Tasty Stuff Without the Fuss and a Little Bit of Making
Posted in Beans & Lentils, Dips & Dressings, Food Co-op, Low GI / South Beach, Quick & Easy, Starters & Light Bites, Towards 5 a Day, Vegan on Jul 2nd, 2010
You know the occasions when you have asked people for supper, then you get home 5 minutes before they are due to arrive and nothing is prepared? I think that a bowl of dip is the perfect casual starter. Easy to throw together from store cupboard staples and the contents of my co-op veg box, [...]
Posted in Beans & Lentils, Food Blogging Events, Quick & Easy, Uncategorized, Vegan on May 8th, 2010
The host for next friday’s Presto Pasta Night #163 is Chaya The Comfy Cook. I was up half of last Thursday night watching the UK election results. Consequently on Friday I was shattered, but greatly enjoying watching the sleep starved, over caffeinated presenters battle on – at one point one told the nation that the [...]
Posted in Beans & Lentils, Food Co-op, Low GI / South Beach, Vegan on May 7th, 2010
I continue to be delighted with the vegetables from my local food co-op; not only are they incredibly cheap, but I am enjoying the challenge of coming up with ideas to use up vegetables I would never normally buy. I think I have only ever bought turnips twice in the last 10 years and [...]
Posted in Beans & Lentils, Quick & Easy, Towards 5 a Day, Uncategorized, Vegan on May 9th, 2009
I spent all day at the Decanter New World Fine Wine Fair and I was desperate for something simple and speedy to soak up the alcohol when I got home, I had half a butternut squash in the fridge and beans, peas, corn and tortillas in the freezer. From start to plate these took about [...]
Posted in Beans & Lentils, Freezable, Low GI / South Beach, Towards 5 a Day, Vegan on Jan 31st, 2007
An Indian variation of the lemon chick peas.
Chole
(Serves 12 as a side dish, 6 as a main course)
2lb Soaked and Cooked Chickpeas,
2 onions finely chopped.
1 tin chopped tomatoes. (400g)
2 tsp salt.
2 tsp turmeric.
2 tsp crushed garlic.
2 tsp crushed ginger (Fuss Free tip – use Very Lazy Ginger)
1 tsp chilli powder (Fuss Free Tip – use [...]
Posted in Beans & Lentils, Freezable, Low GI / South Beach, Quick & Easy, Towards 5 a Day, Uncategorized, Vegan on Jan 31st, 2007
I love chickpeas, and happily eat them several times a week, either added to things to bulk them out or as the star of their own dish.
I tend to cook them myself from dried, presoaking for 24 hours by pouring boiling water over the washed peas in a bowl; changing the water once, then boiling [...]