Winter stew

As the name indicates, this is great to warm you up on a cold wintery evening. It is very simple too in many ways: simple to prepare (you could have it ready within 30 min), with simple, basic ingredients.

Serves 2+:

2 TBSP olive oil
500g leeks, sliced
3-4 carrots, sliced
3-4 potatoes, diced
250g smoked tofu, diced
Herbs of your choice (thyme, marjoram, basil, parsley,...)
Salt and pepper

1. Heat the oil in a non-stick saucepan. Add the leeks and fry for 5 min. Don't let them go brown!

2. Add 2 glasses of water and the carrots, potatoes and tofu. Bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes.

3. Season with the herbs, salt and pepper. Serve hot.

Mixed sprouting seed stew

This is a very nice and easy to make soup/stew (I would call this a stew).


Mixed sprouting seed stew

Serves 4 - 6:

1 TBSP olive oil
1 onion, chopped
400g canned chopped tomatoes
150ml red wine
1 litre vegetable stock
300g mixed sprouted seeds
2 courgettes, diced
1 TBSP tomato purée
1 sprig fresh rosemary
350g bulghur wheat

1. Heat the oil in a non-stick big saucepan. Fry the onion. Add the courgettes, tomatoes, red wine, vegetable stock, tomato purée, rosemary and seeds. Simmer for 15 minutes.

2. Mean while, cook the bulghur according to cooking instructions.

3. Either mix the bulghur in the stew or serve the bulghur in warm bowls and laddle some stew over it. Sprinkle with black pepper.