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Cashew Coconut Laddus (Gluten Free, Vegan)

By , May 8, 2021

‘There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hours dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea’ This is a great snack that will keep you full from teatime till supper time, as it’s high in fibre, protein and releases energy slowly. It is also nutrient dense, with copper, potassium and magnesium from

Cardamom Almond Cake (Gluten Free, Vegetarian)

By , April 24, 2021

‘Love is…serving someone else your last piece of cake’ Today you get two recipes for one, cardamom cake and blueberry, hemp smoothie. Both naturally high in protein and both great for breakfast.  The cake is vegetarian as it has eggs in it, but you can replace the eggs with apple sauce or flax eggs to

Strawberry Hemp Breakfast Cakes (Gluten Free, Vegan/Vegetarian)

By , April 12, 2021

‘Today is a good day to eat cake for breakfast’ For Italians breakfast tends to be the smallest meal of the day and the sweetest. Breakfast is really only something to be had with coffee, so a biscotti alone would do. For this dish, I wanted to male Mr B something that was sweet but

Saffron Risotto with sunflower seed parmesan (Vegan, GF)

By , March 13, 2021

‘Did you know that an ounce of Saffron is almost the same as an ounce of gold?!, I’d take Saffron any day’ This is a great recipe from Food Future Institute.  I personally love the use of saffron for the vibrant colour, delicate fragrance and amazing health benefits.  Saffron is a spice derived from the

Sesame Tahini Oat Cookies (Vegan, GF)

By , March 6, 2021

‘Today me will live in the moment, unless it is unpleasant, in which case me will eat coooooookies’ – Cookie Monster These cookies are a great mid-morning snack. Made of tahini, sesame and oats, they are satiating and release healthy energy slowly. Tahini is the blended butter of sesame seeds. It can be dated back

Slow baked and marinated watermelon (GF, Vegan)

By , February 27, 2021

‘If you focus only on the seeds of the watermelon, you miss the sweetness of the meat’ I am currently cooking in London for my brother and sister-in-law and am lucky that are opening to trying everything. That has given me license to experiment. These watermelon recipes were born from experimentation, having seen a few

Macrobiotic Balance Bowl (Vegan, GF)

By , February 20, 2021

‘Philosophy without practice is useless; practice without philosophy is dangerous’  ‘Some people mistake macrobiotics for a ‘brown rice diet’, while others believe that it means giving up pleasure at mealtime. How far from the truth both these ideas are! Macrobiotics is a profound under-standing of the orderliness of Nature, the practical application of which enables

Coconut Green Beans with Curry Leaves (Vegan, GF)

By , February 14, 2021

‘…smell and taste are in fact but a single composite sense, whose laboratory is the mouth and its chimney the nose…’ This is a beautiful, tasty, fragrant recipe. It’s quick to put together and all in all takes 5 minutes prep and 10 to cook. You are really adding a lot of depth of flavor here through

Orange-Miso Tempeh (Vegan, GF)

By , February 6, 2021

‘The problem with being an adult most of your life, is not having been a child long enough.’ This is a dish I made for my finals at culinary school. The idea was to be given a restricted list of ingredients and a limited amount of time and to come up with an entrée that

Kudzu-Apple Sauce

By , January 30, 2021

‘Sometimes the questions are complicated, and the answers are simple.’ As I come to the end of culinary school (signal, wistful sigh), I started thinking about all the new ingredients and information I have learnt and what new recipes I will be integrating into my day to day. Kudzu or Kuzu as it is known,