| We all know that vegetarian cooking is healthy | | | | can make burgers out of cooked beans. Simply |
| but can something that is good for us also be | | | | mash a selection of different coloured beans such |
| fun? I want to show you that heatlhy vegetarian | | | | as cannellini beans and kidney beans and form |
| cooking can be fun to do and fun to eat. | | | | them into patties. A little egg may be used to help |
| When we are cooking for children it can be | | | | them hold their shape. They can be seasoned |
| important to be able to make food fun. Even if | | | | with salt and pepper, fresh herbs, chopped onion, |
| we want to prepare a meal for ourselves or | | | | garlic and chilli. |
| friends it can add lot to meal if we can make it | | | | Cook them briefly on either side until they are |
| fun. | | | | brown and serve them on a bun with tomato |
| Perhaps the most obvious way to make a | | | | relish and pickles. You may use a bought burger |
| vegetarian meal fun is to barbecue. A cook out | | | | bun, but it also possible to make bread over a |
| will always be fun, even when it rains. But can | | | | barbecue. simply wrap some bread dough around |
| vegetarian food be barbecued? The answer to | | | | a stick and place it over the grill. It will rise and |
| that is yes. | | | | cook into a sort of curly bread stick. Children love |
| Many vegetables can be grilled on the barbecue. | | | | doing this. |
| Fresh corn cobs barbecue well, as do peppers. | | | | Even if the weather is too bad to cook out of |
| These can be laid directly on the bars of the grill. | | | | doors making bread must rate as one of the |
| Tomatoes should be pierced with a sharp knife | | | | most fun ways to cook vegetarian food. An |
| first to prevent them exploding. Vegetables such | | | | afternoon spent in the kitchen with the smells of |
| as potatoes can be wrapped in aluminum foil and | | | | new baked bread counts as one of life's great |
| cooked more slowly at the edge of the grill. The | | | | experiences. |
| same technique can be adopted with many other | | | | Add a simple vegetarian salad or a soup and you |
| root vegetables. | | | | have a complete meal. Add a bottle of wine and |
| Baked carrots, parsnips and sweet potatoes are | | | | you have a supper for friends. |
| all delicious done in this way. You can coat them in | | | | What about desert? Always remember that |
| oil first, add some thyme and garlic cloves and | | | | chocolate is a vegetarian food. A fondue of |
| wrap them up in foil parcel. You may like to add | | | | cheese sauce and a selection of fruits, cakes and |
| some balsamic vinegar to get a really rich taste. | | | | biscuits to dip into it will make the perfect end to |
| Younger palates may prefer a honey glaze. | | | | a vegetarian meal. |
| Instead of burgers and other meat products you | | | | |