Posts Tagged “vegetarian”

Green Pea Guacamole

Green Pea Guacamole

From Whole Foods Market   Serves 12 Here’s some game day strategy for you! Add nutrient variety and subtract cost by substituting peas for some of the avocado. Green Pea Guacamole tastes great, and just like traditional guacamole, you can keep it on the healthy side by serving this smooth and tangy dip with fresh,…

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The Vegetable Eater

The Vegetable Eater

The New Playbook for Cooking Vegetarian. Cara Mangini, award-winning author of The Vegetable Butcher, returns with The Vegetable Eater: The New Playbook for Cooking Vegetarian. This book offers simple lessons and 100 recipes that showcase vegetables. It offers inspirations for delicious, colourful and unique dishes for the whole family. We should all be eating more…

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Crosstown Vegan Doughnuts

Crosstown Vegan Doughnuts

Worth the Trip! It’s January and a chunk of the population will be stepping away from their habitual glass of red or beer, and avoiding meat. I am all for a more thoughtful lifestyle and that should linger for another 11 months, too. Crosstown Vegan Doughnuts allow one to indulge in a little guilt-free pleasure…

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Mini Welsh Rarebit Toasts

Mini Welsh Rarebit Toasts

From Sainsbury’s   Welsh Rarebit – a rich cheesy topping with a tangy finish. A tasty recipe from the January issue of Sainsbury’s magazine.   Serves: 24-28 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 20 Minutes   Ingredients: 2 tablespoons plain flour 2 tablespoons soft butter 150ml milk 150g ready grated extra mature cheddar 2 teaspoons…

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Sun-dried Tomato and Rosemary Palmiers

Sun-dried Tomato and Rosemary Palmiers

From BBC Food   Give Lorraine Pascale’s super-quick canapés or an easy picnic snack a go today.   Ingredients 500g/1lb 2oz ready-made puff pastry plain flour, for dusting 1 x 280g jar sun-dried tomatoes, drained and finely chopped few sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves only, finely chopped 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten   Method Put the…

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Aubergine Fritters Recipe with Burpee

Aubergine Fritters Recipe with Burpee

The Burpee Europe team always love it when they receive a new recipe devised for them by the chef Valerie Haimlin.  Soon it will be time to start harvesting early aubergines and the recipe below is the perfect example of how to use these wonderful vegetables. Our Aubergine ‘White Knight’ or ‘Green Knight’ can be…

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Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook

Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook

Healthy and elegant recipes. From the author of global bestseller Japan: The Cookbook, here in Japan: The Vegetarian Cookbook we are introduced to more than 250 delicious, healthy vegetarian Japanese recipes for home cooks everywhere. Nancy Singleton Hachisu is a unique food writer, being a Westerner who lives in Japan – and has done for…

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Raw Salsa

Raw Salsa

From BBC Food   This salsa recipe is a real crowd pleaser – fresh, healthy, low-fat and made in one step. Enjoy with Mexican corn chips.   Ingredients 250g/9oz fresh tomatoes, finely chopped 1 small onion, finely chopped 3 mild chillies, finely chopped bunch coriander, finely chopped salt, to taste lime juice, to taste 1…

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Ve-Du-Ya – the Vegan Alternative

Ve-Du-Ya – the Vegan Alternative

No-guilt ’Nduja from Belazu. Ve-Du-Ya won’t be a familiar name, but find it on a supermarket shelf and it will likely look like a favourite spicy and meaty paste. It does share many tasty characteristics with traditional ’nduja but this one has no animal products. But to start with – what is ’nduja? It is…

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Green Fire

Green Fire

Extraordinary Ways to Grill Fruits and Vegetables, from the Master of Live-Fire Cooking. Oh, the big outdoors. We love summer entertaining and that includes cooking al fresco. Green Fire: Extraordinary Ways to Grill Fruits and Vegetables, from the Master of Live-Fire Cooking offers tips and inspirations for creating delicious vegetarian meals. Francis Mallmann is an…

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The Kew Gardens Cookbook

The Kew Gardens Cookbook

A Celebration of Plants in the Kitchen. We understand more than ever the importance of food. Food is a unifying cultural force, but food security is one of the greatest challenges facing the world. Increased prices and food shortages are a new reality for many. There are 50,000 different plant species that are edible, but…

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A Taste of the Med with Merchant Gourmet

A Taste of the Med with Merchant Gourmet

Simple Summer Flavours. The sun is shining, and we look forward to tasty meals. Merchant Gourmet has a new pouch to enjoy and it’s bursting with Mediterranean flavour – perfect for the summer. Moreish Mediterranean-Style Grains with Tomato and Olive is deliciously flexible. Merchant Gourmet consistently offers its buyers great quality foods which are simple…

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Jamaican Heat from Merchant Gourmet

Jamaican Heat from Merchant Gourmet

Vegetarian with Island flavour. Life is hectic for so many of us. We want tasty meals, healthy dinners, easy preparation. Merchant Gourmet have a range of delicious, pre-cooked plant-based dishes to suit every taste. The launch of Fiery Jamaican-style Grains and Pulses is perfectly timed for the outdoor entertaining season. Jamaican-style Grains and Pulses are…

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Chiquito® Vegan Burrito Bowl

Chiquito® Vegan Burrito Bowl

A restaurant dinner at home. Chiquito Vegan Burrito Bowl has another word emblazoned on the packing. Oumph! That is the Swedish alternative meat and now it’s partnered with Mexican restaurant chain, Chiquito. These days, more than ever, we look for both choice and convenience. We want flavour and texture and even meat eaters are happy…

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Burpee Cucumber ‘Prolific’ and Curry

Burpee Cucumber ‘Prolific’ and Curry

Cucumber ‘Prolific’ (sometimes also known as ‘Brocade’) A fascinating and useful cucurbit originating in South East Asia. It is a versatile variety known locally as ‘Sambar Southekai’ that can be used in a wide range of dishes. Fruits can be stored in cool dry conditions for months after harvest. Plants are similar in growth to…

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BOSH! on a Budget

BOSH! on a Budget

A plant-based cookbook with over 100 new low-cost and delicious recipes It’s no longer a fad. Veganism is here to stay …along with vegetarianism and simply eating less meat. BOSH! on a Budget supports us (even we carnivores) with recipes for delicious dishes which just happen to be plant-based. Number one Sunday Times bestselling authors…

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Merchant Gourmet Limited Edition Spiced Grains & Chestnuts

Merchant Gourmet Limited Edition Spiced Grains & Chestnuts

Perfect Pouches for Christmas Merchant Gourmet have long had their fingers on the pulse of non-meat trends. This year 20% of British home chefs are considering an entirely plant-based Christmas dinner. Now Merchant Gourmet are offering Spiced Grains & Chestnuts pouches in a couple of varieties and in time for the festive season.  These are…

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Merchant Gourmet has Christmas Covered

Merchant Gourmet has Christmas Covered

Delicious Plant Jars, and hamper-worthy I love cooking but towards the end of the year there are plenty of distractions – like that little thing called Christmas. There isn’t always enough time in our hectic lives to cook from scratch, but I still want to present delicious food, and Merchant Gourmet solves the dilemma. Merchant…

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Wagamama Vegan-Friendly

Wagamama Vegan-Friendly

Meat-free with imagination We have been passing through many strange, worrying and often frightening months. We have experienced loss in many forms but there have been gains which will be long-lasting and profound. Wagamama has voiced its support for the vegan movement in delicious fashion. The pandemic has raised awareness of the need for our…

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Plant-based fish is Moving Mountains®

Plant-based fish is Moving Mountains®

Moving Mountains® launches plant-based fish fillets Well, that was a surprise. Convincing vegan fish! I have been a food product reviewer for the past 17 years and for 15 of those I avoided plant-based anything. I felt so sorry for vegans and vegetarians who were presented with foods that lacked appropriate texture and any taste….

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