A basic lemon vinaigrette dressing for all sorts of salads. A basic lemon vinaigrette dressing can be made by combining lemon juice and olive oil in the proportions of 3:1 along with salt to taste. Other additions include garlic, dijon mustard and a touch of sugar if needed. I usually use the juice of one […]
Pressure cookers have a reputation for being dangerous but this applies mainly to the old school variety with the jiggly valve on top. Modern stovetop ones like this Tefal pressure cooker are safe, simple, and the fastest way to cook certain dishes. In this example, we’re cooking beetroot. Beetroot is exactly the kind of hard
These granola muesli slices look like they contain just about everything we have in the pantry and the process here is kind of elaborate. For a simpler version, blend the following ingredients in a food processor until it starts to clump – oats, fruit, dates, syrup, peanut butter, nuts, seeds, spices, extra sugar. After processing,
This salad dish replaces tabouleh with riced cauliflower. While tabouleh is plant-based (wheat) cauliflower is a lot easier to prepare and is undoubtedly more healthy. Whizz up the cauliflower in a food processor for just a few seconds or break it by hand and then chop until the size of rice grains. Ingredients half a
It does take time and practice, but with no knead sourdough bread, the results are worth it! Ingredients: 10g salt 250ml water 170g sourdough starter (has spent 5 hrs before being fed, warming up and activating) 10g olive oil 420g plain baker’s flour 100g wholemeal flour (520g flour all up) Method: Mix all ingredients until
Homemade popcorn is quick and easy to make. This batch is 90 grams – two modest servings and a bit for Lucy. Heat one tablespoon of peanut oil (or other vegetable oil) in a large saucepan (larger the better) on high and add two corn kernels. When they pop add the remaining kernels. Shake to
From the 1982 Women’s Weekly Cookbook we have scones, adapted to include only plant-based ingredients. Makes approx. 12 2 cups self-raising flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 30g (1 oz.) plant-based butter – Nuttelex approx. 3/4 cup plant-based milk and water – half and half (I added a bit of Flora plant cream as
This is one of our go to plant-based meals combining a wide variety of ingredients into a healthy and satisfying meal. In a pressure cooker it can be done in less than half an hour. Great with bread or on rice or just by itself if you want to keep the calories down. Ingredients 1
LSA stands for Linseed Sunflower Almond – three seeds or nuts that are ground up separately and then mixed together. The proportions are 3:2:1 e.g. Linseed 500g, Sunflower 250g and Almonds 125g. The ground seeds and nuts are combined to make a super healthy addition to all sorts of meals like morning porridge or on
Want to know how to make morning porridge/oatmeal? Here’s the porridge for two we have almost every day of the year. We vary the type of fruit added – usually including any two of bananas, pear, apple, prunes and berries. The process takes around 15 minutes. 50 g rolled oats (for two people) 30 g