Three new recipes from last week

Had quite a creative week but only getting round to blogging the recipes now. The tomato pesto comes from Moosewood Cooking for Health and the mushroom spelt is inspired by that book too. The sausage stew was inspired by what needed to be used up in the fridge!

Mushroom spelt
I cheated with this one and cooked up a packet of spelt with pumpkin in it, that I got in Valvona and Crolla in Edinburgh. I wilted in some spinach at the end and stirred in some mushrooms and red onions that I'd fried separately. Served it with some broccoli - it made loads.

Sausage stew with rice and beans
Another cheat - I made the stew and served it with a packet of Tilda microwave Mexican bean rice!
To make the stew, fry up some  onions, garlic and chilli. Add a packet of vegan sausages of your choice, chopped (precooked if frozen), a red pepper and a few mushrooms all chopped. When the veg are cooked, add a tin of chopped tomatoes, a tsp of smoked paprika and plenty of fresh parsley.

Sundried tomato pesto with pasta
Lastly, my adaptation of a recipe from the Moosewood book.
1/2 cup sun dried tomatoes
2 large fresh tomatoes, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 tsp olive oil
50g pumpkin seeds
You bring the sun dried tomatoes to the boil in a little water and leave for five minutes to soften. Add to a blender along with the other ingredients and whizz to make a thick pesto. There is meant to be basil in this but I didn't have any. I used a little of the pasta cooking water to thin it before adding to cooked pasta and serving topped with plenty of fresh rocket. Really nice cold the next day too!