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Bruschetta Brunch Crumpets

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Bruschetta Brunch Crumpets- an easy brunch recipe for summer, using some classic bruschetta flavours, and it takes less than 10 minutes to make. Now that's a quick meal! Jump to Recipe I don't often get the chance to have brunch but it's always a treat. That perfect mix of breakfast and lunch foods- yum. This is such an easy brunch recipe, but it looks just a little but fancy, as though you've made lots of effort. So, if you serve it up to others they should be impressed! To make Bruschetta Brunch Crumpets, you simply toast your crumpets, spread a good layer of cream cheese on them, top with cherry tomatoes and red onion and finally drizzle with some pesto. See- such an easy recipe! Serve it with some fruit and you've got brunch in just a few minutes. It's so quick that you can decide to make it on a whim, no need to plan ahead. If you want it to be truly vegetarian, you'll need to get a special pesto as most are not vegetarian due to the parmesan content.

Warm Mediterranean Couscous Salad with Roasted Aubergine and Feta

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Warm Mediterranean Couscous Salad with Roasted Aubergine and Feta- a warm, vegetarian salad, perfect for summer lunches. Warm Mediterranean Couscous Salad with Roasted Aubergine and Feta is a new recipe that we have eaten regularly in the last few weeks. It is a light, summery (and vegetarian) recipe that I created to solve two problems 1) I just can't get enough of roasted aubergine and different ways to eat it 2) Britain's hottest weather since 1976 means I just can't face cooking anything heavy. I have used my favourite giant couscous yet again for this recipe, rather than the more conventional kind. It's more substantial and mixes much better with a sauce due to being naturally slippery, rather than having a rough texture. The Mediterranean Couscous Salad is rich with tomato sauce, garlic, onion and peppers and is perfectly topped off with nutty roasted aubergine and some creamy feta cheese. Fresh coriander makes the perfect finishing touch. We have eaten it warm f

Creamy Leek Pasta

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Creamy Leek Pasta- a quick creamy vegetarian pasta dish with leeks, courgettes and peas. Can be syn-free on Slimming World if you use Quark. Dinner ready in 20 minutes. It's been a while since we had anything new for our Meat Free Monday dinner, so this Vegetarian Creamy Leek Pasta was a real treat. Creamy Leek Pasta is not only creamy and deliciously tasty, but also bright and colourful with green veg amongst the pasta. Pan-fried leeks, and courgettes, plus some peas, give the creamy leek pasta its colour and fresh flavours. If you're fan of other green veg, like spring greens, you could throw that in too. The trick to making sure that the vegetables don't end up as green mush, is to fry the veg for just enough time and to cook the peas briefly so they all have enough bite to them to add interest to the pasta. I like to use spirali pasta because the leeks wind around it and it just looks pretty! You can use whatever you have in the cupboard though. For the creamy sauce to