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We all have those days on our meal plan where we need something tasty that doesn’t take all night to cook and with a little help from my friend, the rice shaped pasta, Orzo, I created this easy and tasty one pot meal. Quick and easy two-pot vegan orzo. The only reason it is two-pot…
If you grew up in the UK, you are more than likely to have had cheese and Branston Pickle sandwiches at some time or another. It was while I was eating a cheese and bean toastie (another throwback) that I came up with the idea of a cheese and pickle quiche using the one and only…
You may have noticed that I love my pressure cooker! It has saved me so much money and time since buying it, and I have even considered doing a tally this year of how much I have saved by not buying tins of ready cooked beans. Oh could go on and on about how much…
I have been so chuffed with my Morphy Richards 46641 Pressure Cooker, 6 L – Stainless Steel since I bought it because it has enabled me to quickly rustle up bean meals in a jiffy or run up some houmous at last minute! I don’t know how I lived without it! Plus, it works out…
In an attempt to copy Pret a Manger’s new soup menu, I created a Curried Cauliflower and Sweet Potato soup recipe. I had roasted cauliflower soup when I visited Dublin’s Food Cooperative earlier this year and absolutely fell in love with it. Not only was it a superb soup, it came with fresh bread piled…
I love this time of year with all the gorgeous Autumnal colours and my Butternut Squash, Turmeric and Coconut soup doesn’t disappoint. Not only is it totally autumnal in colour, it is seasonal and packed with goodness from the veg and the medicinal Turmeric. As you’ll see, even my napkins have gone all rusty coloured…
There are some days when there are some veg left in the basket despite my best efforts, so having something like this vegan chunky lentil and vegetable stoup recipe is the perfect way to concoct them into something delicious and filling. You might very well be wondering what ‘stoup’ is and I wouldn’t blame you…
I have no idea whether it is the Great British Bake off or our visit to Rotterdam this spring, but something had got me all Danish which is why I made these Dutch currant buns. Going Dutch A few months ago I made Dutch apple cake (yet to be added to the blog!) and I…
By posting this Butternut Squash Macaroni, you might start to think I have a bit of an obsession with squash and pumpkin. And to be honest, you might be right. I’m also obsessed with autumn! Check out these bad boys too: Orzo with Autumn Veg, Spicy Squash, Butter bean and Chickpea slow cooker stew and…
Cabbage often gets some bad press, but when you make it into Creamy Lemon and Cabbage Pasta, it becomes the life and soul of the pasta party! I am personally a huge fan of cabbage and have been since I was a kid. I used to eat almost a whole one raw at at a…
