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…

Christmas is coming II

Vegan Christmas Cake – the baking I wanted to do this yesterday but, you know, life gets in the way sometimes. I used my mixer to gently combine all the margarine and sugary stuff then stirred in the soaked fruit and dry ingredients with a wooden spoon before adding the soya milk, red wine vinegar…

Kale crisps

Thought Kale couldn’t be a tasty snack? Try these and surprise yourself. Great on it’s own or perfect as a topping to a chow mein. Serves: 4 Ingredients 150g fresh kale leaves cut into bitesize strips 1 tbsp olive oil 0.5 tsp salt Method Pre-heat the oven to 180° C / gas mark 4 (160°…

Garlic Mushrooms in 15 minutes

Who loves garlic mushrooms? We do in this household and have them quite often. Why the shop bought ones are OK. These homemade ones are so yummy and very easy to make. You can use any size mushrooms for this but I find button mushrooms work best. You will need some button mushrooms, fresh or…

Easy Cheesy Hash Brown Wraps

This a very quick, cheap and easy snack, with only a few ingredients needed and it will be ready in just 25 minutes. You will need frozen hash browns, a packet of wraps and some grated cheese. Pre-heat oven to 200c. Cook the hash browns for 10 minutes, turn them over and cook for a…