Vegetarian Week: 18-24th May

Always eager for a food-related challenge, OxNosh are going to be foregoing the meat for a week as it’s National Vegetarian Week.

Giving up meat for a week can be tough, especially if you’re not used to cooking without meat, however never fear - we’ve got lots of tasty recipes to mean that inspiration is never more than a click away.

To feast vegetarian style, we’ll be cooking up some vegetarian cottage pie (one of our most popular recipes) at the weekend, eating half for a relaxed Sunday dinner and saving half for later in the week for one of the days we get home from work late and don’t fancy getting the pots and pans out - simply making a quick fresh green salad to go on the side. We’ll also be enjoying some Spaghetti with Tomato and Almond Pesto , and if we have friends around to dinner we’ll rustle up some vegetarian sushi - nothing like something unusual and so delicious-looking to keep carnivores’ minds away from the lack of meat on their plate. And what’s best is it gives you a great excuse to go foraging around in the amazing asian supermarkets. If you’re starting from scratch with sushi, the following are essential, and readily available from Lung Wah Chong (see our shopping guide)

• Bamboo mat
• Nori sheets (seaweed)
• Gari (pickled ginger)
• Wasabi paste
• Black and white sesame seeds
• Sushi rice
• Rice wine vinegar

In addition, I’d recommend having a look at the fabulous videos on YouTube for a visual aid - it’s not difficult to make, but the videos really do help you get an idea for the nack.

For a lazy Saturday breakfast, when the traditional fry up is thus cancelled, we’ll make some pancakes and eat them along side some gorgeous seasonal fruit and a good spoonful of honey to sweeten the treat up. Delicious.