Spelt & Chestnut Hot Cross Buns
Happy Easter! I admit that I’m a hot cross bun making novice. It never really occurred to me before now to make them myself (too much faff), but I have always eaten them. My Mum always used to buy the mini ones as soon as they appeared in the shops in January...
Oaty Green Smoothie with Orange
Not another green smoothie! I’ve officially gone blogger mad. This week I bought a glass and coloured straws, purely to showcase a smoothie recipe on the blog, and this is after I said very publicly on Instagram that you’d never see me do this. Please...
Gram Flour Tortilla Chips / Flatbread with Cheats Za’atar
Gram flour tortilla chips are so simple to make. Make a gram flour wrap then toast it in the oven, just as you would a real tortilla! A game changing recipe. I’m not sure exactly what led me to come up with this idea, but I’d consider it to be a real game...
Peanut Quinoa Stew
Because peanut butter. This week I wanted to write a riff on a quiche recipe with leeks and Caerphilly cheese to celebrate all things Welsh for David’s day. I’ve been planning the recipe in my head for ages but time as ever seems to have eluded me, even...
Cashew Cream Cauliflower Soup
Cheesy Feet Soup Cauliflower has had a bit of a resurgence of late. When we all discovered only a few short years ago that it could be blitzed into a faux rice I am certain that cauliflower farmers starting jumping with glee. Thing is I used to hate cauliflower,...
Radicchio and Walnut Spaghetti
Sautéed radicchio and crumbled walnuts tossed through al dente spaghetti make a make a simple healthy vegetarian supper for two. I think I’m discovering that you guys prefer the simplest of my recipes; the overnight oats, the things that take very little effort...
Massaged Kale and Shaved Sprouts Salad with Shredded Chicken & Blood Orange Tahini Dressing
Blood Oranges are Back, Alright! And they are here to brighten up my Winter. I’ve been pontificating on seasonal produce a lot of late. In doing so I realised that some of my most favourite fruits; apricots, pomegranates, blood orange and figs are those that...
Cauliflower & Cavolo Nero Vegetable Pakoras with Coriander and Coconut Chutneys
These healthier vegetable pakoras are made from seasonal vegetables, naturally gluten free gram flour and pan fried for a healthier take on street food. I adore these pakoras for so many reasons; using hot to trot seasonal vegetables, using naturally gluten free gram...
Baked Cassava Root Fries with Smokey Tomato Dip
Step aside white potato. Never heard of cassava before? If you live in one of London’s multicultural neighbour hoods I am sure that you have seen this brown vegetable and wondered what on earth it was. Is it even a vegetable? It looks much like a log, or an...
Overnight Oats with Homemade Cashew Butter
Homemade cashew butter in the Froothie Optimum 9400 blender*, used to enrich a creamy vegan and gluten free overnight oats breakfast dish. *gifted In December us bloggers and many food focussed websites were flogging you sugary treats, indulgences and 1000’s of...
Cardamom White Chocolate Dipped Clementines
White chocolate dipped clementines with cardamom and pistachios; a bit of goodness dipped in something creamy and delicious! You either dig white chocolate or you don’t. I totally dig it. Especially with added cardamom, slathered over clementines and a...
Slow Cooker Spiced Apple Chutney
Making cheese more interesting. A festive cheeseboard isn’t a cheese board without its accompaniments. Handful of grapes, a selection of hard, soft & blue cheeses, rustic oat cakes or crackers, and then that something extra; chutney. I’ve friends that...
Roasted Caraway Roots with Duck Breast & Smoked Paprika Dressing
A healthy warm autumnal salad mixing honey roasted caraway roots, accompanied by a duck breast and a smoked paprika dressing. Vegetarian dishes have taken centre stage over here lately. This change of direction was never a conscious decision, more that it was a...
Gluten Free Christmas Cake with Amaretto Soaked Fruit
Stir it up! On Sunday 22nd November 2015 households up and down the country will be taking part in Stir-up Sunday; the last Sunday before advent when traditionally Christmas pudding and cake will be stirred up ready for Christmas. I think this is such a lovely...
Bara Brith, a Welsh Fruit Tea Loaf {Gluten Free}
Rubgy snacking? I was devastated when Wales got kicked out of the rugby world cup by South Africa at the quarter final stage this year. After the thrill of surviving the preliminary ‘group of death’ the anguish of being knocked out hit hard. The match...
Kabocha Hummus & Aubergine in Chickpea Wraps
A vegan street food inspired recipe featuring gluten free chickpea flour wraps, kabocha hummus and a mix of fried aubergines. Meet kabocha squash, the nuttier and firmer fleshed of the autumn squashes with an impossibly tough skin and a taste reminiscent of sweet...
‘Langos’ Langoustines with Lime Mayonnaise on Sweet Potato Rosti
A brunch or light lunch recipe using boiled, peeled, Scottish ‘langos’ langoustines lime mayonnaise and sweet potato rosti. Aged 15 I started my first Saturday job in my home town’s finest fish and chip takeaway. Week after week I served our regular...
Warm Japanese Black Noodle Salad
A quick and simple Japanese black noodle salad using gluten free black rice soba noodles for a dramatic effect. One of the joys of instagram is the way it can bring like minded people together. I’ve had more experiences of this as blogger than I ever could have...
Breton Buckwheat Galette Complète with Ham, Comté Cheese and Egg
A gluten free recipe for a Breton inspired buckwheat galette. Cheese, ham and an egg is usually called a galette complète – I have used French Comté cheese. Whilst eating a melted cheese and ham monster of a galette a few weeks back it struck me this was really...
Pan-fried Chicory (Belgian Endive) with Crumbled Feta and Hazelnuts
A simple healthy side dish for pan-fried chicory. Pan-frying transforms chicory from a bitter leaf to a sweet delicious vegetable. I don’t believe that chicory gets enough love aside from its genius usefulness as a healthy canapé scoop. Perfect with crushed peas...
Oat & Flax Pancakes with Frozen Berries and Seasonal Fruit
Soaking and fermenting your oats in yoghurt overnight, or for an hour before eating assists the digestion process. Perfect prep for these oat & flax pancakes. I’ve been riffing oat pancakes for breakfast for weeks now (if you follow me on instagram...
Scallop Strawberry Salad with a Basil-Lime Dressing
A very quick and light recipe for scallop strawberry salad. Make the most of British strawberries before they disappear for another year! We’re coming to the end of strawberry season in the UK, which gives me a small window to share this recipe I developed...
Welsh Lavercakes with Bacon and Eggs
A Welsh breakfast using laverbread (bara lawr) from Swansea Market. Laverbread is formed into lavercakes and eaten for breakfast with eggs and bacon. Laverbread, or bara lawr (bread of the floor) is not a bread at all, but a type of seaweed harvested from the south...
Roasted Cauliflower Buckwheat Salad with Olives & Capers
A roasted cauliflower buckwheat salad inspired by olive tapenade. Another opportunity for me to sing the praises of humble old buckwheat. Buckwheat also goes by the name of kasha, and you may have seen it called sarrasin in France (used often in galettes) or grano...
Seasonal Fruit Salad with Ginger Syrup & Fresh Mint
A seasonal fruit salad with ginger syrup. A simple dessert made from apricot and strawberry bought together by a tangy ginger syrup and fresh mint. Earlier this week I shared with you a recipe post from a student who attended my food blogging masterclass held in June...
Apricot Mousse
An incredibly light dairy free apricot mousse made by folding whipped egg whites through stewed and softened fruit puree. In my family, this dessert was best known as ‘Chocolate Bubble Pudding’. Apricots are one of my favourite summer fruits, and each year...
Sweet Potato & Buckwheat Brunch Bowl with Avocado Cream
An easy to follow template for a veggie loaded brunch bowl with poached egg and avocado cream. All ingredients can be prepped the day before. This is the second buckwheat recipe on the blog this last month. Buckwheat is the new quinoa. Trust me. It is hardier, holds...
Buckwheat & Chickpea salad with Rocket & Brazil Nut Pesto
Buckwheat & Chickpea Salad with Rocket & Brazil Nut Pesto. A versatile vegetarian, vegan buckwheat salad recipe from which to build hundreds of variations. Over the last year, I have found myself exploring more and more vegetarian food. In part, it’s an...