A quick and easy spring or summer dish made with pearled spelt. Pearled grains are a lighter and faster cooking alternative to wholegrain cereals, but this recipe would work well with any grain - or any pulse for that matter.
This delicious recipe is from Salma Hage's superb new book The Levantine Vegetarian. We love to take inspiration from the big flavours of Middle-Eastern pulse and wholegrain dishes.
Inspired by traditional Peruvian quinoa soups, this soup uses a version of Aji Amarillo paste made using ingredients easily found in the UK rather than the traditional yellow Amarillo chillies. The flavour of this soup is distinctively fruity, savoury and a little spicy.
Dried peas aren't just about hearty, hefty, traditional dishes, as Jenny Chandler shows in this fresh, light and vibrant dish. You can use any seasonal greens here - sprout tops are particularly good, but savoy cabbage, spring greens or kale would work well too. Be generous with the garlic, ginger and chilli, this recipe is designed to zing.
In this recipe, Jenny Chandler has created a versatile pea and beetroot puree using our flamingo peas, which could accompany a number of dishes, adding vibrant colour and earthy flavours.
Queen of pulses Jenny Chandler combines quinoa with carlin peas as a satisfying base for any roast vegetables. The fabulously nutty texture and flavour of the carlin peas works especially well, but you could swap them out for other pulses.
This salad of smoked quinoa and carlin peas comes to us from the Age Well Project. The smoky flavours from the quinoa are complimented by smoked paprika, cumin and the sweet acidity of toasted tomatoes.
This brilliant vegan pizza recipe is from Sophie Gordon’s book The Whole Vegetable. The base is made with stone-ground wholemeal spelt flour - for a satisfying texture and subtle nutty flavour - and raised with baking powder instead of yeast, making it quick and easy to throw together.
Apple shreds make an excellent addition to a salad or Buddha bowl, their vibrant colour and sweet taste balancing well with savoury elements. Julie, of Apple Natural, made this a beautiful bowl for our visit on a very hot summer's day. We combined elements from our gardens with Julie's apple shreds and locally sourced vegetables.
Abra Berens’ raw courgette salad with crispy chickpeas is perfect for any summer or early autumn feast, pairing well with grilled meat or seasonal vegetables. It’s one of many inspiring recipes in Abra’s brilliant book Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds, and Legumes.
Silky soft aubergines contrast with crispy lentils in this dish, a great summer recipe from Abra Berens' Grist: A Practical Guide to Cooking Grains, Beans, Seeds, and Legumes. Grist is packed with authoritative and wide-ranging information, recipes and inspiration for a great variety of grains, legumes and seeds.
