Cauliflower has got to be the most amazingly versatile vegetable ever. Well one of them, I hate to play favourites. It makes an amazing bechamel, ridiculously creamy soup, a fried chicken substitute, and a great addition to salads. And this time it makes rice.
BROCCOLI AND PARMESAN FRITTERS
It should be pretty clear by now that I love a fritter. They’re such a great way to use leftover veg plus as a replacement for toast at breakfast fritters mean squeezing another couple of serves of veg into your day. I’ve been playing around with these for a while now to get the texture and flavour right (and the all important structural integrity). And I clocked it last weekend. These broccoli fritters are quickly becoming a new favourite.
ZUCCHINI WAFFLE BREAKFAST NACHOS
This is a killer breakfast that combines so many of my favourite things. Waffles? Tick. Nacho style layering? Tick. Zucchini fritters? Tick. Plus they’re topped with a herby yoghurt sauce, fried eggs and avocado. It doesn’t get much yummier. These waffle breakfast nachos are a fun way to serve breakfast to a group of people, we don’t eat share food at breakfast often enough, I say.
KUNG PAO MUSHROOM NOODLES
Guys! Remember kung pao chicken? It’s like a Chinese takeaway favourite, and I’ve usually had it with chicken. But you know I’m always trying to find ways to eat less meat (love it, but I wanna eat the veg for my body’s sake and save the world – realistic goals are my thing), and thus there’s no chicken in this. I replaced it with… mushrooms! And yum! And added noodles cos I love them.
AVOCADO AND CUCUMBER SUSHI BOWL
I love sushi but in all honestly I never make it at home, I prefer to be a lazy person and just put all the ingredients into a bowl and eat that. Well I’m making my own food so I guess that’s not super lazy…
CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE WITH SALTED TAHINI CARAMEL DRIZZLE
This baked cheesecake is creamy and indulgent but has way less sugar than a typical cheesecake. It’s not raw or vegan but it’s full of whole some ingredients and you will love it.
SPICY SWEET CORN NOODLE SOUP
This soup is creamy and delicious with a little spiciness to balance that sweet juicy corn. The rice noodles hiding in there make this the perfect lunch.
BROCCOLI RISOTTO
I love my greens and this risotto is definitely full of the green stuff. Lemon, parsley and broccoli is a match made in heaven and sneaking those ingredients into a comforting risotto makes for the perfect warming winter meal.
BAKED ZA’ATAR SPICED CHICKEN WITH LENTILS AND SWEET POTATO
This recipe is so easy and so adaptable. You can make it for just one person or multiply it by as many as you like. The chicken is succulent and full of flavour and the lentils are lick yout plate good. Once dish cooking at it’s best.
SWEET POTATO, PEANUT AND RED LENTIL CURRY
It wouldn’t be a winter week without some sort of curry or soup recipe now would it? This one is vegan, dairy free and tastes damn good. I’m not vegan or dairy free but if this is vegan food I’d eat it all day erry day.