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Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

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Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers
Instructions
  1. Place the rice in a pan with 1/2 tsp salt. Add 4 cups of cold water or more and heat to boil.
  2. Cook at medium heat for 30 minutes and when soft drain any excess water.
  3. Set oven to heat 180 degrees C.
  4. In a frying pan heat the oil and sauté the onion and carrot until the onion is soft.
  5. Add 1/2 tsp salt. paprika and black pepper.
  6. Stir in the lentil sprouts and continue cooking gently to infuse the flavours.
  7. Stir in the marjoram and parsley.
  8. In a flat oven-proof dish mix the tomato puree with 2 cups of water and season with 1 tsp salt or to taste.
  9. Stuff each pepper with the rice and lentil mixture and dust the opening with flour.
  10. Arrange upright in the oven dish with the opening upper most.
  11. Place in the oven and cook for 1 hour.
  12. Serve with plain yoaghurt.
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Roasted Courgettes

Courgettes and sugar peas

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Roasted Courgettes
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 200C fan
  2. 1. Half the longer courgettes then slice lengthwise.
  3. 2. Toss the courgette slices in flour to coat.
  4. 3. Oil the bottom and the sides of a metal roasting tin.
  5. 4. Arrange the courgettes in a single layer.
  6. 5. Drizzle the rest of the oil over the courgette slices.
  7. 6. Bake for 15 minutes then turn over and continue for 5 more minutes
  8. 7. Sprinkle with the parsley and drizzle a few drops of balsamic vinegar.
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Roasted Sugar Snap Peas

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Roasted Sugar Snap Peas
Servings
Servings
Instructions
  1. 1. De-vein the sugar snap peas.
  2. 2. Toss in sesame oil and salt.
  3. 3. Arrange in a single layer on a baking sheet.
  4. 4. Roast for 14 minutes turning half way.
  5. 5. The peas should be tender and lightly browned.
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Carrot soup

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Carrot soup
Instructions
  1. 1. Roughly chop the carrots.
  2. 2. Heat the oil in a saucepan and sauté the carrots with the onion.
  3. 3. Add the crumbled stock cube and the dried coriander.
  4. 4. Stir well.
  5. 5. Cover with water and cook for 15 min or until the carrots are soft
  6. 6. Blend and serve sprinkled with the chopped parsley
  7. (You can add 1tsp pouring cream if liked)
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Pumpkin Cornbread

Polenta bread

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Pumpkin Cornbread
slightly adapted from a recipe by Belinda Jeffery
Course Bread
Cook Time 25 minutes
Passive Time 10 minutes
Servings
squares
Ingredients
Course Bread
Cook Time 25 minutes
Passive Time 10 minutes
Servings
squares
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Peel the pumpkin and cut into cubes. Steam for 10 min or until soft. Leave to cool, and when cool enough to handle puree the flesh in a blender. You should have about 350g puree (give or take). Set aside.
  2. 2. In a large bowl, mix the polenta, flour. baking powder, salt, baking soda and nutmeg to combine. Set aside.
  3. 3. In a separate bowl, mix the buttermilk, pumpkin puree and egg together. Set aside
  4. 4. Put the butter in a 20cm square cake pan and pop it into the oven to melt. Once melted, swirl the butter around the base and sides of the pan then add tip the excess butter into the buttermilk mixture and whisk it together
  5. 5. Add the pumpkin mixture to the polenta mixture and mix until just combined. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and scatter the pumpkin seeds over the top.
  6. 6. Bake for 25 minutes or until lightly golden and the centre springs back when gently pressed. Leave to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack. Best served warm.
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