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Crustless Mixed Vegetable Quiche (photo by Martina Frietsch, stock.xchng)

Crustless Mixed Vegetable Quiche

Use almost any vegetables of your choice, just ensuring that you have the total amount of vegetables specified in the recipe; green beans are very good as are peas, also broccoli. …


Vegetable Terrine with Mushroom Sauce (photo by Rob Owen-Wahl, stock.xchng)

Vegetable Terrine with Mushroom Sauce

Serve with the mushroom sauce as a vegetarian main course – but it also an excellent vegetable accompaniment for non-vegetarians. …


Marcella Hazan’s Beef Broth (photo by Rainer Zenz, Wikimedia Commons)

Marcella Hazan’s Beef Broth

Marcella Hazan is an Italian cookery writer who writes in English. Her cookbooks are credited with introducing …


Minestrone (photo by Arnaud 25, Wikimedia Commons))

Minestrone

This is a bit of a pain to make, but is undoubtedly the king of chunky vegetable soups – I served it as a special request for a winter Christening, …


Creamy Carrot and Turnip Soup (photo by Alistair Williamson, stock.xchng)

Creamy Carrot and Turnip Soup

The parsley and croutons dress up this soup, which actually is a delicious hearty winter family soup. …


Coriander Lamb Croquettes (photo by Tamorlan, Wikimedia Commons)

Coriander Lamb Croquettes


Carrot Cake (photo by Alex Ado, stock.xchng)

Carrot Cake


Nutty Brown Rice and Mushroom Salad (photo by David Lat, stock.xchng)

Nutty Brown Rice and Mushroom Salad

Best at room temperature but also good chilled. Try to have the rice and mushrooms ready at the same time. …


Thai Green Curry Chicken Salad (photo by Steve Woods, rgbstock.com)

Thai Green Curry Chicken Salad

This dish has a fantastic taste, but, unfortunately doesn’t look as good as one would like it to – actually, to be honest, it is, more or less, the colour of green sludge. …


Carrot, Peanut and Raisin Salad (photo by Adam Ciesielski, stock.xchng)

Carrot, Peanut and Raisin Salad

This salad makes an exceptional accompaniment to a curry dish like bobotie. …


Twice-baked Carrot and Cardamom Souffle (photo by Miansari66, Wikimedia Commons)

Twice-baked Carrot and Cardamom Souffle

Serve immediately with the sauce and the, optional, caramelized pecans. …


Sauerbraten (photo by Rob Owen-Wahl, stock.xchng)

Sauerbraten

This pot roast freezes very well – sauce and meat separate, but only add the sour cream/yoghurt to the sauce when reheating. Slice the meat and reheat it, sliced in the completed sauce. …


Moroccan Carrot Salad (photo by sanja gjenero, rgbstock.com)

Moroccan Carrot Salad

Two for the price of one. One simple change and this becomes a Spanish Carrot Salad. …


Creamy Pea and Pasta Salad (photo by Esther Groen, stock.xchng)

Creamy Pea and Pasta Salad

Substitute sweetcorn kernels and diced red and green pepper for the peas and carrot to make a change. …


Pesto Vegetable Coleslaw (photo by lisa fanucchi, stock.xchng)

Pesto Vegetable Coleslaw

The dressing of this salad poured over just broccoli makes a pretty good salad as well. In fact I prefer it, because I’m not a lover of raw cabbage. …


Spiced Lentil and Vegetable Salad (photo by Gokhan Okur, stock.xchng)

Spiced Lentil and Vegetable Salad

Serve with a bowl of yoghurt swirled with fresh mint. …


Coleslaw with Tahini Dressing (photo by Erik Araujo, stock.xchng)

Coleslaw with Tahini Dressing

An unusual coleslaw, and also an excellent sambal for any kind of curry. …


Copper Penny Salad (photo by Kaan Tanriover,stock.xchng)

Copper Penny Salad

This is an excellent salad with braais. …


South Africa Carrot Salad (II) (photo by peter hellebrand, stock.xchng)

South Africa Carrot Salad (II)

Simple, tasty and very easy to prepare. …


Sweet Moroccan Carrot Salad (II) (photo by peter hellebrand, stock.xchng)

Sweet Moroccan Carrot Salad (II)

One of many variations of the Sweet Moroccan Carrot Salad. …



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