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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 been asked by a couple of readers how to make oat flour. If you have ever seen it in the shops it can be quite expensive and honestly, who wants to store another type of flour in their cupboard. I know that I don’t! Many of you will already have oats in your…
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…
I have been watching Jamie Oliver’s 15 minute meals (yes, I know they were on last year, I Humax’d them!) and really liked the idea of the Chicken pasta with herby 6-veg ragu. The mixture of vegetables with the tomato and pasta looked delicious. As an alternative to meat, I decided to use Seitan ‘Chicken’…
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…
