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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…
Any self respecting vegetarian or vegan will have a full stock of varying lentils because of how amazingly flexible they are (and that they are packed with goodness!) but knowing how to get them just right can be a challenge for many of us – me included! So to get you on track, I am…
I have spent years trying to learn how to cook perfect rice and have had successes along the way which become failures when you a) get a new cooker b) change your pans c) the wind changes direction! (OK, so not really the last one! Bit if you’ve been trying to get it right for…
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…
On the odd occasion (today being one of them) I come to the end of the week with some left over vegetables that I need to use before placing the next shopping order. Of course, I could add them into the next week of planning, but sometimes it is nice to start a fresh and have…
We were out at an event for the Manchester Science Festival last Friday, so I planned on making something nice and easy as we wouldn’t be eating until late. I decided on tagliatelle with lemon and spinach sauce as it is a total cheats meal as you use lemon yoghurt to create the sauce! (Perfect…
I have been looking through my cookery books lately (on a mission to declutter and make life simpler) and I have noticed that so many recipes have ham in them. It seems like some of Jamie Oliver’s books, there is ham in absolutely every recipe, even the puddings! (OK, I’m joking about that one! LOL!)…
