Pumpkin & Sage Risotto
This dish not only looks fantastic, but tastes amazing – the sage and pumpkin flavours work so well together. They contain potassium and vitamin A, and the seeds are really nutritious. This is also a great recipe to use up all the scooped out flesh once you’ve made your Lanterns.
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This is a real winter warming soup and it feels hearty and filling.
You will need:
­ 1 large onion finely chopped,
­ 1 clove garlic finely chopped,
­ 1kg (2.2lb) of root vegetables (carrots, parsnips, swede, potatoes, and turnips) chopped into 1 inch cubes,
­ Olive oil for cooking [...]

If you love chocolate this recipe is to die for. You can stand a spoon up in it and it will give you a chocolate high like you can’t imagine. It is also as close to the rules of this book as chocolate can get as it is a fat meal in essence. Eat it [...]

This is such a fantastic versatile sauce. It goes with pasta, spaghetti, quorn, vegetables and tofu or just about anything else you can think of.
You will need:
­ 1 large onion,
­ 1 clove garlic,
­ A 400g tin chopped tomatoes (check only tomatoes and citric acid are in the ingredients),
­ 2 teaspoons of basil (ideally fresh),
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This is a fantastic curry recipe to tempt even the most ardent carnivores away from meat. Butternut squash is like the meat of the vegetable kingdom.
You will need:
­ 1kg (2lb) of mixed vegetables (like those in the vegetarian chilli) chopped into 1″ squares,
­ 1 large butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into 1 inch [...]

This exotic sounding soup is simple and quick to make and is absolutely delicious. It can be served as a meal on its own or as a starter at a dinner party. This does have a small amount of fat (cream & butter) but that’s OK with coloured vegetables on occasions.
You will need:
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This is a really filling dish and great for re-heating for quick meals.
You will need:
­ 3lb of mixed vegetables cut into 1 inch cubes. Use carrots, courgette/zucchini, cauliflower, broccoli, and leeks – anything you like,
­ 2 large onions, finely chopped,
­ 1 clove garlic, crushed,
­ 1 red pepper, deseeded and chopped into 1 inch [...]

The simple roast chicken can be vastly improved by stuffing it with cloves of peeled garlic or fresh lemons. Allow 6-8 cloves of garlic or 1 whole lemon, cut in quarters, for a medium sized chicken. Cook on gas mark 4 for 60-90 minutes. Cook ‘up-side-down’ for the first 30 minutes for the juices to [...]