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Pan fried chick peas and sweet potatoes

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Pan fried chick peas and sweet potatoes

This plate was the result of savaging through the pantry and freezer but worked remarkably well. The plate is built around pan fried chick peas. Simply drain a can of …

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Categories Dinner Ideas, Healthy, Indian, Meat Free Tags Deep Leave a comment

Orzo with pesto

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Orzo with olives

The small grains of orzo pasta are perfect for a quality pesto. The light sauce evenly coats the pasta grains. Our favorite comes from a local import store, a mix …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Italian, Meat Free Leave a comment

Enchilada with Home Made Chile Sauce

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Enchilada with home made chilli sauce

This home made chili sauce is the basis for many of the dish I cook. It’s not particularly difficult, just time consuming. It takes a couple hours to deseed, trim, …

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Vegan BBQ Plate with MorningStar Popcorn Chikn

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Vegan BBQ Plate with-MorningStar Popcorn Chikn

This dish actually starts the day before for best results: the potato salad here is best after a night spent mellowing out the refrigerator. My preferred recipe there is: skin …

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Categories Comfort Food, Dinner Ideas, Meat Free Tags MorningStar Farms Leave a comment

Thai Yellow Curry with Cous Cous

May 24, 2020May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Thai Yellow curry with cous cous and MorningStar Farms Popcorn Chikn

Thai yellow curry is a fabulously easy dish to make – you can find my recipe here. All said, you can put together a top notch curry in barely 30 minutes. …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Mash Up, Meat Free, Thai Tags Mae Ploy, MorningStar Farms Leave a comment

Thai green curry fried rice

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Thai green curry fried rice

Looking to twist up your average fried rice? A tablespoon of green curry paste works wonders in transforming the dish into something complete different. I also like to pep things …

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Categories 15 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Mash Up, Meat Free, Thai Tags Field Roast Leave a comment

Egg fried rice with green beans with fermented black beans

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Egg fried rice with green beans with fermented black beans

The killer ingredient here is the fermented black beans. Any good Asian grocery store will stock these, and from there they keep in the refrigerator for a while. Simply fry …

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Spaghetti with vegan sausage

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Spaghetti with vegan sausage

Beyond Meat sausages to the rescue. I usually freeze these once purchased and then defrost them on demand in the microwave for hearty dishes like this. Pan fry them once …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Comfort Food, Dinner Ideas, Italian, Meat Free Tags Beyond Meat Leave a comment

Fajitas with Gardein chicken strips

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Meatless Chick'n Strips fajitas

Dinner in 20 minutes – a no brainer. Think sliced bell peppers and onions, zucchini too if you’re feeling like a bulkier mix. I prefer to fry them all over …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Healthy, Meat Free, Mexican Tags Gardein Leave a comment

Vegetarian Cobb salad

May 16, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Cobb salad with gardein seven grain tenders

Hey, you’ve already decided to have a salad, why not just go the whole hog and be healthy – right!? O.k. maybe just us. Anyway, this one is particular good …

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Categories 30 Minute Meals, Dinner Ideas, Healthy, Meat Free, Salad Tags McCormick, Twisted Ranch Leave a comment
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