Tomato and Sausage Pasta Bake

Hadn't made this one in a while but it was lovely on Thursday evening. The Italian style Linda McCartney sausages are great in this dish. 

Bangers, Mash & Onion Gravy

Bit of a blurry picture I'm afraid courtesy of the darker evenings. The Linda McCartney bangers, lovely creamy mash and the best onion gravy in the world ( I think!) went down very well with my brother on Sunday night.

Big Veggie Breakfast with the Family

My Mum, her partner and my little sister have been in France for the last two weeks. Their ferry got in at 7.30am this morning and our place was on their way home so they popped in for breakfast. We started with Mr VST's home made granola, which went down very well and then followed this with some potato waffles (I'd like a recipe to make these myself), home made baked beans, real bread toast, scrambled eggs and Linda McCartney vegetarian sausages. It all went down well with a pot of French coffee and several pots of Earl Grey tea.

 

After that lot we were quite full up. We had a nibble on some delicious orange dark chocolate the Mum had brought back for us and went to visit Mr VST's brother, wife and our new niece. We went for a lovely stroll with them and had lots of cuddles and an ice cream. When we got back I had some cheese and crackers and Mr VST made himself easy macaroni cheese, cooked pasta with grated cheese mixed in, both lovely. 

Bangers, Mash and Onion Gravy with Runner Beans

Why are we eating mashed potato and onion gravy on one of the warmest days so far this summer? Because we had potatoes to eat. Who cares! It's awesome. Had some nice runner beans from a colleague's neighbour too.

Bangers, Mash and The Best Onion Gravy in the World

Thankfully Linda McCartney bangers, mash (made with soya milk and sunflower spread), peas and the famous Anna's onion gravy are all dairy free. I realise that this isn't the typical kind of meal for July but the weather wasn't much like July weather either and Mr VST and I have to have this about once a month or we experience withdrawal symptoms! 

Salad, Potato Salad, Quorn Burger and Veggie Sausages

Having subsisted on crumpets for the whole day I decided that I should really try and balance out my intake of the basic food groups. I grilled us up some Quorn burgers and Linda McCartney sausages and made myself a burger using my home made bread, it was very tasty. 

 I used up the remaining, delicious, Devon new potatoes by making them into a potato salad with some light mayonnaise and black pepper.

 I topped it off with a salad made from iceberg lettuce, spinach, cucumber, grated carrot, sweetcorn and red pepper with a balsamic, honey and mustard dressing.