Vegetables Galore!Vegan HotPot! Today I quickly put together this Vegetable Galore! Vegan Hotpot! A vegetable stuffed hotpot and my kids absolutely loved it! I imagine most kids will love this hotpot. It’s a great way to get lots of veggie goodness into them! I just used whatever vegetables happened to be in my fridge and […]
Traditional Vegan Pineapple Custard Tart Pineapple custard tart is a favourite traditional pudding enjoyed by many British school children and their parents since the 1950s! Possibly originating further back. It’s still a firm classic for many British families and loved by many around the world in a variety of variations. I will be posting up […]
Plant-based Vegan Budget Jams! This post contains 3 quick and easy to prepare plant-based vegan budget jams. The recipes use chia seeds to thicken up the jam and agave syrup to sweeten. These jams contain much less sugar than traditional jam. But are full of natural, fruity flavour. The fruit I used to make these […]
Vegan Coronation ‘chicken’ Sandwich Coronation chicken sandwiches have been a British traditional favourite since 1953. Coronation chicken is a special dish that was especially created for the coronation lunch of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd. So it’s a royal sandwich filling! The recipe was devised by Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, in London. Coronation chicken’s […]
Vegan ‘Egg’ Tofu Mayonnaise Sandwich Sometimes an egg mayonnaise sandwich is just what your body is craving. Enter the Vegan Tofu Mayonnaise Sandwich! Every few months or so, I can suddenly just feel like a egg mayonnaise sandwich even though I generally don’t like eggs! That’s when I know it’s time for a Tofu mayonnaise […]
Condensed History of the Lancashire Hotpot! Lancashire is located in the North West of England. Lancashire hotpot was a convenience meal for the hard working pre-industrial lancashire population. Many women worked at home spinning cotton so there was less time to cook meals. After industrialisation of the cotton industry many women and children were […]
Vegan or Vegetarian Scottish Stovies Scottish people have been enjoying Stovies for centuries. A variant of Stovies are thought to have originated sometime during the 16th-18th centuries, when servants used the leftovers of their employers dinners to create their own meals. In recent history, Stovies are still a leftover meal. The word Stovies is a […]
Hungarian goulash is the national meal of Hungary. Hungarians have been enjoying goulash since the 9th Century! The dish was commonly eaten by Medieval hungarian shepherds, and the word goulash actually means herdsman. Chunks of meat and onions were traditionally the main ingredients, with other additions added throughout the centuries. Sometime between the 16-18th Century, […]
I absolutely love old recipe books. I love searching charity shops for really old cook books and pouring through each treasure I find. I live on an Island so charity shops are few and far between, so scouring on Amazon and Ebay for second hand copies of amazing old books comes in at a close […]
Vegan Scottish border tart is a a yummy teatime treat! It is based on the traditional Scottish border tart. Scottish Border Tart is a popular bake that is served in bakeries and tearooms all over the British Isles. The tart as its name declares, originated in the Scottish borders. The Scottish borders are the towns […]