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Momma bear has just returned from her backpacking adventures and tonight treated us to a delectable curry. This one is destined to become a Légumerie staple. Maybe one to bring to the Galway Food Festival, 14-16th April??!

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These might not last the night, but if I can keep John away from them we might have a few to bring to Letterkenny Artisan Market tomorrow. We're back with roasted carrot hummous, pesto, lentil and chickpea stew, bean burgers, a selection of salads... and possibly some peanut caramel oat bars 😊

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Check out John’s smoky bean burger wraps - with smashed avocado, rocket, salsa, pickles and Vegenaise. It’s a revelation. He’s chuffed with how the bean burgers came out of the oven today, and if you’re around Letterkenny tonight you can get your hands on one yourself. John will be at Letterkenny Artisan Market from 5:30pm with all the goodies. Don't miss the warming lentil stew and peanut butter caramel oat bars!

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Fresh from this afternoon's adventures in the kitchen: a duo of soups, made with fresh vegetables from Ballyholey Farm Shop and delicious vegetable stock by Carol Stockmarket, and pesto on toast. The sweet potato, carrot and chickpea soup is gently spiced with dry-fried and crushed coriander seeds, one of my favourite aromatic spices. The red celery and purple sprouting broccoli soup takes on a more complex character with the addition of smoked dulse flakes from the North Coast Smokehouse. You might think it a bit controversial to combine two very different soups in this way, but somehow they make magic together. Of course, a bowl of soup is only as good as the obligatory thick cut bread you serve with it, and today things just got better and better: a couple of slices of Scarpello & Co's sourdough bread drizzled with a little Donegal Rapeseed Oil, toasted on the griddle pan and topped with a sweet and peppery kale flower and basil pesto. And yes I went back for seconds. And thirds.

Evening all! Welcome to the weekend :-) Very happy to say that we’ll be back at Letterkenny Artisan Market tomorrow. We’ll have a hot dish, a few savoury items, a selection of salads and a few goodies. See you there!

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A few photos from LegenDerry Food Festival this past weekend (including out St. Patrick's Day hummous selection!). Thanks to everyone who came along to support us 😊

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Day #2 at LegenDerry Food Festival.🍃🍋🍅🌶 You'll find us upstairs in the Guildhall. If you're around come say hello 😃

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Reposted from the Légumerie archives! Tomorrow we’ll be at #LegenDerry Food Festival with our legendary banoffee pie. Same as this but now with a date and walnut base to replace the biscuit, making it free from gluten, wheat and refined sugar... and yet it's ludicrously decadent. Who'd have thought 😉

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On Sunday (aka Day#6*) I came home from my run to find John busy working on his latest creation, which he has named ‘Chocolate Yolks’. In case you’re wondering, this is not an attempt at vegan humour. Maybe it’s just an Irish thing, but we typically ascribe words like ‘yolk’ or ‘thingymajig’ to objects whose name we don’t know or can’t remember. As the @urbandictionary helpfully clarifies, "‘yolk’ is working class Irish slang used by knackers meaning different things depending on context: 1] ecstasy, 2] foolish ugly idiot, 3] thing, item, thingymajig". Now, there are no drugs these VERY PRETTY thingymajigs, but I can testify that they’re highly addictive, having gorged on about twenty of them. Made from cashews, cacao, coconut and agave nectar, they’re high in protein, free of refined sugar and indescribably delicious. John is rather pleased with his chocolate yolks and will be bringing them to #LegenDerry food festival this coming Friday. *Follow my training #challenge on Instagram: thelegumerie !! #derry #legenderryfoodfestival #stpatricksday #vegan #plantbased #veganbaking #indulgent #dairyfree #wheatfree

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I’ve finally got around to posting my first ever blog!! If you remember fruit-picking as a kid, or if you like the look of my wheaten bread, you might enjoy it :) The post also includes a gluten-free/wheat-free soda bread recipe. Let me know what you think! Excerpt and link below... **Grandmothers... the beginning of everything** Some of my earliest childhood memories involve making a mess in the kitchen. As a five-year-old, there were the dogged attempts at replicating the chocolate truffles I’d seen my mum make. Enlisting the help of the kid next door, we’d hoist ourselves onto the kitchen worktop, raid the larder cupboard and deliberate over those jars and bottles whose contents were a mystery. We were indiscriminate with our ingredients and liberal with the quantities. Everything went into the bowl. Peanut butter, cocoa powder, brown sugar. So far, so good, right? Tabasco, soy sauce… http://www.legumerie.ie/blog/glorious-veg-and-other-pickles

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It was lovely to run into Carol Banahan of Carol Stockmarket today. Carol treated us to a sample of her delicious new vegetable stock, which promptly became the base of our roasted butternut squash, red pepper and lentil soup. Served up for dinner tonight at Légumerie HQ with a thick slice of wheaten bread. Quick, easy and absolutely scrumptious. Thanks Carol! :-) *Roasted Butternut Squash, Red Pepper & Lentil Soup* 1/2 butternut squash, peeled and roughly chopped 1 red pepper, deseeded and roughly chopped 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped 1 tbsp olive oil 100g red lentils 1 x 500ml packet Carol’s Stock Market vegetable stock 1. Preheat the oven to 220°C. 2. Add the vegetables to a large roasting tin, drizzle with olive oil, and roast for 30 minutes, tossing after 15 minutes. 3. Rinse the lentils several times and add to a pan along with Carol’s vegetable stock. 4. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for ten minutes. 5. Add the roasted vegetables to the lentils and stock and cook together for a further five minutes. 6. Blitz with a hand blender, or alternatively, transfer the mixture to a food processor and blend until smooth. 7. Serve with some chopped basil and a good slice of wheaten bread (recipe to follow tomorrow!!)

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John has been busy again. Check it out! Available at Letterkenny Artisan Market today.