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Healthy Christmas Day Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Ideas

Healthy Christmas Day Recipes - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Most households have their own tradition when it comes to Christmas day meals. There is usually a lot of emphasis on the Christmas dinner, but hardly any thought goes into the other meals during the day. Most don't even eat anything else! Apart from maybe mince pies and chocolate in between. I for one prefer eating 3 smaller meals rather than skipping breakfast or snacking on unhealthy festive foods while waiting for the 'main event' by which time I would be starving and end up eating way too much than my stomach can handle leaving me feeling uncomfortable, lethargic and tired the rest of the day. To me, it makes more [...]

Vegan Butternut Squash Alfredo

Vegan Butternut Squash Alfredo In my eyes, any pasta-based dish is classed as a comfort food, especially during the colder autumn and winter months when I start to crave warm high-carb meals.  If you've ever had Alfredo pasta, you'll know that the sauce is not exactly made up of the healthiest of ingredients. Things like full fat milk, cream, butter and cheese don't exactly scream the word 'health'. There is no doubt that it tastes delicious, creamy and indulgent (with those ingredients, how can it not be!), but if it's something that you want to enjoy on a regular basis (I for one could eat pasta all day everyday!) then perhaps a healthier alternative is exactly what we need.  My version [...]

2024-04-19T16:53:03+01:00November 1, 2016|Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Main Meals, Pasta, Vegan, Vegetarian|7 Comments

Mini Spider Pizza Bites (Vegan & Gluten-free)

Mini Spider Pizza Bites Keeping with the Halloween theme, I want to share with you these delicious mini pizza bites that look like they have creepy crawly spiders on.  I know I already posted a Halloween themed recipe yesterday featuring spiders, or a spider web to be more precise, but lets face it - ghosts and monsters may seem scarier, but how often do you come across one of those? Spiders on the other hand are very much real and all of us will come face to face with at least one,more realistically a hundreds, in our lifetime.  Arachnophobia - the fear of spiders, is one of the most common phobias, so it only seemed appropriate, if not also a little mean, [...]

2016-10-29T11:39:22+01:00October 28, 2016|Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Main Meals, snack, Vegan, Vegetarian|6 Comments

10 Vegetarian Main Meal Ideas

10 Vegetarian Main Meal Ideas It's international vegetarian day! I have no doubt in my mind that eating less meat and more vegetarian meals is healthier for you, better for the environment and obviously means less animals need to suffer. There is plenty of research out there associating meat with chronic conditions that are on the rise like heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Many don't want to cut down on meat for obvious reasons, one of them being the perception that a meat-free dish is boring and not as tasty, but that's absolutely NOT the case. You just need to find the right recipes and experiment a little to find the flavours and combinations that you like.  Here are some [...]

2016-10-01T10:59:41+01:00October 1, 2016|Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Main Meals, Vegan, Vegetarian, Video|6 Comments

Middle Eastern Vegan Gluten-free Pizza Recipe

What I’m about to share with you is the best vegan and gluten-free pizza recipe I’ve ever made! It’s so full of amazing flavours that you won’t even notice the fact that it’s missing cheese. I know most people wouldn’t consider a pizza a real pizza unless it’s topped with cheese, but for those of us who can’t eat cheese, this is a seriously good pizza alternative!

2016-07-20T19:49:50+01:00July 20, 2016|Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Main Meals, Vegan, Vegetarian|10 Comments

5 Ways to Use Tahini – Tahini Coleslaw

Do you have a jar of tahini in your cupboard that you bought to make homemade hummus but you're left with a jar that's still 3/4 way full and have no idea what to do with it? I'm here to tell you that you can do so much more with tahini than just as an addition to hummus.

Red Pesto Roasted Veggies (Video) – Gluten-free & Vegan

Red Pesto Roasted Veggies I can eat roasted veggies all day. Roasting gives them so much more depth in flavour and you can add all kinds of spices to make them taste even more scrumptious.  One of the things I love adding to roasted veggies is pesto, more specifically red pesto - which is made using sun-dried tomatoes. It's something I always try to have in my fridge since I use it in so many ways turn a dish from average or even boring to 'I can't stop eating this' good!  If you're a vegan or your diet is mainly plant-based like mine, pesto is probably already a staple in your household. It's definitely a staple in mine! Its uses range form adding to pasta, as [...]

Pea Patties + Beetroot & Carrot Salad (Vegan & Gluten-free)

I can't stop making these pea patties. I've been so busy the last few weeks that I'm exhausted by dinner time and I just want to whip up something quick and easy. I seem to be making the same things over and over again, but when they taste as good as good as these patties I really don't mind, and the hubby doesn't complain either...

Mexican Bean Rice with Salsa & Guacamole

Mexican Bean Rice with Salsa & Guacamole I grew up eating rice, lots and lots of rice! We literally had it everyday for lunch with some kind of tomato gravy/stew based dish. By the time I moved to England, I was so fed up of rice and never ate it out of choice.  However, since I've cut out gluten, I find myself having strong cravings for rice, and after ten years of not eating much of it, I can finally appreciate it now!  I only cook brown rice at home, BUT I do still eat white rice when I'm out or at a relatives house...etc. Even though white rice does taste better, I love how hearty and filling brown rice is. You've probably [...]

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