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    Traditional Favourites

    Find old-school puddings, traditional Scottish, English, Irish, Welsh, American, Mexican dishes and much more! We aim to focus on vegan adaptations of retro, vintage, and old-fashioned recipes that are budget-friendly, utilise every-day pantry ingredients, as well as being flavour packed and simple to prepare.

    Our Newest Exciting Recipes

    Our latest vegan recipes straight from a real family kitchen where good old home-cooked recipes are tried, tested and enjoyed each day... Hope you enjoy!

    • A white serving plate with a whole treacle tart sliced into 8 pieces, each slice with a raspberry garnish, British flag teapot with matching cup in background, red tea cloth background.
      Traditional British Treacle Tart [vegan]
      Cook Time1 Hours 35 Minutes
    • Orcadian Oatmeal Soup [carrot, swede and leeks]
      Cook Time50 Minutes
    • Vegan haggis on a white serving plate with slices cut, brown handled knife to side and blue and white check table cloth background.
      The Best Vegan Scottish Haggis [Microwave recipe]
      Cook Time52 Minutes
    • Vegan Scottish Teviotdale pie
      Cook Time1 Hours 25 Minutes
    • Close up of vegan British homity pie on a wire rack, with red and white striped tea towel underneath, red and white salt and pepper shakers to side with a flower imaged saucepan with baked beans.
      Vegan British Homity Pie [cheese, potato and veggie open pie]
      Cook Time1 Hours 30 Minutes
    • close up of vegan microwave clootie dumpling on festive leaves decorated plate, white frosted pinecones to background, small robin cake ornament to side.
      Microwave Scottish Clootie Dumpling [Vegan]
      Cook Time53 Minutes
    • Vegan Gingerbread Men [or person!]
      Cook Time1 Hours 40 Minutes
    • Close up of vegan slow cooker Christmas pudding on a festive plate and a red circular serving tray.
      Slow Cooker Christmas Pudding [Vegan]
      Cook Time6 Hours 30 Minutes

    Celebrate Pancake Day!

    Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is on the 21st February. Celebrate with one or two of these easy tasty breakfast recipes...

    • vegan fluffy traditional pancakes
      Traditional Vegan Scotch Pancakes (Quick And Easy Recipe)
      Cook Time45 Minutes
    • vegan chocolate chip pancakes with a jug drizzling syrup over the pancake stack, sliced bananas and orange segments around the serving plate, glass of orange juice to side, yellow serving tray, featured image.
      Vegan Chocolate Chip Pancakes
      Cook Time50 Minutes
    • white plate with cinnamon toast and three slices of lemon, extra plates with cinnamon toast to background,coffee pot and cups to background.
      Old-Fashioned Cinnamon Toast [French Toast Alternative]
      Cook Time25 Minutes
    • vegan Welsh cakes on a cast iron griddle with green stripy white tea towel underneath, in distance wire rack with cooked cakes and small brown sugar dish/featured image.
      Vegan Traditional Welsh Cakes [Bakestone Cakes]
      Cook Time30 Minutes

    See more vegan breakfast recipes →

    Old-school dinner favourites!

    Nostalgic recipes recreated into tasty vegan versions! Going plant-based doesn't mean giving up your traditional favourites...

    • A close up of vegan cheese flan on a black wire rack, with yellow oven mitt underneath, blue background.
      Old School Dinners Cheese Flan [Vegan]
      Cook Time1 Hours 50 Minutes
    • cheese, onion and potato pie with a side salad, served on white plate and fork at front
      Vegan Cheese, Onion And Potato Pie (Old British School Dinners)
      Cook Time1 Hours 50 Minutes
    • Chocolate concrete cake sliced into 12 pieces, sitting on baking paper.
      Vegan School Dinners Chocolate Concrete Cake (chocolate crunch)
      Cook Time35 Minutes
    • spotted dick pudding on a blue rimmed white serving plate with blue and white check table cloth, custard and cream jugs to side, Featured Image.
      Slow Cooker Steamed Spotted Dick Pudding [Classic British]
      Cook Time4 Hours 10 Minutes

    See more old school dinner recipes →

    Deliciously frugal recipes!

    Try one of these exciting frugal recipes that are packed with simple humble ingredients and tasty flavours. Perfect for lunch or dinner:

    • mug of tomato soup on green doily, brown plate with small milk jug and oatcakes, red pot with tomato soup to side on a brown trivet, basket to tomatoes to side, red tablecloth.
      Tasty Budget-Friendly Tomato Soup
      Cook Time30 Minutes
    • served Scottish potato soup in small stoneware bowl and saucer, wholemeal bread slice to side, second bowl in background, mushroom style salt and pepper shakes, brown cooking pot in background.
      Old-Fashioned Scottish Potato Soup
      Cook Time55 Minutes
    • red lentil and kale dahl cooked in pan and ready to serve, red velvet background.
      Easy Budget-Friendly Red Lentil And Kale Dahl
      Cook Time40 Minutes
    • slow cooker pot with rice and peas garnished with fresh herbs, grey ladle across the pot top, yellow, grey and white check background with small spotty bowl filled with tomato flat-bread to side.
      Slow Cooker Rice And Peas
      Cook Time2 Hours 15 Minutes

    See more vegan lunch recipes →

    Brighten up a dull late winter or early spring day with a tasty afternoon teatime treat...

    There's simply nothing better than a wee break with a nice cup of tea or coffee and your favourite vegan sweet treat. Bliss!

    • Old-Fashioned Spice Applesauce Cake [vegan]
      Cook Time1 Hours 20 Minutes
    • A small plate with a Granny cake and small cake knife to side, tray of more Granny cakes in background along with matching flower patterned teapot, cup and saucer and milk jug, green and brown crochet squares with gold crochet hook to side, white doily tablecloth.
      Old-Fashioned Granny Cakes
      Cook Time35 Minutes
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      Vintage Scottish Treacle Scones [Vegan]
      Cook Time35 Minutes
    • featured image for rock cakes, cake tray with lid with text 'cake' printed on, three plates with rock cakes, and three green tea cups to side, white wooden background.
      Vegan Traditional British Rock Cakes
      Cook Time30 Minutes

    See more vegan baking recipes →

    Slow cooker favourites!

    Save time and cooking fuel with these easy tasty family favourites:

    • slow cooker red Thai curry cooked and ready to serve within the slow cooker pot with ladle, to side is a Balti dish with naan breads and a Balti dish with rice garnished with peanuts, red background with cardboard raffia under slow cooker pot.
      Slow Cooker Sweet Potato, Chickpea And Spinach Curry [Red Thai]
      Cook Time4 Hours 15 Minutes
    • two bowls of yellow split pea soup on a yellow and white striped table cloth, cream jug to side, bread with slices on wooden board, black salt and pepper shakers, and a piece of vegan cheese.
      Slow Cooker Yellow Split Pea and Fennel Soup
      Cook Time5 Hours 15 Minutes
    • Slow Cooker Savoury Mince Cobbler [vegan]
      Cook Time5 Hours
    • Two bowls of slow cooker green lentil spaghetti Bolognese, with sprinkle of nutritional yeast, wedge of her bread, silver fork and red check tea towel, featured image.
      Slow Cooker Green Lentil Spaghetti Bolognese
      Cook Time4 Hours 10 Minutes

    See more vegan slow cooker recipes →

    Recently Updated

    These recipes have recently been treated to an update! Check them out for more tasty vegan meal and dessert recipes:

    • Two white plates with vegan mince and tatties, peas, red tartan cloth underneath, blue salt and pepper shakers at the top, silver fork to side.
      Slow Cooker Vegan Mince And Tatties (Scottish)
      Cook Time3 Hours 15 Minutes
    • red patterned plate with four British vegan fairy cakes and kola sweeties, roses on white tablecloth, small dish of sweets, small red plate with one fairy cake, teapot to back, featured image.
      British Vegan Fairy Cakes
      Cook Time35 Minutes
    • two white plates filled with jam and marmalade tarts with purple flower background, small serving plate to side with pink flower rim.
      Traditional British Jam Tarts [Vegan]
      Cook Time1 Hours 20 Minutes
    • Vegan Top Hat Treats [Chocolate Marshmallows]
      Cook Time1 Hours 30 Minutes
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    About Jacq

    Welcome to our Scottish plant-based family recipe blog! What you see here is real food that my family enjoys straight after the photos are taken!

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    These recipes are for everyone who loves traditional food but need easy, tasty, home-cooked vegan versions.

    All recipes are what my family actually eats day-to-day, and photos are taken just before we eat it!

    Our Most Popular Posts...

    • vegan fruit loaf cake on flowered cake plate with fork and on top of tartan napkin
      Vegan Fruit Loaf Cake (Traditional)
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      Vegan School Dinners Sponge (traybake)
    • Bowl of Mexican meatball soup with lemon wedge, wooden fork and knife, and colourful stripy background.
      Vegan Mexican Meatball Soup (Sopa De Albondigas)
    • Two bowls of vegan sausage pasta with skillet to side, and wooden background, small dish of chopped herbs.
      Vegan Sausage Pasta (With Pinto Beans And Red Peppers)

    Enjoy A Taste Of Traditional Scotland...

    • Scottish vegan traditional leek and potato soup in white bowl with small pan of toasted oats to side, water cup to side, and frilly placemat, featured image.
      Traditional Scottish Potato Leek Soup (With Toasted Oats)
    • close up of small soup tureen filled with vegan Scottish Cullen skink soup and second bowl to side with silver spoon to side sitting on a white doiley placemat, mini butter dish with slices of bread in distance, featured image.
      Vegan Traditional Scottish Cullen Skink Soup
    • white bowl of stovies, with bowl of mashed neeps above, salt and pepper shakers and fork and spoon to side, blue and white check background.
      Vegan Traditional Scottish Stovies (With Mashed Neeps)
    • vegan Scottish smiddy dumpling featured image, slices of cake on tartan napkin on circle chopping board, with tea towel with the text 'happy new year'.
      Vegan Scottish Smiddy Dumpling

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