Comfort food for body & soul. Whole-food vegan recipes for all the family.
The sun has just dipped down behind our rooftop, and there is a golden patch of light hitting the back of my leg. I can’t work out where it’s coming from and look around me as I listen to Bryan as he tells me how he’s doing. It’s a phone call I’ve been waiting for; am relieved for.
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Hello, hello! It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Thanks for sticking around, if you’re still there… I have a deliciously warming, simple, one-pot recipe for barley stew coming up, but before that, it’s cards-on-the-table time.
The sky is gun-metal grey, our living tree – Angus – is twinkling multi-colour in the living room, and I have an ever-growing pile of secrets under the bed. Fa la la la la – Christmas is here! The absolute best part of this time of year for me is all of the planning, preparing…
I don’t know about you, but I think I’ve reached that point in the year when it’s time to wind down. I’m tired. It’s cold. And it’s really dark. Not that I’m complaining. I’m tired because I’m busy taking some big steps in my copywriting business, and I’ve just completed NaNoWriMo for the first time. I…
It’s certainly getting festive, isn’t it? With Thanksgiving weekend already in full swing in the States – happy holidays to my American readers! – and Christmas preparations underway all over the UK, my mind has firmly set its path on celebration recipes. So this Vegan Blue Cheese Dip is a little step in the direction of party…
Chilli Cheese Polenta Muffins How do you feel about making some real comfort food? These Chilli Cheese Polenta Muffins are little morsels of savoury deliciousness with a big punch of yum. They’re a coming together of flavours and influences: part-Mexican, part-American. I guess these might come under the banner of ‘corn bread’? Who knows. What I am…
Sweet Potato Popcorn Pie Well doesn’t this look like a seriously intriguing cake? I’ve been so looking forward to sharing this one with you all, but I wanted to bring it in all its seasonal, festive glory – and Bonfire Night here in the UK seems perfect. But before I tell you just how deliciously wondrous…
Black Bean Chocolate Chilli Stuffed Pumpkins You should know by now that I’m a woman of my word, so when I promised you a heap of ways to cook with pumpkins, I wasn’t kidding. This recipe for Black Bean Chocolate Chilli Stuffed Pumpkins (phew, that’s a mouthful) is going to make your Halloween/Day of the Dead/Bonfire Night…
October: Month of the Dead If you read last week’s post, you’ll know that I made the decision to fully celebrate the glory that is October, and make it a full month (at least) of Halloween. So it was fortuitous I remembered just in time that I wasn’t alone in this idea, and had been on…