The never-ending quest to find enough recipes to satisfy our newly-weaned babies’ appetites and need to discover new flavours… I try to be as organised as possible with meals for my family, but it’s still the same every day for breakfast and lunch: what will she have today… Muffins that are not sweet but have…
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Nutty Puffed Rice Cacao Bites
My names for these things are getting more and more hilarious as time goes on. Honestly, I get a bee in my bonnet about using a certain ingredient (this time puffed brown rice) then just throw something together and hope for this best but then struggle to give them a fitting (and short enough) name!…
Vegan Marble Cake
I was hosting some friends for tea and fancied something different to banana bread alongside some brownies. I took a bit of a risk with this as I wasn’t too sure how it would turn out but it turned out really beautifully. Moist and delicious and looks great! It’s free from gluten, dairy, refined sugar…
Gooey Chocolate Orange Brownies
Following on from my Chocolate Orange Coconut Bites last week, I’m on a bit of a chocolate orange rampage at the moment! The flavours just go so well together, just ask Terry and Dawn French! You can use orange peel in this, or you could just use the wild orange essential oil. I used doTERRA…
Coriander & Mint Chutney
I can’t take any credit for this recipe. It belongs to my friend Deepa over at GirlBoyFoodBaby. When I was at her house, she made me a gluten free, vegan cheese toasty and added this to it and I’ve been hooked ever since and can’t stop making it. Coriander is such a great cleanser so…
Saffron Spiced Porridge (Hot or Cold)
It’s funny, you can take some spices and make them work with any dish, sweet or savoury. Saffron and cardamom are two of those. I think because both Indian and Moroccan cooking use a lot of these spices in their savoury food, we become used to it. In terms of health benefits, saffron is a…
Pickled Dill Cucumbers
The more I cook, the more I discover how simple it can all be. Although I’ve always hated wasting food, I’ve only recently got much more into the idea of preserving. Very simply, because it goes hand-in-hand with natural, holistic living. Because as you start to make your own and grow your own, you become…
Best, Easiest Vegan Chilli (and tips on staying nourished through the winter)
It’s raining. It’s grey. It’s January in London. At this time of year it’s so important to look after ourselves, physically and emotionally, because the shorter days and colder climate really do alter our physical wellbeing and emotional state. There is a reason that some animals hibernate during these months – protecting themselves from the…
Vegan Victoria Sponge – GF, DF, SF
Firstly, apologies that this isn’t the world’s best picture (does anyone really care!?) I took it on the day of Braxton’s 2nd birthday party – which this was made for – and had to cater the entire party and somehow look presentable, oh, and photograph everything at the same time because I run a health…
Creating The Perfect Vegan & Allergen Free Kids Birthday Party
It was Braxton’s 2nd birthday over the weekend (how is my baby 2?!) and we decided, like last year, to have his party at home. When kids start school you don’t really have a choice but to throw them a party where 40 kids are invited, so until that time, we decided we wanted to…