After admiring the array of lovely vegetables and salad stuff this week, here’s what I’ve done so far! I have made a vegetable filo pie, trying to copy one of Jamie Oliver’s “One Pan Wonder” meals he demonstrated on Monday night TV (Channel 4), substituting layers of vegetables for the fish he used. I particularly liked the idea of scattering couscous in the bottom of the pie to absorb the juices as it cooked and keeping the bottom crispy. It works really well! It soaked up all the juice seeping from a layer of sliced tomatoes and produced a tasty pie.

There is enough to make a second meal that will be accompanied with sautéed cabbage and cumin seeds and a separate dish of simply boiled French beans (keeping them al dente) then tossed in olive oil.
For a delicious lunchtime snack I stuffed warm pita breads with a mixture of shredded lettuce, sliced radish, salad onions and feta cheese. Messy but nice!
In the expectation that the Bank Holiday weekend will be warm and we won’t feel much like cooking I will make a large bowl of coleslaw using the white cabbage, grated carrot, finely sliced celery plus an apple and some walnuts all covered with a yoghurt and horseradish dressing (thanks for the idea Nina!)

I still have vegetables left over and I imagine I will make a spicy dish of some sort using the onions, carrots and potatoes, and making a rich sauce with some grated creamed coconut (bought to make pina coladas this week!) and a handful of lentils to go with some shop bought samosas, although I could make my own using the left over filo pastry from the pie!