Main dishes

Stir-Fried Soba Noodles with Crispy Tofu

This simple and tasty recipe won the Clearspring recipe competition. It is ideal for a quick mid-week supper or a tasty lunch. The use of pickled ginger makes it light and refreshing.

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Udon with Gingered Peanut Sauce

This appetizer is quick and easy to make. It is ready to serve in the time it takes to cook and cool the udon. Turn it into a main dish by adding sautéed tempeh or tofu.

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Penne Pasta with Pesto

A flavoursome vegan pesto is spotlighted in this delicious pasta dish. Enjoy it along with a crisp, fresh salad and some wholegrain bread.

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Carrots with Ginger Glaze

Carrots never tasted so good...

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Stir-fried Vegetables with Pickled Plum Sauce

Umeboshi paste adds a delightful piquancy to this healthy vegetable dish.

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Vegetable Barley Stew

Rice or barley stews seasoned with miso or umeboshi are the Japanese mother's cure-all.

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Hearty Winter Stew

Snow-dried tofu is the concentrated source of protein in this classic winter one-pot meal.

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Noodles With Miso-Tahini Sauce

Udon and lomein noodles go especially well with this popular sauce, and soba noodles tastes good with it too.

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Spicy Soba Salad

Vary the vegetables according to seasonal availability. Fresh peas, sweetcorn, red and green peppers and radishes are all tasty and colourful variations for this dish.

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Hearty Baked Vegetables

This warming dish, with its attractive autumnal colours, is great as the days become chillier.

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