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Potato & Watercress Soup

Another quick, cheap and easy recipe for a nice lunch or as part of a hearty winter banquet.

Serves one as a lunch (well, it does if you're like me and can happily devour a pint of soup) or two as a starter.

Knob of marg / 1-2 tsp oil
1/4 large onion, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, finely [...]

Pasta With Walnuts And Mushrooms

This one's dead simple, dead quick and dead-free.

Recipe for 1 hearty appetite, scale down / up as needed.

100g pasta of your choice (I like conchiglie)
Knob of margarine or 1/2 - 1 tbs veg oil
1/4 large onion, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
125g mushrooms, sliced (use chestnut mushies if possible)
60g shelled walnuts (pieces are fine)
2 tsp lemon [...]

Falafel

Falafels have kept me alive and healthy when I've been visiting places where veganism is an almost unknown quantity. They've maintained me in a similar state even where veganism is well understood as they're one of the cheapest ultra-healthy foodstuffs you can buy. A pitta stuffed with falafel and salad is pretty much everything you [...]

No-Fail Nut Roast

I've been using this recipe, with various twists, for more than twenty years, and it's never let me down. I don't claim any credit for its creation. That goes to Amanda Sweet, author of the long-out-of-print Vegan Health Plan. If you can find this book second-hand, grab it. I'd rate it as one of the [...]

Red Lentil, Coconut & Lime Dhal

This is my own adaptation of one of my favourite comfort foods, the humble lentil dhal, made more sexy and substantial with the addition of a load of lovely veg. It goes great with plain basmati rice, a good leafy salad and maybe a chapati too. Don't be put off by the long list of [...]

Mushroom & Lentil Crumble

Now's the time of year to start thinking about heartier foods, the kind of solid scran you need to get you through the long cold nights and grey days. Crumbles are ideal, and not just the sweet ones that you can pack with seasonal fruits (blackberries in particular are superb right now). This recipe provides [...]

Cauliflower With Mustard Sauce

This is another contribution from landysrock (cheers). Unfortunately, I don't like overly mustard-flavoured things (a teaspoon or so in a curry or stew is my limit) but, for those who do, it probably doesn't get much simpler than this unless you're squeezing some on a veggiedog.

Goes with anything! Serves 4-6.

600ml unsweetened soya milk
A good size [...]

Jamaican Fritters

If you've got the munchies and want a fairly quick and filling snack, these should fit the bill. They're a variation on the Indian pakora, but the addition of the buckwheat flour seems to make them both lighter and more substantial. If you don't have buckwheat flour, just replace it with extra chickpea flour. They're [...]

Tomato & Red Onion Salad With A Punchy Dressing

Simple things can often give the greatest pleasure, much like your humble author. This salad and dressing is one of them.

Makes however much you want (salad) and loads (dressing).

For the salad:

As many tomatoes as you need for the number of people eating it - cherry tomatoes are best and should be halved, larger tomatoes should [...]

Thick Onion Soup

A big thanks to landysrock, one of our readers, for this contribution. It sounds perfect for a chilly autumnal eve or a typical British summer's day.

Got more onions than you can juggle with? Thick onion soup!

75g soya marge
500g onions(finely chopped)
1 garlic clove
40g plain flour
600ml veg stock
600ml soya milk
2-3tsp lemon/lime juice
Good pinch of allspice
1 bay leaf
1 [...]