January 29, 2015

Although I have only been vegan full time for six months now, I've been a vegetarian for over four years so I've sampled a LOT of nut roasts in my time. A lot. Nothing I've tried has come to close to beating this traditional nut roast recipe that has been passed down through my family. For a long time my Mum has cooked this for Sunday dinner, and since becoming veggie I've eaten it most Sundays that
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Posted in Food, Vegan | Tagged cooking, food, main course, nut roast, recipe, roast dinner, sunday dinner, vegan |
August 11, 2014

I don't think I've ever not been in the mood for tiffin. It was one of my favourite things that we made in cooking lessons at school (we made a lot of cake and pizza.. this was clearly before school's decided to teach kids how to eat healthily) and it's the perfect combination of biscuit and cake. It's sweet without being sickly and indulgent without being too rich. The recipe that I'm going to show
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Posted in Food, Vegan | Tagged baking, chocolate orange tiffin, cooking, food, recipe, tiffin, vegan, vegan tiffin |
June 18, 2014

Even though it's summer now, on cloudy days I still feel like curling up under a blanket and eating lots of donuts, so I made some! Well, sort of. I don't have a donut baking tray (although it's definitely on my wishlist now) so I improvised and baked my mixture in a muffin tray. These treats are like a cross between a cake and a donut, hence "cakenut"! They're light and fluffy, tart and sweet at
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Posted in Food, Vegan | Tagged baking, cakenuts, cakes, cooking, donuts, doughnuts, food, lemon and raspberry, recipe, vegan baking, vegan cakes, vegan donuts |
February 19, 2014

Last month when I first became vegan I mostly ate fresh veg with bread, potatoes or rice, apart from snacks. This month I've been experimenting with vegan dairy and meat substitutes! Vegusto are a fairly new company well-known for their vegan cheese although they also do snacks, drinks, vitamins, pet foods and meat substitutes. I was so excited when they sent me a goodie bag full of food to review
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Posted in Food, Review, Vegan | Tagged burger, cheese, chocolate, competition, cooking, food, giveaway, prizes, review, sausage, taste test, vegan, vegan cheese, vegetarian, vegusto, win |
September 18, 2013

I have been trying and failing to bake a good cake for what feels like weeks - every time I put a cake in the aga (our oven) the oven goes out! That happened with this cake, but although it was still a little gooey, it was really tasty. I love the crunch that the pomegranate seeds give to the cake, and I love the grated carrot decoration! This recipe is adapted from The Vintage Tea Party Book (which
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Posted in Food | Tagged baking, cake, carrot cake, cooking, dessert, food, ginger, homemade, pomegranate, recipe, vintage tea party |