Tag: #vegetarian

Puff pastry filled with vegan cream, strawberries and strawberry jam

Vegan Strawberry and Cream Slices

Vegan strawberry and cream slices just scream summer!  A few ingredients are all you need to make these glorious crisp pastries, filled with cream, jam and fresh strawberries.   I live in Co. Wexford in Ireland which is famous for growing strawberries so my summers from ages eight to eighteen […]

Vegan sausage and Chickpea Casserole

Vegan Sausage and Chickpea Casserole

  This Vegan Sausage and Chickpea Casserole is a hearty and healthy meat-free meal that’s packed full of flavour. Featuring vegetables and sausages stewed together in a tomato-based sauce, it’s the perfect way to make a tasty meal using things that you probably already have in your cupboard.   I […]

Vegan Irish Stew in a white bowl

Vegan Irish Stew

Vegan Irish Stew is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Chunky vegetables in a rich, earthy, thick Guinness broth. This Vegan Irish Stew is just so many good things in a bowl!   Irish stew is traditionally a lamb stew made with Guinness. Obviously, lamb isn’t vegan, but now Guinness is […]

Vegan cranberry scones with orange butter

Vegan Orange Cranberry Scones

These homemade Vegan Orange Cranberry Scones make the perfect breakfast, snack, or after-school treat. Vegan Orange Cranberry Scones are made with a sweet white scone dough with cranberries spread with orange butter and rolled up. Cut into slices as they bake all the swirls merge together. While they look pretty, […]

Vegan Cranberry and Lentil bake with slice cut

Vegan Cranberry and Lentil Bake

Vegan Cranberry and Lentil Bake is the perfect centerpiece for your Christmas dinner. Topped with cranberries and brushed with a cranberry glaze, it’s delicious and beautiful to look at. Christmas day dinner is very meat heavy but with my Cranberry and Lentil bake Vegans and Vegetarians won’t feel left out. […]

Vegan Vegetable Pie topped with puff pastry with a portion removed

Vegan Vegetable Pie

Vegan Vegetable Pie is a great way to use up any left over vegetables by adding a creamy cheesy sauce and topping with crisp puff pastry. You can also use frozen vegetables, this is what I use most of the time. Simply cook the vegetables first. As the vegetables and […]

Vegan Christmas cake

Vegan Christmas Cake

 Vegan Christmas cake – a rich, moist and boozy vegan fruit cake that is perfect for the festive season. Eat right away or make in advance and feed regularly with rum or brandy.   Fruit cake is a bit of a divisive one; I know that not everyone likes it, […]

Vegan Rocky Road

  Who doesn’t love a slice of Vegan Rocky Road? Fluffy marshmallows, crunchy nuts and chunks of biscuits coated in melted chocolate. I made this for Christmas so I topped it with loads of sprinkles and of course glitter, how could I not?   Vegan Rocky Road is made in […]

Healthy Granola with fruit and nuts

Healthy Granola

Every time I buy a bag of so called Healthy Granola on the supermarket shelf I am always disappointed to find it significantly lacking in the tasty fruit and nut additions. There are no chunks of oats and reading the ingredients reveals lots of sugar. I decided to take matters […]

Stainless steel measuring cups

Baking Charts

  Recipes from the USA often display baking measurements in ‘Cups’ – but how do they convert to the imperial and metric measurements more commonly used in Europe? Precise measurements are so important in baking, so I’ve created several baking conversion charts to help you out.       FATS […]