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All day breakfast baguette Serves 4
Ingredients: 1 large baguette 6 veggie sausages* 75g closed cup mushrooms, sliced 2 medium tomatoes, thickly sliced 12 sun dried tomatoes* 4 free-range eggs, hardboiled and sliced* 1 tbsp olive oil* To taste Dijon mustard* and coarse ground black pepper*
Method - Drizzle the mushrooms with the olive oil. - Cook the sausages and tomatoes under a medium grill for about 5 minutes, then turn and add the sliced mushrooms and sundried tomatoes (skin side up). - Continue cooking until nicely browned. - Layer all the ingredients into the baguette, dress with Dijon mustard and season with black pepper. Cut into 4 and serve hot or cold.
Scrambled tofu and grilled tomatoes - piled on thick granary toast Ingredients: 285g / 10oz regular firm tofu*, 15ml / ½fl oz vegetable oil, 50g / 2oz onion, finely diced, ½ small red pepper, finely diced, 1 small carrot grated, turmeric*, shoyu* and freshly ground black pepper*.
Method Drain the tofu and mash it, or crumble by hand. Heat the oil and sauté the vegetables until soft. Add the crumbled tofu and sufficient turmeric to give an attractive colour. Season with shoyu and pepper to taste. Serve hot
Healthy Hash Browns Serves 4 450g/1lb potatoes*, peeled and left whole 1 small onion, grated 1tbsp of chopped parsley (optional) 1tbsp snipped chives (optional) salt* and freshly ground black pepper* 1tbsp sunflower oil* 4 beef tomatoes 1 packet smoked or marinated tofu* cut into 8 thin slices extra oil, for brushing sprigs of parsley and chopped chives, to garnish
Method Pre–heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5. Grease two baking sheets*. Parboil the potatoes in a pan of lightly salted water for about 10 minutes. Drain and leave to cool. Grate coarsely and mix in the onion, herbs (if using) and season well with salt and pepper. Add the sunflower oil and mix to bind. Shape the mixture into twelve patties and place on one of the greased baking sheets. Brush with a little extra oil and bake in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes until golden and tender. At the same time, brush the slices of tofu with a little oil and place on the other greased baking sheet. Cut the tomatoes in half and place on the same baking sheet. Bake in the oven for 25 minutes.
Serve immediately garnished with parsley and chopped chives. Strawberry Smoothie Drink Serves 4 Strawberries are full of Vitamin C and this is a very refreshing way of enjoying them. If you can buy English strawberries, in season, you will find they are naturally sweeter than imported ones. If the drink is a little too tart for your taste, add a little agave syrup* / honey* 450g/1lb ripe strawberries, washed 1 banana 450ml/15floz low fat natural yoghurt* 150ml/1/4oz skimmed milk 1tsp vanilla extract* 6~8 ice cubes, crushed
Method Place the strawberries, banana, yoghurt, milk and vanilla extract in a blender and blend until smooth.
Put the crushed ice into 4 tall glasses, pour the smoothie over the ice and serve immediately.
Perfect Pancakes Serves 4
For the Pancakes 50g/2oz wholemeal flour* 50g/2oz gram flour, sifted* 15g/1/2oz poppy seeds* 300ml/1/2 pint soya milk/other alternative milk* pinch of salt 5ml/1tsp sunflower oil* 150ml/5floz natural soya yoghurt* For the Filling 2 ripe bananas, chopped juice of 1 lemon 50g/2oz ready-to-eat dried apricots, chopped* 50g/2oz toasted almonds, chopped* 5ml/1tsp groundnut oil To decorate 1 tsp poppy seeds* (optional) Thin slivers of lemon zest
Method To make the pancakes blend the flours, poppy seeds, soya milk and salt in a blender or food processor. Leave to stand for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, make the filling by mixing the bananas, lemon juice, apricots and almonds together. Heat a little oil in a non–stick pancake pan. Use a 50ml/2oz ladle to measure the batter for each pancake.
Pour the batter for one pancake into the pan, swirling it around to cover the base evenly. Cook until set and golden brown underneath, then flip the pancake over and cook the other side. Make 8 pancakes and layer to keep warm.
Fill each pancake with a couple of spoonfuls of the filling and fold into quarters. Arrange 2 on each serving plate with a spoonful of soya yoghurt. Sprinkle poppy seeds (if using) and lemon zest on the yoghurt to decorate and serve.
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