I’ve referenced this book at least ten times already in this blog, and I’ve adapted dozens of recipes from it for various occasions. So it’s definitely time I reviewed it. I’m going to start by saying that I’m not a…
Category: vegan
Recipe: Raspberry, Soy and Coconut Ice-cream
This recipe comes more or less directly from Veganomicon, with a little extra verbiage from me. I’m afraid you do need a blender and an icecream maker for this – I suppose in a pinch you could put everything through…
Recipe: Chocolate and Berry Brownies (Gluten-Free & Vegan)
I am so ridiculously proud of these brownies. They are richly, deeply chocolatey with sharp, acidic raspberries and mellow blackberry jam in the background, and did I mention that they are magnificently chocolatey? They are incredibly easy and fast to…
Living dangerously
Here’s the planned menu for tomorrow’s (actually, it’s now today’s) dinner. It’s vegan, gluten free, and free of a bunch of other bad-tempered fruits, vegetables and fruit-derived products (ie, no wine or vinegar) that make my guests unhappy. I’m taking…
Recipe: Nearly Vegan Banana Bread with Indian Flavours
This recipe is as vegan as a cake can be that has honey in it. I don’t actually know any vegans who eat honey, but I’ve heard they exist. But don’t worry – honey could easily be swapped out in…
Recipe: Onion Soup for a Sick Day
The Christopher Robinish breakfast didn’t work, so it’s time to resort to my ultimate virus-fighting weapon: onion soup. What what could be stronger, heartier, or more pungent? No virus would dare colonise a body with this many allicins in it,…
Recipe: Five-spice Gingernuts
I made this recipe up because the recipe I had for five-spice ginger biscuits required overnight standing and I wanted biscuits *now*. So I got a gingernut recipe from the Women’s Weekly and played havoc with it, and the results…
Recipe: Baked Cauliflower
This is a very simple recipe, from a book called Reds, Whites, and Greens, by Faith Willunger. As you might have gathered from the title, it’s a book of Italian things to do with vegetables. I’m yet to find a…
Review: Wild Sourdough: The Natural Way to Bake, by Yoke Mardewi
As I type this, my sourdough starter has been living with me for eight days, and it is not dead yet! On the contrary, it’s sitting on a bench in the kitchen, looking hopeful, because tomorrow is baking day. I…
Recipe: Beetroot Gnocchi
Back before I started obsessing over sourdough, I reviewed Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros. I’ve been wondering which recipe to choose from her book to share with you as an example of her work. Should I pick the gorgeous…