Planet Veggie

A quick and easy dish from Food for Fitness by Anita Bean. I served it with Quorn Salmon Style Dill Crispbakes, from their new fish-free range, which I’ll blog about tomorrow. Vegetable paella (serves 4 as a main dish, 6 as a side dish) 2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, crushed [...]

While I was out running yesterday, I had the urge to make moussaka. I don’t know why, as I usually find it a bit of a faff and I’m not especially fond of faff. I said to The Meat Eater that I was going to make moussaka and he asked why that reminded him of [...]

Tonight’s dinner was practically free, made with ingredients from the greenhouse and garden: courgettes, potatoes and peas. Roasted courgette stuffed with cheese and tomato (serves 2) 2 courgettes, sliced lengthways 4 cherry tomatoes, halved 20g cheese, grated Olive oil Salt and black pepper Score a criss-cross pattern into the courgettes and brush with olive oil [...]

When my running’s going well and I’m feeling fit and healthy, that’s when I usually reach for Anita Bean’s Food for Fitness book that has a load of delicious, healthy recipes (not all vegetarian but plenty that are) that are quick and easy to make. Tonight’s was no exception. Spicy bean lasagne (serves 4) 1 [...]

As I was going to be out all day on Wednesday, I’d left instructions with The Meat Eater to rescue the Riverford veg box from the hiding place our nice veg delivery lady leaves our box in if I’m out, and when I got back in late that night, he said ‘WE’VE GOT AN ALIEN [...]

The Blue Anchor in Ruckinge does fantastic food and last week we went there for lunch to celebrate The Meat Eater’s 40th birthday with his parents. I’d been there before and know how big the portions are: more than enough for two people and some of the meals come on three plates (one for the [...]

I did a lot of exercise last week (running, cycling, cardio machines, gym classes) and wasn’t eating enough calories to keep me going, so I thought I’d better make something healthy to snack on and give me energy. Anita Bean’s Food for Fitness is always the book I turn to when I want to make [...]

A new cookbook, yay! I’d had my eye on The Boxing Clever Cookbook by Jacqui Jones & Joan Wilmot for a while and kept in my Amazon Wishlist and when I saw it was available for 1p, snapped it up. It’s designed to help you if you have an organic vegetable box delivery, grow your own [...]

This wasn’t healthy, low fat or low calorie, but it was quick and easy and I’ve just done Janathon, so I don’t care. It’s yet another recipe taken from the BBC Good Food website and I adapted it by using a 375g packet of ready rolled puff pastry and cutting the ingredients down to 500g [...]

I know it’s not really the done thing to blow your own trumpet, but I really do think I make the best soup in the world. I certainly make better soup than Tesco’s “3 tins of additive filled tins of flavoured water for £1.50”, and so after making this weeks soup, I was very glad I [...]