vegetable chowder
Sweetcorn and spinach soup

Sweet potatoes

Aubergine and sweet potato rolls
Lentil tagine with couscous

T

Tahini

Tahini dressing

Tofu

Marinated veggie kebabs
Tofu, celery and carrot sandwich
Tofu & noodle stir-fry

Tofu (smoked)

Vegetarian kebabs
Smoked tofu stir-fry
Potato-topped lentil bake
Winter stew

Tomato

Leek and tomato timbales
Pasta salad
Pasta with port sauce
Tomato and feta salad
Tomato and lentil soup
Tomato red wine sauce
Wild rocket and Parmesan salad
Tomato flan (rice pastry)
Tomato and olive quiche
Tomato & Mozarella salad

U

V

Vanilla

Maple and vanilla milkshake
Peach dessert

Vegetables (mixed)

Cheese fondue
Vegetable enchilladas
Vegetable enchilladas with bean sprouts
Vegetarian kebabs
Vegetable jalousie
Lentil and rice casserole
Spicy basmati rice and vegetables
Spicy Mexican pie
Vegetable stir-fry and bulghur
Omelette with broccoli and baby sweetcorn cobs
Buckwheat with vegetable stir-fry
Raw vegetables and feta salad
Cheesy vegetable chowder
Lentils and mixed vegetables
Vegetable Jambalaya
Vegetable calzone
Vegetable pies
Pizza verdi
Gemüsestrudel
Mushroom & pepper quiche with wild rocket
vegetable curry
Vegetable toad-in-the-hole

W

Watermelon

Watermelon and pineapple drink

Wild rocket

Wild rocket and Parmesan salad
Tomato & Mozarella salad
Mushroom & pepper quiche with wild rocket

X

Y

Z

New look blog

Bear with me, I am creating an index for the recipes I publish on this blog. This will take some time but should be worth the effort eventually. I would love to have an ingredient-based index too, but one thing at a time!

BBQ

Marinated veggie kebabs

Vegetarian kebabs

BBQ menu

Drinks

Summer fruit smoothie

Apple blush

Watermelon and pineapple drink

Pango mango

Pink melon smoothie

Berries and banana smoothie

Kiwi and lime milkshake

Mango and blueberry smoothie

Maple and vanilla milkshake

Blueberry smoothie 1

Creamy summer fruit smoothie

Hot chocolate drink

Caribbean sunset

Cranberry juice cocktail

Tropical smoothie

Mojito

Cuba libre

Strawberry and blueberry milkshake

Desserts & biscuits

Peach dessert

Oats and raisins biscuits

Lemon and ricotta cheesecake

Double chocolate cookies

Poached pears with Mascarpone chocolate sauce

Fennel seed biscuits

Almond and hazelnut gateau

Apricot and orange jelly

Hazelnut & chocolate cookies

Apple and blueberry tart

Apricot and chocolate twirls

Chocolate duo crunchy bites

Spicy carrot cake (traybake)

Crepes (pancakes)

Gateau Moka aux Amandes

Lemon meringues

Apricot and chocolate pastries

Nutty fudge

Wholemeal chocolate-coated biscuits

Honey and Cointreau madeleines

Lemon and thyme creams

Lemon madeleines

Chocolate & hazelnut palmiers

Apple & blueberry tart (2)

Chocolate rum cake

Yoghurt and berries

Yoghurt cake

Strawberry and raspberry tart

Main courses

Select a type of main course to view the relevant recipes:

Roasts
Sausages, patties, falafels
Stuffed vegetables
Pizzas
Bakes
Pastry dishes (quiches & pies)
Pasta
Risottos and paellas
Stir-fries, casseroles and couscous
Curries
Others



Roasts


Spicy nut roast
Nutty harvest loaf with creamy honey sauce


Sausages, patties, falafels

Falafels
Cereal galettes
Vegetarian sausages
Lentil croquettes
Vegetable croquettes
Curried rice patties with tahini dressing
Lentil and chickpea patties with creamy coriander dressing
Mini-potato Bratlinge
Courgette and feta croquettes
Feta and potato cake
Spiced potato and spinach wheels

Stuffed vegetables

Creamy stuffed mushrooms
Quinoa stuffed mushrooms
Stuffed mushrooms
Rice-stuffed peppers
Baked potatoes (with cream and cheese)


Pizzas

Basic pizza dough
Pizza 1 (courgette, green pepper, mushrooms)
Pizza 2 (mixed peppers and courgette)
Pizza 3 (broccoli, tomato, red pepper, mozzarella)
Pizza bianca (courgette, mozzarella)
Pizza verdi (baby spinach, celery, green pepper, asparagus tips)
Vegetable calzone


Bakes

Potato and leek bake
Potato and mushroom bake
Carrot and parsnip bake
Potato bake with goat cheese
Cabbage gratin
Mushroom crumble
Potato-topped lentil bake
Vegetable toad-in-the-hole


Pastry dishes

Shortcrust pastry quiches & flan

Carrot and leek quiche
Mediterranean quiche
Pepper and mushroom quiche
Carrot and leek quiche (multiseed pastry)
Tomato and olive quiche
Mushroom quiche (by Trave)
Mushroom and pepper quiche with wild rocket
Cauliflower and broccoli flan
Carrot and potato quiche (with hemp flour)

Puff pastry pies

Potato pie
Vegetable pies
Mushroom and red pepper pastries
Vegetable jalousie
Mushroom vol-au-vent in creamy port sauce

Other pastries
Italian pastry
Spicy Mexican pie
Tomato flan (rice pastry)
Gemüsestrudel


Pasta

Home-made pasta dough
Carrot and pesto lasagne
Vegetable lasagne
Pasta with port sauce
Three cheese pasta
Tomato and macaroni bake
Pasta bake with goat cheese
Linguine in creamy tomato sauce
Ricotta and spinach tortellini with creamy mushroom sauce (home-made pasta)
Pasta with creamy white wine sauce
Linguine with creamy vegetables (mushrooms, spinach, broccoli, tomatoes)
Pasta with creamy veg sauce (spinach, mushrooms, courgette)


Risttos and paellas

Courgette and mushroom risotto
Fennel and celery risotto
Broad bean risotto
Fennel risotto
Courgette and yellow pepper risotto
Vegetarian paella
Cuban basic's rice & beans
Celeriac, mushroom and walnut risotto


Stir-fries, casseroles and couscous

Lentil and rice casserole
Vegetable stiry-fry with bulghur
Smoked tofu stir-fry
Buckwheat and vegetables
Lentils and mixed vegetables
Vegetable jambalaya
Tofu & noodle stir-fry
Sprouting seeds with bulghur & quinoa
Couscous royal
Lentil tagine with couscous


Curries

Butternut squash curry
Potato and rice curry
Leek and mushroom curry
Paneer and spinach curry
Noodle curry
Spicy basmati rice with vegetables
Aloo Gobi (cauliflower and potato)
Vegetable korma
Nutty samosas
Samosas
Potato, carrot and lentil Madras
Creamy vegetable curry (spinach, potatoes, tomatoes)
Potato and spinach korma
Spiced potato and spinach wheels
vegetable curry


Others

Cheese fondue
Buckwheat galettes
Savoury crepes
Mashed potatoes & bulghur
Potato and bulghur cheesecakes
Omelette1
Gougere
Burritos
Vegetable enchilladas
Broccoli enchiladas
Vegetable enchilladas with bean sprouts
Grilled halloumi and vegetables (veggie breakfast)