Japanese Style Houmous (For Emily)

November 21, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

If you think giving someone a jar of homemade houmous as a birthday present is slightly odd then you perhaps wouldn’t do well as my friend. As that is exactly what I gave my lovely friend Emily last year. As keen a foodie as me, she had always raved about my houmous and when I […]

Easy Vegan Egg Mayo

September 21, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

I wish I could say that I was suddenly struck with a moment of inspiration for this recipe but in reality it came about purely through the power of advertising. I was out shopping for food and picked up these, very cute looking, mini wholemeal submarine rolls. The packaging had a picture on it of […]

Easy Garlic and Chive Cashew Cheese

February 2, 2017.Reading time 11 minutes.

It would be fair to say I’ve become rather obsessed with making my own cashew cheese. In my kitchen it seems I have a never ending conveyor belt of cashews simultaneously soaking, blending and being packaged up into little bundles to drain. Somehow there never seems to be much cashew cheese in my fridge though […]

Christmas Pudding Energy Balls

December 23, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m a sucker for cute looking confectionary and when you add the Christmas element to the mix these little puddings are hitting all the baking bases for me in one! The idea for these was born out of buying the little holly and ivy decorations that you see adorning the tops, I thought how sweet […]

Fennel, Orange and Mint Salad

November 1, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ve noticed that the recipes I make generally tend to fall into one of two categories: those that are naturally vegan and those that are a plant-based twist on a usually non-vegan dish. This recipe easily falls into the former. Juicy segments of orange, crunchy slices of fennel and a sharp and sweet citrus dressing with a […]

Roasted Butternut, Sage and Chilli Soup with Toasted Savoury Seeds

October 18, 2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

As the days are now darker, and the year is coming to an end there are pumpkins everywhere. Not feeling quite ready to tackle a whole pumpkin I thought I’d ease myself in to the autumnal cooking season with the more pear-shaped sister of the pumpkin, the butternut squash. Sage and butternut are a time […]

Things To Put On Toast… That Aren’t Avocado

October 11, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

There are few certainties in life but I think it’s safe to say that at present the internet does not need another picture of avocado on toast. Now I love avocado on toast as much as the next person (who also likes avocado on toast). And far from bemoaning it’s recent, almost indecent, popularity I am in fact […]

Super Smooth Homemade Houmous

September 9, 2016.Reading time 7 minutes.

I’ve always liked houmous. I’ve been mindlessly dipping carrot sticks and crisps into it for years without thinking there was any more joy to be eked out from this humble dip. I certainly never considered making it myself. The little pots from the supermarket are tasty enough – why trouble yourself with the hassle […]