Vegetarian

  • Hearty chicken, vegetable and red lentil soup

    thedizzydieter

    Before Meniere’s Disease, for me batch cooking was something mums with huge families did. It was something your grandma did and something people talked about on cooking shows. It had no relevance to me – I was working in a restaurant and pretty much lived on air (along with caffeine, nicotine and the odd bit of pizza). I had only myself to look after at home so I didn’t need any food reserves. If I did get hungry when I wasn’t at work, I would pop to McDonalds which was 5 minutes walk away or occasionally stick a frozen ready…

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  • Roasted Pepper and Rocket Quiche

    thedizzydieter

    We’ve made a few recipes with roasted peppers, and almost always have a jar of the shop-bought ones in the fridge. They go really well in pasta, risottos and many other things, and are a really handy store cupboard ingredient to have in your kitchen. This quiche isn’t made with…

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  • Chai and Blueberry Panna Cotta Slice

    thedizzydieter

    Chai is one of my new favourite things. I think most people of my generation and older are familiar with the term “cup of chai”, referring to a cup of tea but I have only recently discovered the particular blend of chai spices, and more specifically, chai latte. Oh my…

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  • Feta, Courgette and Aubergine Pasta

    thedizzydieter

    Say hello to one of my very favourite pastas. This has it all – fresh, flavourful and packed with veggie goodness but so tasty and filling that you don’t feel that you’re eating something that’s really pretty good for you! It’s also something I can happily eat on a hot…

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  • My sort of traditional Pizza Margherita

    thedizzydieter

    Cooking is individual to the cook – we all follow recipes from other people but as we learn we start to develop our own methods and techniques for doing things and our own ideas about flavour combinations and what tastes good and that’s when you become a fully fledged chef.…

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  • Salsa Verde (Green Sauce)

    thedizzydieter

    There are so many different versions of salsa verde served up across the Mediterranean with variations of ingredients with Spanish versions including green tomatoes! I wanted to make something in the realms of an Italian salsa verde but without the anchovies – years of working in a pizza restaurant and…

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