One aspect of this work has been to investigate crops which present a high protein content and have historically been grown in Scotland or currently grown elsewhere in similar climates and could be introduced to Scotland. Having looked at many potential candidates, we have focused on pea, fava bean, hemp and buckwheat.
This book demonstrates some different ways to include these exciting ingredients into your cooking, both in traditional recipes and in new dishes. We can all be healthier and eat a sustainable diet by considering our dietary choices. In many of our recipes we have replaced all the animal protein. However, you could start by only partially replacing the animal protein and adapt them to suit your own taste by adding or changing ingredients. We hope that you enjoy our recipes and will be inspired to create your own, or to adapt old favourites to include plant proteins.
A Taste of Plants, a collection of plant based recipes is now available to download as a pdf
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Individual Recipes
Light Bites
- Green pea dip
- Sun dried tomato and fava bean hummus
- Spicy bean soup
- Green split pea soup
- Kasha, hemp, beetroot and feta salad
- Hemp and buckwheat noodle salad
- Fava bean frittata
Main Dishes
- Sweet potato and fava bean pie
- Mushroom, leek and fava bean pie
- Crêpes with roasted butternut squash and spinach
- Mushroom and pea rissotto
- Green pea pesto and buckwheat pasta
- Fava bean chilli with buckwheat groats
- Moroccan spiced fava bean and green pea stew
- Cottage pie
Baking