Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts
I’ve been seeing vegetarian meatballs on Pinterest and the web for quite some time, and have become rather intrigued by the concept.
I haven’t rolled out my egg-free meringue recipe for quite a while, but having seen a bag of beautiful blackcurrant meringues in the Ottolenghi window display the other day, I thought I’…
It’s courgette season, and this is a fantastic way to make a satisfying lunch out of little other than grated courgettes.
Like most families, we eat a lot of pasta, so I decided to mix things up a bit with some home-made gnocchi.
I think it’s the sudden chill in the air that has made us want to turn up the heat in our meals.
This is nothing more than a naughty, unnecessary indulgence – but hey, why shouldn’t those who avoid dairy, eggs and nuts get to shamelessly indulge from time to time? Or more often tha…
Since making egg-free fresh pasta works so well, why not tackle stuffed pasta? Over the past year I have searched everywhere for dairy-free filling inspiration; books, magazines and the web, but th…
We had a little tub of rice and butterbean salad from Marks & Spencer for lunch last week, and unlike lots of pre-prepared salad tubs, it was pretty tasty.
I think puddings are the greatest challenge to those on a restricted diet – pudding is the comfort end of the meal and as a result often includes the highly calorific and soporific ingredient…
I have been lucky enough to have been challenged by Waitrose to concoct a vegetarian alternative to eat at Christmas lunch.
I’m always searching for new and interesting dairy and egg free puddings (I seem to say this a lot, but puddings are a real problem if you don’t eat eggs and dairy but want something ot…
It’s coming up to Shrove Tuesday, and therefore time for the obligatory pancake recipe.
Pancakes are a regular feature in our household – they make such a special breakfast for the weekend, and we have them without fail every Sunday.
I was watching Michel Roux on the BBC Food and Drink programme the other week and he made some chicken croquettes with a tomato relish – they sounded like just the kind of dish I could do som…
I had intended to make these truffles to stand in as the little chocolate eggs found on chocolate cornflake nests for the girls to take in for their classes as an Easter treat.
This is just the thing when your tomatoes are not quite ripe, or even a little past their best but you really fancy a delicious tomato salad.
I’m not sure about you, but my children struggle with composed salads – they’re fine with lettuce, cucumber etc.
I think most people have childhood memories of tomato soup – probably Heinz – and its comforting qualities.
I’ve been noticing a trend towards flavoured coleslaws in the shops – anything from coronation ‘slaw, jalapeño ‘slaw, barbecue ‘slaw.