LAZY PERSON’S GARLIC GUIDE

Garlic is one of the best, best ingredients out there! It adds insane flavour to pretty much everything BUT preparing it can be one hell of a fiddly, time-consuming process, and I find even with a garlic crusher it still seems an effort to me. So for all those foodies who ain’t got time to…

RECIPE: Roast Sweet Potato Spring Salad

Here is a wonderful salad recipe for spring, you’ve still got a touch of warming root vegetables but you have the lightness of salad greens to get you in the mood for summer. This salad is so easy to throw together, looks really tasty and has plenty of protein and fibre…

RECIPE: Homemade Vegan Cheese

I love cooking but I never thought I’d get to the stage where I could make my own cheese!! I got this from veganlife magazine but changed the nuts involved to cashews – my favourite for cheese. The great thing about being vegan – is that it is far easier to make vegan cheese than…

DIY: Card-Making

I really love card making, don’t get me wrong I’m a total amateur, but I think the beauty of making a card is that it doesn’t matter how good you are at drawing or cutting and sticking – A homemade card will always be appreciated and shows you really cared to put in the time…

RECIPE: QUICK VEGAN CHOCOLATE SAUCE

I was really craving something sweet the other day but had no proper treats in the house, so I rummaged through my cupboard and found the ingredients to make a chocolate sauce. I then just poured it on fruit, cereal and biscuits and it was so delicious. If you want a sweet fix, this is…

RECIPE: Vegan Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding

This is the most amazing, decadent, fabulous chocolate desert ever!! It is super easy to make, it’s warm, gooey, rich and fabulous! All my friends who aren’t vegan went back for seconds (the true test of a vegan dish) – I just cannot rave enough about this cake, so I must share it with everyone!

VEGAN BISCUIT DECORATING KIT

As I child I would always go round to my friend’s house every Saturday and we would often end up helping her mum to decorate cakes and biscuits for some kind of cake sale. Today I was in a rush and was thinking of a fun thing to do with some friends, so I put…

RECIPE: Easy Vegan Banana Bread

I have been craving banana bread for two weeks now and I’ve finally got round to making it! I don’t know why I didn’t make it straight away – as it is actually so easy and quick. This recipe doesn’t require any fancy ingredients and makes one hell of a banana loaf…

RECIPE: Sundried Tomato and Bean Dip

This light and refreshing dip, is super easy and only requires 5 ingredients!! It is 100 percent vegan and a great protein kick from the beans and an iron boost from the sundried tomatoes. You can dip in pitta and bread, serve it on salad or on top of rice and stew. Delicious!!

MOVE OVER COURGETTI, SQUASHETTI IS WHERE IT’S AT

So this new healthy trend of substituting vegetables for pasta has been everywhere – but I could not be bothered with getting a spiralizer and making the stuff myself. Turns out the supermarkets are 100 percent on trend as you can buy it ready made!! Props to them for being excellent consumer researchers. But here’s…