This December I’ll be sharing four festive recipes, starting with Festive Chocolate Bark. This pretty chocolate bark would be ideal to give as an edible gift, or use it for Christmas party favours. It’s also great to serve as a dessert. I made a milk chocolate bark topped with apple juice soaked raisins, roasted pistachios… Continue reading Festive Chocolate Bark
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Air Fryer Pitta Pizzas
Crispy pitta pizza bases topped with sauce, melted vegan cheese and toppings of your choice. Making individual pizzas means that everyone can customise theirs to suit them. They make for a tasty light lunch or snack. You can stick with tomato sauce, or use barbecue sauce or pesto. Or skip the sauce and cheese altogether… Continue reading Air Fryer Pitta Pizzas
Butter Bean Salad
A delicious mix of cucumber, tomato, spring onion, salad leaves, black olives, dairy free cheese and butter beans, in a light herby dressing. This combines a variety of flavours, textures and colours, which I always find the most appealing when it comes to salads. I find that these dried and cooked butter beans have a… Continue reading Butter Bean Salad
Tofu Mince Bolognese
This hearty bolognese sauce uses tofu as the “mince”. Tofu really is so versatile, as long as you give it lots of flavour, it can be used for all sorts of things. This tofu was pressed, crumbled and cooked making it a great swap for mince in this tasty pasta dish. The texture of this… Continue reading Tofu Mince Bolognese
Candy Cane Hot Chocolate Stirrers
You can make a delicious cup of hot chocolate with these candy cane marshmallow hot chocolate stirrers. They’re easy to make, they make for a lovely handmade gift, and they’re fun to use. Just heat a cup of plant milk (I like to heat 200ml soy milk in the microwave) then pop the stirrer in… Continue reading Candy Cane Hot Chocolate Stirrers
Cumberland Sausage Catherine Wheel
Bangers and mash, with vegetables and gravy is a comfort food favourite of mine. So I thought I’d make a bonfire night inspired recipe around that theme. This is my Cumberland style seitan sausage Catherine wheel, skewered and then pan fried, served with mash, green beans and gravy. It would be perfect to warm up… Continue reading Cumberland Sausage Catherine Wheel
Vegan Bacon Bits
These smokey, crispy, salty little crumbles are tasty and so versatile. Use them as a topping for salads, tofu scramble or soups, stir them through dips and pasta dishes, or add them into wraps or sandwiches. They’re easy to make and would go well with all sorts of foods I was talking to my Mom… Continue reading Vegan Bacon Bits
Rainbow Couscous with Pickled Red Onion
A quick and easy salad topped with crisp pickled red onion. You can use the onions to add a tangy, sweet crunch to burgers, sandwiches, salads, tacos, anything you like. They’re very easy to make, have a great flavour, crisp texture, and add a pretty pop of colour too Pickled Red Onions You’ll need; One… Continue reading Rainbow Couscous with Pickled Red Onion
Roasted Vegetable Spiced Couscous
Roasted courgette, red and yellow pepper, cherry tomatoes and garlic, along with fluffy couscous spiced with cumin, coriander, turmeric and smoked paprika
Seitan Holiday “Ham”
This smoked seitan is coated in a maple and mustard glaze, and studded with dried cloves. It would make for a lovely centre piece for any festive feast
