For me, Christmas isn’t Christmas with heavy handed use of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. The spice trio. The ultimate. My substitute for a human partner during the festive season. Really though, these spices are quintessential festive season. They’re in gingerbread (and conveniently, my vegan gingerbread recipe.) They are in mulled wine. Does anything else exist…
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FODMAP friendly Christmas pudding (gluten free, fruit-free)
Today I’m sharing a recipe for one of my proudest recipe inventions to date. It’s a FODMAP friendly Christmas pudding that is both gluten free and fruit free. Yes, fruit free. No longer do you have to politely choke back sultanas in public, only to suffer the consequences in private. This recipe uses a homemade…
Read MoreGluten free gingerbread (that are vegan, grain free and refined sugar free)
I’ve made gingerbread enough times to know that it normally ends in a mess of sticky flour on the bench and a sworn oath not to bother next year. For whatever reason, gluten free gingerbread is truly an absolute faff – more so than practically any other baked good. This year however, I decided to…
Read MoreGluten free savoury pumpkin tart with ricotta, sage and gruyere (grain free, FODMAP friendly)
In honour of the fiddly tarts past (the zucchini ricotta tart and it’s vegan counterpart) I’m here today with a fiddly festive option. That is, a gluten free savoury pumpkin tart filled with sage, ricotta and gruyere in an easy grain free tart base. As with the originals, the tart has two filling components. Firstly,…
Read MoreCrispy smashed potatoes in a rocket and almond ‘pesto’ (vegan, FODMAP friendly)
Crispy smashed potatoes. In my eyes, there is probably no more beautiful sentence in the English language. Top them with pesto? Even better. Belinda Carlisle was correct, heaven is a place on earth. Over the years, I’ve learnt a couple of tricks to achieving a super crispy potato. Namely, choosing the right variety. There are…
Read MoreChewy peanut butter bars with a chocolate coating (vegan, gluten free, FODMAP friendly, refined sugar free)
I am well renowned for the quantity of peanut butter I consume. If it weren’t somewhat grotesque and slightly concerning, it would actually be pretty impressive. So why not fuel my own addiction, I figured, by making chewy peanut butter bars slathered in dark chocolate? Kind of like a nougat-less Snickers (because I watched Gourmet…
Read MoreBest ever vegan potato salad with radicchio, olives, fresh herbs and a zingy mayo dressing
I’ve done the best ever thing a lot recently. However, A) I always mean it and B) this is the best ever vegan potato salad, in my biased opinion. Unlike a regular potato salad, this version involves flavouring the potatoes while they cook, and again with the punchy, vibrant vegan mayonnaise dressing. The best ever…
Read MoreVegan, FODMAP friendly ‘meatballs’
Did I not say I was going to ride this vegan tofu train until the end of time? Last week I made a vegetarian polpette bake. The polpette bake took inspiration from the vegan bolognese recipe, which spawned the vegan lasagne. Although the vegetarian polpette are a delight, I realised they had not followed suite on…
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