Easy vegetarian recipes

Ingredients (Serves 2)♨ 1 onion
♨ 1 clove garlic
♨ 1 courgette
♨ 1 tin tomatos
♨ 1 tin kidney beans drained of juice (feel free to add any other beans instead)
♨ 4 tortilla wraps
♨ Spices(can be a packet mix from tortilla pack) 1 tsp chilli powder, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, 1 tsp paprika.
♨ olive oil
♨ mozzerella
♨ oregano

Method (10 mins prep 25-30 mins cooking time)➀Dice onion
➁Fry 3/4 of onion and garlic in oil until soft.
➂Add spices and stir
➂Add chopped courgette and cook until soft.
➃Add tomatos and beans.
➄Salt and pepper to taste.
➅Simmer and reduce.
➆Fill 4 tortillas with mixture.
➇Place tortillas in a greased oven proof dish.
➈Cover with mozzerella, remaining diced onion and oregano to taste.
➉Bake in oven at around 180 until top is brown and bubbling.
NB. A variation can be to add some vegetable stock to the mixture with the beans for some extra veggie flavour!.

Ingredients (Serves 2)♨ 160g Arborio rice
♨ 2 cloves garlic
♨ 1 chopped onion
♨ healthy pinch oregano
♨ healthy pinch basil
♨ 500ml vegetable stock warm in seperare pan/container
♨ generous splash of white wine
♨ knob of butter
♨ any of the following: frozen peas, tomato, courgette, sweetcorn, pepper
♨ parmesan cheese for grating
♨ salt + pepper to taste

Method (30 minutes)
➀
Melt the butter in a pan and soften onion and garlic. Add herbs and stir.

➁Add rice and coat in butter until slightly transparent. Stir.

➂
Add wine and cook until evaporated or absorbed by rice.Keep stirring.

➃
Add all remaining veg and stir.

➄
Add stock one ladel at a time. Each time stirring until all liquid is absorbed.

➅
When all stock has been used (after about 20 mins) rice should be cooked (if not add more liquid and repeat).

➆
Serve with fresh grated parmesan

Ingredients (Serves 4)♨ 410g Chickpeas
♨ 1 clove garlic (crushed)
♨ 3 tbsp olive oil
♨ 1 tbsp tahini
♨ 85g bag of watercress
♨ Pinch cayenne pepper
♨ Juice of 1 lemon
♨ Salt + pepper

Method (5 minutes)➀Drain chickpeas keeping about 100ml of the liquid.
➁Put 1/2 chickpeas + liquid into a food processor, add everything else except watercress and process until smooth.
➂Add watercress and rest of chickpeas and pulse until still slightly chunky.

Ingredients (Makes 6)
♨ 225g Chickpeas
♨ 1 tsp salt
♨ 1 tsp baking powder
♨ 1 tsp cumin seads
♨ 1 tsp corriander
♨ 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
♨ 2 tblsp oil for shallow frying

Method (5 mins prep 10-15 cooking time)➀Drain chickpeas and mash in a bowl with all indredients.
➁Once ingredients are well mixed divide into about 6 and shape into balls.
➂Place individual falafel into pan with oil and shallow fry until crispy.
➂Serve warm with salad and pitta.