If you are making a salad for a crowd then there are a few things to bear in mind that will make it work well. It definintely helps to make a good hearty one with a bit of substance. Ideally, you also want your salad to hold up well, taste good and compliment any other [...]
This is pickled beetroot salad is super easy to make! I created it when a friend brought over some fresh picked beetroots recently. What are pickled beetroots? Pickled beetroots (called beets in the USA) are cooked beets that have been preseved in vinegar. Sometimes they are also pickled with salt and sugar and sold in [...]
This syrup is so rich, delicious and healthy I think if you found it in a shop, it would cost you a fortune! But I am pleased to say that this blackberry syrup recipe is totally homemade. If you forage or grow your own blackberries then it's going to be super inexpensive to make at [...]
It's surprisingly easy to roast your own carrots in the oven. In this recipe we are going to look at a very easy easy and effective way to roast your carrots. What's the best way to cook carrots? Does it matter how you cook them? Roast carrots are a world apart from serving them raw, [...]
Black beans (also called black turtle beans) are an excellent, inexpensive health food that are very easy to work with. Today I am sharing my smoky black bean in tomato sauce recipe. They serve well for either brunch or dinner. For brunch, you could serve them with turmeric potato patties, beetroot bites, avocado, mushroom & [...]
Hello, my lovely friends, this is easy and quick and you can't go wrong! My recipe today is a simple mushroom and spinach side dish that serves well with brunch, lunch or dinner as an accompaniment. For a balanced plant-based meal, sautéed mushroom and spinach works especially nicely for brunch. Think sourdough toast, tofu scramble, [...]
Roasted butternut squash is a fabulous addition to a salad. This recipe is too delicious... I mean honestly, how can salad taste this good haha? Roasting brings out a sweet earthy caramel flavour in butternut squash (read my full guide on how to roast butternut squash here). Add in a few other simple secret ingredients [...]
Hummus is traditionally made with chickpeas, garlic, lemon juice, tahini, olive oil and salt. In this hummus recipe, you are also going to add roasted butternut squash to jazz things up. Roasted squash will take your hummus to a whole new realm of deliciousness. You will find that the squash complements the traditional ingredients, whilst [...]
This is a super simple guide to roasting or baking butternut squash. You can use the same method for any other type of winter squash such as crown prince, kabocha, acorn squash. There are two reasons you might want to roast squash... For adding to a recipe such as soup, pasta sauce, curry, dhal, salad [...]
This recipe for vegan black bean burgers was originally featured in my book Angelicious Plant-Based. In a sec we are going to look at an excellent, quick way to create a super tasty vegan burger. The recipe here yields scrumptious patties. They work well as an accompaniment to potato wedges, in a bap, or even [...]
