You can get asparagus imported all year round in most supermarkets, but British asparagus has its growth season between May and July, with early appearance often at the end of April. Now is the perfect time to make use to these green spears in your everyday cooking. My choice for this recipe was to roast …
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With the products available now, a traditional gratin is very easy to turn into a vegan meal. Having good quality alternatives to butter, milk, cream and cheese are essential to giving the gratin its uniquely rich flavour. Thankfully, all of these are now easily obtainable in most supermarkets, giving us the option of having a …
This is a great chilli recipe for those who don’t like eating fake meat, or who want to get more beans and lentils into their diet. It is modelled very much on the chilli recipe from my book Going Vegan, but with a few variations. For example, there is no coffee in this one but …
A slaw in winter isn’t perhaps the first thing one might think of, and one might even eschew the idea in favour of warmer delights, but with the right ingredients a slaw can be a great winter accompaniment to a variety of dishes. Savoy cabbage is under-used in its raw form (often in its cooked …
Of course, you can buy cranberry sauce. You can buy it all year round and I do get a jar or two throughout the year. But you can make cranberry sauce unlike anything you can get on the supermarket shelf. So, when cranberries come into season, it’s one of the first things I do with …
Vegan patè isn’t always so easy to come by, especially a good one. So it’s a great idea to have a recipe close to hand that you can make quickly and without too much fuss. This recipe has got a few extras to make it an ideal Christmas starter. Green olives and walnuts are perfect …
Butternut squash is available in our supermarkets all year round, as opposed to most other autumn and winter squashes, which we only see at those times of year. This availability makes it perfect for dishes that you want to eat throughout the year. One such dish is this Roasted Butternut squash with Lentils and Mushrooms, …
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This is a perfect mid-week meal that doesn’t take much time to cook and is ideal for when you’re on a budget. It involves just a few ingredients and makes use of your air-fryer to cook the potatoes while you’re making the curry. If you don’t have an air-fryer, you can either sauté or roast …
This is such an easy soup to make and perfect for autumn and winter. Thick, warming and full of flavour, this Roasted Squash and Smoked Aubergine Soup will be a regular feature at your dinner table. I used the red onion squash for this recipe, but you can just as easily swap it for any …
Autumn is always an exciting time when it comes to food, with the harvest of so much fruit and veg that is actually in season, and the arrival of a few items we only see at this time of year. One of those, of course, is the pumpkin. Pumpkins hit our stores in October but …
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