First published July 2013. Republished with updated content Aug 2020. Tabbouleh is an amazingly green Levantine salad, found all over the Middle East and parts of North Africa. It is green in colour and green in goodness! The Levant is the large, historic area east of the Mediterranean sea that includes Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Israel, […]
Vegan Quinoa Salad with 17 Homegrown Herbs!
This quinoa herb salad is incredibly aromatic and delicious with its multitude of herbs, each redolent with its own unique aroma. There is so much going on here with the herbs that the quinoa is almost an afterthought. I have a confession to make. I don’t like quinoa. In fact, I’d go as far as […]
Vegan Rendang with Potato and Tofu (Rendang Kentang dan Tahu)
This Vegan Rendang with potato and tofu has all the deep, aromatic and rich flavours of the traditional beef rendang, just minus the meat and cooked in a third of the time. And judging by how popular it is at home, I know you’re going to love it! I promised many readers last year to […]
Buddha’s Delight (Lo Han Jai, Vegan Chinese Braised Vegetables)
Buddha’s Delight, also known as Luo Han Zhai in Mandarin and Lo Han Jai in Cantonese, is a dish that is commonly eaten on the first day of the Chinese New Year. After the meat laden meal of the Reunion dinner the night before, it is thought that a dish heavy on vegetables would go […]
Alcohol Free Christmas Pudding (Vegan and Gluten Free too!)
Like the traditional alcohol version, it is also extremely easy to make, a case of stirring everything up, then steaming for a few hours. A good few hours. What is Christmas Pudding? Christmas pudding is a traditional British dessert served at the end of the Christmas meal. It is a rather heavy, spicy and sweet […]
Caponata Recipe (fancy some Burrata with this Sicilian Masterpiece?)
Caponata is rather similar to the French ratatouille, the Jewish Matbucha and the filling for the Turkish Imam Bayildi. Some call it vegetable stew, but I think it’s too dry to fall in that category, so a cooked salad it is, as far as I’m concerned. Caponata Siciliana Like any old, favourite recipe, caponata comes […]
