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Summary: You could make this in 5 minutes, by using canned lentils, jarred artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes.
Or you could go homemade and cook the lentils (it only takes about 15 minutes, especially if you add in a little kombu seaweed, which speeds up cooking for beans, peas and lentils), boil fresh spring artichokes in salty water before slicing them, and roasting your tomatoes in the oven. And these can be done in parallel.
Why not try the 5 minute version for a quick lunch or packed lunch, especially if you make your lunch for the day in the morning before leaving for work, like many of us do. And try the all homemade version when you have more time on your hands.
Either way, this is absolutely delicious, warm or cold.
Serves 2 as a main or 4 as a starter.
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Summary: Celebrate longer and sunnier days with this risotto. Feel free to include any spring vegetables and herbs locally available to you.
The secret technique here is not to boil, overcook or even steam the vegetables, but simply braise them. This way, you retain the vibrant colour, crunchiness and all the fresh tastes so characteristic of spring vegetables. That's what makes this spring vegetable risotto utterly delicious and so special !
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Summary: Traditional Pesto calls for generous quantities of basil, but wild garlic and other herbs, greens and edible weeds also make for equally tasty pestos. This Raw Vegan Wild Spring Greens Pesto uses wild garlic, plentiful in Spring, various foraged edible wild greens : chickweed, dandelion, lamb's quarters, ... and spring baby spinach.
Cashews and flaked almonds bring crunch, while nutritional yeast replaces the traditional hard cheese flavour, and this version leaves the garlic out, due to the heavy presence of wild garlic.
Absolutely delicious on toast, pasta, eggs, in sandwiches, to make a pesto risotto or even as a dip for raw vegetable sticks.
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