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Cheesy Mashed Potato and Bean Bake- this dinner recipe is the ultimate filling, vegetarian, comfort food. Smoky beans in a tomato and thyme sauce, topped with cheesy mash. Jump to Recipe We've developed a real taste for different types of beans since we started 'Meat-Free Mondays' last year. Probably my favourite 'full of beans' meal is Slow Cooker Vegan Chilli but I can't eat that every week, though I could be tempted! This Cheesy Mashed Potato and Bean Bake, uses some of the same ingredients but it's much more of a comfort food dinner, a bit of a vegetarian twist on Shepherd's Pie. I use cannellini beans and kidney beans for the bean part of the bake. You could easily switch them for your own favourite- haricot, borlotti, your choice.

Spicy Sausage Pasta- a simple pasta dish with grilled Cumberland sausages and a spicy tomato and red pepper sauce. A delicious, comforting dinner. Jump to Recipe This spicy, sausage pasta recipe is just the thing to keep your family warm on a cold, wintery evening. It's pretty quick to make with grilled sausages in a tomato- based sauce and a bit of spice from the crushed chillis. It's easy to make and can be doubled to feed a crowd, if needed.

Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken- spicy, shredded BBQ chicken made in the slow cooker. Perfect for sandwiches. Jump to recipe I love BBQ flavours, don't you? It's such a relief that you can make BBQ meats in the slow cooker too. It doesn't matter if it rains or shines (usually rain here in the UK), the BBQ food can still go ahead. I have made BBQ Beef in the slow cooker for quite some time and, like this BBQ chicken, it's absolutely delicious in sandwiches. Pop over to the recipe and give it a try. You won't be disappointed. This BBQ chicken recipe packs a bit more punch than the beef as it has added jalapenos. If spicy, spicy isn't your thing, just leave them out and you'll get enough spice from the chilli powder. As with all slow cooker recipes, just whack everything in, leave it to cook and then all you need to do is shred the chicken and put it inside a lovely, soft roll with coleslaw, lettuce, whatever floats your boat!

Garlic Chicken and Leek Potato Bake- a creamy, delicious garlic, chicken and leek bake with peas and potatoes layered over the top. Filling winter comfort food. Jump to Recipe We have been enjoying Salmon and Broccoli Potato Bake so much during the cold weather that I was keen to come up with a bit of a spin on the recipe.This garlic chicken and leek potato bake is the happy result of that effort. This version of the bake has chicken pieces and sliced leeks and peas in a garlicky, creamy sauce with sliced potatoes on top. It's just the right kind of recipe to feed a family on a chilly evening- It does not disappoint! You might want to serve it with some more greens on the side for bonus veg content. Broccoli or cabbage goes well. I would happily eat it in summer with a side salad too.

Courgette and Mushroom Pesto Pasta- a quick and easy pasta dinner with sauteed mushrooms, courgette and pesto. Perfect for 'Meat Free Monday' or a quick weeknight meal. While I make most meals from scratch myself, these days, there are still staple convenience items that are 'must buys' for me. A jar of pesto is absolutely one of them. Fresh home-made pesto is absolutely delicious, but when you need a quick dinner, a jar can't be beaten for speed. Unfortunately, shop-bought pesto tends to be made, as is tradition, with parmesan, so doesn't fit the vegetarian bill, if you are vegetarian for ethical reasons. There are now brands available such as Sacla Organic Vegetarian Pesto, which would make it truly vegetarian though. This pasta dish is about as quick and easy as they come. You simply need to pan fry the courgette and mushroom with some onion and garlic, cook the tagliatelle and then mix it all together along with some classic pesto. Quick, delicious and easy....

Salmon and Broccoli Potato Bake- salmon, broccoli and peas in a cheesy sauce and topped off with sliced potatoes. A real winter warmer for family meals. Jump to Recipe I'm always looking for good recipes to add to my winter comfort food list. If they can include some healthy elements, then so much the better. I love this Salmon and Broccoli Potato Bake because it tastes really indulgent with its creamy, cheesy sauce but it's also full of peas and broccoli, and of course salmon! It's a bit of a spin on one of my other favourite winter recipes- Beef Mince Hot Pot , which also features sliced potatoes on the top. If you're a fan of this type of dish then have a look at Garlic Chicken and Leek Potato Bake too.

Aubergine and Potato Curry- a spicy, tomato-based, vegan curry with aubergine, peppers and potato, very low in calories and syn free on Slimming World. It's my mission to find as many different ways to use aubergine as possible. Pretty much anything tastes better with aubergine in it, in my opinion! My other Aubergine recipes Warm Mediterranean Couscous salad with Roasted Aubergine and Feta Mediterranean Pasta Bake We are still going strong with our attempt to do a full year of Meat Free Mondays and aubergine has been a key ingredient for getting us as far as September successfully. This recipe for Aubergine and Potato Curry, is up there with my favourite spicy meals. It's absolutely packed with flavour and deliciously spicy. Of course, if you're more of a mild spice fan, just adjust the heat of the chilli powder and/or reduce the amount of fresh chilli that you use.

Pork Loin Steaks in Dijon Marinade- a recipe for pan-fried pork loin steaks in a delicious marinade of Dijon mustard, lemon juice and honey. Pork tenderloin isn't something we eat that often and I have no idea why. Probably one of those 'stuck in a rut' things. I sometimes think that online supermarket shopping encourages that, because you essentially shop from a list with no distractions. I've recently been adding pork loin steaks to our order for something different and I have wanted to find the perfect marinade for them. This Dijon mustard marinade with a touch of honey is definitely it. It's peppery, slightly acidic and slightly sweet. It's SO good and it goes perfectly with pork. You just can't beat Dijon mustard for a meat marinade.

10 Back to School Dinner Recipes- 10 recipes that are child-friendly and easy to make for weeknight dinners, including some vegan and gluten free recipes. We're headed towards Back to School season. How did that happen so quickly? At the end of July, the 6 weeks stretch out before you and then, poof, gone! I don't know about you, but I'm a big fan of meal planning most of the time. I need to be organised and be prepared for the days when I'm not going to have a lot of time to cook dinner. But, in the school holidays, I stop doing my meal planning board and fly by the seat of my pants. Sometimes, shock horror, I decide what's for dinner about 20 seconds before I make it, ha! That just doesn't work for me during term-time though, so it's time to start preparing to be more organised. With all that in mind, I have gathered together 10 easy dinner recipes that should become staples on your back to school meal plans. Take a look!

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- 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...

Beef Chilli Hash- an easy slow cooker comfort food recipe. Classic Chilli made with big chunks of beef and slow cooked with potato chunks. A one pan, all-in-one meal. We enjoyed the last week's slow cooker bolognese hash so much, that I got thinking about what other spins I could put on that recipe. Beef chilli seemed the perfect candidate so I made Chunky Slow Cooker Beef Chilli Hash. It's a hearty, filling chilli recipe that is perfect to having cooking ready for dinner after a long day at work. I absolutely love chilli over a jacket potato, so cooking the chilli with the potato in the slow cooker just takes one step out of the process. It also means that I don't need the oven or the hob on in these warm summer temperatures. The slow cooker emits very little heat, which is why I am a big fan of using it through the summer. I use mince when I make beef chilli usually, but for this Chunky Beef Chilli Hash, I prefer it chunkier so I used chunks of casserole stewing steak ins...

I spent quite a while coming up with a name for the recipe I'm sharing today- Slow Cooker Bolognese and Potato Hash. In the end my friend came up with the name, when she was visiting last weekend. What do you call something that's essentially a traditional beef bolognese made in the slow cooker with potato? We toyed with Bake, but it's not baked. She suggested hash, which resulted in some pondering about what hash means in the foodie sense. Corned Beef Hash has potato in, and is sort of thrown together, so that must work, right? Let's hope so, because that's what I've gone for! I decided to do a spin on spaghetti bolognese, because it has so much flavour. All that rich sauce- it must surely be a good idea to put potato in it? Excellent comfort food! Beef Bolognese works beautifully in the slow cooker. It allows the sauce to really develop a deep, rich flavour. What you do need to be careful of however, is how much liquid you add. It's tempting to put in as m...

Mediterranean Pasta Bake- a vegetarian pasta bake, packed with veg- aubergine, pepper and courgette and then topped with cheese. Great for weeknight dinners and feeding a crowd. Jump to recipe I am so in love with aubergines right now. I can't get enough of them, especially when they're roasted. I love the way they caramelise and get that creamy texture and nutty flavour. I just want to put them in everything! It's this obsession with trying to get aubergine into lots of meals, and our commitment to Meat-free Mondays, that got me thinking about making a Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta Bake. The most recent pasta bake I have posted on the blog is a rather delicious Chicken and Sweetcorn version.That has a lovely rich cheesy sauce, so it's a little on the naughty side. Whereas, this Mediterranean Vegetable Pasta Bake is jam packed full of veggies and has a tomato based sauce for days when you want to eat a little lighter. Aubergine, courgette, yellow pepper, tomatoes, on...

Parsnip and Rosemary Risotto- a sweet and nutty, vegetarian risotto with roasted parsnip and rosemary, topped off with crunchy parsnip crisps. I made parsnip risotto this week, something I have been meaning to do again for quite some time. The very first time I made it, I was inspired by a Christmas meal I had in a restaurant. I didn't really like anything else that was on the menu so I ordered the parsnip risotto. I was wowed when I tried it. It had a delicious, nutty, sweet taste and was topped with parsnip crisps. Honestly the nicest risotto I had ever eaten. With our 2018 commitment to Meat Free Mondays, it seemed the perfect excuse to update the recipe. The parsnip and rosemary risotto I am sharing today, has a base of garlic and rosemary with roasted parsnip stirred through. Roasting the parsnip gives it more of a nutty taste. Ideally, you want it golden and well-softened so that it breaks up a little when it's stirred through the rice. I use cheddar because my husband is...

Lime and Ginger Cod with Giant Couscous- Cod fillets, delicately flavoured with lime and ginger and served on a bed of giant couscous (also known as Israeli Couscous) with tomato and red pepper. Lime and Ginger Cod with Giant Couscous is a recipe that I have been fiddling with for a couple of weeks. The cous cous was delicious first time, but the marinade for the cod needed some work. It was just a touch too much on the citrus side and needed a wee bit of sweetness to balance it out. I'm a huge fan of lime and ginger. It's one of my favourite flavour combinations. I have used it with turkey steaks for a long time so, one day when I was pondering how to jazz up cod fillets, I thought why not? The problem is that cod is such a delicately flavoured fish that the lime overwhelmed it a little. A teaspoon of honey did the trick and took the edge off the sharpness. Honey, lime, ginger and some chilli flakes worked really well as a marinade. Having the cod with couscous is a welcome c...

Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff- a slow cooker version of the classic, creamy Hungarian stew. Perfect with rice or jacket potatoes. Jump to recipe Last week I made beef stroganoff, something I haven't eaten for years. I had mushrooms leftover in the fridge and was looking for inspiration on what to use them for, when I remembered stroganoff. The first time I ever had it was at a friend's house when I was a teenager and I remember being very worried when they told me that's what we were having. It sounded strange and unfamiliar! I needn't have worried- it was creamy and delicious. Beef Stroganoff is a rich, creamy stew, originally from Russia. The main thing that most people associate with stroganoff is mushrooms, but they weren't in the traditional Russian recipe. It was all about the beef! My slow cooker version of beef stroganoff uses beef stewing steak, onions and mushrooms with beef stock, paprika, thyme and sour cream. I also use a little onion powder but if you d...

Quick and Easy Garlic Mushroom Linguine- a quick, vegetarian pasta dish using a selection of different mushrooms, perfect for quick weeknight meals. Jump to recipe So here we are with another Meat free Monday recipe- Garlic Mushroom Linguine. If you're looking for vegetarian recipe inspiration, pasta is always a good place to start. Creamy, garlicky pasta is an even better place to start! I'm quite a fan of mushrooms. They are so quick and easy to cook and there are so many tasty types to try- Button, Chestnut, Porcini, Shitake, Oyster, Portabello, even woodland varieties. The best thing about mushrooms for me though is how perfectly they are complemented by garlic. They just belong together! This recipe for Garlic Mushroom Linguine ticks so many boxes for me. It's quick and there's very little prep and absolutely no fancy cooking skills, so it's super easy as well. I prefer to make it with a few different varieties of mushroom for more flavour and texture, but if...

Vegan Chickpea Burgers- a vegan chickpea burger recipe with plenty of spices, perfect for a summer dinner. If you had told me a few months ago that I would be making chickpea burgers and putting them on the blog, I would have laughed! But here I am, sharing an easy recipe for chickpea burgers with you now. In my effort to eat one vegetarian meal a week (Meat-Free Monday) I have been looking at ideas for protein-packed, filling meals. Chickpea burgers fit that bill perfectly. We weren't entirely sure whether we would love them, but they were absolutely delicious and we were definitely full afterwards. Once again, my Meat F ree Monday recipe is not just vegetarian, it's accidentally vegan too! The key thing to get right with chickpea burgers, is flavour. Don't get me wrong, I love chickpeas. I'd happily drown myself in a vat of houmous any day, but where they really work is when they are complemented by the right flavours. For these Vegan Chickpea Burgers, I use a combina...

Slow Cooker Vegan Chilli- a vegan, gluten free slow cooker chilli with chickpeas, kidney beans, peppers and more. Healthy and full of flavour. Syn free on Slimming World and under 300 calories. Jump to recipe We are still in New Year's Resolutions territory, as it's early January, and our household has decided to reduce our meat consumption a little and see if we can make Meat Free Mondays work for us. I'm happy to eat vegetarian food; there are lots of delicious options and once a week seems achievable, especially as I will need to come up with some new recipes. My first Meat Free Monday vegetarian recipe is Slow Cooker Vegan Chilli. Mondays are often very full on, so quite a few of these recipes might end up being slow cooker ones! This Vegan Chilli is almost identical to a traditional chilli but with chickpeas to replace the beef mince and smoked paprika to really give it a smokey flavour. It's packed full of kidney beans, red pepper, onion and butternut squash, alo...