Mushroom and cashew nut stir fry

 

It might look like a long list of ingredients - but it's incredibly quick, easy and tasty as soon as you have got yourself organised.

Chop all veg in advance, heat the oil to hot and off you go.

Peanut (or other veg) oil

Spring onion

Crushed garlic

grated ginger

Sweet chili sauce

Courgette

Broccoli

Mushroom

Pak choi

Tomato ketchup

Soy sauce

Cornflour, slaked in water

Wok noodles

Cashew nuts

Beansprouts

1.  Heat peanut oil in a wok, add chopped spring onion and stir fry quickly.

2.  Add other chopped veg, ginger, and garlic - stir fry a little longer - add a dash of water to steam fry until veg are less raw.

3.  Stir in sweet chili sauce and a splodge of tomato ketchup.

4.  Stir fry a bit longer, then add soy sauce, a little more water and cornflour to start the sauce.

5.  Add cooked noodles, cashew nuts and the pak choi leaves, stir fry again add beansprouts.

6.  When everything is heated through you are ready.

7.  Serve, scoff, seconds

Curry - vegan - cauliflower, chickpea, potato and mushrooms etc

 

Plant based and very tasty.  Generally planet friendly as the veg are in season - the rice and chickpeas were imported.  Also, I used curry paste from the cupboard, because it was there, but you could make your own or use a curry powder you have hanging around!

Sunflower oil

Leek

Crushed garlic

Curry paste (korma)

Cauliflower

Potato

Mushrooms

Water

Tinned chopped tomatoes

Basmati rice

Chick peas

1.  Sweat chopped leeks in oil, add crushed garlic and a couple of tbsp of curry paste.

2.  When the leek is a bit soft add cauliflower florets, chopped potato and mushrooms, turn in the spice mixture.

3.  Add water to the veg and simmer gently.  After 5 minutes add a tin of chopped tomatoes.

4.  After about 20 minutes add drained rinsed chickpeas - don't add too soon as the skins will toughen up.

5.  Put the rice on - I use the adsorption method - 1 part rice, 2 parts water, salt ... bring to simmer, slam on lid and turn down the heat to minimum - should be ready in about 12 minutes.  Turn off heat after about 10 and it can just sit there for a while.

6.  Cook until veg is soft.

7.  Serve, scoff ... smug

Mushroom "roast" dinner

 

This was massively more delicious than it looks!

A gorgeous field mushroom, fried in olive oil, mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables , with onion gravy.

Do not knock it until you have tried it!

Field mushroom

Olive oil

Potatoes

Onions

Green beans

broccoli

Cabbage

Gravy granules

White wine

1.  Peel potatoes and put on to boil.

2.  Prep veg for steaming.

3.  Chop onions and sweat down gently in olive oil.

4.  After about 5 minutes add mushroom to pan with onions, and fry - for about 5 minutes - stir the onions every now and again.

5.  Put the veg on to steam.

6.  When the mushroom is cooked put it to one side.

7.  Make gravy with the onions and gravy granules and an optional splash of white wine and drop of hendersons relish (I know, I know, give me a break, I could have used cornflour and veg stock etc etc ... but gravy granules are handy)

8.  Mash the potatoes with vegetable based spread (vitalite today). 

9. Put the mushroom back into the gravy to warm back through.

10.  Serve, scoff, smirk