An old favourite and one of the first things we made during my Turkish Vegan Cooking Workshops was Kisir (aka bulgur-wheat salad) (🇹🇷 version below) The time has come to make this specialty “gluten-free” and “low-carb diet” friendly. How? Well, we will replace the Bulgur (cracked wheat) with cauliflower. The original recipe is a specialty…
Category: Veggie Dreams
Fruity Mini Cheese Cakes
With all the Covid-19, self isolation and constant health updates, we have had a strange spring. And now that the summer is almost here (on this half of the planet) we are finally enjoying some relaxed rules and everyone seems a little bit more calm. It is great to be socialise again as it signals “return…
Vegan Chilli & Avocado
Taking an old favourite and making it vegan was not too difficult in this case. For me the star of any chilli con carne is the red kidney beans, so taking out the meat element didn’t really change the taste for me. With the added heat from chilli peppers I think this Chilli Sin Carne is…
Artichoke & Lemon Soup
#bxllockdown Day 58 Hero Week / Artichoke / Recipe 3 Artichokes are a very versitile taste and it is so easy to pass it up as leek in a soup to your kids, who may otherwise turn their noses up to this “weird” looking vegetable. Artichoke soup with lemons is a relatively French recipe, in…
Artichoke Tapenade
#bxllockdown Day 56 Hero Week / Artichoke / Recipe 2 This is a favourite of ours and also a repost from last year.. Lets rediscover this gorgeous and healthy recipe. High in fibre artichokes are one of the best things to eat if you are feeling peckish. It cuts my hunger pangs almost immediately. This…
Artichoke Hearts with Fava Beans
#bxllockdown Day 55 Hero Week / Artichokes / Recipe 1 This is a recipe I (re)discovered at a friend’s place few years ago. although there were only a handful of us, there was a mountain of food on the table. This is the one that stuck with me. Perhaps, because I love artichokes or the…
Pan-fried & Raw Asparagus with Goat’s Cheese & Beetroot
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 46 “HERO” WEEK / ASPARAGUS / RECIPE 5 Let the fresh asparagus shine in this simple spring salad. The combination of contrasting tastes and textures gives added depth, serve with a bowl of rice or homemade bread What YOU need: 4 green and 4 white asparagus spears, washed and trimmed 1 large, cooked beetroot 3…
The Green Pasta Sauce
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 43 “HERO” WEEK / ASPARAGUS / RECIPE 3 Only a few things get my kids excited and pasta is one of them. What better way to eat the king of carbohydrates than pack it with greens. This recipe is literally packed with vitamins,. The “difficult to get kind” like vitamin K and manganese, thiamin,…
Spring Rice with Asparagus
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 42 “HERO” WEEK / ASPARAGUS / RECIPE 2 Rice is a perfect option for weeknight cooking. You can eat it plain, or add your favourite vegetables to bring the flavour to another level. The best part is it’s ready in just 25 minutes. The trick to perfect rice is water to rice ratio…
Asparagus, Pea & Mint Tart
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 41 “HERO” WEEK/ asparagus / RECIPE 1 This spring vegetable is one of my favourite snacks. I often just eat it raw and love the crunchy texture. In an effort to eat more vegetables I make sure my favourites are readily available for those afternoon craving. According to Wikipedia; Asparagus has been…
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