Summary: Perfect breakfast or brunch food, frittatas are the Italian cousins of Spanish Tortillas. Basically an omelette filled with various ingredients, barely cooked on the hob, then put in the oven to set through. Frittatas are great hot or cold, for breakfast, brunch, lunch, snack or dinner, served with a fresh salad and a slice of sourdough bread.
As a general guideline, stir fry some onions, add chopped vegetables, herbs, cheese. Add beaten eggs. Transfer to the oven to finish cooking.
Variations are endless. This one combines red onion, chopped red chilli, cherry tomatoes, spinach and feta cheese.
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Summary: Freekeh is made by roasting or smoking whole green or young durum wheat grain, then polishing it to remove the outer shell. It can then be left whole or cracked to varying degrees of coarseness. Combined with roasted beetroot, onion and garlic, raw rainbow cherry tomatoes, fresh herbs and baby spinach, this makes for a delicious, filling grain salad, perfect for lunch or as part of a picnic spread. You could substitute the beetroot for sweet potato or squash, the tomato for cucumber or other fresh vegetables. I include instructions on how to cook freekeh, but ultimately do follow the instructions on your packet, as the amount of water needed and the cooking time will vary depending on how coarse the freekeh is.
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Summary: These delicious vegan kebabs are quick and easy to make, using flavoursome smoked tofu and a mix of mediterranean vegetables.
They would also be fun to make and eat with children (help the younger ones with the skewers), or to take along for a picnic in a park, at the beach or in the garden.
Add ground cumin and coriander and perhaps even some cayenne pepper for more of a middle eastern flavour. If you are cooking the kebabs on a barbecue, you can soak the wooden skewers in water for about an hour beforehand, to stop them from burning.
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