Ok if you're expecting health and fitness stuff today, close the blog now and come back tomorrow. Today is all about the light of my life, my furry child, Pixel our 4 year old Dalmatian. If you're a regular blog reader you'll know I'm one of those type A controlling people and as such I bake for my dog. Yep I've baked for Sky, River and now Pixel. I've posted previous dog cookie recipes on my blog which you can find on my recipes page (seriously needs updating, which is on my 'to-do list"). …
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Meatless Monday: Potato Ricer Review
You know you see a kitchen item on a cooking program and you think "what a great idea, I need one of those"! Well I saw something recently that I thought "hey Di ask to review that product!" so I did, and here I am reviewing this potato ricer by Priority Chef. A what? Yep a potato ricer. This tool makes easy mashed potatoes for eating with dinner, topping on pies, or using in recipes like hash browns. So first up you get the potato ricer in a box. Into the ricer you place your whole …
Meatless Monday: Peanut butter salad dressing recipe
So recently I got a vegetable spiralizer. Honestly I've been getting a lot of new toys lately and not having enough time to play with them let alone write a blog post or review BUT the spiralizer review will be coming tomorrow! Honestly these new things push me outside my box. I love veggies and having new ways to prepare them excites me :) Today though for Meatless Monday I wanted to share this recipe for a thai style peanut sauce salad dressing. Remember to check out last weeks …
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Meatless Monday: Veggie Salad dressing
Creamy salad dressings are something I kinda miss since going vegan, and especially since switching to clean eating and avoiding all the preservatives and junk they put in bottled dressings. So I went on a search for dressings and tried a few. Whilst I didn't like little bits of one or another I came up with my own version that's creamy but cheesy (thanks to nooch). The important thing is to try stuff, add things in for different combinations and variety. Pretty much no two dressings I make are …
Meatless Monday: Fruit Krumble Recipe
Another Monday rolls around, and as it's Meatless Monday I want to share this recipe for a warm fruit Krumble. In England we have a dessert called apple crumble which has stewed apples and a topping of a crumbled cooked mixture of flour, margarine sugar. Not the healthiest of things to combine with fruit eh? Delicious though. So I decided to come up with something that would work instead of the fat laden, processed original and make it healthier and whole foods based. Enter dates, coconut and …
Meatless Monday: Vegan Greek Falafel Salad
I'm all about quick and easy meals that take under 30 minutes to prepare and cook and they don't come much quicker than this Falafel Salad because I use the Fully Cooked Frozen Falafal from Trader Joes. These are in the frozen aisle at Trader Joes and just delicious. They aren't an everyday food for me as they have 490 mg sodium per serving but until I get to a point where I can prepare my own (my next step, experimental recipes ahead!) then these are a good substitute. [yumprint-recipe …
Meatless Monday: Vegan Jam sponge pudding recipe
After Januarys success of getting back on track with menu planning I decided the goal for February would be COOKING more. So I planned some homemade meals, including some deserts! As deserts tend to be a last minute thing in our house one staple we fall back on is an easy microwave sponge pudding my mum used to make when we got our first microwave. As I've veganized it I figured I'd share the recipe, and just in time for Valentines Day! You're welcome. Remember this is a treat, not an everyday …
Meatless Monday – Acorn Squash Smush
Posting even though I am crazy busy prepping for vacation. This week we're looking at Acorn Squash. These little beauties are everywhere right now, great source of vitamins and minerals, cheap enough and great low calorie alternative to potatoes or other carbs. Not that I care about counting carbs. So to cook these you are first going to have to cut them in half and scoop out the seeds. This is always the toughest part with squash as they are so darn tough to cut in to. Use a sharp knife and …
Meatless Monday: Spaghetti Squash
I'm loving all things squash related and spaghetti squash is one of my favorites! I'd never even seen this till a few years ago and now I can't imagine not having it on my monthly menu. In case you've been living under a rock, spaghetti squash is the big yellow melon looking vegetable above. Honestly it does look like a small canary melon right? Well inside this squash is delicious stringy alternative to spaghetti, hence the name! To cook: Preheat oven to 400° Cut squash in half lengthways …