Mushroom apple stew

Mushroom apple stew Prep Time: 30 Hours 0 Mins Cooking Time: 45 Hours 0 Mins Ingredients:
  • Onion- maybe 3
  • Portobello mushrooms- maybe 2
  • Fennel seeds
  • Oil for frying
  • Potatoes- about 6
  • Apple- about 3
  • Vege stock- enough to cover potatoes
  • Bay leaves
  • Sage
Directions:
  1. Fry onions and mushrooms in oil, and throw in a pinch of fennel seeds
  2. Take off the heat and add in chopped up potato and apple, bayleaves and lots of sage and simmer in vege stock until potatoes are soft
  3. Thats it!
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Chard Filo Layer Pie

Chard Filo Layer Pie From: Helen Prep Time: 45 Mins Cooking Time: 25 Mins Total Time: 1 Hours 10 Mins Yields: One big pie Ingredients:
  • Sheets filo pastry (I used bought frozen pastry sheets)
  • About 3 large bags of chard (use loads it cooks down to a really small amount)
  • Oil
  • 3 Onions
  • Block of firm tofu
  • Lemon juice
  • Dried dill
  • Sesame seeds
Directions:
  1. Chop and fry onions in a little oil until soft, put to one side
  2. Chop up chard into quite small bits and steam...
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Purple coleslaw

Purple coleslaw From: Helen Prep Time: 20 Hours 0 Mins Total Time: 20 Hours 0 Mins Yields: Big bowlful to share Ingredients:
  • 1/2 Red cabbage
  • 2 raw beetroots
  • Mayonaise of choice
  • Herbs to garnish
Directions:
  1. Grate half of the cabbage, and chop up roughly the other half.
  2. Grate the beetroot up.
  3. Mix em both together and coat with mayonaise. I am a massive vegan so made this mayonaise http://peanutbutterandvegan.com/april-all-natural-day-5/ (Clever recipe- made out of oil and water from a tin of chickpeas- honest!)
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Nettle and Rocket Soup

Nettle and Rocket Soup From: Axel Prep Time: 10 Mins Cooking Time: 30 Mins Total Time: 40 Mins Yields: serves 3-4 as a starter Ingredients:
  • 100g nettles, roughly chopped
  • 100g rocket, roughly chopped
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 small potatoes, cubed
  • 750ml vegetable stock
  • salt, pepper
Directions:
  1. Fry the onions, potatoes, nettles and stalky bits of the rocket in a little olive oil for 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic and vegetable stock and allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
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Waterland’s finest brassica shoots

Waterland’s finest brassica shoots From: Helen (that’s why there’s no measurements- sorry but it’s how I roll) Prep Time: 3 Mins Cooking Time: 10 Mins Total Time: 13 Mins Ingredients:
  • Handful of Waterland’s finest brassica shoots for each person
  • Chopped onion
  • Clove or two of garlic
  • Rapeseed oil
  • Chinese five spice
  • Pinch salt or a splash of soy sauce
  • Twist of black pepper
Directions:
  1. So chop your onion and garlic and cook til soft or however you like it in a bit of oil...
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