Dr Bijal Sisodia-Shah and Dr Keval Shah share some of their own vegan recipes to help you on your plant-based journey – whatever that might look like.
Vegan quiche
Our very own vegan quiche recipe – this is packed with vegan sources of protein and veg!
Ingredients
- Chickpea/Gram flour – 1 cup
- Plant-based cheese of your choice (1/2 cup)
- Plant-based milk of your choice (we use soya 1-1.5cups)
- Tofu (firm) one packet (try smoked tofu for variety)
- Short crust pastry – one packet
- Kala namak (black salt) – 1 tsp
- Nutritional yeast – 1 tbsp
- Smoked paprika – 1 tsp
- Red chilli – 1/3 tsp
- Turmeric –1/3 tsp
- Oregano – 1 tsp
- Mixed herbs –1 tsp
- Garlic – two cloves
- Ginger finely chopped/grated – 1/3 tsp
- Very thinly sliced leeks (1/2 a leek)
- One very finely sliced onion
- Sliced mushrooms, four to five medium size
- Half a green pepper
- Half a red pepper diced
- Add in your favourite vegetables diced/sliced
- Two tomatoes
- You can add green chilli and ginger if you enjoy your spices!
Method
- Preheat the oven: 200c (180c fan assisted)/gas mark 6
- Lightly spray oil in your oven dish. (I prefer to use a cake tin with a removable base)
- Short crust pastry: roll this out approx 5mm. You can buy this pre rolled if you like
- Line your pastry at the base and circumference of your cake tin
- Soy milk and chickpea flour – medium consistency (blend if you like). Add your cheese, dried herbs and spices mentioned above
- Squeeze out the water from your tofu and crumble into the mixture
- Sauté your garlic, ginger, onions, leeks and your veg in a pan (but don’t overcook your veg). Add the mixture into your pastry-lined oven dish
- Slice tomatoes and place on top. Add oregano, salt and pepper on top for taste
- Place in oven until gold brown – approximately 18 to 22 minutess and voila! Add basil at the end as garnish
- Top tip: season well and spice it up!
Fluffy vegan blueberry pancakes
Great alternative to your usual morning bowl of oats.
Ingredients
- One ripe banana
- One cup rolled oats
- Half a cup of plant-based milk of your choice
- Two tsp ground chia seeds or flax seed
- One tsp of baking powder
- Two dates
- Optional: 1 tsp of vanilla essence.
Method
- Blitz the above in a blender
- Scoop into the pan on medium heat
- Add blueberries and flip
- Optional: drizzle with agave/maple syrup as a treat!
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