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Recipes and meal ideas

To get you started, we’ve included a few ideas for delicious lunches on the go and an easy teatime dish for the whole family to enjoy (whether they’re going veggie too, or not). Hundreds more recipes can be found at www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert/recipes or in our quarterly members’ magazine The Vegetarian. You can also call The Vegetarian Society on 0161 925 2000 for copies of a variety of recipe booklets.

Roast Mushroom & Aubergine Wrap
Place mushrooms, pieces of aubergine, courgette and tomato in a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil. Bake until tender, at 200 C/400 F/Gas Mark 6. Once cooked, leave to cool, add a few pitted olives and wrap with a flour tortilla or use to fill a pitta.

The Hallelujah Baguette!
Fry a few slices of halloumi on a high heat until golden brown. Pop into a baguette, along with some chopped sun-dried tomatoes, fresh salad leaves and a few springs of fresh mint.

Mushroom Coronation Ciabatta
Gently fry a punnet of oyster mushrooms in olive oil with 4 or 5 spring onions (sliced) and 1tbsp of curry powder. Stir in1 tsp of sweet chutney or apricot jam, cool then add 2 tbsp of mayonnaise. Chill the mixture and use to fill a ciabatta or soft white rolls.

The RLT
Veggies don’t have to miss out on old favourites – grill or fry some vegetarian rashers (or make your own by frying thinly sliced tempeh with soy sauce), sandwich between sliced bread on a bed of crisp lettuce and sliced tomato, add veggie mayo or relish to taste.
Grated Carrot and Sultana Sandwich with Peanut Butter
Lightly toast 2 slices of granary bread and allow to cool. Spread one slice with margarine and one with peanut butter. Grate a carrot, mix with a handful of sultanas and pile onto the peanut butter. Add some shredded iceberg lettuce and finely sliced onion if you wish. Sandwich and scoff!
Avocado and Houmous Bagel
Fill your bagel with lashings of houmous and a layer of mashed or sliced avocado. Top with slices of tomato and cucumber and a good dose of coarse ground black pepper.

 

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You might also like to try our Easy Tortilla Beany Bake

If you’d like some professional culinary help, The Vegetarian Society’s Cordon Vert School offers courses that will get novice vegetarians off to a tasty and satisfying start. For details contact the Cordon Vert on 0161 925 2014, or visit www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert


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