Posts Tagged ‘lentils’

Creamy kale lentils Your new favourite side dish – lentils and kale with a touch of cream and mustard.

Weekly eats – chickpea curry and a healthy chilli My favourite recipes this week, including my quick and easy chickpea curry, Jamie’s delicious chicken tacos and a lovely red lentil soup.

Bulghur and red lentil soup I don’t know about you, but I still really struggle with thinking of something to eat every night that’s not full of bacon and cheese, won’t cost a fortune and I have all the ingredients. The thing is, I work in food, I spend all day looking at recipes, no wonder we’re a ready meal […]

An old favourite This vegetarian shepherd’s pie is hands-down the most popular recipes on the site; several friends have also made it and they always tell me how much they love it.

Spinach, split pea and coriander soup March is a funny one. The warmer weather means that I don’t feel the need for rib-sticking stews and mashed potato quite so heavily, but it’s hardly salad weather either. This is why I decided to make this soup – an late winter/early spring version of this sunny courgette and chickpea soup. Instead of courgette, […]

Brown Rice Salad The base is brown rice, some lentils for texture, plenty of red onion and garlic and toasted seeds for crunch.

Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie I guess you could call this more of a ‘gardeners’ pie’ as naturally there is no lamb in it, either way given this was a random idea thrown together after work, its definitely as rich, filling and hearty as any meaty version and as delicious too. Red lentils braised in red wine and tomatoes, topped […]

Easy Lentil Curry with pilaf This is a really easy, one pot curry, you can make it days in advance and it actually gets better with age.

Split Pea Soup I’m a big fan of pulses. They’re cheap as chips and count as one of your 5-a-day, hurray! Recently, as our unspectacular summer grinds to an end, I’ve been hankering after soup and when I think of soup, split pea soup is one of the first to spring to mind. The only version I’ve ever […]

Mackerel with a Lentil and Yoghurt Salad Lentils dressed with garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, ground corinader and cumin; with lots of red onion. Finished with yoghurt, parsley and pomegranate seeds.