Chickpea and Feta Tomato Pasta Sauce

I recently saw an interesting recipe for chicken and feta tomato pasta sauce and decided to modify it to be vegetarian. I'm not a fan of fake meat substitutes so I tend to substitute pulses for meat; I use chickpeas here, which I'm not normally in the habit of eating with pasta, and it worked really well.

Cheddar and Spinach Puff Pastry Twists

These are extremely easy to make and very tasty. They will also freeze well, though I doubt they will last that long! This recipe makes 10 quite large twists; you could easily halve the size and make 20 medium sized twists.

Spinach and Feta Muffins

I have been experimenting with savoury snacks recently in quest to find home made food which is easy to feed my daughter on the go. I experimented with a few different muffin recipes to little success before making these, which are a lovely consistency and very tasty. I lowered the salt content for my daughter so you might want to up it slightly, though the feta will add some saltiness to them. 

 

Feta Cheese Summer Frittata

This is my first attempt at making a frittata, and it turned out really well. I used feta cheese in this, but any cheese you fancy will do; goats cheese would also work well, I think.

For best results, you want to use a dish which can be used on the hob as well as in the oven (such as a cast iron ceramic dish), and I've written the instructions with this in mind. Don't panic if you don't though, as I actually didn't have one to hand when I cooked this, so I fried everything in a pan and transferred it to an oven dish. It turned out fine, but the bottom of the frittata was not as well set as I would have liked.

Mushroom and Butter Bean Sandwich Filling

As a vegetarian, I too often fall back on the cheese or hummus when it comes to sandwich fillers for lunch. Granted, I vary the cheese/hummus I eat, but you get my drift - it's easy to get stuck in a rut. So I started experimenting with using beans as a low-fat, high-protein sandwich filling. This is one of my favourite creations. It's tasty both hot and cold, and you can even eat it hot as a side for your dinner. I had this in a home made wholemeal roll for my lunch, and it was delicious!