TVP and Beans on Toast

Lazy and proteinacious.

So:

Baked beans, TVP, water, red wine, salt and pepper in a pan. Boil for about 5 minutes.

Toast bread, butter it.

Go.

This would be good with chillie powder, tabasco or Frank's. But I had oxidising wine, so there.

Actually, I feel a bit funny about this TVP stuff, but when you're feeling uninspired and in need of some nutrition it jumps to attention, and fast. It's also cheap and you can buy it in bulk and it will last pretty much forever.

Thai Courgette and Cashew Nut Cous Cous

This is a wonderful dish, and not just because of the alliteration.

Dry roast a handful of cashews. No, dry roast several handfuls, then you can save some for later.

(Dry roast just means heat it without fat, either in a pan or in the oven / grill.) This will bring out the sweet nutty flavour of the cashews.

Fry up some Thai green curry paste and add some diced courgette. When it's nearly done pour in a load of boiling water then throw in the cous cous and stir. Keep doing this till you get a cous cousish texture. Add a load of cashews and mix in till it's pretty.

Thinly slice an onion or two, fry it up with a bit of sugar then add a load of chopped chard. When it's wilting throw in some tinned sweetcorn.

So!

Spoon the sweet vegetables on to a bed of fragrant cous cous and sprinkle with cashews. (Gastro speak-a-go-go.)

This can be prepared pretty quickly; I think it took me about 7.42 minutes.