{"id":11494,"date":"2021-01-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthylivinglondon.com\/?p=11494"},"modified":"2021-01-05T15:39:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T15:39:54","slug":"cheer-up-your-kitchen-with-bol-centrepieces-this-veganuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthylivinglondon.com\/nutrition-and-food-for-healthy-living-in-london\/cheer-up-your-kitchen-with-bol-centrepieces-this-veganuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheer up your kitchen with Bol Centrepieces this Veganuary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If 2020 left you feeling a bit lacklustre in the kitchen department, I may have a solution for you. If you’re also considering whether you want to embark on Veganuary this year, this could be what you are looking for.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2020 Kitchen Blues<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Through 2020 I’ve found not being allowed to eat out has made me want to eat out all the more. Right now, the thought of someone else cooking (and clearing up) for me seems like bliss. Add to that the monotony of cooking three meals a day for a family of three, and an increasing ennui with the same array of dishes I\u2019ve cooked umpteen times before, and mealtimes have become\u2026well a bit sad. I love to cook. And prior to this point, I\u2019d relish getting out my cookbooks and trying out new recipes. But something about 2020 has left me lacking my usual gusto in the kitchen. That’s why, when I was given the opportunity to sample the new Bol plant based Centrepieces, I jumped at the chance. Here was an easy way to spice up our weekly menu minus the burden of deciding what to cook.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bol plant based Centrepieces<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The new Centrepiece range consists of three plant powered main courses. Each dish centres on oven cooked vegetables that have been prepared, marinated and topped with a spiced seed crumb. And each also comes with its own sauce to finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centrepieces are the latest product from BOL Foods, who style themselves as \u2018passionate pioneers of plant based eating\u2019. They have been created to help make vegetables a celebratory main meal in their own right. They are targeted at those wanting to fit more veggies into their week with a flavourful easy dinners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder and CEO of BOL foods, Paul Brown says: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our purpose is to inspire the world to eat more plants and making vegetables exciting and delicious enough to be the main event at home is crucial to this. We know people are cooking more at home, but on busy nights with Centrepieces we\u2019ve done the hard work to guarantee you flavour but also that you get all the<\/em> goodness of homemade with no nasties.  These high quality, restaurant worthy recipes can be enjoyed in so many ways from a quick dinner on a Wednesday to Christmas Day.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I was sent all three of the Bol Centrepieces: an Indian Spiced Butternut Squash, Sweet and Spicy Glazed Aubergine and the Whole Roasted Firecracker Cauliflower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick and delicious plant based meals<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

What I loved about these easy, oven friendly dishes, was that they took away any debate over what was for dinner. They also come with a recipe for the perfect (super-easy) side dish to go with them. In under an hour you have a delicious meal for two, with very little cooking effort involved. One slight downside for people buying these for the first time is that the side dish ingredients and recipe is printed on the inside sleeve of the packaging, so until you have bought the product you don\u2019t know that it is there or what it consists of. I was also sent these side dishes as additional recipes cards, but I don\u2019t think these come as standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bol Sweet and Spicy Glazed Aubergine <\/h5>\n\n\n\n