It’s cold and it’s grey. What better way to cheer up your day than with some bright purple food?! This week I’ve been trying out the new superfood berry, haskap, in the form of the purply-red Haskapa powder. Lauded for their high anthocyanin content, the haskap berry boasts four times more anthocyanins than blueberries. […]
Tried & Tested// MyVegan Protein Shake
As a chocolate fiend, I’m always open to trying chocolatey products to satisfy those chocolate cravings. You can imagine my excitement when MyVegan sent me their first ready-to-drink protein shake (RTD) offering in chocolate flavour to try. Aad in time for World Vegan Month too. Who are MyVegan? MyVegan is a sports plant-based sports nutrition […]
Pumpkin recipes
With Halloween around the corner, the green grocers here in North London are piled high with pumpkins. As is tradition, we will be buying a couple to carve into lanterns. But as I try to avoid food waste, I have found myself doing my usual search for vegan friendly pumpkin recipes. I wanted to share […]
TRIED & TESTED // Bright Barley drinks
In a week when I needed an extra little treat, I received a box of Bright Barley drinks to sample. With chocolate, salted caramel and coffee flavours, made with all natural ingredients, I was too tempted to say no. These vegan drinks contain organic barley syrup, agave sugar and organic barley, grown on UK farms. […]
TRIED & TESTED // Iced Coffee
I was first introduced to iced coffee during my summer in New York in 2014. Since then it has become a taste of the summer season for me. Much as mulled wine remains the preserve of late October to early January, iced coffee has a place somewhere between May and September (depending on the particulars […]
Vegan Chickpea Kickshaws with Coconut Sambal
If you’re looking to impress visitors, these vegan chickpea kickshaws will do the trick. Unusual and tasty, these are from Matt Pritchard’s Dirty Vegan cookbook. These tasty little vegan treats make the perfect starter, although they’re so moreish, it wouldn’t be hard to get through a whole batch in one go! The sambal compliments the […]
King Oyster Mushroom ‘Scallops’ with Creamed Maple Parsnips, Toasted Hazelnuts and Watercress
Vegan food is incredibly inventive. It never ceases to amaze us at the creativity which goes into coming up different dishes, like this vegan scallops recipe – where the ‘scallops’ are made from mushrooms. And it’s not just a simple scallop rip-off, this dish is a work of art. And a tasty one at that. […]
Farmacy’s Vegan Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving
In celebration of Thanksgiving, this year, renowned plant-based restaurant, Farmacy in Notting Hill, have created their very own vegan twist on the classic all American, Pumpkin Pie. The perfect autumnal sweet treat, the pie is not just dairy free, but as with all Farmacy dishes, contains no refined sugar, GMO, additives or chemicals – and […]
Raspberry and Almond Brittle Semifreddo with La Cremerie Rice Yoghurt
Vegan | Low Fat | Gluten free | Dairy Free | Soy Free La Crèmerie recently sent us a pot of their dairy-free yoghurt creations to try, made rather unusually given all the coconut and soya variations on the market, from rice milk. Founder Renee, in her journey from omnivore to mostly vegan, was frustrated […]
Sweet Potato Noodle Bowl Recipe
Move over courgetti spaghetti, sweet potatoes are stealing the scene. Rich in vitamin A (essential for promoting growth), vitamin C (required for the growth and repair of tissues in your body), manganese (keeps brain and nerves in optimal condition), copper (needed for your body to make red blood cells) and fibre and potassium, they’re fast […]