Month: January 2017

bestie meal

Hold on, hold on. I’m envisioning a perfect fall snack. It has pumpkin, oats, maple, chia seeds, almond butter, pumpkin seeds, sea salt, and cinnamon all packed together in a densely-textured nutritional powerhouse bomb. It’s just sweet enough, and it slightly resembles cookie dough, but with more of a fall cookie flavor and more of…


easy vegan burrito bowls

They’re juuust spicy enough to be fun. They’re filling but not heavy. They’re versatile and colorful and so super nutritious. Vegan burrito bowls are WHERE IT’S AT this month. The Big Four: Cauliflower walnut taco meatBlistered pepper stripsRiceBlack Beans In typical fashion, toppings are an ocean of possibilities. Lime. Cilantro. Salsa. Avocado. Hot Sauce. It…


instant pot cauliflower curry

If your picture of fall does not involve butternut squash and red lentils and cauliflower cooked in a coconut-creamy red curry sauce and poured over a mini-mountain of steamy rice, are we even friends? I’m not even sure where to start. This curry is cozy beyond cozy. There’s just enough curry paste to make your…


Egg & cress club sandwich

Ingredients Method Bring a pan of water to the boil and carefully lower in the eggs. Cook for 6 mins, then cool under running water until they can be peeled. Peel the eggs, then leave to cool completely.Mash or chop the eggs, then mix with 1½ tbsp mayonnaise and some seasoning, if you like. Toast the…


Chicken, ham & asparagus picnic pie

Ingredients For the filling 300g asparagus spears4 chicken breasts10 slices prosciutto1.2kg good quality pork sausages, meat squeezed out of the skins, or sausagemeat150g shelled pistachiospinch cayenne pepper For the pastry 75g butter, plus extra for the tin600g strong white flour, plus extra for dusting1 tsp mustard powderwhole nutmeg, for grating75g lard5 tbsp milk1 egg, beaten To serve shallots, finely sliced…