Easy Masala Sauce (DF, GF, Vegan) The classic ‘Indian’ dish, Chicken Tikka Masala, was apparently invented by a chef in Scotland as a hybrid dish for the English palate. This has since become a very popular dish both in the UK and US normally made with a decent amount of cream. In Indian cooking, we …
Easy Peanut Butter Curry (GF, DF, Vegan) This is a lovely, tasty, protein dense vegan curry and takes no time at all I have been spending my weekends learning and adapting complex multi layered recipes to get a better understanding of Indian cooking, how to temper and mix the spices, which ones are for savory …
Coconut-Lime Avocado Dressing on Kale (GF, DF, Vegan, Raw) I adapted this recipe from Matthew Kenney’s PlantLab – creating the future of food book, which is centred on nutrient dense plant based recipes It is a beautifully vibrant salad with the coconut and lime reminding you of the tropics as well as doing a good …
Roasted Romanesco with Garlic, Sage Crumbs (GF, DF) This is a stunning dish, fragrant, tasty, textured and healthy I have a lot of fun cooking vegetables as sides to my southern Italian in-laws dishes. I can not make what would be perceived as a main dish, as it would be seen as disrespectful, even in …
Methi Matar Malai (GF, DF) This is a beautiful fragrant vegan curry from the north of India. It is made with Methi, which is Fenugreek, Malai which is cream, which I substituted for tofu cream and Matar which is green peas It is a beautifully balanced dish, due to the bitterness of the Fenugreek and …
Cheese Rolls (GF, V) This is a classic grandma dish, which until recently we had thought was made up for us, until I started finding different versions of the recipe on the internet It is an Indian version of grilled cheese and can be made in many different ways, depending on your family’s palate It …
Vegan Jerky Mushrooms are powerful sources of antioxidants and phytochemicals, best harnessed through eating a mix of raw and cooked mushrooms. This is a great version to use as a snack or put on a pizza or salad I decided to make these after seeing vegan jerky in the supermarket being sold for 12.99. With …
Chilli Chocolate Vegan Samosas I was inspired to create this for a competition where we were asked to use cacao in a creative way. My first thought was to make my grandmothers samosas with a chilli chocolate slant on them. (Mr B’s influence as two of his favourite flavour profiles). I wasn’t sure this would …
Mushroom Pate (Raw, Vegan, GF) This is a lovely starter/canapé. It has a silky texture and earthy tone from the walnuts and mushrooms so your carnivorous guests will think it is made of liver, whilst your herbivore guests will lap it up for exactly the opposite reason. It takes 5 minutes preparation and can be …
Porcini Cracker with Chives The wonderful thing about dehydrating food is that there is very little method involved (blend, spread, dehydrate), the food retains it nutrients due to the low temperature and the flavors of whatever you are cooking intensify This is my second attempt in the dehydrator, adapting a recipe from Matthew Kenney’s Plant …
