Fuss-free food for one or two
All my recipes are for full meals for two people. All recipes are my own creation unless credited.
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Quick recipes
Green beans with paneer in tomato sauce
30 minutes
A quick and easy recipe for green beans.
Pasta with carrots and mung beans
60 minutes
A delicious vegan pasta recipe with some slightly unusual ingredients.
Yellow peppers and tofu sticks in Filipino-style creamy sauce
30 minutes
This is a free vegan interpretation of a Filipino recipe, Binagoongan Talong sa Gata.
Aubergine salad
30 minutes
Nice summery salad of aubergines, chick peas and fresh mushrooms.
Okra with tomatoes and tofu sticks
45 minutes
This is inspired by a Filipino recipe, curried okra with tomatoes.
Greek-style green beans in tomato sauce with feta and rice
45 minutes
This is a Greek style recipe from the Artisa cookbook.
Orzo with celeriac, mixed mushrooms and tofu sticks
20 minutes
This is a vegan orzo recipe with an unusual but delicious combination of ingredients.
Aubergines and tofu sticks in Filipino-style creamy sauce
20 minutes
This is a veggie version of a Filipino recipe, Binagoongan Talong sa Gata.
Stir fry of carrots, courgettes and tofu sticks
20 minutes
A very simple stir fry with a few unusual ingredients.
Cold pasta with raw carrots and mushrooms
20 minutes
As this is the hottest summer in 40 years, I wanted to make something refreshing. This is a cold pasta with raw carrots and raw chestnut mushrooms.
Celeriac and mushrooms with lentils and rice
30 minutes
Another wintery recipe, a stir-fry of celeriac and mushrooms with lentils and rice. It takes about 30 minutes to prepare.
Curry of potatoes, parsnips and chickpeas
30 minutes
This nice wintery recipe for a mild potato curry with parsnips and chickpeas takes about 30 minutes to prepare.
Parsnips, bananas, adzuki beans and rice
20 minutes
I set out to make a curry but decided to make it a bit special by adding bananas and adzuki beans.
Peppers, tofu, potatoes and black rice
20 minutes
This is a simple, colourful and very tasty stir-fry of baby bell peppers, potatoes and tofu.
Fried potatoes with soy beans, peas and courgette in a mildly spicy sauce
30 minutes
In this recipe I combined my umami sauce with potatoes, soy beans, peas and courgettes.
Curry of potatoes, spinach and chickpeas
30 minutes
This very tasty recipe for a mild potato curry with spinach and chickpeas takes about 30 minutes to prepare.
Linguine with cream, potatoes, asparagus and pesto
15 minutes
This is a quick take on a very famous Italian recipe, but with asparagus instead of green beans.
Udon with carrots and tofu skin knots in a mildly spicy sauce
30 minutes
Although this is an udon (Japanese noodle) recipe, it is definitely not typically Japanese.
Parsnips, peppers and black beans with rice
20 minutes
This is a simple, colourful and very tasty stir-fry of parsnips, peppers and black beans, served with rice
Risotto with parsnips and oyster mushrooms
30 minutes
A risotto with seasonal ingredients.
Simple winter hotpot with root vegetables and adzuki beans
20 mins
A very easy-to-make winter hotpot. The adzuki beans make it a complete meal.
Butternut squash, pear and black-eyed bean stir-fry with brown rice
20 minutes
An unusual combination of butternut squash and pear with flaked almonds for an interesting texture.
Courgettes with feta and pine kernels, served with basmati rice
15 minutes
This is one of my favourite recipes, very easy to make and super quick
Stir-fry of carrots, potatoes and chickpeas
20 minutes
This simple stir-fry of carrots, potatoes and chick peas is a very easy to make one-pan meal.
Yellow peppers, potatoes and Puy lentils
30 minutes
Potatoes and yellow peppers in one pan may seem like an unusual combination but it works really well.
Potato and vegetable bake with cream cheese
30 minutes
This original potato and vegetable bake is great on a cold night.
Stir-fry of mixed mushrooms with black beans, celeriac and potatoes
30 minutes
A suprising and very tasty stir-fry of Japanese mushrooms, black beans and celeriac.
Trofie, tomatoes and mozarella with a cream cheese dressing
15 minutes
Another really easy and quick recipe, ready in the time to cook the pasta.
Rigatoni, chickpeas and cucumber with a miso dressing
15 minutes
This is a really easy and super quick recipe, ready in the time to cook the pasta.
Carrot and chickpea stir-fry with maftoul
15 minutes
This is a really quick and simple stir-fry of carrots and chickpeas, ready in 15 minutes, and very tasty.
Tofu-hummus, fried potatoes and aubergines
30 minutes
This is not a typically Japanese recipe but many of the ingredients are very common in Japanese cuisine.
Orzo with broccoli and paneer
20 minutes
This is a surprising combination of orzo pasta with steamed broccoli and stir-fried paneer.
Tortilla with mushrooms and pine nuts
20 minutes
A tortilla is a Spanish-style omelette with potatoes, very quick and easy to make.
Risotto with green peas
30 minutes
Risotto is a popular Italian-style one-pan dish, delicious and easy to make.
Stir-fried carrots with tofu-hummus and maftoul
20 minutes
A great combination of stir-fried carrots with apples, tofu-hummus and maftoul.
Cauliflower, potatoes and lentils
20 minutes
Stir-frying the cauliflower and potatoes with seeds and spices gives a nice ...
Curry of celeriac, spinach, mushrooms and paneer
30 minutes
Celeriac, spinach and mushrooms go together surprisingly well. Combined with ...
Linguine al pesto Genovese
15 minutes
This is a really quick take on a very famous Italian recipe, and it is very ...
Mild curry with red lentils and rice
30 minutes
This is a recipe for a delicious mild root vegetable curry. The red lentils ...
Asparagus and paneer on a bed of rocket and courgettes
15 minutes
Asparagus is a delicious vegetable that needs very little preparation.
Imam bayildi with couscous and feta
20 minutes
Imam bayildi is Turkish for the priest has fainted, and a very well-known ...
Risotto with oyster mushrooms
30 minutes
Risotto is a popular Italian-style one-pan dish, delicious and easy to make. It ...
Stuffed yellow peppers with chickpeas and rice
20 minutes
This recipe is my own take on a recipe from Sarah Brown's Vegetarian Cookbook.
Mild root vegetable curry with paneer and rice
30 minutes
This is a very tasty recipe for a mild root curry with paneer.
Orzo with ricotta and mushrooms
30 minutes
Orzo is pasta shaped like grains of barley. You can use in instead of rice for ...
Bananas, black-eyed beans, sweet potatoes and parsnips
20 minutes
This is a one-pot recipe that takes about 20 minutes. It is inspired by a dish ...
Mushrooms, apples and cranberries with fried chickpeas and rice
20 minutes
This surprising combination is very easy to make and really tasty. Cranberries ...
Aubergines, apples and chickpeas, served with rice
30 minutes
In this recipe I sweetened the aubergines by cooking them together with apples. ...
Stuffed courgettes with gnocchi
20 minutes
This is a very simple recipe with few ingredients and ready in about 20 minutes.
Curry of potatoes, spinach and paneer
30 minutes
This very tasty recipe takes about 30 minutes to prepare, its a mild potato ...
Courgettes and mushrooms with Puy lentils and brown rice
30 minutes
Puy lentils have a great rich, earthy taste, and combined with dried tomatoes ...
Pasta with mozarella, tomatoes and antipasti
15 minutes
This is a basic pasta recipe with a cold topping that is again very easy to ...
Tomatoes with halloumi and pumpkin seeds, served with basmati rice
15 minutes
This is one of my favourite recipes, very easy to make, ready in 15 minutes and ...
Japanese recipes
Onigiri (Japanese style rice balls)
30 minutes
Onigiri are just rice balls. There is nothing magical about them but they are delicious.
Japanese-style risotto of black rice, mixed mushrooms and aubergines
45 minutes
This is a risotto but made from Thai black rice cooked with kombu, aubergines and mixed mushrooms.
Yakisoba with carrots and edamame
20 minutes
Yakisoba (焼きそば) means fried soba noodles. This is a stir fry of carrots and soy beams with soba noodles added to the pan.
Nabe of yellow peppers, celeriac, shiitake and tofu with rice
20 minutes
This is a Japanese-style recipe for a nabe with yellow peppers and celeriac, two vegetables that are less common in Japan.
Iridofu with carrots and shiitake
20 minutes
This is a variation on scrambled tofu iridoufu (炒り豆腐). I combined the tofu with stir-fried carrots and fresh shiitake and served it with rice.
Murakami meal #4: Stir-fried potatoes with carrots and soy beans
20 minutes
Time for a Murakami meal: I had carrots and potatoes, and some soy beans in the freezer.
Tofu skin rolls and stewed hijiki seaweed with aubergines
1h soak + 45mins cook
This recipe with dried tofu skin (yuba) is inspired by the Zen temple cookbook I bought in Japan.
Soy milk ramen
45 minutes
Ramen is a very popular dish in Japan, but usually not vegetarian. This is a delicious recipe for vegan ramen.
Stir-fry of tofu, potatoes and carrots
45 minutes
This Japanese-style recipe combines iridoufu with potatoes and stir-fried carrots into a complete one-pan meal.
Nabe of parsnips, celeriac and soy beans with red rice
30 mins soak + 20 mins cook
This is a Japanese-style recipe for a nabe with parsnips and celeriac, two root vegetables that are less common in Japan.
Miso-glazed aubergines with soy beans and rice
30 mins soak + 20 mins cook
This is my take on nasu dengaku (茄子田楽), a very well-known Japanese aubergine dish.
Scrambled tofu, hijiki, spinach and rice
60 mins soak + 45 mins cook
This is typical, rather elaborate Japanese meal with three well-known dishes and rice.
Murakami meal #3: Aubergine boats with soy beans and ginger served with red rice
30 mins soak + 20 mins cook
This is another Murakami meal. I had aubergines and I decided to fill them with ...
Japanese-style potato salad
30 minutes
Although potato salad may not sound very Japanese , it has long been very ...
Murakami meal #2: soba noodles, soy beans, tomato and carrot
10 minutes
This is the second of my Murakami meals. Its a *very* quick meal, hardly any ...
Murakami meal #1: aubergines with ponzu, soy beans and brown rice
30 mins soak + 20 mins cook
This is the first of my Murakami meals, named after one of my favourite authors,
Nabe of carrots, potatoes, shiitake and tofu
20 minutes
This is a Japanese-style dish called nabe or hotpot. Its a one-pot meal, easy ...
Aubergines, sweet potatoes, tofu and wakame with rice
20 minutes
Aubergines are very popular in Japan and there are many different ways of ...
Baking
Parsnip pizza
2 h + 30 mins prep, 15 mins baking
This is a traditional pizza with some non-traditional toppings.
White bread with raisins and walnuts
2 h 30 mins prep, 40 mins baking
This is a quick recipe for plain bread from white flour.
Sourdough starter
5 minutes per day
Making a sourdough starter is very easy.
Sourdough bread
4 hours prep, 60 mins baking
This is a relatively quick recipe for sourdough bread.
Stollen
30 mins prep, 75 mins baking
A stollen is a rich fruit loaf, typical for the festive season. This recipe is based on a recipe for Dresdner Christmas stollen from an old cookbook.
Treats
Sweet red bean paste on toast
15 mins prep + 30 mins cooling
This is a quick variant of the traditional Japanese red bean paste, anko.
Frozen yoghurt with dates
5 mins prep, 100-200 mins freezing
A simple and low-tech recipe for frozen yoghurt.
Brownies with dates and walnuts
20 mins prep, 25 mins baking
A quick and simple recipe for date and walnut brownies.
Festive specials
Aubergines stuffed with stir-fried cauliflower and potato gratin
60 minutes
This is my second festive recipe for Quick and Tasty, aubergines stuffed with stir-fried cauliflower served with potato gratin.
Festive bake with aubergines, mushrooms and cream
45 minutes
This is a great festive meal, a rich bake of aubergines, mushrooms and potatoes with cream and cheese.