Recipes

This slow cooker bean chilli is made with black beans, red kidney beans and chickpeas for a vegan slow cooker chilli which is easy to prepare and great for a warming family meal in the autumn and winter. Slow Cooker Vegan Option Hearty warming dishes are just what we need now the weather is getting colder and nights have got so much darker already since the clocks changed. This slow cooker vegan chilli is a great option for Meat Free Mondays or any day if you are opting for more plant-based meals.  Chilli is great for serving a crowd, just...

At the start of the year, I wrote a couple of articles about chickpeas. These were inspired by an oversupply of chickpeas in my house, due to last year’s shipping barrels being packed by an overzealous vegetarian, and an appointment with a hospital consultant who berated me for not eating enough fibre. I actually eat a lot of fibre, but he just said however much I eat it’s still not enough. I have to go back and see him again at some point, but I haven’t had the chance for a number of reasons.  But I started experimenting within chickpea...

Way back in the day when I was first getting interested in vegetarian cooking, I came across Mollie Katzen’s recipe for a Cauliflower Cheese Pie, which completely blew my mind. Maybe you know the one I’m talking about? It’s such a classic. I even developed a little tribute recipe to that pie for our first cookbook. This vegan cauliflower and leek version is not as directly inspired by Katzen’s pie, but I still fondly kept it in mind while working on this recipe. Cooked cauliflower itself already tastes kind of cheesy to me, and when baked in a ‘cheesy’ but also totally...

Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches are filled with tender chunks of roast beef with thin slices of melted mozzarella cheese all held together by a soft hoagie bread all dipped in au jus sauce. This warm, savory and comforting sandwich is a MUST!   Sandwiches are so fun and simple to make! If you love sandwiches try these Basil Pesto Chicken Sandwich, Grilled Turkey Florentine Sandwich or Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Sandwiches. Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwich There is just something that I love about french dip sandwiches. Dipping it into the warm dip and taking a bite of the tender...

Delicious pan fried turnips with onions and spinach make a scrumptious low carb side dish special enough for the holiday table but easy enough for weekdays. I’m a huge fan of turnips as low carb sides. My family can’t get enough of these pan fried turnips. If you had told me years ago that my kids would eat turnips, I wouldn’t have believed you! But they do and for good reason. These pan fried turnips are just simply delicious with a rich buttery finish and a little smokiness from the scallions. A hint of fresh thyme gives them an earthy...