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    Stir-fry Tofu with Cashews and Red Pepper

    All, Main Courses Add a handful of lightly fried cashew nuts or unsalted peanuts for an amazing texture and flavour

    Ingredients: Recipe: Fry the cashew nuts for 2-3 minutes and put to one side Stir-fry the onions, ginger, garlic, red peppers, carrot for 3-5 minutes Add the cubed tofu Prepare the sauce: In a jug add 2 tablespoons cornflour, teaspoon of salt, 3 tablespoons of vinegar, 1 tablespoon ketchup, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 tablespoon soy…

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    Lentil Curry

    All, Main Courses For a creamy texture use a hand blender to blend half the mixture towards the end of cooking.

    Ingredients GingerGarlic1 large onion3 carrotts1 cup red lentilsFresh cream or youghourt1 tablespoon curry powdersugarsalt Recipe Chop finely onion, garlic, ginger and carrots.Fry in olive oil with the curry powder for 5 mins.Add 1 cup red lentils. Add one and a half tablespoons sugar and half a teaspoon of salt. Fry for a further 5 mins.Add…

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    Gougères au Fromage

    All, Baking, Snacks Great easy-to-make snacks made with flour, cheese and eggs. Once they're cooked let them cool down a bit to dry out, Use a teaspoon in each hand to make the pastry into small balls. Takes a bit of practice but don't worry too much about the shape when you spoon them into the baking tray, they usually come out fine once they're cooked.

    These are fantastic for an aperitif snack and very easy to make once you get the hang of it. The hardest part is stirring in the eggs.

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    Bread

    All, Baking The more often you make it, the better it gets. Once you get the hang of it you'll never buy bread from the shops again. I make 3 loaves a week, eat one straight away and freeze the other two.

    For 3 large loaves In a large bowl mix flour, yeast, sugar and salt.Add warm water, stir with wooden spoon then add oil.Dust hands with flour and knead 100 times in the bowl.Sprinkle lightly with flour from time-to-time if sticky.Cover and leave for one hour (or until doubled in size) in a warm place.Prepare 3…

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    Bean Burgers

    All, Main Courses Use classic burger buns, cheese slice and top with caramelised onion

    Makes about 16 burgers. They freeze well and can be cooked from frozen. Large tin of kidney beans (or 2 normal-sized tins)1 cup breadcrumbs3 eggs1 thumb-sized piece of ginger root1 tablespoon of oyster sauce2-3 teaspoons chipotle sauce2-3 teaspoons salt or vegetable stock powder1 tablespoon of ketchup1 large onion1 red pepper To serve: Burger bunsCheese slicesCaramelised…