Leek and Mushroom Tart (regular oven and combi steam oven methods)
A simple, savory vegetarian leek and mushroom tart with a difference: it’s baked upside down to ensure crispy pastry and a silky, tender filling!
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Vegetarian Sausage Rolls
These vegetarian sausage rolls with flaky puff pastry come together easily and quickly. They’re delicious enough to bring joy to meat eaters and vegetarians alike.
Festive Lentil, Grain and Herb Salad with Orange
This bright, fresh salad full of grains, lentils, herbs and orange makes a brilliant side to roasted or grilled meats, and is substantial enough for a festive vegetarian main meal.
Muhammara (Roasted Red Pepper and Walnut Dip)
Deeply savoury and bursting with roasted peppers, garlic and ground walnuts, this Syrian dip is lifted with the addition of a little spice and my new favourite condiment, pomegranate molasses.
Steam Oven Mediterranean Vegetable and Haloumi Bake
A 20 minute steam oven wonder recipe you’ll come back for over and over, bursting with roasted vegetables and haloumi cheese and spiked with herbs, chilli and lemon.
Steam Oven Cannelloni with Spinach, Ricotta and Mushrooms
Spinach and ricotta cannelloni is one of my all-time favourite vegetarian meals. I made it for years before I owned a steam oven, but it cooks faster and has better texture using combi steam. Make a double batch and freeze some for a no-prep dinner on a night when you’re too busy to cook.
Steam Oven Christmas Rice Salad
This very Christmassy steam oven salad recipe has been on high rotation at our place through December. Made with steamed brown rice and studded with pistachios, cranberries, herbs and feta cheese, it’s equally at home as a side dish to barbecued meats as it is a stand-alone lunch.
Combi Steam Roasted Cauliflower
An entire cauliflower roasted in the combi steam oven, its insides steamy and soft and the outside burnished with Moorish-inspired spices. Served with hommus, toasted almonds and tangy dried apricots, it’s a showstopper of a meat free dinner.
Making Soup in a Steam Oven (+ a recipe for Green Soup)
Never thought to make soup in a steam oven? Now’s the time to try it. A little imagination will turn your appliance into a kitchen wonder and leave boring steamed dinners for dust.
Combi Steam Cauliflower and Pumpkin Soup
If you too require most of your weeknight meals to satisfy what I call ‘the five minute heat and serve factor’, this combi steam cauliflower and pumpkin soup recipe is exactly what you’re looking for. Satisfying, warming and nutritious to boot, one batch makes enough to keep you going all week. You don’t even have to stir while it cooks, so you can go complete your evening meditation *cough, I mean wine-drinking* while you wait.