Roasted Chickpeas

Simple!
All you need is cooked chickpeas, sea salt and a little olive oil. Massage into the legumes. Preheat oven to 200C, and bake for 25 minutes. Flip over halfway through, making sure not to char!

Sloppy Joes

Ingredients

1/2 cup uncooked puy lentils (or green lentils will work just as well)

1 tsp extra virgin olive oil

1/2 medium white onion, diced small

1/2 red pepper, diced small

5-6 cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced (optional)

1 clove garlic, minced

1.5 tbsp chili powder

1 tsp oregano

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/2 can chopped tomatoes

1/8 cup tomato paste

1.5 tbsp maple syrup

1/2 tbsp dijon mustard (or any yellow mustard)

Method

1. Bring the lentils to boiling point and then simmer for 20-30 minutes until soft. Rinse and drain.
2. In a soupy pot, heat up the oil and sauté the onion, pepper and mushrooms for about 7 minutes, until soft.
3. Add garlic and cook for another minute.
4. Chuck in the lentils, chili powder, oregano, and salt. Stir for a minute. Add chopped tomatoes and paste. Cook for 10 minutes.
5. Slop in the maple syrup and mustard. Leave for the flavours to infuse on the lowest heat setting for 5-10 minutes. 
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Breakfast Bars

 For a not-too-sweet brekkie on the go...

Ingredients
{1 and 1/4 cup} plain flour
{1/4 tsp} sea salt
{1/4 tsp} bicarbonate of soda
{1/4 cup} grapeseed oil
{1/4 cup} agave nectar
{1 tsp} vanilla extract
{1/2 cup} shredded coconut
{1/2 cup} pumpkin seeds
{1/2 cup} sunflower seeds

{1/4 cup} pecan nuts

{1/4 cup} cranberries (but raisins would work too)

Method

> Preheat the oven to 180C.

> In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients well.
> Layer a small baking tray with baking paper.
> Scoop out mixture and press down flat.
> Bake for 15-20 minutes. Leave to cool on a cooling rack.

Olive Lentil Burgers

What You Will Need
{2 tsps} olive oil
{1 small} white onion, diced
{8 oz} cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
{3 cloves} garlic, minced
Fresh black pepper
{1/2 tsp} dried thyme
{1/4 tsp} dried tarragon
{1/4 tsp} smoked paprika
{1/2 cup} pitted kalamata olives (plus a handful more for chopping)
{1.5 cups} cooked green lentils, rinsed and drained (not red, they're too mushy)
{2 cups} breadcrumbs (shop-bought)
{3 tbsp} soy sauce
{1 tbsp} nutritional yeast (optional)
{2 tsps} freshly squeezed lemon juice

Cooking spray

How You Do It
>Preheat oven to 180C.
> In a preheated pan, saute the onion for about 3 minutes with a pinch of salt.
> Add mushrooms, garlic, thyme, tarragon, paprika, and black pepper: 7-10 minutes.
> Pour mushroom mixture into a blender with the olives and process. Add all other ingredients EXCEPT THE BREADCRUMBS
> Pulse until fairly smooth. Transfer into a mixing bowl and stir in the breadcrumbs, adjusting flavour if necessary. Chop up the handful of extra olives and add them to the mixture.
> Shape the mixture into little burger patties, and place on a tray lined with baking paper. Spray with cooking oil.
> First side: bake for 15 minutes, then flip. Second side: repeat. Should be nicely browned.

With homemade walnut pesto!

Pudding! Chocolate orange biccies.

Tempeh bean, lemon and garlic broth.

A veritable feast!

And look! My dill is growing.

LOVE



Chocolate Cookies With A Heart Of Jam

"Magnificent" "Yummy" "Better than shop-bought cookies"

All praise for these choc-o-jammie cookies. Please, please, hold the applause. You're making me blush.

Y,know The Stuff That Goes In
{60g} plain flour
{2.5 tbsp} cocoa powder, fairtrade
{1/4 tsp} sea salt
{1/4 tsp} bicarbonate of soda
{2.5 tbsp} organic sunflower oil
{2.5 tbsp} unsweetened soy milk
{1 tsp} vanilla extract
{75g} granulated brown sugar
{3-4 tsp} jam (I love Bonne Maman's raspberry)

Yields about six cookies

Like...How You Do It
 > Preheat your oven to 180C; line a baking tray with baking paper (I used foil because it's all we had in the cupboard...improvisation is cool).
> Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and bicarbonate of soda.
> Add wet ingredients (except the jam), and the sugar. Incorporate well.
> Dampen your hands and smush one tablespoon of mixture into a cookie shape. Keep going until all the mixture is used up.

> Bake for 5 minutes. Take out of oven and press a heart shape into the centre with your thumb. Put a wee bit of jam into the indentation. Bake for a further 6-8 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 2 minutes. Then, transfer to a cooling rack.

Garlic Bread

What You Need
{1} part-baked baguette, sliced
{1/2 cup} vegan butter
{2 large cloves} garlic, minced
{1 heaping tbsp} freshly chopped parsley

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200C.
2. In a bowl, mix together the butter, garlic and parsley until well combined.
3. Slice the baguette and spoon the butter mix into the cracks.
4. Bake for about 10 minutes, or until crisp and golden.

Banana Shake

What You Will Need:

{1-2} fresh bananas, sliced

{1 mug} soya milk (or any other dairy-free milk)

{1 tsp} peanut butter

Method:

Throw all the ingredients into a blender. Whizz it up until smooth. Pour, and enjoy.