family life & travels
If you want to reduce your meat intake over the Christmas break and have something a little lighter, then an alternative to sausage-meat stuffing is a vegan alternative. With the only allergens as cashews and celery, it will be suitable for most people and not only that, they are really easy to prepare. “Winter
This Christmas will be my first as a vegetarian. And as we don’t normally have a roast dinner all that often, it has left me wondering what I would have with ‘all the trimmings.’ So I have been looking forward to trying out a few new things for the main dish, instead of the turkey
if you are looking for something a little different for the festive table this year, then a vegan and sugar-free cake could do just the trick. When this recipe is cut up into long rectangles, it can be made into this super healthy Battenberg Cake. Using ingredients like raw beetroot it gives you a cake
How has your weekend been? Mine has been a pretty relaxed one if I’m honest which has been really lovely. If you follow this blog regularly you’ll know that my husband and I started a business together last year, and it has been a long and slow road. But it launched this past week, so
With the cooler temperatures here, there is nothing better than some classic comfort food. And for me, comfort food is anything containing carbs, like pasta and rice dishes. The good news with rice dishes is that there is plenty of protein in there too (and my children love rice much more than that love pasta).
At this time of year a salad isn’t necessarily top of your list of foods. But it has been pretty mild recently, so a salad could well and truly work. Not to mention that it is British Organic Carrot season so, there is nothing better than eating seasonally, in my opinion. And if you’re anything
It’s amazing how much flavour there is in the not-so-humble organic carrot! And that is all very well with it being British Carrot season, so there are carrot recipes a plenty coming your way. They are tasty and really versatile, being used in both sweet and savoury recipes. This carrot, feta, and red onion tart
At the moment it is British carrot season, which I think is perfectly timed with all things autumnal. The orange of the carrots fits well with the pumpkin, squash, and fallen leaves that are all around. So what better time than to enjoy all things carrot? If you are looking for something a little different
It has only been until recently that I found my absolute love of coconuts. Don’t get me wrong, I still can’t eat something like a Bounty bar. But coconut oil, coconut water, and coconut milk are my jam (oh, and coconut jam)! The humble coconut really is versatile and such a superfood. The coconut and
