I am delighted to be giving a cookery demonstration this year at Brighton Veg Fest.
This is in partnership with Animal Aid who are guests of honour. I train school speakers on behalf of Animal Aid to give cookery demonstrations to in food technology lessons. I will be sharing some of these recipes in my cookery demonstration on Saturday 28 March at 3pm.
The recipes are all healthy, low cost and really quick to make.
Vegetable Chilli
Serves 4
Ready in 15 minutes
2 tbsp olive oil
1 chopped onion
1 or 2 cloves of garlic crushed
1 pepper, chopped
1 tin of chopped tomatoes or a carton of passata
1 tin of kidney beans
Approx 100g meat free mince – Linda McCartney, or any supermarket own brand.
½ to 1 tsp crushed dried chillies to taste
100ml water
1. Heat oil in a pan, sauté the onion and peppers until soft.
2. Add the garlic and cook for two minutes more.
3. Add the remaining ingredients, along with the dried chillies. Bring to the boil and stir well.
4. Reduce the heat and simmer for at least 10 minutes; add more water if needed.
5. Taste; add more dried chillies if required.
Serve with rice or soft tortillas and salad. Leftover chilli is great for filling a jacket potato. Try adding some grated carrot or some mushrooms along with the peppers. Or replace the mince with different beans to make a mixed bean chilli.
Sausage and Bean Casserole
Serves 4
Ready in 15 minutes
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, sliced
1 courgette/carrot sliced
1 tin white beans e.g. butter, cannellini, rinsed and drained
4 ready cooked veggie sausages e.g. Redwoods/Fry’s Polony, sliced
1 tin chopped tomatoes or a carton of passata
½ tsp paprika or smoked paprika
chopped parsley to taste
black pepper to taste
1. Heat oil in a pan, sauté onion and courgette add paprika and stir briefly.
2. Add the tomatoes/passata, beans and sausages.
3. Stir well, add water if needed.
4. Cook for 10 minutes until the liquid is reduced.
5. Add fresh parsley and black pepper as required.
Good served with jacket potato or rice. Try it with baked sweet potato. Other vegetables could be used, for example peppers and mushrooms. Butternut squash works well. A red onion could be used – this gives a sweeter flavour. Experiment with gently frying the slices of sausage first before adding to the dish.
Cooks tip: Passata works well. If you are using tinned tomatoes you may need 1tbsp tomato puree to help thicken the sauce.
Spicy Chick Pea
One of my all time favourite recipes, see my website for instructions on how to make it.
