Spring greens and sprouted sunflower seed stirfry

Leftover stirfry with basmati. The meal was so delicious I ate it before I could photograph it!

Herby lentil stuffed portabello mushrooms with tomato basil couli and tenderstem broccoli

Since May I have been getting organic vegetables from Riverford and experimenting with their recipes. This was a treat and easy to make. The mushrooms were grilled with garlic.
Definitely have again.

Pak choi, mushroom and brown rice ramen noodles

Liz's herby flatbread and super green salad

This is the first new recipe of 2012! Last year I had more time for recipes. This year I have been focusing on catching up with friends and family - some I haven't seen for up to 6 years! 


Though I have eaten this before when my friend Liz introduced me to it, this is the first time I've made this meal and it won't be the last. It was really easy and really tasty. 
The salad had loads of flavour with rocket, parsley, mint, coriander, basil and dill. And the buckwheat, chick peas and kidney beans filled me up. 

Mushroom barley risotto

Honey-mustard salmon and potato salad

I got this from a book of healthy lunchbox ideas for kids that you can make the night before!

Vegetable chilli and rice

Lots of chopping but well worth it!

Gillian McKeith's shepherdess pie

Lots of nice flavours but not much texture. Kidney beans, black eye beans, celery, onion, garlic, butternut squash, red pepper, tomato, courgette stock with a sweet potato mash on top.

Double decker tangerine jelly with mandarin segments

Roasted vegetables and brown rice salad

Brown basmati and tenderstem brocolli, roasted butternut squash and red onion with harrisa and lemon juice with roasted cashews.

Mushroom rice balls with steamed veg

Takes ages but freezes well. Onions, fresh mushrooms, brown rice, dried mixed mushrooms (rehydrated), egg white, tamari.

Spiced coley with quinoa and coriander lime salad with minty soya yogurt

Chili chick pea cakes

Pizza

3 grains, steamed veg, chilli, ginger and garlic

Jamie's tray baked pouting

Lentil burger in a seeded wf bun

Garlic and chili rice soup with spring greens

This is a recipe I found on the internet It comes from Easy Vegan (Cookery) by Ryland Peters & Small. Like the books title it was easy to make and smelt and tasted delicious - the photo doesn't do it justice!
I fried chopped garlic and finely sliced spring onions in sesame and vegetable oils. (I usually only use olive oil but as this needed the Asian flavour I halved the amount and didn't heat it too hot). Then I added grated ginger, finely sliced chili and long grain white rice and stir-fried it before adding vegetable stock and soy sauce. Brought it to the boil, covered and simmered for 30 minutes till the rice softened and the soup thickened. Then I added shredded spring greens and cooked for 5 minutes until they were emerald and tender. Served in a warmed bowl with chopped coriander and black pepper.

Salad with nasturtium

This is the first time I have added nasturtium to my salad! Last year I tried growing edible flowers (nasturtium, calendula and marigolds) with little success. The only ones that flowered were the nasturtium. I forgot they were out in the garden (under horticultural fleece - protects the plants but it is opaque so you have to lift it up to see what's happening) and when I remembered to pick them they were all gone.
Today I noticed I had a single flower so I snapped it up to add some colour. Didn't notice a taste but some of my salad leaves are peppery so perhaps it couldn't compete.

The next day I found more nasturtium - this time in different colours!

M&S rice, lentil and roast aubergine salad

I love this salad. If I'm going to pay for a salad I want more than a few slices of cucumber, some iceberg lettuce, a hard tomato and some grated carrot!
Most M&S salads (pre-packed salads in general) have at least one ingredient I don't eat, such as couscous, pasta or mayonnaise, in them but this one uses rice and lentils and is delicious.
And it was on special, so I bought two!