Perfect for picnics and barbeques, light lunches and pot lucks, this simple and easy vegetarian salad recipe is not dissimilar to cole slaw. The difference is this one’s vegan and a little bit lighter… but completely yummy! Kohl rabi is a member of the brassica family, a group which includes…
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Balsamic Roasted Plum Tomato Hummus
I have no excuse for how long it’s been since I’ve posted a new recipe. I have no excuse for how long it’s been since I’ve developed many new goodies. Okay, I have a little excuse and that’s to do with a combination of the election and Christmas. As some…
Sweet Chipotle Carrots
Raw or fried, the carrot is a versatile beast. It forms the base of our vegetable stocks and complements many a Sunday lunch, boiled with peas or roasted with a glaze of delicious olive oil. Yes, the carrot forms a major part of our diet, and it’s not going anywhere…
Fenugreek and Garlic Carrot Salad
Hmm, that doesn’t sound very exciting, does it? Here’s the thing: I got a mandolin slicer, I had a huge bag of carrots, and I wanted to play. Enough said. To make the pinwheel carrot shape, just score down 4 sides of each carrot and cut a small sliver out…
Fresh Nigari Tofu in a Hot Vegan Dashi Broth
Despite the fact that my Soyquick caught fire a few weeks ago (!!), I have not had any more problems and have got back to fulfilling my regular fresh tofu cravings. Once you have your tofu, this recipe is both easy, tasty, and nutritious. The key, like with many things…
Crispy Tofu Cutlets With Blood Orange and Fennel Salsa
This vegan recipe is a real treat, with powerful flavours and filled with fabulous textures. Served as an appetiser or as a main meal, this is an incredibly simple concoction I think should be added to the list of easy gourmet vegetarian recipes (what is “gourmet” anyway? Pretty food with…
Tuscan Kale, Black Kale, Black Cabbage, Cavolo Nero!
I hate winter. I really, really, really hate winter. I hate that it doesn’t get light until 7:30 and it’s dark around 16:00. I hate that it’s not even a real winter, with real snow and real winter coats for sale (everything’s a fashion item here, at least for women,…
Balsamic Smoked Tomato Salsa
When my youngest step-son requested a Mexican meal for his birthday dinner, I decided to experiment with some old favourites. I urge everyone to understand that “Mexican” to an average American pretty much entails any recipe involving cheese and a tortilla, so I hardly consider my style to be authentic…
Pressure Cooker Apple and Root Veg Soup with Dumplings
So my mom bought me a pressure cooker while I was in the states. It’s not a kitchen appliance I’d ever used, nor is it one I’d ever given much thought to owning. But then, when my mother handed me this monstrous thing to go into my already crammed suitcase,…
Easy Peasy Lemon Cheesy!
It was one of those days that flew by and when I looked at the clock it was already dinner time. As a result I wanted to make something simple to eat, something along the lines of a protein and two-veg meal. We had some frozen minted peas (the only…
Crispy Garlic Tofu Teriyaki
It took me a long time to like tofu. I became vegetarian when I was 12 years of age and didn’t take tofu seriously until my early twenties. Perhaps that was because I’d never been presented with this bean curd product in anything other than frozen stir fry mixes? Needless…
Roasted Red Pepper and Pomegranate Salad
I discovered the flavour of pomegranate molasses at a Syrian restaurant in Yerevan, Armenia. My taste buds had never experienced anything like it before and I was instantly in love with what I would soon learn to be a food product to consume my life. I am referring to the…
