Super easy & fast! PREP: Steam and mash a sweet potato. Rinse and drain a can of black beans. Grate some cheese. Heat a little olive oil in a pan and add a tortilla, layer on some sweet potato, beans and some grated cheese. Top with another tortilla. Cook until golden and flip. Remove from […]
“Sue’s Vegetarian Kitchen” While, according to a legend, a young glassblower’s apprentice of the Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano from Flanders, who used to use saffron as a pigment, added it to a rice dish at a wedding feast, the first recipe identifiable as risotto dates from 1809. MUSHROOM & SPINACH RISOTTO Warm 4 cups of vegetable stock. Set aside for […]
“Sue’s Vegetarian Kitchen” Most of the ingredients have been around for centuries: the chickpea dates back more than 10,000 years in Turkey and is, according to Anissa Helou, Syrian-Lebanese author of several Middle Eastern cookbooks, “one of the earliest legumes ever cultivated.” And tahini, the sesame paste that is vital to hummus b’tahini, is mentioned in 13th-Century […]
Mujaddara is the Arabic word for “pockmarked”; the lentils among the rice resemble pockmarks. The first recorded recipe for mujaddara appears in Kitab al-Tabikh, a cookbook compiled in 1226 by al-Baghdadi in Iraq. “From Sue’s Vegetarian Kitchen” “This is a great way to use up a couple of cups of leftover rice“ Fry 3 chopped onions in olive oil until they become caramelized, […]
This easy vegetarian recipe will be sure to have you wanting more. Chickpea and spinach curry is healthy, delicious and quick to make! Made with sweet potato and various spices, creamy coconut and tomato sauce. Cook 1 large chopped onion, 2 cloves pressed garlic and 1” grated ginger in about 1 tbsp. of coconut oil. Add 1 medium diced sweet potato and […]
“From Sue’s Kitchen” Make whatever rice you like according to package directions – Feeds 2 Cook 2 sliced onions and 2 cloves of garlic in about a tablespoon of olive oil for a couple of minutes. Add a large sliced sweet pepper Add about 300 grams of cubed tofu and about a teaspoon each of […]
“From Sue’s Kitchen” Quinoa & chickpea stuffed peppers – serves 2 Bring 2/3 cups water to a boil in a small sauce. Add 1/3 cup rinsed quinoa. Simmer for 15 minutes or until the water is absorbed and the quinoa is cooked. While the quinoa is cooking, sauté a chopped onion in a little olive […]
The lentil, a type of legume, has been sustaining mankind for thousands of years. Although they may be cheap, lentils are very nutritious, filling, and more importantly, arguably the most flavourful of all the legumes. This recipe is a great dish which includes cashews or walnuts. Serve with your favourite vegetables, mashed potatoes and top with gravy, you’ll […]