I eat vegetarian four times a week in order to eat a good balance of diverse protein sources without always resorting to meat. At this point, I have quite a repertoire of vegetarian meals that I default to when I am lacking creativity. Here are five of my favourites: Spinach and cheese quesadillas Fennel, brie and walnut tart Cheese and basil risotto Spinach gnocchi Feta and quinoa patties … [Read more...] about My Favourite Low Fodmap Vegetarian Dinner Recipes
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Vegetable Paella
This is the second of the recipes I’m making from that vegan cooking book. It’s a vegetable paella and I chose it because it brings back memories of a wild holiday Adriano and I took through Spain some years ago. I say wild not because we partied like teenagers but because we thought Adriano’s bright green Renault bomb of a car could get us all the way from Italy, through France, right around Spain and back home again in one piece. It didn’t happen as smoothly as we had imagined. The car betrayed us several times and then we were robbed in a camping ground just outside Madrid so we gave up and limped home. That makes it seem like a miserable holiday and it was anything but. As we cruised down the eastern coast of Spain through the steaming heat in a car without air conditioning, we would stop for lunch at any appropriately cheap-looking, non-touristy eating hole and order paella and the local wine. Laden down like beasts of burden with bellies double the size and a slightly foggy … [Read more...] about Vegetable Paella
Perlas, Smoked Fish, Rocket & Fennel Salad
Bike ride done, legs wobbly with fatigue, I was glad this was a throw-together meal with minimal cooking. Complaints of hunger drew me away from checking my emails and I threw together this all-in-one dish to keep them quiet. Perlas, Smoked Fish, Rocket & Fennel Salad Print Author: Suzanne Perazzini Ingredients Smoked fish Baby potatoes (perlas are best) Rocket Almonds Fennel Parmesan Lemon juice Lemon rind Olive oil Salt Pepper Method Cook potatoes until tender then halve them. Slice fennel thinly. Toast almonds. Break up smoked fish. Blend lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper and finely grated lemon rind Mix the potato halves in the dressing. Place everything including the rocket into a bowl all together and top with shaved Parmesan. 3.2.2708 … [Read more...] about Perlas, Smoked Fish, Rocket & Fennel Salad