vegetables
Recipes with green vegetables, garden vegetables and mushrooms.
Cheesy leek and ham bake
This recipe becomes easy if you have ready-made cheese sauce.
Leeks and bacon au gratin
Leeks need to be cooked in advance. Trim the top, cut the roots at the bottom, wash, and steam or boil them before getting on with this recipe.
Mini cheese and onion pies
These are ideal for a buffet or brunch. Use cheese with color and flavor, such as red Leicester, and maybe a pinch of cayenne pepper instead of the black one.
Spring on your summer table
Salmon & monkfish kebabs
Tender pieces of salmon and monkfish marinated in lemon juice and whole grain mustard, grilled and served with pepper and parsley salsa.
Curried zucchini cream
A delicious cold soup. If you prepare your own garam masala, use it for this recipe.
Vichyssoise
Vichyssoise is a chilled leek and potato soup. Originally, the richness came from white sauce, now it is prepared with cream.
How creative is your butternut squash?
Butternut squash risotto
Butternut squash shows to advantage in a creamy risotto.
Diabetic butternut squash soup
This soup looks and tastes rich, but it has only a few calories.