Weekends should have three days, don’t you agree? It would be just right to fit all the things we need to do known as ‘life admin’, do all the batch cooking, baking etc (those of us who love doing it), go for a long walk and then relax. I feel like 3 days is a… Continue reading Weekends should have 3 days
Category: plant based diet
Quick and Easy Vegan Banana Muffins
We had an unexpected guest today and absolutely no cookies, biscuits or snacks we could put on the table together with a cup of tea. So, we decided to make vegan banana muffins. Incredibly quick and easy – ready in 30 min. The only problem was, we ate them before our guest arrived… Had… Continue reading Quick and Easy Vegan Banana Muffins
Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
Have you ever craved thick, sweet and salty peanut butter? I’ve always loved it and often use it for my smoothies, as a nice addition to my porridge, cookies (that’s a winner!) and simply as a snack – a quick teaspoon full of peanut butter followed by another one 🙂 I used to buy peanut… Continue reading Homemade Peanut Butter Recipe
Vegan soft toast bread
This is an absolute winner! I have long tired to achieve this kind of softness and taste so that we can (finally!) completely ditch the bread sold in plastic bags. I prefer my sourdough bread but it was a journey to satisfy my daughters with their fine taste buds and I MADE IT 🙂 This… Continue reading Vegan soft toast bread
The Best Energy Balls
Ingredients: 50g almonds 50g walnuts 8 dates, stones removed 2 T of cocoa powder 1 T peanut butter 1 T coconut oil Method: Place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until nuts are nicely crushed but not still crunchy and everything is well mixed. You may want to stop and scrape the mixture… Continue reading The Best Energy Balls
Vegan ‘scrambled eggs’
Ingredients: 1 tbsp. olive oil 250g tofu, crumbled 1 tsp curcuma / turmeric a pinch of salt and pepper Optional: tomatoes vegan sausage Method: Heat the olive oil on a frying pan, add tofu and turmeric. Fry until light golden and season. Add any vegies you like; I usually add tomatoes or left over salad… Continue reading Vegan ‘scrambled eggs’
Foraging
We went for a 9 mile walk in Surrey today. Because it’s Saturday, and because it makes my week so much better. I genuinely cannot wait for Saturdays to come now, and even a thought of our little stroll outside of the big city makes me want to start skipping rather than walking 🙂 It… Continue reading Foraging
Perfect dumpling dough (vegan of course!)
In my family, we ate dumplings at least once a week. Sweet with seasonal berries (I will never forget the taste of dumplings with wild blueberries!) or savoury with cheese, potatoes, wild mushrooms or anything else you could think of. All versions were absolutely delicious, none of them vegan… I’ve always loved dumplings and could… Continue reading Perfect dumpling dough (vegan of course!)
Vegan tofu & potato dumplings
This is a veganised version of traditional Polish dumplings. They are legendary 🙂 This recipe makes around 50 dumplings. So, about 2 portions 😉 Ingredients: dumpling dough (recipe here) 3 cooked medium / large potatoes 120g tofu (I use my homemade tofu) 1 chopped and fried onion salt and pepper oil 2-3 chopped onions 3… Continue reading Vegan tofu & potato dumplings
Home made tofu
Home made tofu is easy, cheap and really tasty. Its texture is softer, more delicate. Tofu is used extensively in plant based cooking. You can fry it and add to a stir-fry, make vegan “scrambled eggs” with it or eat it on a slice of home baked bread (delicious!). Here’s how to make it. What… Continue reading Home made tofu
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