3rd July 2011

Meet my new friend millet (and old friend quinoa) the super grains.

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1st January 2011

I have been having Saturday night rendezvous with risotto for a couple of months now. With the help of Maxine Clark Risotto: With Vegetables, Seafood, Meat and More I have branched  out from the standard mushroom (which is now my least favourite recipe);

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17th September 2010

Red velvet cupcakes have been an ongoing obsession for me. It must be over a year and  half ago that I became determined to make a red velvet cupcake without artifical food colouring. (more…)

14th September 2010

This post is a bit of cheat as the recipe is already in our baking section, but I haven’t made them for so long I’d forgotten they are actually one of my favs. These were the alcohol free version. (more…)

13th September 2010

To help you all get in the spirit of things I have challenged myself to posting a new cupcake recipe for everyday of National Cupcake Week so now you have no excuse to not join in the fun and get baking!

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27th August 2010

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8th August 2010

I spend my working week dreaming up new cupcake flavours to experiment with at the weekend. My list is pretty long at the moment, but I am slowly working my way through it, I have gone a bit Arabian with my two lastest recipes for Turkish delight which I have tried with both a vanilla and a chocolate base, and a minted white chocolate.

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28th October 2009

Vegan Sausage & Bean Casserole

Now that Autumn’s officially here and it’s decidedly colder, me and my husband (who’s also vegan) are switching to our favourite Autumn/Winter vegan recipes. Things like homemade cottage pie, ‘traditional’  roast dinners, chillis and curries have replaced Summery pasta and salad-type dishes. Our absolute favourite at the moment is Vegan Sausage Casserole. It’s something that I cobbled together a few years ago and it’s a really tasty winter warmer, plus if there’s just two of you it lasts two nights, so no cooking the next day – always a bonus! (more…)