Lucy's Friendly Foods923 recipes
Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
Coronation chickpeas
Coronation chicken is such a ubiquitous buffet dish and sandwich filling in the UK, and its something I had yet to replicate as a vegetarian.
Lotus spread filled Jammie Dodgers (Speculoos Linzer Biscuits)
Lotus specaloos biscuits are an unfailingly safe and readily available snack, especially in Europe.
Salt and Pepper Oven Fries
Who doesn’t love a bowl of fries? The ultimate junk food with their fried, crispy, savoury moreish-ness.
Mexican Rice and Beans Salad
The sun is shining and it’s starting to feel a little warmer – yippee! After the long dark, cold months there suddenly light and colour, oh what joy! I was intending on cooking another …
Mexican Pinto Bean Soup
Sometimes some purse friendly, super cheap food is what you need – this is the perfect recipe for that week before payday when you’re trying to use up the contents of the cupboard rathe…
Chocolate Ganache topped 3-2-1 Tray Bake
This week is going to have a distinctly sweet theme, after last week’s little foray to Mexico.
Lemon drizzle scones
Spring makes me want to add some zing – some bright, sunshine freshness to add light to the palate and awaken the taste buds after months of comforting cosy foods.
Fondant Fancies (French Fancies)
Fondant fancies with their beautiful pastel hues and elegant stripes were always my favourite cake as a child – well, what’s not to like about a sponge cube coated in sweet icing? They …
Panko Crusted Pea and Potato Cakes with Tartar Sauce
I was out for supper with some friends and one of them had fish cakes with tartar sauce -they looked so appealing with their crispy outer, soft centre and zippy sauce.
Syrupy Oaties
Sometimes there is the need for a cookie that is a little more wholesome, a little more sturdy, a little less fancy.
English spring garden salad
You know that phrase used in American burger restaurants ‘take a walk through the garden’? Well, this is the elegant, English equivalent re-imagined onto your plate.
More Adventures in Egg-free Meringue
Have you heard of chickpea meringue? If you haven’t, where have you been? Well, probably anywhere but the vegan online forums where chickpea meringue has taken over the world in 2015! It hasn…
Lemon meringue pie
Let the egg-free meringue adventures continue… Now basic meringues are one thing, but a lemon meringue pie? I thought that really was out of my reach.
Cinnamon Flapjacks
Everyone loves a flapjack – they have such a worthy image which makes them seem acceptable even to those avoiding sweet treats.
Strawberry sorbet
I’ve splashed out and bought myself an ice cream machine – I’ve wanted one for so long, but our previous freezer was too small to fit the bowl in! Expect frozen treats aplenty thi…
Fondant Fancy Cupcakes
Did you read my post for fondant fancies and think ‘ooh they look nice, but what a faff to cut the cake, nappage and ice all sides’.
Green Goddess Sandwiches
Do you get bored with sandwiches too? I get so fed up with sandwiches, always faced with the same old fillings.
Baked Alaska
I hadn’t thought about Baked Alaska for years and years, at least until last year’s Great British Bake Off which challenged the contestants to make one.
Egg-free Pavlova Revisited
A pavlova is such an iconic dessert, isn’t it? It seems to carry a big wow factor and is a suitable ending to a summer gathering.