I actually already have two similar recipes on the blog, and when the cravings hit for this deliciousness this week I revisited them. And promptly realised I could make it simpler so here we are! This is easy, designed to be made with whatever cheese you have and creamier than the other variations. It’s vegetable filled comfort food at its best.
This whole ‘recipe’ is designed to be messed with! The core components are just the rice and mushrooms, what else you put with it is up to you and the contents of your fridge! You want to think about acid, extra protein and crunch. More on that below!
This is the kind of salad I crave in winter – warm, filling and delicious. It’s topped delicious golden croutons and dressed with basil oil. But if you can’t get basil any sort of olive oil base dressing will work perfectly. The point of this salad is for it to be easy to change to suit the contents of your fridge and cupboard.
It’s soup season people!! I mentioned in my last post that my friends and I have started a soup club, each week 2 of us make soup for the 6 of us and this week it was my turn. This warm, yummy spiced soup was my contribution.
Crispy shallots, spiced prawns, toasted Israeli couscous, sweet bursts of pomegranate and fragrant herbs make for the most amazing of salads. The salad is simply dressed in lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil to let the flavours of the colourful ingredients shine. The pomegranate arils (seeds) standout like little jewels against the green herbs and white couscous making it a pleasure to look at too. Like the majority of the recipes I’m posting at the moment, it comes together in less than half an hour.
This salad is full of flavour and texture thanks to the creamy dressing, crunchy almonds, sweet pumpkin and fresh spinach. The perfect prep ahead work salad. Just don’t toss it all together until you’re ready to eat.
First things first – you do not need a tagine to cook this, it works fine in a deep sided pan with a fitted lid so don’t go scrolling past this deliciousness because of your equipment woes. And it is so delicious, spicy sweet and salty flavours mix with delicious textures to make this the perfect autumn comfort food. And it’s easy.
This mushroom soup is the perfect thing for autumn. It’s earthy and warming and super filling thanks to a secret ingredient that also gives it a creamy texture – without the cream.
Another dairy free, vegan, gluten free cheesecake miracle! This one is a little simpler, fresher and more pink than my other cheesecake slice. An oat and almond base is topped with strawberry cashew ‘cheesecake’ filled with chunks of fresh strawberry and a swirl of strawberry puree. It’s delicious and very pretty.
This recipe was inspired by a free form berry tart recipe from the master of all baked things, Margaret Fulton. However I wanted to use a wholegrain pastry, decrease the sugar and use a fruit that was currently in season: persimmon. As I was asking this my housemate questioned my fruit choice as he thought they were savoury, more like a tomato, it goes to show that this golden fruit is not getting the love it deserves! Persimmon’s might not have the biggest fan club which is kind of surprising, because when very ripe they are sweet, low in acidity and so delicious.
