Cauliflower and Broccoli Cheese

Mr VST is training for the Exmoor Beast and went out for a training ride on Monday evening after work. I thought that he'd appreciate something tasty and filling for dinner and so I went for this slightly Wintery baked potato with cauliflower and broccoli cheese. It was good!

Cauliflower and Broccoli (not cheese)

Bit of a strange combination of food for supper today. I had been meaning to make some more recipes from Appetite for Reduction and had been flicking through it at the weekend. Rather than doing the only thing I usually do with cauliflower and broccoli (put cheese sauce on them!) I went for the 40 clove broccoli and chickpeas and the herby coated cauliflower. Both recipes were quite straight forward. 

Unfortunately I think I had the oven a bit too high and managed to burn the broccoli. The only flavours were the occasional garlic hit and the vegetable stock flavour. 

The breadcrumb coated cauliflower was nice too, not great but it was nice to do something different with it. 

I served it with some mange tout from my colleague's garden, some left over potato salad and I know I said no cheese but there were some cauliflower cheese grills in the freezer that needed eating so we ate those too.

Cauliflower and Broccoli Cheese and Baked Potatoes

After our long walk today (12 miles) I thought I'd better finally eat the cauliflower and broccoli in the fridge. I send Mr VST to the shop to get some potatoes and popped them in the oven to cook while I made the cheese sauce and boiled the veggies. Can't go wrong with anything covered in cheese sauce really!

Cauliflower and Broccoli Cheese

So easy and so tasty, heaven.

Avocado cheese on toast

I'm pretty sure this is a strange invention all of my own. I came up with it while I was a post graduate student. It's a great way to eat avocado without salad. Unfortunately these avocados didn't taste of very much. I don't know why I expected more from Tesco's. Anyway so I toast two slices of bread and while they're toasting cut and avocado in half, remove the stone and mash the flesh in the skin with a fork. When the toast it done I spread the mashed avocado onto the toast and grate some cheese on top and sprinkle a little ground pepper - mmm delicious although Mr VST says it makes him feel queasy :(

Quorn mince tortilla stack

Thought I'd try a new recipe for meat-free Monday today. I don't know why I feel the need to make extra effort for Mondays as all my days are meat free but I'm sure I've had curry a few times on a Monday (it's so easy!). So tonight I went for a new recipe from my Quorn Kitchen cookbook. Not too difficult to make and surprisingly tasty, its one I'll be making again and it even looked like it did in the book!

It's quite high in calories per portion though which is the only thing that put me off. The recipe says to put cheese in each of the layers and to be honest I don't think it needs it so will try it without next time, just putting some on the top.

Cauliflower and broccoli cheese and jacket potato

As good a day as any to start this blog. I'm planning on blogging what I eat every day for a year. Some posts will be briefer than others. I will put recipes up when I get the chance but if you want one specifically then please ask and I will try and oblige.

A classic dish for an Autumnal day but with a slight twist. The cheese sauce was made with oat milk. I try and limit the amount of dairy I have as it causes me sinus problems. It was made with extra mature cheddar which gives a stronger flavour but you don't need to use as much. Also added a bit of broccoli to jazz it up!

Taste: delicious! That extra mature cheddar is something special mmm

Cooking difficulty: easy once you've mastered the cheese sauce

Calories: about 650




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