If you love Avocados you will love this pesto. It’s great to make when you have a load of avocados that need using up and if you’re bored of making guacamole. You can make it and jar it, it will keep in the fridge well as there is enough lime and lemon to not let … Continue reading Avocado Pesto

Vegan Korma

This is my Indian Nana’s recipe and it works a treat, they are crispy and light….. Serves: 10 Time: 1/2 hour including preparation Difficulty: easy Ingredients: 8 oz Gram flour 2 oz Rice flour 3 tsp Baking powder 1 tsp of the following spices: Cumin powder Coriander powder Turmeric powder Garam masala powder Chilli powder Salt … Continue reading Nana’s onion bhaji’s

Creamy Vegan Risotto

An alternative to beef bolognese

恭喜发财 / 恭喜發財 GŌNGXǏ FĀCÁI / KUNG HEI FAT CHOI Happy New Year!! This noodle salad is served cold, and is fairly healthy and refreshing.  Full of colourful vegetables it is a perfect accompaniment to my oriental sticky ribs, please find the recipe for the ribs here: https://lululemonandlace.com/recipes/comfort-foods/oriental-sticky-ribs/ Serves 4 Ingredients: 1 clove garlic grated 20g ginger … Continue reading Asian Noodle Salad

After cooking these for the first time my taste buds went nuts! Why have I never roasted cabbage this way before, I asked myself? Super tasty; it has become my new go to veg or side dish. Great for Vegan friends, I would say it is a dish in itself. 2 tbsp. olive oil 1 … Continue reading Roasted White cabbage

This is a lightly spiced, low fat and crohns friendly soup; full of vitamins and nutrients. Naturally sweetened from the sweet potato, no need to add sugar or honey. Benefits include: Sweet Potatoes; rich in Vitamins C and B6, they are also a good source of potassium and magnesium. Turmeric; an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant, may … Continue reading Creamy Low Fat Leek and Sweet Potato Soup

A super easy recipe to inject some vitamins and fibre into your diet, that also tastes creamy and yummy. Serves 4 100g spinach 100g broad beans, I used frozen 100g brocoli, I used the stems 50g mixed herbs, I used parsley, marjoram and basil 50g parmesan 2 cloves of garlic, peeled juice of half a … Continue reading Creamy Herby Green Pesto Pasta

plant based vegan stew

A Tuscan style vegan bean stew

creamy vegan pasta

It’s nearly October, you’ll be thinking what you can make with the flesh of your pumpkins for halloween, this is a great alternative to the usual pumpkin soup!  Its a good meat free dish too, as its hearty and filling. You can use pumpkin or any type of squash, I am not 100% what the … Continue reading Pumpkin/Squash Gnocchi with Creamy Mushrooms

Pesto which is packed with superfoods, nutrients and great for crohns or colitis.

A little twist on minestrone soup. Roasting the tomatoes gives the soup a more intense flavour. It is a great soup to batch up and store in the freezer, also very low in calories.

This is the tastiest mayo free slaw. Fresh and healthy, goes great with sticky ribs… Serves 4 Ingredients: 1/4 of a full cabbage, I used savoy, shredded as finely as possible 1 large carrot, grated 1/2 red onion, finely sliced 1 apple, peeled and grated 1 lemon 3 tbsp. olive oil 1 heap tsp. dijon … Continue reading Healthy Slaw

As a kid I LOVED egg curries, usually we would eat it in a daal but this recipe is so simple and tasty. If made mild it is great for kids too. 1 sweet potato, diced and boiled to be soft 4 eggs, hard boiled Oil for frying 1 onion, roughly chopped 3 cloves of … Continue reading Sweet Potato and Egg Curry

Oyster Mushrooms give the risotto a chicken texture but without the meat. Simple recipe, few ingredients.

 #tag your Vegan friends as this is mega!! lululemonandlace Chunky slices of carrots and sweet potatoes layered with aubergines, courgette, spinach, tomato sauce and Béchamel. Very, very tasty, hearty and healthy. Not only is this Vegan, it is also lactose & gluten free! Ingredients: Recipe 1 aubergine sliced 1 courgette sliced 2 carrots peeled 1 … Continue reading Vegan Moussaka

This really is the BEST salsa recipe! Roasting this way gives an amazing flavour to this side dish. Really simple and quick to make. Ingredients: 2 tomatoes, whole 1 or 2 red chillies, depending how spicy you like it 2 cloves of garlic, skin on Half a red onion, finely diced 1 lime Sea salt … Continue reading Roasted Tomato Salsa

A totally yummy side dish or a good meat free meal in itself. Really simple to make, and moreish. Ingredients: 1tbsp. Olive oil White cabbage sliced into wedges 1/2 lemon cut into wedges Olive oil Fresh thyme leaves 1 tsp. Sea salt Lay the cabbage in an oven tray and sprinkle with salt, then pour … Continue reading Roasted White Cabbage

I love a good Tomato Soup this recipe is simple but tasty, using rosemary and thyme to give it a herby taste. Once again most of these ingredients are taken from my Aunts garden in Spain but you can use shop bought tomatoes, I would say try and get some organic tomatoes for extra sweet … Continue reading Tomato Soup with Rosemary Flowers