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Recipes using herbs in the ingredients.

Broad Bean and Courgette Pilaf Recipe

Recipe for Broad Bean and Courgette Pilaf. Takes about ½ an hour to prepare, 30 mins to 1 hour to cook Serve in bowls topped with griddled courgette.

Basil and Courgette Pasta Bake Recipe

Recipe for Basil and Courgette Pasta Bake. Easy to make, takes about 10 minutes to prepare and less than 40 minutes in total to cook. Serves 4 to 6.

Layered Savoury Pancake Stack Recipe

Recipe for Layered Savoury Pancake Stack. Easy and quick vegetarian meal sufficient for 2 people. Serve with a mixed salad.

Bern’s Spicy Bean Burgers Recipe

Recipe for Bern's Spicy Bean Burgers. Makes 4 large burgers. Economical filling vegetarian meal, better than it's carnivore equivalent in taste and health

Spicy Pasta Recipe

Recipe for Spicy Pasta. A nice, quick, healthy teatime dish with a real kick to it. Suitable for vegetarians but appealing to carnivores as well!

Turkish Stuffed Aubergine Recipe – Imam Bayildi (The priest fainted)

Recipe for Turkish Stuffed Aubergine - Imam Bayildi (The priest fainted). Serve warm or at room temperature with flatbread and yoghurt dip.

Apple, Date and Chilli Chutney Recipe

This easy recipe for Apple, Date and Chilli Chutney makes about 5 lbs which may sound a lot but it won't last long once you taste how delicious it is

Summer Pasta Salad Recipe

Recipe for Summer Pasta Salad. This is very easy to prepare, delicious to eat, and always impresses people, perfect for barbecues, picnics, summer dining.

Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe

Recipe for Stuffed Tomatoes. To spice up a little more add 2 drops of hot pepper sauce. Works well with herb coated potatoes and garlic mushrooms.

Moroccan Vegetable One Pot Recipe

Recipe for Moroccan Vegetable One Pot. Sprinkle with mint and serve on its own or with couscous or crusty bread. A vegetarian taste of Arabia Serves 6.

Red and White Bean Curry Recipe

Recipe for Red and White Bean Curry. You can use any beans you like or have in stock and include extra vegetables. Serves 4 to 6 people and freezes well.

Warm Broad Bean and Feta Salad Recipe

Recipe for Warm Broad Bean and Feta Salad. A lovely summer evening salad. Serve with chopped dill. Enough for 4 to 6 people dependent on appetite.

Aubergine Caviar Recipe

Recipe for Aubergine Caviar. Not for garlic haters! Goes well as a snack on Organic Wheat crackers. Can be spiced up if you wish with chilli

Creamy Onion Allotment Soup Recipe

Recipe for Creamy Onion Allotment Soup. A vegetarian or easily made vegan recipe that's a refreshing change from French onion soup, Makes 4 bowls of soup

Prawn Tikki Recipe

Recipe for Prawn Tikki. Gorgeous with large salad and a yoghourt and cucumber raita. An unusual dish combining potatoes with prawns and an Asian flavour

Parsley and Onion Scones Recipe

Recipe for Parsley and Onion Scones. A lovely savoury scone. Serve warm with butter. Makes approximately 12 scones. Great with soup to make a light meal

Chickpea Curry Recipe

Recipe for Chickpea Curry. The ingredients were for two people so multiply accordingly - it's really simple and took no time at all. Lovely with brown rice.

Pumpkin Delhi Curry Recipe

Recipe for Pumpkin Delhi Curry. This goes well with naan, some pickles and a yoghourt dish ... or sliced tomatoes with it are good too.

Vegetable & Red Bean Pilau Recipe

Recipe for Vegetable and Red Bean Pilau. A deliciously different, low-calorie one-pot meal. Serve garnished with coriander leaves.

Tandoori Chicken with Radish Salad Recipe

Recipe for Tandoori Chicken with Radish Salad. Plain chapattis make a good accompaniment and are also fat free. A low fat and healthy meal

Courgette Burgers Recipe

Recipe for Courgette Burgers. Drizzle with lemon juice and serve with salad or a tomato dish. Serves 4 (give or take). Use up the zucchini glut

Leek and Celery Soup Recipe

Recipe for Leek and Celery Soup. This easy recipe makes about 2 litres of delicious soup which freezes well. Serve with crusty bread.

Marrow Soup Recipe

Recipe for Marrow Soup. The marrow makes the soup quite creamy but you can swirl in some cream if desired. Add a little chilli sauce to spice up the soup.

Tomato and Courgette Glut Soup Recipe

Recipe for Tomato and Courgette Glut Soup. Seasoning is very important. Don't skimp on it or you will have a very bland soup. Taste as you go along.

Simple Courgette Soup Recipe

Recipe for Simple Courgette Soup. Can freeze well and yummy with oaty/seedy bread! Use up the inevitable summer courgette glut with this tasty soup

Penne with Courgette Cream Recipe

Recipe for Penne with Courgette Cream. Can be served as an appetiser or as a main course. Any left over can be refrigerated and simply reheated.

Carrot and Coriander Soup Recipe

Recipe for Carrot and Coriander Soup. A healthy, very easy to make soup that tastes lovely. Nice served with cheese bread. Makes 4 portions.

Easy Pasta Tomato Sauce Recipe

Recipe for Easy Peasy Pasta Tomato Sauce. Serve spooned on top of freshly cooked pasta and finish with parmesan or grated cheese.

Greek Style Courgette and Cheese Pie Recipe

Recipe for Courgette and Cheese Pie (Greek style). Absolutely delicious. Serve with a green salad and bread if necessary (the pie is filling on its own).

Jerusalem Artichoke and Carrot Salad Recipe

Recipe for Jerusalem Artichoke and Carrot Salad. Delicious with a toasted cheese sandwich or with potatoes Can be prepared in advance and kept in the fridge

Spiced Courgette Soup Recipe

Recipe for Spiced Courgette Soup. Easy to make and freezes well. Delicious served with a sprinkling of Lemon Pepper and crusty bread.

Spicy New Potatoes Recipe

Recipe for Spicy New Potatoes Can be used as a side dish or turned into a main course by adding some cubed feta cheese or halloumi and finishing in a grill.

Chard and Asparagus Roulade Recipe

Recipe for Chard and Asparagus Roulade. Great as a light lunch for two or starter for 4. You can use spinach in place of the chard and different cheeses.

Asparagus Risotto Recipe

Recipe for Asparagus Risotto. Feeds two. The beauty is you can substitute any vegetables throughout the year making this a versatile basis for many meals

Cheese and Potato Pie Recipe

Recipe for Cheese and Potato Pie. Serves 4 -6 depends how hungry you are. Nice hot or cold with a salad. Can use shortcrust or cheese pastry.

Garlic Stir Fry Noodles Recipe – Quick & Easy

Recipe for Quick 'n' easy Garlic Stir Fry Noodles (or rice). To serve put the noodles/rice into a bowl and pour your veg over the top.

Newcastle Brown Ale Stew Recipe

Recipe for Newcastle Brown Ale Stew. Can be served with the potatoes on top or with a bowl of new potatoes separate. Also good with dumplings.

Potato and Spinach Ring Recipe

Recipe for Potato and Spinach Ring. Cheese can be added to the potatoes and/or béchamel sauce and sprinkled over the potatoes before baking. Serves 3 to 4.

Aztec Pie Recipe – Mexican Beef & Tortilla Layer

Recipe for Aztec Pie. Made principally with beef and is a good use for any lottie grown peppers, toms or chillies. Serve with golden rice. Enough for 6.

Gardeners’ Chicken Recipe

Recipe for Gardeners' Chicken. Green salad contrasts well with this dish and if you feel extra hungry, serve with ciabatta bread (or similar).

Welsh Sausages Recipe

Recipe for Welsh Sausages. An easy vegetarian cheese based recipe that children love to make and eat Fairly cheap and freezes really well. Makes 8 sausages.

Caraway Seeds Potatoes Recipe

Recipe for Caraway Seeds Potatoes. A lovely vegetarian filling dish, best served with a green salad. Enough, perhaps more than enough, for 2 people.

Basic Focaccia Bread Recipe

Recipe for Basic Focaccia Bread. If you wish to put fillings in, put with the flour, salt and yeast. The added bits will just disappear as the bread rises.

Winter Chicken Casserole Recipe

Recipe for Winter Chicken Casserole. Should serve 4 people and only takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Potato Kugel Recipe

Recipe for Potato Kugel - A delicious baked potato dish that is very easy to make. Makes a filling vegetarian supper dish for 4 or a main course.

Pepper and Tomato Tart Recipe

Recipe for Pepper and Tomato Tart. Can be eaten hot or cold. Serve with baby new potatoes and a salad as a main course to a meal.

Borlotti Bean Soup Recipe

Recipe for Borlotti Bean Soup. Makes enough soup for 8 people. As this freezes well, you can batch cook. Great recipe for a pressure cooker as well

Cabbage Piroskhi Recipe – Cabbage Parcels Appetiser

Recipe for Cabbage Piroskhi. Works well as an appetizer, with or without soup. If you haven't got the time to make the sour dough, use puff or flaky pastry.

Salmon Coulibiac (Russian Fish Pie) Recipe

Recipe for Salmon Coulibiac (Russian Fish Pie). Serves 4. Can be served either warm or cold but we think it works best as a warm main meal

Vegetable Lasagne Recipe

This Vegetable Lasagne Recipe is as easy to make if not easier than a meat lasagne dish. Suitable for vegetarians but will appeal even to the carnivores.

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