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If my cheese and onion plait wasn’t your thing, here’s another vegetarian Christmas dinner idea – carrot and cashew nut roast!
Instead of using loads of breadcrumbs to fill out my nut roast, I made sure it was crammed with plenty of nuts (cashew nuts, walnuts and pine nuts), as well as some carrots and leek, and even some cannellini beans. All killer, no filler! Plus, it has the added advantage that it ended up entirely gluten free. I used eggs to bind it all together, so I’m afraid it’s not vegan, but you could always experiment with flax eggs or another egg alternative if you need your nut roast to be vegan.
I left my nut roast quite chunky, but if you prefer a finer texture then just chop everything up a bit more – the…
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