The Recipes - How to make a Red Pepper and Mushroom Sausage Casserole (Vegan friendly)

Who doesn't like a sausage casserole, especially when the nights draw in and you know that winter is now approaching. This is a one pot dish so just throw everything in and simply cook in the oven. I got the idea from a ladies magazine whilst in the hairdressers. I simply changed the sausages, made use of an onion gravy, altered the mushroom and red pepper quantities and ended up with this! The Bisto onion gravy in the glass jar works well with this but I suppose you could try the red onion gravy in a jar that is less expensive too, as I have also tried this gravy before on things and it is very flavoursome as well. Just check that it has quite a good thickness before you put it in. Otherwise add a little more powder. We like this with a good helping of mashed potatoes to soak up all the juices. I found the Linda McCartney sausages worked the very best in here, but I have made it with the other brands too. You can also serve it with new potatoes if you like....

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The Recipes - How to make an easy Chinese Soup (Vegan friendly)

When i tried this Chinese soup, for the first couple of mouthfuls i wasn't sure, a few more and i was hooked! It's an acquired taste if you haven't had much experience of Chinese food. I always do this in a big pan and use all the red pepper etc so that there is no waste. Always shake up your Soy sauce before you use it as it settles. Always again use the freshest beansprouts spring onion etc as possible as this soup can last a few days. We have used it from the fridge up to four days. Always cool down your soup and then get it in the fridge before 90 minutes have passed for good hygiene rules, and store it in good quality sealable containers. My daughter loves to drink the juice last, and everyone that has tried it loves it by the end of the bowl. Though it could be because of the salt content in the Soy sauce. (joking). It's lazy cooking as well because it lasts a few days, and it was even good on day four! Don't leave it longer than that though....The Chinese leaf is usually obtained from Morrisons, I can never find it in the other supermarkets  Oh well, crusty roll time again.

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The Recipes - How to make Vegetarian Quorn Spaghetti Bolognese.

A friend suggested this recipe to me, and I tried it. Then I changed the mushrooms, removed the salt, topped up the garlic, and Voila! It was the first time that I had made Spaghetti Bolognese at home. It's tasty and you can feed a crowd with it. A one pot meal. Sometimes I grate a little vegetarian hard cheese, (parmesan style) over it, if I make it for guests, and this has been a staple in our house for years. This Spaghetti Bolognese works well with the Quorn because it has a mince style texture. It doesn't work half as well with the other commercial minces I don't think. Further on in the blog you will see how you can use this Bolognese sauce in other meals too, but for now

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The Recipes - Vegetable Broth and then Hash

With this recipe my father used to make Broth a lot and this is his own recipe. He also made dumplings - so I adapted them with vegetable suet and this is the result. It's a simple dish with celery, leek, carrots, swede, savoy cabbage, fresh and dried thyme, vegetable stock cubes, a dessert spoon of cornflour and some ground black pepper. This is a great and warming one pot Winter dish both vegan and vegetarian. For an even better taste add 18-20g of the fresh thyme to this recipe along with the dried.
On day two he would make up some mashed potatoes with a little milk, butter and black pepper, and then fry up some mash with a couple of ladles of broth mix, on a low to medium heat until the liquid reduced. Then serve it as it was with either a squirt of brown sauce in it or a squirt of tomato ketchup! I am in the brown sauce camp myself as was my father but it's entirely up to you.....

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