I’d love to hear how the pear and parsnip worked out too - I have both at the moment and do like to dilute parsnip with something else, apple is also good - P is the ONE veggie I’m not so keen on au naturel tho do eat it…
Also v fond of lentil soups - I made one recently which came from Armenia and also involved … er will have to look up and edit it into here later - please could we have Ezo Gelin recipe? thanks
What are people’s fave cookery books?
GillG, the Bath course sounds fun… I think there are also day courses up in Altrincham nr Manchester with the Veg Soc and also poss in London if any nearer - I did several cookery courses with the Veg Soc 25 years ago (ouch!) and they were fun, I really enjoyed them. That was when Sarah Brown was heading up the team, so I got a course in demonstrating cookery from her, was brill
Hi GrannieScouse, hope you’re ok … could you share granddad’s lentil recipe too?! hugs…
I’m going to do a Gypsy soup tonight (will edit details in later) which involves (from a wonky memory) … tomatoes, chick peas, carrots, sweet potato, onions of course, garlic, various yummy spices…
I’ve also (during that early morning-time of life transforming good ideas) realised that my son has grown 2 " and stayed the same weight so tonight am going to do a Brown Betty with left over barley bread, apples, olive marg, brown sugar and maybe sultanas, nutmeg … in a boy-sized individual dish… will be plundering my wonderful Nat Trust book of Puddings on his behalf… that’s my Resolution for … er … Advent!
I have a new one from Arto der Harotounian who was a wonderfully imaginative cook, with lots of yummy recipes from the middle east (and I have a wonderful Persian cookery book too) - Vegetarian Dishes from the Middle East by Arto Der Haroutunian and have recently indulged in the Good Housekeeping Step by Step Veggie (to do with son)
and one that is a *great* boon to tired-from-treatment-and-the-whole-shebang is Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker: 200 Recipes for Healthy and Hearty One-Pot Meals (That Are Ready When You Are) by Robin Robertson
- I did a really lovely Provencal Vegetable Tian from it recently which involved potatoes, tomatoes, provencal herbs, I love slinging stuff into the slow cooker at beginning of day when have some energy and the great smells in the house, then having it all ready to eat when I’m completely shattered at the end of the day! and it’s really good with pulses or porridge overnight…
Caro