Egg rougaille

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Egg rougaille

Serves 3
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2.5cm piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated
2 cloves garlic, grated
1 red bird’s eye chilli, finely chopped
4 sprigs of thyme
400g tin peeled plum tomatoes
2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander
3 large free-range eggs
freshly chopped flat-leaf parsley, to garnish
salt

Wild, red and brown rice salad with roasted pumpkin

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Wild, red and brown rice salad with roasted pumpkin

Serves 8
For the dressing:
3 tbsp cider vinegar
½ tsp Dijon mustard
2 cloves garlic, crushed
½ tsp soft light brown sugar
180ml extra-virgin olive oil

For the rice:
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, peeled and fi nely chopped
1 cinnamon stick, halved
5 allspice berries, crushed
½ tsp ground ginger
¼ tsp chilli fl akes
500g mixed brown basmati, red and wild rice
1 litre vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
2 tbsp chopped fl at-leaf parsley
50g pistachios, chopped

For the pumpkin:
750g sweet pumpkin or squash, peeled, seeded and cut into wedges or chunks
75ml olive oil
2 tbsp clear honey
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar

Lemon limoncello freeze

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Lemon limoncello freeze

Serves 4
600–650ml good quality vanilla ice cream
4 tbsp limoncello
150g ready-made lemon curd
12 sponge fingers
raspberries, to decorate

Cannellini bean, mozzarella and cherry tomato salad

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Cannellini bean, mozzarella and cherry tomato salad

Serves 4
6 tbsp olive oil
1 red chilli, fi nely chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
100g pine nuts
400g can cannellini beans, drained
300g multicoloured cherry tomatoes, halved
4 spring onions, shredded
150g herby pitted black olives
handful of flat-leaf parsley leaves
juice of 1 lemon
2 vegetarian mozzarella, drained and torn

Char-grilled Mediterranean kebabs

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Char-grilled Mediterranean kebabs

Serves 4
250g vegetarian halloumi cheese, cut into 2cm cubes
1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into 16 pieces
1 orange pepper, deseeded and cut into 16 pieces
1 courgette, sliced thickly into 16 pieces
16 asparagus tips
4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
wild rocket leaves, to serve

Indian-style skewers with red onion salsa

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Indian-style skewers with red onion salsa

Serves 4
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 clove garlic, chopped
1cm piece of fresh root ginger, grated
2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander
2 tbsp tikka curry paste
150ml Greek-style yogurt
8 chicken-style meat-free fi llets, each cut into 4–6 chunks

For the salsa:
1 red onion, thinly sliced
3 tbsp cider vinegar
1 tbsp sumac
1 tsp olive oil
4 pitta breads
100g mixed salad leaves
2 tomatoes, chopped
¹⁄8 cucumber, thinly sliced

Creamy horseradish coleslaw

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Creamy horseradish coleslaw

Serves 4
125g red cabbage, shredded
200g white cabbage, shredded
1 small red onion, shredded
1 carrot, shredded
75g mangetout, shredded
75ml natural yogurt
200ml mayonnaise
3 tbsp creamed horseradish
1 tbsp poppy seeds
punnet of mustard and cress

Chickpea, courgette and feta burgers

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Chickpea, courgette and feta burgers

Serves 4
1½ x 420g cans chickpeas, drained
1 small carrot, shredded
1 courgette, shredded
1 bunch of basil, coarsely chopped
150g vegetarian feta cheese, finely crumbled

For the raita:
150ml Greek-style yogurt
2 tbsp mango chutney
¼ cucumber, deseeded and finely chopped
1 bunch of mint, torn
4 tortilla wraps
1 red onion, shredded

Bill Granger’s potato, courgette and mozzarella fritters

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Bill Granger’s potato, courgette and mozzarella fritters

Makes 12
300g potatoes, coarsely grated
300g courgettes, coarsely grated
4 spring onions, chopped
125g grated vegetarian mozzarella cheese
4 tbsp roughly chopped fl at-leaf parsley
2 free-range eggs, lightly beaten
3 tbsp plain fl our
4 tbsp light-fl avoured oil
thick Greek yogurt sprinkled with paprika
lemon wedges

Plum and walnut torte

Easy Food Recipes and Cooking - Plum and walnut torte

Serves 4
115g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
680g red plums, halved, pitted and each half halved again
200g plus 2 tbsp caster sugar
55g chopped walnuts
2 free-range eggs
½ tsp vanilla extract
115g plus 2 tbsp self-raising fl our icing sugar, to decorate