October Recipes

Serve upon a bed of noodles with some token greens. A little sauce goes a long way as well as that final sprinkling of sesame seeds. Recipe courtesy of CLF

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 30 minutes

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes

Make this homemade tomato ketchup with the last of your homegrown tomatoes. You can either use green, red or a combination of the two.

• Serves: 500 ml • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 65-70 minutes

What better way of using up windfall apples! Pick any apples you find in the wild or ask neighbours, friends or family with apple trees if you can pick their apples and give them homemade cider in return.

• Serves: 10-20 • Preparation Time: 20-60 minutes • Cooking Time: 100 minutes

Because sauerkraut is made using a process called lacto-fermentation, it contains healthy bacteria which not only preserves the sauerkraut but is also beneficial for your own internal health. It’s naturally cholesterol free, fat free and high in vitamin C.

• Serves: 10-20 • Preparation Time: 30-60 minutes

Another Dutch 'stamppot' dish. Yes, we sure like our mashed potatoes! This is a vegan recipe but can be made vegetarian by using cheddar cheese, milk and butter.

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 15-25 minutes

If you use the products listed you can be certain they are vegan and gluten free (although might have been processed in a factory which also uses gluten and dairy). Other brands are available, but always read the label to make sure it doesn’t contain ‘hidden’ ingredients.

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: > 120 • Cooking Time: 5-10 minutes

Did you know you can make capers from nasturtium pods?

• Preparation Time: overnight • Cooking Time: 5 minutes

Because savoy cabbage is in season throughout the winter months, this recipe is also seasonal if eaten in November, December or January. They originally should be shaped into balls, but they are also tasty when flat (as in my attempt!).

• Serves: 3-4 • Preparation Time: 120 minutes • Cooking Time: 30 minutes

A vegetarian curry with seasonal vegetables like onion, potatoes and beans.

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes

I got this recipe from one of my customers who made it at home!

• Serves: 3-4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: > 1 hour

A vegan take on pulled pork: pulled mushrooms! Tasty, healthy and easy to make this vegan recipe can be made almost year round as spring cabbage, despite the name, is in season most of the year! You can substitute the mixed mushrooms for oyster mushrooms.

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Typically served at celebratory meals in the Southern states of America, this pie links the classic combination of pumpkin, pecan nuts and aromatic warm spices in a pastry case. Serve warm as a dessert or chilled with a cup of coffee.

• Serves: 1 pie • Preparation Time: 20-25 minutes • Cooking Time: 50-55 minutes

Stamppot is a very traditional Dutch way of cooking meals. Basically, you can mash any vegetable with potatoes and serve it with gravy and sausages. Try cooked onions, carrot and potato mash (Hutspot), raw endive or lettuce and potato mash (andijviestamp) or curly kale with mashed potato (boerenko...

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 25-30 minutes

A fresh, vegan salad made with seasonal vegetables and joint supporting oils. Enjoy with an 'Indian Summer' barbecue, as lunch or as a side dish to Taifun sausages or tofu.

• Serves: 1 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 0

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes • Cooking Time: 30-60 minutes

October can be cold too and this soup is a good way to warm up and also to use up the pumpkin! Serve it with your homemade chutney made in September.

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 20 minutes • Cooking Time: 45-60 minutes

Recipe with tofu in a massala style sauce, with cucumber salad and boiled potatoes.

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: >1 hour • Cooking Time: 15 - 20 minutes

Here, you will find the basic method for making your own miso soup. You can add any green or root vegetables and Clearspring Udon noodles to make it into a pot dish as well.

• Serves: 2-3 • Preparation Time: 35 minutes • Cooking Time: 15 minutes

Fun to make with children. Enjoyable to eat!

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 20-30 minutes • Cooking Time: 5-10 minutes

Never knew what to do with seaweed? Try this healthy alternative to meat burgers, made with tofu and seaweed! Seasonal recipe with tomatoes and lettuce.

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 20 minutes