Make room for mushrooms, the healthy meat alternative

With a strong woody aroma and flavourful meaty taste, tea tree mushrooms - also known as willow mushrooms - can help to silence those carnivorous cravings if you've just started out on a vegetarian diet.

This recipe by Light Vegetarian Restaurant in Jordan combines many different vegetables for a dish that offers a wide range of nutrients.

'Capsicums provide vitamin C, while asparagus is rich in folic acid and beta-carotene. Both carry antioxidative power,' says Kathleen Yau, an executive committee member of the Hong Kong Nutrition Association.

'In addition, mushrooms are rich in dietary fibre and lotus root contains carbohydrates.'

Stir-fried tree mushroom with lotus and asparagus

Serves 4