The Flexible Chef

Veg, Fruit & Pulses Hub

July 6, 2026

Vegetables, fruit and pulses don't always get top billing — but these vegetable, fruit and pulses recipes carry plenty of their own flavour, colour and comfort. This is where you'll find them: stuffed peppers and roasted tomato tarts, bean salads and chickpea bowls, a cauliflower dressed up a few different ways, and the odd tagine bringing it all together.

Illustrated Flexible Chef and his greyhound surrounded by vegetable, fruit and pulses recipes ingredients — stuffed peppers, tomatoes, aubergine, chickpeas and butternut squash
The Flexible Chef with a fresh haul of vegetable, fruit and pulses recipes ingredients — proper produce, ready for the pot.

Some of these lean naturally vegetarian, a few could go vegan with barely a tweak — cooked at Casa Adora and on the road, using whatever the market or the garden happens to offer that week. Whether it's a stuffed pepper for one or a big pot of tagine to share, there's something here worth putting on the table.

Proper produce.

Chickpea salad with feta, red pepper and cucumber on a plate – chickpea salad recipe – The Flexible Chef
Chickpea salad in the sun, Béjar (Castile and León) — The Flexible Chef on the road

Vegetable, Fruit & Pulses Recipes

  1. Master the Art of Cooking Fresh Okra Without the Slime
  2. Baked Spicy Cauliflower with Carrot & Potato Patties
  3. Cauliflower: Pimping It Up
  4. Stuffed Peppers: 3 Ways
  5. Debbie's Spicy Red Pepper Stew
  6. Roasted Cherry Tomato Tart with Balsamic Onions & Wild Asparagus
  7. Baked Stuffed Butternut Squash
  8. A Chickpea Salad in the Sun
  9. Beans: They Can Kill You, You Know. Well, Nearly Anyway.
  10. Jerky Cauliflower Steak
  11. Mediterranean Bean Salad
  12. One-Pan Chickpea Rice Bowl
  13. Stuffed Pimiento Palermo Rojo — One Large Pepper for One Hungry Person
  14. Vegetable Tagine: 9-a-Day
  15. Spiced Fried Onion Rice with Vegetables
  16. Creative Ways to Use Up Leftover Vegetables
  17. Tomatoey Tart With Caramelised Onions
  18. Silky & Garlicky Cauliflower Purée
  19. Mr Bean: Andalucían Style — Homemade Baked Beans
  20. Beans on Toast, But Make It Brunch
  21. Wild Asparagus with Parmesan Shavings and Balsamic Vinegar
  22. Vegetable Bake with Parmesan, Pine Nut and Herb Crust
  23. Broad Bean, Courgette and Lentil Salad with Marinated Feta
  24. Mozzarella Broad Bean Salad
  25. Griddled Aubergine with Feta, Herbs and Lemon Garlic Drizzle
  26. Simple Supper, No Need for Salt
  27. Layered Vegetable Cake ooops, Pie
  28. Sometimes Only a Pie Will Do
  29. Spicy Falafels, Goat's Cheese & Salad Pittas
  30. Escalivada Recipe – Catalan Roasted Vegetables
  31. Pepino Gurkensalat – A Casa Adora Story
  32. Blitzed Peas with Flavoured Vinegar
  33. Puff Pastry Pepper Tart with Roasted Peppers and Feta
  34. Mediterranean Lentils & Quinoa Skillet with Caramelised Onions
  35. The Casa Adora Stuffed Avocado — A Simple, Elegant Christmas Day Starter
  36. Creamy Parsnip and Parmesan Gratin Recipe
  37. Simple Red Lentil and White Bean Burger Recipe for One
  38. Stuffed Tomato and Butternut Squash Rings with Egg and Mozzarella
  39. Ottolenghi Aubergine Curry — My Casa Adora Version
  40. Nearly Deroni Lutenitsa — Homemade Bulgarian Pepper & Tomato Relish
  41. Ancient Greek Recipes — Skordalia-Style Barley Purée
  42. Clapshot Recipe — Orcadian Neeps and Tatties
  43. Vegetable Biryani with Homemade Biryani Masala
  44. Andy's Red Lentil Dhal — A Rochdale Kitchen Recipe
  45. Beetroot & Black Bean Burger — Casa Adora
  46. Black Bean Salsa — Mango, Red Onion and Lime
  47. A Black Bean Breakfast — Fried Egg, Two Ways, Casa Adora
  48. Four Bean Salad with Mussels and Bulgur Wheat
  49. Lacto-Fermented Courgette Kraut — A Casa Adora Small Batch
  50. Sunomono — A Japanese Cucumber Salad, Casa Adora
  51. Piperade Andalusia — Vegetables & Sides, Basque, Andalucía
  52. Nearly Mapo Tofu — A Casa Adora Version Without Doubanjiang
  53. Tofu Scramble, Casa Adora — A High Protein Breakfast Without the Eggs
  54. Crispy Tofu Recipe — Pan-Fried with Casa Adora Romesco
  55. Black Bean Tofu Recipe — Casa Adora, Nearly Lee Kum Kee Style
  56. Vegan Goulash with Tofu — A Hungarian-Style Recipe
  57. Quick Pickled Pepinos with Apple Cider Vinegar
  58. Harissa Carrots – Inspired by Nigel Slater
Ottolenghi aubergine curry with cherry tomatoes and black mustard seeds in a white bowl
My take on Ottolenghi's aubergine curry — scaled for one, cooked at Casa Adora with dried curry leaves standing in for fresh.

And for more vegetable, fruit and pulses inspiration, a few produce box reviews below:

Produce Box Reviews

Curious whether a produce subscription box is worth it for stocking up on ingredients for these vegetable, fruit and pulses recipes? I've tried a few, so you don't have to guess. Honest thoughts on what turned up, what it cost, and whether it's worth a spot in your kitchen.

Whatever's ripe, whatever's in the basket — there's a vegetable, fruit and pulses recipe here to make the most of it.

Know Your Ingredients

Sometimes it helps to understand an ingredient before you cook with it — where it comes from, how to handle it, what makes it tick.

Looking for veggie and vegan recipes specifically?
The Veggie & Vegan Recipes hub brings together the plant-based cooking from Casa Adora in one place — labelled by vegetarian and vegan, from fermented breakfast jars to slow oven braises.

Looking for mushroom recipes?

The Mushroom Recipes hub gathers the wild and everyday mushroom cooking from Casa Adora – porcini and trompette de la mort, soups and pâtés, pasta for one, and one honest account of trying to grow shiitake in Andalucía.

Browse all recipe collections at The Flexible Chef's Complete Hub Guide.

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