You can try and Beetroot and Apricot puree soup
Then either a vegetable stir fry or a Quorn mince stew on top of a half/half green lentils/mung bean with a sides of vegetables
Table salad so either typical green or shredded red cabbage with a sweet sour dressing or broccoli, shredded clementines and and toasted cashews
For dessert, some dairy free ice cream which you let semi melt, then crumb some halva in, mix around thoroughly and re freeze
Soup:
1 medium onion finely diced. Add salt and sauté for 5 minutes
Roughly dice 8 large cooked beetroots.
Pour 1.2l of vegetable stock onto the onions and add the beetroot. Bring to boil and then reduce heat and simmer for 20-30 mins.
Turn off heat and and blitz to a grainy texture (or smooth if you prefer). Salt/pepper to taste
Medium onion finely diced and sautéed in a separate pot. Sautee with some salt for 5 min.
Add about 500ml of smooth orange juice and 300g-400g of dried apricots. Let this simmer until the apricots start to break down (15m?) Then blitz these into a paste.
When it comes to serving, ideally use a white bowl to contrast the beetroot soup and then slowly pour the apricot from the centre out in a swirl. Visually spectacular and delicious
Main:
Stir fry you can manage or Quorn mince cook in a flavour profile you like (tomato chilli style, korma curry, madras, Mexican etc). Just sauté some onions and then some minced garlic first, add the sauce and heat until bubbling before adding the Quorn. If cooking mexican style, add a tin of kidney beans 5 min before the end. Takes about 15m (20 with onions and garlic)
Salad:
Green (use your imagination)
Red cabbage - finely shred half a red cabbage. Pour over a dressing of white vinegar and a few teaspoons of sugar (to taste). Sprinkle of salt/pepper and thats it. You can add a handful of raisins and caraway seeds if you are feeling fancy
Broccoli salad - raw broccoli break into smallish florets (bite size). Dress with a smaller amount of the dressing mentioned above (you want it more tangy than sweet). Add the broken toasted cashews (plain not salted). Then throw some broken pieces of clementines over it.
Dessert:
As described above, dairy free ice cream which you let semi melt, then crumb some halva in, mix around thoroughly and re freeze. If you want to serve a chocolate sauce on the side, feel free to buy one or make one up without milk or cream(
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Good luck and let us know what you did
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