With summer BBQs happening around us it can be hard to find tasty recipes to suit everyone's preferences and tastes, with more people becoming aware of what they are eating and wanting to eat clean and healthy I have included some great recipes for those that have a vegetarian diet or vegetarian guests or even just to include as great side dishes.
Crunchy Salad Sharing Platter
Description:
Our Crunchy Salad Sharing Platter is super simple to make and brings together a healthy mix of textures and flavours. A generous squeeze of Primula Original adds a creamy twist for a speedy lunch or a vibrant BBQ side.
Ingredients:
1 Romaine lettuce, quartered
1 x 198g can sweetcorn, drained
1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into small squares
140g Primula Original Cheese
Freshly ground black pepper, if liked
Pitta bread, toasted until crisp and cut into triangles, to serve
Method:
- Arrange the quartered Romaine lettuce on a platter and sprinkle over the sweetcorn and chopped pepper.
- Generously squeeze over Primula Original Cheese and a sprinkle of black pepper if liked.
- Serve with crispy pitta triangles.
Serves: 4
Easy beany Burgers
Description:
We love a good vegan burger and this one tops the taste charts! Primula Perfectly Plant coats the ingredients in a creamy texture for a firm burger than won’t fall apart! Burger night just got even better!
Ingredients:
50g pine nuts
Oil for frying
1 large onion
425g can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
198g can sweetcorn, drained
2 x 140g Primula Perfectly Plant
85g fresh breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Black pepper
Vegan burger buns
Salad leaves, to serve
1 large tomato, sliced, to serve
Method:
- Heat a frying pan over medium heat and lightly toast the pine nuts for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Remove from the pan onto a plate and set aside to cool.
- Finely chop half of the onion, then slice the remaining half and put to one side for later. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in the frying pan and add the finely chopped onion. Fry gently until soft and just starting to brown.
- Meanwhile, empty the kidney beans into a large bowl and mash well with a potato masher or fork. Add the pine nuts, drained sweetcorn and fried onion. Then stir in 4 tablespoons of Primula Perfectly Plant, half of the breadcrumbs and the parsley. Season to taste with black pepper and mix well.
- Shape the mixture into 4 burgers and coat the outside of each burger with the remaining breadcrumbs. Cover and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and gently fry the remaining sliced onion until it is caramelised and golden. Remove from the pan and keep on one side to serve with the cooked burgers.
- Heat 1-2 tablespoons of oil in the same frying pan and fry the beany burgers for 3-4 minutes on each side until crisp and golden.
- Serve the beany burgers in buns with salad leaves and a slice of tomato. Top with a generous squeeze of Primula Perfectly Plant and crispy fried onion slices.
Serves: 4
Variations:
Divide the mixture into 8 smaller burgers and serve in pitta bread with salad leaves and a generous squeeze of Primula Perfectly Plant.
Herby Polenta Chips
Description:
Move over potatoes, polenta chips are in town! These golden bites are crispy on the outside yet soft on the inside and they’re seriously scrumptious! Simply serve with Primula Perfectly Plant for a delicious dip. Happy dunking!
Ingredients:
500g pack ready-made polenta
Olive oil
1-2 teaspoons Za’atar seasoning
1 teaspoon paprika, if liked
Sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Fresh thyme, to garnish
140g Primula Perfectly Plant
1 pot tomato salsa, to serve
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 200C, 180C fan, Gas 6.
- Slice the polenta into 1cm slices and cut in half again lengthways to make chip shapes.
- Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper and brush each polenta chip with olive oil. Sprinkle with Za’atar and paprika if using, and season with salt and black pepper.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until heated through and starting to brown at the edges. Sprinkle over thyme leaves as a garnish.
- Squeeze Primula Perfectly Plant into a bowl and serve alongside the salsa as dipping sauces for the polenta fries. Enjoy!
Serves: 2
