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Healthy vegetarian recipes round-up

By Nancy Anne Harbord

Best Healthy Vegetarian Recipes - make eating nutritious food a joy! deliciousfromscratch.com

Courgette Burgers with Feta and Herbs – A recipe for grated courgette patties flavoured with feta cheese, lemon and fresh herbs. Baked, not fried, so extra light and healthy. Sandwich in a veggie burger or serve the cooled patties as part of a Greek meze. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Happy New Year my friends! I am filled with joy and positivity at the beginning of this new year. It feels amazing to look back over the past twelve months and reflect on what I experienced and achieved. And to think carefully about what I hope 2015 will bring and how best to work towards that. I have lots of plans!

Cramming my diet with healthy food is one of those things. Fresh, minimally processed ingredients, everything made from scratch. Lots of vegetables, unrefined grains and healthy proteins. Some lovely artisan cheese. The odd dessert here and there.

So today I bring you a selection of the best healthy vegetarian recipes from the past year on Delicious from scratch – happy, colourful recipes that make eating wholesome food an unbridled joy.

Nutritious nom!

What are your favourite healthy vegetarian recipes? I’d love to hear your recommendations…

Greek Feta Dip with Yoghurt – This super healthy dip recipe blends salty feta cheese with creamy Greek yoghurt, seasoned with lemon, garlic and Dijon mustard. Great with crisp breads, drizzled over tomatoes, with fresh avocado or in a summer salad. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Greek feta dip with yoghurt

One of my favourite healthy snacks! Creamy Greek yoghurt, blended with fresh, salty feta cheese, then seasoned with crushed garlic, lemon juice, freshly ground black pepper and Dijon mustard.

Great for avocados, salads, crackers and more – can be spooned, dolloped and drizzled over a multitude of nibbles.

Gluten-free.

Oyster Mushroom Tempura with Buckwheat – This vegan, gluten-free tempura batter recipe uses whole grain buckwheat and brown rice flours. Still light and crispy, here it makes a beautiful tempura using mushrooms. Classy vegan appetizer or Japanese vegetarian starter. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Oyster mushroom tempura with buckwheat

A healthy twist on Japanese tempura, made with a mixture of buckwheat and brown rice flour. Still crispy and light, but also whole grain, gluten-free and vegan!

The oyster mushrooms stay pleasingly chewy, almost meaty, after frying and hold their shape beautifully. You can even see the wonderful patterns of the mushrooms etched in the thin batter.

Vegan and gluten-free.

Avocado Salad with Strawberries, Basil and Chilli – Creamy avocado and fresh strawberries with basil, chilli and a tart lime dressing. Sweet, tart, savoury, spicy and creamy, all in one healthy, summer salad recipe. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Avocado salad with strawberries, basil and chilli

A vibrant, healthy avocado salad, flavoured with lime, chilli, basil and plenty of seasoning. The cherry tomatoes and fragrant strawberries offer a lovely sweet-tart contrast to the buttery avocado.

Great as a summery, life-affirming snack, starter or side.

Vegan and gluten-free.

Vegan Thai Green Curry – An incredibly fragrant Thai curry with homemade green curry paste (easy substitutions included). A rich, spicy, herbal coconut broth with buckwheat noodles and Asian mushrooms. Delicious, healthy vegan or vegetarian dinner. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Vegan Thai Green Curry

A step-by-step guide on how to make your own Thai green curry paste and why it’s worth the effort! Freezing the paste ahead means super easy, beautifully flavoured, healthy Thai green curry can make a regular appearance on your dinner table. It does on mine!

The spicy coconut broth is the star of this dish, and it goes wonderfully with crispy soy sauce tofu and all manner of lightly steamed or sautéed veggies.

Vegan and gluten-free.

Vegetable Pie with Ricotta and Spelt Pastry – This fantastically healthy vegetable pie is filled with homemade ricotta cheese, mushrooms, kale and olives. Includes a wholegrain spelt pastry recipe. Great vegetarian picnic food. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Vegetable pie with ricotta and spelt

Made with a revolutionary pastry recipe – 100% whole grain spelt flour blended with ripe avocado instead of oil or butter – which bakes into flaky layers of iron-rich, whole grain goodness.

This pie contains more than 1.5kg of fresh, healthy, anti-oxidant laden vegetables, meaning that each whole grain slice contains nearly two and a half whole portions of vegetables.

Wonderful for dinner, but as it can happily be eaten hot or cold, it works extremely well as a packed lunch, as part of an envy-inducing picnic or as a healthy snack. Beautifully textured, with layer upon layer of fantastic flavour, while still packed with nourishing nutrition.

Easily vegan-isable.

Chana Dal Lentil Curry with Shallots – Spicy Indian curry recipe with low-GI chana dal lentils, garlic, ginger, turmeric and other spices, simmered to creamy perfection. Serve with rice or flatbreads, even better with a poached egg on top. Earthy, tasty, simple vegetarian dinner. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Chana dal lentil curry with shallots

One of my go-to breakfasts that is also pretty great for dinner. Nothing more than a pot of long-simmered lentils, but so, so much more. Made with chana dal legume, which has one of the lowest ratings of any food on the glycemic index.

Warming and comforting, hot and spicy with remarkable flavour which awakens the taste buds. All that and low-GI protein in a bowl. Did I mention that it freezes and reheats superbly?

Vegan without the egg and gluten-free.

Miso Ramen with Pak Choi and Mushrooms – This vegetarian ramen soup recipe has buckwheat noodles and lightly cooked vegetables in a homemade, umami-rich, vegan broth, with a drizzle of spicy flavoured oil. A healthy, delicious vegetarian or vegan dinner. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Miso ramen with pak choy and mushrooms

A Japanese-style, vegetarian noodle broth made with the traditional flavourings of dried shiitake mushrooms and miso paste, with a few of my own umami additions – sun-dried tomatoes and garlic.

Served with buckwheat noodles, pak choy, oyster mushrooms and a spicy oil drizzle made with black and pink peppercorns, dried coriander and hot chilli flakes, just to liven things up a bit.

Vegan and gluten-free.

Greek Courgette Pie with Whole Wheat Pastry – Super healthy vegetable pie recipe, packed with grated courgette, spinach and cheese, wrapped in whole wheat filo pastry. Great for a light vegetarian lunch or dinner, or a fantastic packed lunch or picnic. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Greek courgette pie with whole wheat pastry

Another super healthy, super delicious vegetable pie – this time with tons of grated courgette/zucchini, wilted spinach, olives and basil.

It is very hard to stop eating this pie and absolutely no reason whatsoever that you should – two portions of vegetables in every slice! Moist, savoury, garlicky, lemony… Addictive and incredibly nutritious.

Easily vegan-isable.

Healthy Falafel – This revolutionary falafel recipe uses only a touch of oil, but yields a crispy brown crust and moist insides. Chickpeas blended with garlic and fresh herbs, this mixture is great to keep on hand in the fridge. Stuff into flat breads or serve with an egg for a nutritious, delicious breakfast. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Healthy falafel

One of my favourite breakfasts – an unconventional choice perhaps, but incredibly enjoyable, satisfying and healthy nonetheless. Falafels are usually bound with flour, but this recipe uses ground flax seed instead – both more nutritious (extra omega-3s) and gluten-free to boot.

Cooked using an alternative cooking method – very, very shallow steam frying. All it takes is a frying pan, a film of oil and a lid and you’ve got yourself delicious, piping hot falafel with a lovely brown crust. No need for deep-frying!

These tasty, protein-rich morsels are filling and feel indulgent, while actually being fantastically good for you.

Vegan and gluten-free.

Courgette Burgers with Feta and Herbs – A recipe for grated courgette patties flavoured with feta cheese, lemon and fresh herbs. Baked, not fried, so extra light and healthy. Sandwich in a veggie burger or serve the cooled patties as part of a Greek meze. By @deliciouscratch | deliciousfromscratch.com

Courgette burgers with feta and herbs

Courgettes, lemon, fresh herbs, garlic, feta. Without tasting them, you will never believe that this combination of ingredients can taste THIS good. These bright, lemony, cheesy, baked ‘fritters’ can be shaped large like the burgers above or into mini balls for unparallelled tasty snacking.

These versatile patties not only taste amazing, they are light and chockful of fantastically healthy ingredients. And consisting almost entirely of vegetables, they are truly a veggie burger. Delicious hot, warm or cold.

Easily vegan-isable.

Ingredients: Savoury

Nancy Anne Harbord

Welcome! I'm Nancy. I specialise in fresh, colourful dishes that show just how wonderful vegetarian food can be. I work as a food photographer, food stylist, prop stylist, recipe developer and chef – See my portfolio

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