Inspiring friendly recipes and thoughts

We were off to a friend’s house for a lovely lazy BBQ Sunday and having reminded them of our considerable dietary requirements, I felt that I really needed to make an effort to bring somethin…

Definitely worth a detour for: Rice Up Wholefoods Co-operative, Southampton I’ve only just found this awesome health food shop.

Everyone loves a sausage roll it seems; people can’t keep their hands off those little flaky pastry encased beauties.

As you might imagine we have a lot of beans being used in this household at the moment – I’ve got to get the chickpea/bean water from somewhere for all the meringue based recipes! This …

You simply can’t beat a flapjack for energy giving deliciousness but sometimes you want more than just sweet syrupy oats.

We tend to always go for bean burgers in this house and I find this mixture of beans and tortilla chips works particularly well.

It’s all about the roots! Winters equals root vegetables, and as Chritmas approaches the parsnips are filling the supermarket shelves, begging to be used.

How about a savoury snack that can be whizzed up in a flash and packs a punch of flavour, without having to resort to opening a bag of crisps? ( although I do love a crisp now and then!) These stra…

Thoughts are rapidly turning to Christmas lunch and how to make it as friendly as possible.

There’s something about the festive season, that despite a ridiculous over abundance of food, there is compulsion to have a starter as well.

Macarons, or to be precise Macarons Parisiens are those stunning little almond sandwiched delicacies which we all know because they are absolutely everywhere these days.

The perfect crispy, chewy dairy-free, egg-free chocolate chip cookie

Sometime you just really fancy a flavour combination, and the other day I really hankered after a flavour I haven’t had for many years – roast potatoes with mint sauce.

Pasta can be quite dull when you’re dairy-free – beyond tomato or bolognaise style sauces so many include some form of dairy or egg.

I haven’t made many fancy puddings for a while and the girls get so fed up with dairy-free yogurts, (particularly since the flavours available are so limited), or fruit which they’re bo…

¡Viva México! These knock-your-socks-off, totally delicious veggie bean burgers are all about Mexican flavours: spices, coriander, spring onions, lime, beans and crushed up tortilla chips.

I’ve seen various one pot pasta dishes on Pinterest for a while but I have to admit to having felt rather sceptical – surely it must be more of a gimmick than an actual ‘life chan…

I’m constantly striving to find more savoury snack options – it’s so easy to revert to a sweet snack when you’re avoiding dairy and eggs and nuts.