How to Make Healthy Vegetarian Foods Recipes

I made this Sarson Ka Saag, Potato, Paneer and Pea Pie filling during British Pie Week (7th - 13th March 2016)  and then lost Internet connection for five days so could not share the recipe with you then.   I don't want to be pedantic, but many people make a mistake of thinking Spinach is Saag.  It is not and sadly many people of South Asian heritage continue to perpetuate this.  Why I am not sure, perhaps because they don't know their greens!  So let me tell you,  Saag is mustard greens and Palak is Spinach.  See Aloo Saag Pies .  We have similar ingredients, but our approach to making the filling is different.  She uses tamarind.  I don't but if you want you could dollop a tablespoon or two of sweet mango chutney, but its not essential.  I used tinned Sarson Ka Saag.  there is no way I will ever attempt making saag from scratch at home.   THIS blog link if you wish to learn more.  Saag is a dish I used to re...

Its been a long while since I participated in Harvest Monday which is hosted these days by Dave over Our Happy Acres . So here is my very small harvest. A good bunch of Rainbow Chard  and Perpetual Spinach. From A2K blog archives I have    also harvested some white sprouting broccoli that have been simply steamed as an accompaniment for meals. I still have a load in the garden to harvest, but should hurry as many are beginning to flower now.  At the weekend, I managed to get a little work done in the garden.  I weeded the plot that had the stinky sprouts.  But there is so much to do and I am out of sync and so unfit that my body ached the following few days.  I was hoping for extra hands at the weekend to help but sadly they did not materialise.  So the work has been postponed for the coming weekend.  I don't know how many seeds I will sow, but already know that I will be picking up some plants from local garden nurse...

The snow flakes had been drifting past our window on and off yesterday, so it was no surprise to wake up to a blanket of snow outside.  I guess its another day to stay indoors and be lazy, thank goodness for weekends; and even more thankful for having my own shelter to call  'home' and stay warm. Yesterday, I had a proper lazy Saturday.  I mean really lazy, I watched an American film and a  National Geographic documentary called LA9 2 about the  1992 Los Angeles protests and riots .  Today, will probably be the same with some cooking in between and a little ironing in readiness for the coming working week tomorrow. Now onto food.  We finished of eating the last of this  Iranian Pearl Barley Soup known as Ash-e Jo or Ash-e-Jow  .  It looks deceptively plain, but it has so much depth and flavour mostly from the fresh herbs.  As well as barley and chickpeas which are visible, there are lots of greens in it such as spinach, dill a...

I've just come back from one of the most fantastic jam packed holidays in my life; and its not even been a full day back home and and my feeling of elation have been burst with a virtual needle at the blase attitude of some people towards something that matters to me seriously. On another note, I have left my keys at my parents, so I am locked indoors as D is at work. So I have been unable to step outside of the house or into the garden.  The day gets better...not. I share with you a light dish that I made before I went on holiday -  Saffron Spiced Cauliflower.    I had  found some saffron in the kitchen cupboards and that was the reason I decided to make this recipe.   It was perfect for the warm weather we were having, not too heavy. I also chucked in some spinach left over from the Green Pate  and red peppers as without these I thought the dish looked monotone. Serve as part of a summer buffet. Saffron Spiced Cauliflower with Spi...

I've mentioned in previous blog posts, that I tend to make pasta salads for work lunches, but as we had sort of expected to have spaghetti on one of the evenings after work, I decided I had to start using some of the grains in my kitchen jars, namely spelt, barley and buckwheat.  I ended up making this Spelt Beetroot Salad with Spinach and Mushrooms.   One ingredient I often find in my fridge is cooked beetroot.  Not because I like it, its because D likes beetroot.   Halfway through the working week, I stumble across it and ponder what to do with it as its fast reaching its use by date. So its not surprising to find that I have a number of lunches for work made with beetroot. See below my many work lunches that include beetroot.  Balsamic-roasted beetroot with winter greens and Pearl couscous Estonian Beetroot and Potato Salad   Beetroot Cauliflower Salad S imple Roasted Beetroot and Carrot Sal ad  Beetroot Horseradish Pasta Salad...