Vegan Recipe ideas

Veg pasta bake

You can really use whatever veg you want for this, which is fab when you have lots of vegetables to use up!

Ingredients

• Pasta
• 2 peppers
• 1 courgette
•  Mushrooms
• 1 Tin of sweetcorn
• 1 Tomatoes
• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes/passata
• Olive oil
• Vegan grated cheese
• Salt, Pepper, Mixed herbs

Method

1. Chop up all the veg (not the sweetcorn obvs)
2. Throw it all in a big dish, drizzle with olive oil, season with salt, pepper & mixed herbs, cook for 10 mins at 200°C (180°C fan oven)
3. Boil pasta & drain when cooked
4. remove veg from the oven and add in the sweetcorn, passata/tinned tomatoes and mix well
5. Season again with salt, pepper and mixed herbs
6. if you want; top with grated (vegan) cheese and/or breadcrumbs
7. Bake for 15 mins

Sweet potato curry with spinach and chickpeas

Ingredients

• 1 large onion
• 2 tbsp curry powder
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• fresh spinach (wash, stemmed and chopped)
• 2 large sweet potatoes (peeled and diced)
• 1 can of chickpeas (rinsed and drained)
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• basmati/brown rice for serving

Method

1. Boil the diced sweet potatoes in water until soft
2. While sweet potatoes cook, heat 1-2 tsp of canola or vegetable oil over medium heat.
3. Add the onion and cook until they begin to soften
4. Add the curry powder, cumin, and cinnamon, and stir to coat the onions evenly with spices.
5. Add tomatoes with their juices, and the chickpeas, stir to combine
6. Add ½ cup water and raise heat up to a strong simmer for about a minute or two.
7. Add the spinach, stirring to coat with cooking liquid.
8. Cover and simmer for about 3 minutes.
9. Add the cooked sweet potatoes to the liquid, and stir to coat.
10. Simmer for another 3-5 minutes, or until flavors are well combined.
11. Serve over basmati or brown rice.

Full English fry up 

Ingredients

• 2 slices of bread
• 1 big tomato (chopped in half)
• mushroom (chopped)
• 2 tsps olive oil/water
• 1/2 tin Baked Beans
• 3 veggie sausages
• 2 hash browns
• Preheat the oven to whatever the hash brown packaging suggests

Method

1. Grill your sausages on medium heat, according to the instructions
2. Place your hash browns on a baking tray and put into the oven
3. Heat your oil or water in a frying pan over a medium heat
4. Add your mushrooms and stir slightly for 5 minutes or until golden brown
5. Heat the beans for around 3 minutes in a pan
6. Place tomato cut-side down in the pan and cook without moving for 2 minutes. Gently turn over and cook for a further 2-3 minutes until tender but still holding its shape.
7. Add bread to the toaster
8. Once all the ingredients are cooked, serve and enjoy