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EVERYDAY & SUNDAY

July 27, 2017 by knobbyplate

So this is my first recommendation for a cookbook to start you off on your vegetarian journey. Everyday & Sunday from Riverford Organic Farms. The book on the whole is vegetarian but there are some meat recipes in there for you meat lovers and they are mainly centered around a good old fashioned Sunday roast.

The book takes you through the growing year by presenting vegetables that are in season depending on the month of the year and provides you with at least 3 vegetables to try for every month of the year. As you have seen from my last two blog posts I have picked out 2 recipes that fit well with the Knobbly Plates ethos of affordable eating. Though to be honest when food is in season it is invariably affordable due to the abundance of that vegetable and the fact that it has not had to travel so many food miles to get to your plate.

In summary the book is a sensible look at simple meals using only British vegetables, and all set in tasty seasonal recipes. There are many recipes in here also with an international influence. The cost of the book is £18.99 from a regular bookshop but if you bought it from Amazon I have seen it for as little as £3.03 if you bought it second hand.

So there you go celeriac and cabbage will never be mundane again.

Filed Under: Cookbooks Tagged With: cookbooks, riverford organics

QUICK ROASTED CAULIFLOWER CHEESE

July 27, 2017 by knobbyplate

In the second of my articles on “Everyday & Sunday” I am going to look at that perennial favourite, cauliflower cheese. For some reason since time began there always seems to be a version of cauliflower cheese in every vegetarian based cookbook. I should point out though that Everyday and Sunday is not strictly a veggie cookbook but it does contain mostly vegetarian dishes.


So what did we here at Knobbly Plate like about this recipe. Well first of all it definitely fits in with the affordable bit. The whole dish cost just £6.32 to make and there was easily enough for 4 people. That’s just £1.58 a portion for this classic comfort food. The most expensive ingredient was the gruyere cheese at £2.87 so it’s possible to make the dish even cheaper by substituting that for a mild cheddar which would probably halve the cost of the cheese.

The dish was simple enough to prepare but we found that the roasting part of ths cauliflower took double the amount of time it said on the recipe. Next and this is a personal preference I like my mustard so I doubled the amount to give it a bit more zing.
Taking all this into account it was a passable version of cauliflower cheese. I think however the one big change I would make in future would be to par boil the cauliflower first as we found the roasted version just a tad chewy. I would however say that if you have had a long day at work and can’t really face cooking then this version is definitely quick and easy to get from cupboard to plate.

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QUICK ROASTED CAULIFLOWER CHEESE
Author: The Knobbly Plate
Recipe type: Main Course
Cuisine: british
Prep time:  5 mins
Cook time:  40 mins
Total time:  45 mins
Serves: 4 Persons
 
Ingredients
  • 1 Cauliflower, Cut Into Florets
  • 1 tbs Olive Oil
  • 1 tsp Caster Sugar
  • 250g Creme Fraiche
  • 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
  • 100g Gruyere Cheese
Instructions
  1. Toss the cauliflower in the oil and sugar and roast for 20 mins at gas mark 6
  2. Mix all the other ingredients into a bowl with the grated gruyere.
  3. Toss the roasted cauliflower in the mixture.
  4. Place in an oven proof dish and scatter some grated gruyere over the top and roast in a hot oven until golden and bubbling.
3.5.3226

 

Filed Under: Main Course Tagged With: baked, british, cauliflower, cheese

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