Summer Bean Salad & Umami Dressing

Adapted from a Hodmedod's recipe (one of our suppliers)

Makes 2 portions

Ingredients - Dressing

• 50ml olive oil

• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

• 2 tsp honey

• 2 tsp miso paste

• Black pepper

• 2 cloves of garlic chopped (optional)

Ingredients - Salad

• 1 tin Hodmedod's whole fava beans drained

• 1/2 tin black beans drained

• 1/2 tin butter beans drained

• 1/2  jar sweetcorn 

  1/2 jar of roasted peppers or a sweet pepper chopped

• Optional: salad leaves / chopped fresh parsley & mint

Method

• Mix dressing ingredients together

• Mix salad ingredients together

• Combine!

Red Lentil Dal

Recipe makes 2 portions. This can be factored up to make more portions as needed. Consider bulk cooking and freezing the extra to save time, energy and electricity. 

Ingredients

• 1 tin red kidney beans *

• 150g red lentils (rinsed) *

• 1/2 tsp turmeric *

• 2 tbsp rapeseed oil *

• 1/2 tsp ground cumin *

• 1 tin chopped tomatoes *

• 1 tbsp tomato puree *

• pinch of chilli flakes *

• pinch of salt *

• 2 tbsp of yogurt * 

• Optional: fresh chopped ginger garlic and chilli to taste (fry off for 5 mins in a pan before starting method below)

* items sold at Get Loose

Method

• Place salt, lentils, tumeric and chilli flakes in a large pan and cover with water by about 5cm, bring to boil and simmer for 15-20 mins until lentils are cooked.

• Add tomatoes, beans, tomato puree, simmer for 5 mins.

• Serve with yogurt and one of the five kinds of rice we stock: short grain, long grain brown, jasmine, white basmati, arborio!