I absolutely love a good tapas dinner out and as part of my mission to make more themed meals at home during lockdown, I decided to have a homemade, meat-free tapas dinner one evening. I am not kidding around when I say every element of this meal was divine, I can’t wait to make this again!
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My husband turned vegetarian a few years ago but he always had a soft spot for seafood and especially a classic fish pie. I’ve never tried a real fish pie before but I suddenly had the urge to try and recreate a veggie version – with silken tofu. I’m told it was a pretty close match but will let you be the judge!
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Aah, aloo gobi – I dare you to find someone who has a bad word to say about this classic Indian dish! It’s light, it’s delicious and actually pretty easy to make so if you haven’t tried your hand at it already, add aloo gobi to your menu now. This is just my take on the dish so I make no claims that it’s ‘traditional’, though who knows what that really means?! If you’ve got a few basic Indian spices in the cupboard, (perhaps from trying my spinach dal recipe?) then this will be an easy recipe to follow. Serve with some warm chapati or naan and you’re solid!
That lockdown fatigue was finally starting to hit me hard at the start of March this year (staved it off for nearly a full year!) and I decided I wanted to do a themed meal on the weekend with a main and a side. I’m very much a one-pot, one-plate meal girl but I wanted to try and mix it up for once. I decided on doing black bean burgers from scratch with some fresh and crunchy loaded nachos – it was such a fantastic meal!
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Potatoes are undeniably one of my top comfort foods because they work in any form: fried, mashed, curried, you name it. I always hesitated to mash potatoes because it seems like so much effort but when I got a hankering for Ikea’s meatballs with mash, I just had to make it happen. Let me tell, you it was well worth it and actually not much more effort than the usual meal. I’ve been obsessed with Linda McCartney’s tomato & basil vegetarian meatballs as well so the stars really collided on this one. Tuck in!
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This vegan curry is perfect for batch cooking! Cook up a pot of this thick, creamy curry and portion out for lunches or dinners with rice or some warm flatbread.
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Whenever I’m trying to switch up my grains and getting tired of the rice/pasta/noodles cycle, I remember risotto. A nice change! This warm and hearty risotto is made with courgette and asparagus and it’s delicious with butter and parmesan but can always be made vegan without them!
I’m a huge fan of pies but I have to say the vegetarian options on offer in most places are pretty depressing – they really don’t have to be! I often see leek and potato pies on menus/in stores and I never want to give it a go because it sounds so bland and boring. But curiosity got the better of me so I decided to experiment a bit and make my own with some roasted sweet peppers to bring colour and excitement to a creamy leek and potato pie.
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Growing up in South East Asia, I absolutely loved the local food and one of my favourites was a mock-meat ham fried rice. Clearly the Malaysians were well ahead with their vegan food offerings! I had a hankering for that smoky fried rice recently so decided to make my own veggie fried rice with some gorgeous baked tofu on the side. Super easy to make and just the tiniest bit of forward planning.
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I have always had a love-hate relationship with cous cous and growing up, I really hated the texture. Now that I’m a little older and wiser, I’ve found a way to make a warm cous cous salad with just the right texture and flavours that mean I can add it to the household menu. This recipe is delicate with flavours and quite basic but you can always level it up – check out the upgrade ideas at the bottom of the post!
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