Vegetarian Foods Archive

This  Big bowl of green pasta was very nice.  The hazelnut and kale pesto clung onto the pasta like a bean pod protecting and clinging onto the peas and beans inside.   We had a big bowl of this  Kale and Hazelnut Pesto  Pasta twice, once in the evening and second - the following day for lunch.    For those of you who are unfamiliar with Purple Flower Sprouts as I was a couple of weeks back , they are a hybrid of Brussels Sprouts and Kale.     Forgive me for a short post, but I feel a little sniffly today, so I am signing off a little early so I can get an early night - I didn't sleep so well last night.  Again hardly a recipe, but here goes. Green Bowl of Pasta Serves 2 Ingredients and Method Cook enough pasta for 2 people.   Heat 2 - 3 tablespoons olive oil, add 2 cloves of garlic crushed and saute until soft and infused the oil. stir 100grams purple flower sprouts or Brussels sprout, halved.  cook for few...

D keeps asking me 'Are there any cookbooks you want?'   He knows, its a silly question as I will always say Yes .  But recently I haven't been saying 'yes' as I have to be realistic.  Will I ever cook from all these cookbooks?  I am trying, honestly.  I won't tell you how many cookbooks I have, but my bookshelf is burgeoning , that it  just looks a mess.  So, I have been having a slow sneaky clear out of cookbooks that I know that I will not really use, starting with celebrity chefs: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as it happens (and his new River Cottage merchandise will only come into my home now via the  library  which I have been frequently a lot in recent years.  Don't be upset with me Hugh I still have a signed copy of you DVD and your Veg Every Day).  D does not know that I am doing this (yet) and I don't really want him to notice it yet as he thinks we have space in our home right now.  Part of me agrees and part of ...