August Recipes
Seasonal recipes for the month August. August is a great month for eating lots of fresh vegetables, salads and light meals. Not to forget the (vegetarian) barbecue!
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Atlantic Dulse Mock Tuna Chickpea Salad
This creamy chickpea mock tuna salad is ideal for sandwiches, salads, or a baked potato filling. We used our rye crispbread to display an open sandwich.
• Serves: 2 - 4 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes
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Authentic Reunion Prawn Dish
This recipe was given to us by a wwoofer from Reunion Island, which is east of Madagascar.
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Cheesy Courgette & Sweetcorn Muffins
These savoury muffins are the perfect entrée to any vegan meal and a real Sheesy treat and just another example of healthy, guilt free nibbles made possible with our dairy free Sheese range.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes
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Cherry Pancakes
Cherries have a very short season, you should be able to get British cherries in July and August, sometimes in early September too.
• Serves: 2 - 4 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 20 - 30 minutes
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Easy De-Bloat Green Smoothie
A healthy start to the day with this recipe from A.Vogel. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten free, tasty too mind you! One of the simplest recipes on this website!
• Serves: 1 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes
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Easy-peasy Chilli sin carne
This chilli sin carne is so simple to make, anyone can do it! And with soya mince instead of meat, this chilli sin carne is very healthy too.
• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
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Falafel
Falafel is made from chickpeas and spices. Traditionally served with houmous and pita bread. Add some lettuce, tomato or cucumber salads to make a nutritious meal. It usually is vegan and vegetarian and when using Orgran bread crumbs, also gluten free.
• Serves: 4-6 • Preparation Time: 10-90 minutes • Cooking Time: 15-90 minutes
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Freekeh Salad
Enjoy at barbecues, garden parties or as a light meal!
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 5-10 minutes • Cooking Time: 5-10 minutes
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Gluten Free and Vegan Pasta with Courgettes
This easy to make pasta is free from dairy, gluten, egg and is vegetarian and vegan. With seasonal vegetables like courgette!
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 5-10 minutes • Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
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Homemade Houmous (Hummus)
Houmous is packed full of essential nutrients like zinc, selenium and calcium as well as being a great source of healthy fats from the olive oil and tahini. Ready-made houmous makes a really handy snack, and it’s easy to make at home too!
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes
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Homemade Piccalilli
You can use most vegetables to make piccalilli, I've used courgettes, onions, green beans. And you can vary the quantities too.
• Preparation Time: 15-25 minutes • Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes
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Indonesian Peanut Butter and Tomato Soup
A delicious, seasonal recipe by popular brand Meridian made with peanut butter and tomatoes.
• Serves: 2-3 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes • Cooking Time: 10 minutes
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Lentil curry with fish
Try and find pollack or hake, which are both white fish and more sustainable than cod or haddock. You could also use fresh tomatoes instead of tinned.
• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 45 minutes
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Millet Burgers
Millet sausage are a great alternative to meat. Have them between a soft bun or on their own and serve with lots of salad.
• Serves: 3-4 • Preparation Time: 20 minutes • Cooking Time: 20-30 minutes
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Overnight Porridge Bowl
Easy Peasy recipe for making porridge to soak up flavours overnight, ready to eat in the morning!
• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 0
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Pasta with (vegan) Salami and French beans
Another easy to make pasta, the pasta is free from gluten but the salami is not, if you're not vegetarian you could try and find a gluten free salami.
• Serves: 3-4 • Preparation Time: 5-10 minutes • Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
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Pasta with Nori
Nori is a sea vegetable high in iodine. You can use it not only for making sushi, but also in this summery gluten free pasta dish.
• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 8-10 minutes
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Pink summer salad
Also goes well with barbecues... parties... for lunch or... you get the idea!
• Serves: 2-4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 5 minutes
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Pita with Cooked Vegetables
Make the most of summer vegetables like courgettes while they are still in season! This dish is suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes • Cooking Time: 10 minutes
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Potato Tortilla with runner beans
Vegetarian potato tortilla with seasonal runner beans.
• Serves: 2-3 • Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
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Smashed Pea & Almond Toasts
Sourdough bread is available from our shop every week from Thursday!
• Serves: 1 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes
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Smoked Tofu ragout Hungarian style
Vegetarian ragout with Taifun smoked tofu.
• Serves: 6 • Preparation Time: 20-30 minutes • Cooking Time: 30 minutes
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Stuffed Courgettes
You can use large, round courgettes or small round squashes for this seasonal recipe. I have used an egg to make the filling more firm, but you can leave the egg out to make it suitable for vegans.
• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes
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Tempeh 'bacon' breakfast
Who knew you can have a vegetarian fry-up breakfast?! This tempeh has been marinated to resemble bacon.
• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: > 2 hours • Cooking Time: 20-30 minutes