Tag: #Vegan

Vegan Vegetable Pie topped with puff pastry with a portion removed

Vegan Vegetable Pie

Vegan Vegetable Pie is a great way to use up any left over vegetables by adding a creamy cheesy sauce and topping with crisp puff pastry. You can also use frozen vegetables, this is what I use most of the time. Simply cook the vegetables first. As the vegetables and […]

Vegan Christmas cake

Vegan Christmas Cake

 Vegan Christmas cake – a rich, moist and boozy vegan fruit cake that is perfect for the festive season. Eat right away or make in advance and feed regularly with rum or brandy.   Fruit cake is a bit of a divisive one; I know that not everyone likes it, […]

Vegan Rocky Road

  Who doesn’t love a slice of Vegan Rocky Road? Fluffy marshmallows, crunchy nuts and chunks of biscuits coated in melted chocolate. I made this for Christmas so I topped it with loads of sprinkles and of course glitter, how could I not?   Vegan Rocky Road is made in […]

Vegan Irish Barmbrack

At Halloween in Ireland it is traditional to eat Barmbrack which is not vegan so here is a recipe for Vegan Irish Barmbrack. The recipe I have made most often is my maternal grandmothers recipe for Irish Barmbrack. I never met my grandmother as she died before I was born. […]

Spicy Tomato Chutney in a glass jar with a spoon

Spicy Tomato Chutney

  Spicy Tomato Chutney is easy to make. It’s sweet and spicy and complex. It’s everything you want in a chutney! I love to grow tomatoes but this inevitably leaves me with a glut of tomatoes at the end of summer. While I love home grown tomatoes, there are only […]

Healthy Granola with fruit and nuts

Healthy Granola

Every time I buy a bag of so called Healthy Granola on the supermarket shelf I am always disappointed to find it significantly lacking in the tasty fruit and nut additions. There are no chunks of oats and reading the ingredients reveals lots of sugar. I decided to take matters […]

Stainless steel measuring cups

Baking Charts

  Recipes from the USA often display baking measurements in ‘Cups’ – but how do they convert to the imperial and metric measurements more commonly used in Europe? Precise measurements are so important in baking, so I’ve created several baking conversion charts to help you out.       FATS […]

Vegan breakfast cake with vegan yogurt and maple syrup

Vegan Breakfast Cake

This Vegan Breakfast cake is a favourite in our home. Who would not want cake for breakfast? It can be made the night before and baked in the morning which is perfect for weekend mornings when there is time for a leisurely breakfast. The smell of it baking is better […]

Quick Roast Potatoes

Quick Roast Potatoes, what better words are there to put in a sentence?   I was raised on potatoes, it is the most common food eaten in Ireland. 70% of the carbohydrates in the Irish diet is supplied from the potato. While this is a lot in times past it […]

Vegan Swiss cakes with icing and decoration

Vegan Swiss Cakes

These are what we called  Vegan Swiss Cakes growing up. They consist of two soft biscuits sandwiched together with jam and topped with icing. Vegan Swiss cakes are very crumbly, soft and if you like almond then you will love them!! The only recipe I have for these is a […]