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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Butter Bean & Vegan Meatball Stew
This combines meat free meatballs and creamy butter beans, in a rich, smoky tomato based stew. It’s hearty and filling, so it’s perfect to warm up with on a chilly evening. I chose to serve this with white rice, you could also simply serve it with slices of crusty bread. The smoked paprika adds a… Continue reading Butter Bean & Vegan Meatball Stew
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
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
Pulled Mushroom Chilli
Finely shredded mushrooms add a meaty, umami flavour, and mimic pulled pork in this hearty vegan chilli. I used a mixture of white closed cup, portobello and shiitake mushrooms to give this a variety of flavours and textures. Just pull the stems of the mushrooms apart, then thinly slice the caps Yield; Four servings Cook… Continue reading Pulled Mushroom Chilli
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
Takeaway Style Vegan Paneer Tikka Masala
A creamy tikka masala sauce, with firm tofu “paneer”, great for a fakeaway with rice and naan bread to scoop up the sauce. Using tofu in place of paneer adds extra protein, iron and calcium to this curry. As for the cream, I used tofu cream, which I made by blending 60ml plant cream with… Continue reading Takeaway Style Vegan Paneer Tikka Masala
Creamy Vegan Chicken Mash Pie
Meat free chicken pieces and vegetables, in a creamy parsley & sage sauce, topped with mashed potato. This hearty pie is tasty and easy to make, it bakes in the air fryer for 15 minutes or the oven for 25 minutes. I chose to use Dopsu No Chicken Pieces for this recipe, they’re available from… Continue reading Creamy Vegan Chicken Mash Pie
Creamy Sundried Tomato Pasta
This creamy, rich pasta sauce is really easy to make and it’s another way that I like to use tofu cream. Tofu cream is an easy to make cream substitute, that you can make using plant milk and silken tofu. There are several cream substitutes available now, but I still prefer tofu cream personally Yield;… Continue reading Creamy Sundried Tomato Pasta
Puff Pastry Pizza Bites
Crispy, flaky puff pastry bases, topped with a homemade tomato sauce, dairy free cheese and toppings. These are easy to make, you can customise the toppings to suit you, and they’d be great for lunches, picnics, buffets or snacks I’ll include how I made the sauce, but you could choose to go for shop bought… Continue reading Puff Pastry Pizza Bites