Recipes

Chunky veggie soup

(4-5 portions)

Ingredients:

1 onion (cube before use)

1 bag of your choice of frozen veggies

1 cup red split lentils (rinse before use)

4 vegetable stock cubes

3 pints boiling water

Treat yourself to a lovely soup or a delicious and hot chocolate drink!

Method: ntil soup

Add all the ingredients in a pot with the hot water and let simmer for 40-45 minutes (stir so it doesn’t stick to the bottom of pan). Season with salt and pepper to preference.

Serve by itself or with some bread/croutons/garlic bread.

5 portions) ngredients:

2 cups red split lentils (rinse before use)

1 onion

2-3 carrots

1 can full-fat coconut milk

Any spice you like (curry powder/turmeric powder/paprika/bay leaves)- season to preference.

2tbsp cooking oil

3 pints boiling water

Method:

Chop or grate your carrots and onion to add the spices to a pot with the hot oil. Stir fry for 5 minutes and then add your lentils and boiling water. Add salt and pepper to your preference and add a can of coconut milk. When the water starts boiling, reduce the heat to let the soup simmer for 3040 minutes or until it reaches the consistency you like.

Couscous winter salad

(4-5 portions)

Ingredients:

2 cups couscous

2 cups boiling water

1 tin chickpeas (drain before use)

1 pack halloumi (chop before use)- can be not used if you don’t like it

2 cups frozen peas

1tbsp spice of your choice (curry powder/garlic powder or puree/ turmeric powder)

Method:

In a cup, pour the hot water over the couscous and cover for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a pan, heat oil and when hot, reduce the heat to medium and add the halloumi. cook the halloumi until it gets a nice, toasted colour (5-10 minutes). Add in the rest of the ingredients. Season with salt and pepper to preference. Cook for another 10-15 minutes or until the vegetable are soft.

Turn off the heat under the pan. Uncover the couscous and fluff it up with a fork before mixing it in the pan with the vegetables and halloumi. Serve alone or with any side sauce of your choice (natural yogurt, hummus, tzatziki etc).

2 tbsp Vegetarian chili (4-5 portions)

Ingredients:

1 tin kidney beans (drain before use)

1 tin black beans (drain before use)

1 cup red split lentils (rinse before use)

2-3 carrots

1 onion

2 tins chopped tomatoes

Method:

Chop or grate your carrots and onion to add with the spices to a pot with the hot oil. Stir fry for 5 minutes and then add the rest of the ingredients. If the chilli looks too thick, add water as needed. Let it simmer for 30 minutes and stir frequently.

Serve with rice/potatoes/couscous/pasta

2tbsp tomato puree or 250ml passata

3tbsp cooking oil

Any spice you like (curry powder/chilli powder/turmeric powder/paprika/bay leaves/garlic powder or puree or fresh)season to preference.

Hot thick chocolate

(3-4 servings)

Ingredients

3tbsp. cocoa powder

4tbsp. sugar

2tbsp. flour or corn flour

1tsp of the spice of your choice, if wanted (chilli/ginger/cinnamon/nutmeg)

400ml or 500ml milk of your choice

(depending on how dense you want your hot drink to be)

Chocolate pastry

(3-4 servings)

Ingredients:

1 roll of puff pastry (take out of the fridge 10 minutes before starting the recipe)

1 bar or 250g of chocolate of your choice

2 tbsp milk of your choice

Method

Method:

In a pot mix cocoa powder and flour, then slowly add to them the milk whilst whisking to avoid forming any lumps. Once all the powder mix has been whisked into the milk, add the sugar (and spice if wanted) and turn on the heat to medium-low.

Keep on stirring to avoid the bottom of the mixture getting burned. Simmer until it gets to your preferred consistency and then serve in a cup.

Preheat the oven (180 degrees). Meanwhile, unwrap and open your puff pastry on a baking tray (if the puff pastry doesn’t come with a paper sheet to bake on it, place some baking paper between the tray and the pastry).

Place in the middle of the pastry your chocolate bars. Close the pastry, folding its sides on the chocolate (like it was a blanket) and seal the edges.

Before putting your pastry in the oven, brush the milk on top of it to prevent it from burning during the bake.

Bake for 10 minutes or until pastry looks golden and flaky.