A meaty seitan chicken fillet, with a crispy, crunchy seasoned breadcrumb coating. Along with penne, in a chilli and garlic tomato sauce. Top with your favourite dairy-free parmesan style cheese for a hearty, filling meal. Seitan is a brilliant mock meat, and source of plant based protein. I’ve mentioned previously how much I love seitan,… Continue reading Vegan Air Fried Chicken with Penne Arrabbiata
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Roasted Garlic & Shiitake Mushroom Pâté
This pâté is deliciously garlicky, with a lovely smoked flavour, in addition to the deeply savoury mushroom flavour. It’s also a good source of protein, and is delightful when eaten on toast, crackers, or slices of fresh bread. I used shiitake mushrooms for this, but other mushrooms would work too. This contains a whole bulb… Continue reading Roasted Garlic & Shiitake Mushroom Pâté
Chinese Inspired Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
This soup contains tender pieces of shredded mock chicken and sweetcorn, and is flavoured with garlic, ginger, spring onion, white pepper and topped with toasted sesame oil. You can make this Chinese inspired creamy soup in just 30 minutes, making it great for a midweek meal. Any leftovers you have can be stored in the… Continue reading Chinese Inspired Chicken & Sweetcorn Soup
Chickpea, Mushroom & Spinach Curry
This whole food plant based curry combines chickpeas, mushrooms and spinach in flavourful curry sauce. You could serve this with rice, dairy free naan bread and any side dishes you like. This curry is really easy to make, and you can customise the heat to suit you. If you prefer a mild curry, use a… Continue reading Chickpea, Mushroom & Spinach Curry
Black Chickpea Houmous & Black Tahini Cookies
I’m sharing two spooky recipes for Halloween this year. First up is a garlicky black houmous made with black chickpeas and a black tahini. This houmous has more of a nutty flavour to it, coming from both the black chickpeas and black tahini. It’s perfect with crackers, eaten as a dip, served with salads or… Continue reading Black Chickpea Houmous & Black Tahini Cookies
Vegan Nacho Cheese Dip
A deliciously cheesy, spicy, nacho cheese dip that you can eat with tortilla chips or pour on top of nachos. Before I went vegan I used to quite like the nacho cheese dip by Doritos, but as it contains milk and egg it’s not suitable for vegans. So I wanted to make my own vegan… Continue reading Vegan Nacho Cheese Dip
Rocket & Pistachio Pesto
Rocket & pistachio pesto, with garlic, basil and dairy free truffle parmesan cheese. This is a vibrant, fresh pesto, with a deep nuttiness from the pistachios. I love making pesto with rocket, as it gives the pesto a delicious peppery flavour. This pesto would work well with hot or cold pasta, as well as spreading… Continue reading Rocket & Pistachio Pesto
Roasted Garlic & Caramelised Onion Dip
A deliciously creamy blend of silken tofu, nutritional yeast, slowly roasted garlic, caramelised onion & herbs. This dip is dairy free, low fat and a source of plant based protein. Serve it with crackers, crisps, breadsticks or vegetables. I love the simplicity of this dip. You don’t need any dairy free sour cream/yogurt/cream cheese, as… Continue reading Roasted Garlic & Caramelised Onion Dip
Roasted Tomato & Vegan Feta Pasta Sauce
This sauce combines roasted tomatoes, roasted garlic and dairy free feta, with oregano and basil. The tomatoes only take 20 minutes to roast in the air fryer, so this is pretty quick and easy to make. I’ve also included how to make this with an oven too Yield; 550g of sauce Cook time; 20 minutes… Continue reading Roasted Tomato & Vegan Feta Pasta Sauce
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
