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Thai Style Noodles
Another recipe courtesy of Laura. No pics this time.
“Another recipe I made up, guessed proportions as I make it up as I go along.
Serves 2
For sauce:
- Half cup peanut natural butter (or half cup cashews soaked in water for 1-2 hours)
- 1 green finger chilli or birds eye chilli
- 1 fat clove garlic
- 1/2 inch chunk fresh ginger
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 tbsp soya sauce
- 4 tbsp water
- Coriander leaves
Also:
Stir fry veggies of choice eg julienne carrots, sliced water chestnuts, beansprouts, sliced onions, chopped Pak choi etc – frozen mixed stir fry packs work well. Use as much as you want, try a couple of cups.
2 portions Udon noodles or 2 spiralized courgettes
1-2tbsp Peanuts or cashews
Heat oil, Stir fry veggies of choice until just tender but still crunchy (no need for oil if using frozen)
Meanwhile cook noodles according to pack – usually add to boiling water for 5 mins, drain and rinse in cold water. Then add to veggies.
If using spiralized courgettes, add to stir fry veggies and cook briefly.
Whizz sauce ingredients in a high speed blender until smooth. Add coriander leaves and blitz momentarily to chop.
Add to veggies and noodles, stir well and heat through until thickened and piping hot.
Spoon into 2 bowls, sprinkle over chopped nuts and some fresh coriander leaves to serve.
If you don’t like peanuts, soak about half a cup of cashews for a couple of hours in cold water. Drain and rinse, add to sauce ingredients and whizz til smooth before adding coriander as before.
You can add firm tofu, plain or fried, if you want something more substantial but there’s plenty of protein in the sauce already.
You could add freshly squeezed juice of a small orange (about 2-3tbsp) if you like a bit more sweetness but I would leave that out until you’ve tried the sauce without it.”
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Roasted Vegetable Sourdough Pizza
Roasted Vegetable Sourdough Pizza
Another great recipe from Rhian
Sourdough pizza base.
As I make my own sourdough bread I have a sourdough starter on the go in the fridge. You can of course make a pizza base of your own, or buy a ready made base.
- I used 60g of wheat sourdough starter
- 140g white wheat flour
- 1tbsp of fine semolina.
- 90g water
- 5g salt
- Olive oil
Mix the ingredients together to form dough but do not knead, coat with olive oil, turn and coat the other side. Cover the bowl with a shower cap and leave for 12-24 hours. I left mine for 24 hours.
Preheat the oven to 250 C, Gas mark 9.
Oil a baking tray, place the dough on the baking tray and spread it out evenly, leave to sit for 30 minutes.
For the topping I roasted a variety of organic vegetables: approximately two carrots, half a small pumpkin, quarter butternut squash, two small parsnips, two small red onions, four shallots, and one small cauliflower head, small celeriac, one mushroom found in the fridge. LOTS of garlic cloves.
You can use whatever vegetables you have at hand, I like using lots of chestnut mushrooms but I only had one this time.
Roast the vegetables in an oiled baking sheet on a high heat, turn occasionally until soft. Meanwhile open a tin of chopped tomatoes and heat, add the chopped coriander and seasoning, add the soft roasted vegetables to the tomatoes and mix in. Spread the mixture over the pizza base and cover with a vegan cheese of your choice, I used Epic mature Violife.
Bake for 25 minutes in the hot oven, 250 C Gas mark 9 until the edge of the pizza base is crisp.
Serve with a green salad , or on its own, or with CHIPS.
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Breakfast
Courtesy of Laura
Easy too:
For 1 serving
Half block firm tofu thinly sliced and roughly chopped
3 spring onions sliced
3 or 4 cherry tomatoes, thickly sliced
Handful spinach
1/4 TSP turmeric
1/4 TSP smoked paprika
Pinch ground black pepper
Dash soya sauce
Splash of oil
Fry spring onions in heated oil until just beginning to brown.
Add tofu slices, turn over until they start to brown.
Add cherry tomatoes, stir fry for a couple of minutes so they soften.
Add spices including pepper and stir in thoroughly.
Add soya sauce and stir in.
Add spinach and stir until wilted.
Serve with avocado slices and/or wholemeal toast for a more substantial meal.
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Roast Veg and Tempeh with Greens
What to do when you have a lot of veg that is still fresh but needs to be used within the next few days. (You can make soup as well, but that’s for another day).
Includes organic celeriac, pumpkin, swede, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, pink fir apple potatoes, aubergine, courgette, carrots, fennel, onions, turmeric, garlic, ginger, chilli, green peppers, and shallots, roasted in organic sesame oil, seasoned with organic tamari, seasalt, ground black pepper and fresh coriander leaves (or parsley).
Preheat oven to gas mark 8. Prepare vegetables into chunks or slices depending on your mood and what veg you have. Cut the tempeh into cubes or rectangles. Mix everything in a deep oven tray with a good few splashes of sesame oil. Hold the tamari and the coriander leaves. Add the rest of the spices as you mix.
Cook for 25 minutes, then remove and stir so that everything is mixed in. Put back in the oven to cook for another 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven, add the tamari and coriander (or parsley) leaves, mix again and cook for yet another 25 minutes with some kind of lid on like another oven tray or some aluminium foil.
Remove the lid or the foil and return to the oven, and cook uncovered for 15 minutes.
Serve with steamed kale and savoy cabbage or other green cabbage type veg.
For even more flavour, sprinkle the veg with tamari and the greens with raw cider vinegar.
You can, of course use whatever vegetables you have handy in whatever proportions you fancy, and you can use marinated or plain tofu instead of tempeh.
Cooking times are guides and depend on your set up. It’s best to keep an eye on the veg as they cook to make sure they don’t get burned or undercooked. Make adjustments to cooking temperatures and times as appropriate.
Mwynhau / Enjoy
Recipe and pictures by Rhian Cymraes, chopping by Derec.
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Roasted Cauliflower Steaks
I used Organic Purple Graffiti Cauliflower but you can use whatever variety you have to hand.
This dish is simple to make.
Wash, pat dry, and slice your cauliflower, about 2cm / 3/4 inch thick. I was left with two steaks and lots of bits.
Coat a baking sheet with a little oil. I used Extra Virgin Greek olive oil.
In a small bowl put a glug of the oil, enough to cover both sides of the steaks.
Add seasoning of your choice to the bowl. I used crushed garlic, fresh chilli, some smoked paprika, sea salt and black pepper.
Arrange the steaks and the bits of cauliflower on the baking sheet and coat them with the oil and seasoning mixture. If you’re a fan of garlic add a few unpeeled whole cloves.
Place in a preheated oven Gas mark 6 / 400°F / 200°C
Cook for 15 to 20 minutes, carefully flip the steaks, coat the other side and place back in the oven for another 15 to 20 minutes until soft inside and crispy outside.
For an extra kick squeeze the cooked garlic cloves onto the steaks and drizzle lemon juice and/or tamari over them before serving.
I served this with a leftover baked potato, salad, cooked organic beetroot and organic lettuce. You can make a sauce to go with this, but today I just wanted an easy tasty lunch.
Recipe and photos by Rhian Cymraes
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Watercress Soup
A great tasty recipe that is easy and quick to make.
You’ll need a kitchen knife, a saucepan, a stirrer and an electric hand blender.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 kg potatoes, washed and cubed
- 1 pack of watercress, rinsed and trimmed if needed
- salt and ground black pepper
Preparation
- Peel, chop and lightly sauté the onion until translucent.
- Add the potatoes and Sauté for 5 minutes.
- Add water to an inch above the potatoes and bring to the boil.
- Add salt and simmer until potatoes are soft.
- Remove from the heat.
- Add the watercress and mix everything thoroughly with a hand. blender to form a thick creamy soup.
- Put back on a low heat and add more salt and pepper to taste.
- Add some more water if the soup is too thick.
Options
Serve with a dash of tamari and your choice of bread spread with hummus.
For a classy flourish add a dollop of vegan mayonnaise to the bowl before serving and stir gently into a swirl
Recipe and photos by Rhian Cymraes
Painted by Derec Jones between April and June 2020 during the Covid lockdown. On display in the shop from August 18th 2020 and for sale at the right price.
The artist says:
“The painting was started as a pure abstract, in the sense that there was a blank canvas, a random selection of oil paints, brushes and spatulas and no definable objective in mind other than the need to spread some colour and create an image.
What emerged is a representation of what it felt like during lockdown and when the first signs of its easing began.
The colours are fiery, representing the fever of coronavirus. The composition is of two individuals facing away from each other as if to maintain social distancing. The shape in the middle is undefined but may be thought of as an unknowable and unspeakable thing, an awareness of the hugeness and awfulness of the virus on the psyche of those who happen to be alive during the pandemic.
Yet, at its core it is a joyous and hopeful image, with a bright and powerful energy that comes from the very heart of the universe, from the source of life and love itself. “