Vegetarian Foods Archive

This Beetroot Barley Goats Cheese Salad is an autumnal salad because of the hearty barley and the colours that remind me of the drying leaves on the trees.   Its perfect for taking into lunch as it won't leak liked those tossed in heavy salad dressing The goats cheese is optional, but I think it works as it makes a nice contrast to the earthy beetroot.  Of course you could use a dairy free alternative like Gary which is actually made from coconuts and is very popular in the UK right now.  I have to admit I have not tried Gary yet as every time I go to seek it out it is sold out.  This Beetroot Barley Goats Cheese Salad is not much of a recipe as I eye-balled most of the ingredients: cooked barley, cooked beetroot including its juices, a little balsamic vinegar an extra virgin oil for dressing, salt and pepper and then topped with rocket and goats cheese.  Quite simple really. I am sharing the Autumn Leaves photograph with  Kahakai Kitchen . ...

I had plans to make a Rainbow Carrot Tart with these Rainbow Carrots for evening supper, but that idea was quickly dropped when I realised we had no bread to make sandwiches for lunch and I did not fancy pasta again, so this Barley and Lentil Salad was cobbled together with what other ingredients I had in the kitchen cupboards. I found it to be really, really nice.  There was a comforting chew from the barley, bite from the rainbow carrots that also made me feel rather cheery every time I tucked in to take a spoonful from my lunch box.  The Puy lentils just added that soft salty poppets of flavour and a final flurry of spring onions aka scallions.  I want more salads like this for winter.   Vegan Mof o theme this week is Rainbow Food and the prompt  today is Multicolour Food.   Other Rainbow Coloured Vegan Recipes  Rainbow Chard Bundles Harissa Rainbow Carrots with Maftoul Rainbow Bell Pepper Spaghetti Rainbow Vegetables with Soba Noodles ...

The snow flakes had been drifting past our window on and off yesterday, so it was no surprise to wake up to a blanket of snow outside.  I guess its another day to stay indoors and be lazy, thank goodness for weekends; and even more thankful for having my own shelter to call  'home' and stay warm. Yesterday, I had a proper lazy Saturday.  I mean really lazy, I watched an American film and a  National Geographic documentary called LA9 2 about the  1992 Los Angeles protests and riots .  Today, will probably be the same with some cooking in between and a little ironing in readiness for the coming working week tomorrow. Now onto food.  We finished of eating the last of this  Iranian Pearl Barley Soup known as Ash-e Jo or Ash-e-Jow  .  It looks deceptively plain, but it has so much depth and flavour mostly from the fresh herbs.  As well as barley and chickpeas which are visible, there are lots of greens in it such as spinach, dill a...