• Beetroot hummus

    Published On: January 20, 2026Categories: Recipes, Snacks, Vegetarian

    I am trying to eat more beetroot. I know it is good for me, especially  to lower blood pressure. However, I hate beetroot. It tastes like mud to me!  Usually I make a beetroot chocolate [...]

  • Easy courgette fritters.

    Published On: July 23, 2025Categories: Healthy food, Light Meals, Vegetarian

    These courgette fritters are very similar to the courgette waffles, but cheaper as no egg is needed. I make these a couple of times a week now that courgettes are in season. They are great [...]

  • Air fried Pak Choi

    Published On: May 24, 2025Categories: Recipes, Vegetarian

    On thing that I started growing about 5 years ago is Pak Choi. It has a lovely mild flavour, is easy to grow.  Pak choi is usually one of the first annuals that I harvest [...]

  • Mix and match vegetarian soups

    Published On: October 27, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Recipes, Vegetarian

    Some one asked me how to make a soup.  Every soup I make is different as I mix and match ingredients to make my soup, depending what needs using up in the fridge and what [...]

  • Cheese, potato and onion pie

    Published On: September 25, 2023Categories: Mains, Recipes, Vegetarian

    Cheese, potato and onion pie brings back memories of my gran.  She was making this simple recipe well over 60 years ago.  We would have this served with vegetables (usually green beans that she grew [...]

  • Sweet potato, lentil curry

    Published On: March 20, 2023Categories: Mains, Recipes, Vegetarian

    To reduce cost and to keep within our food budget we are eating a lot more food without meat.  I have always made vegetarian curry using chickpeas but was short of them the other week [...]

  • Beetroot Burgers

    Published On: March 5, 2023Categories: Mains, Recipes, Vegetarian

    I made some beetroot burgers the other day. We are eating more vegan and vegetarian food to save money and hopefully to be more healthy.  I don't like the taste of beetroot but Mr S [...]

  • Veggie Bhaji Burgers

    Published On: January 22, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Mains, Recipes, Vegetarian

    These burgers that Mr S made were really tasty and we will definitely make them again. He used Jamie Oliver's recipe but we added some more flour as they would have been very sloppy, and [...]