I light lunch time snack for one. Feeling a bit more hungry, just add another egg. The tarragon is completely optional but it goes so well with mushroom that it’s almost illegal to do it without. Serves: 1 Ingredients 1 large flat mushroom 1 egg 6 sprays of sunflower oil 1/2 tsp dried tarragon 1/2…
Month: November 2019
Red lentil, chickpea and spinach curry
Red lentils give a lovely texture as a base to a stew or curry. They are inexpensive and require no soaking so don’t take long to cook. I served this with fragranced rice but it works just as well with flat breads. I’ll post a recipe for 2-ingredient flat breads soon. I’ve just realised I…
Baked vegetable frittata
This one isn’t vegan, i’m using real eggs but I am using soya yoghurt. It’s nice on it’s own but also great with a little rice Serves: 4 Ingredients 180g leek, about 1 whole leek, roughly chopped 250g bell pepper, about 2 whole peppers, roughly chopped 150g mushrooms, roughly chopped 6 whole eggs 2 cloves…
No-egg meringue, vegan
Aquafaba, the miracle alternative to egg white. No, I couldn’t believe it either so I thought I’d try to make meringues with it. After all, meringue is the one dish where you MUST have egg whites! Right? What is aquafaba? It’s the water from tinned peas/beans. I used chickpea water from a tin I got…
Vegan Christmas ginger and coconut biscuits/cookies
I do like a ginger biscuit (cookie) but since I went non-dairy I have to watch what’s on the packet because most things are made with some kind of cheap milk derivative, so I had to find an alternative. I made these with coconut oil and you can taste coconut. Maybe I’ll try margarine next…
Christmas is coming III
Vegan Christmas Cake – the feeding I finished the bake on Tuesday but I’ve been too busy to post the update until now. It took 2 1/4 hours for the bake to finish and then I left the cake to cool in the tin for a few hours. You really need a day when you’re…
Vegan Mushroom Stroganoff
Usually made with beef but often substituted with mushrooms, this dish still uses cream but I’ve just switched that for soya yoghurt to make it vegan. Serves: 4 Ingredients 450g mushrooms, torn by hand into bitesize chunks I used some white and some shiitake 1 leek, finely chopped 3 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 tbsp…
About Dave
Hi, I’m Dave. The 3rd born, the younger and older brother of the five. I live in Leicestershire with my amazing family. I have 3 children ranging from 3 to 8 years old. My wife is a full time mummy whilst also working very hard from home. I, like my brother, am also an IT…
Pan fried duck steak with charred courgette and orange parsley salsa
This is a recipe I got from Hello Fresh. Rather tasty. Ingredients Flat leaf parsley – 1 bunch Courgette chopped ,orange half, water for the Bulgar Wheat 300ml ,Chicken stock pot 1, Duck steak depending on size 1 or 2. Honey 1 tbsp water for the Orange salsa 50ml Dukkah Spice mix 1tbsp. Prep time….
About Kate
Hello! I’m Kate, and I’m the youngest of the siblings. The baby of the family, as my Mother would call me. I live in Somerset, in the South-West of the country, with my husband and our 3 year old daughter. But I was born and raised in Kent, and also spent a few years living…