Chickpea flour is magic stuff. If you’ve not used chickpea flour (also called “besan”, “garbanzo” or “gram” flour) it’s just ground dried chickpeas and don’t worry – it’s easy to get hold of. Most supermarkets will stock it but you will certainly find it in Asian supermarkets, health food shops or . It’s dense texture makes…
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Balsamic Roasted New Potatoes with Asparagus
I’ve been obsessed with balsamic vinegar lately, adding it to all my meals and binge-eating bread and and balsamic vinegar dip. It’s pretty addictive stuff and adds such a wonderful, unique flavour to things. Today’s recipe uses it to bring out the sweetness of seasonal asparagus and give a crisp golden coating to these new…
Matcha Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
Mint chocolate chip flavour + raw cookie dough = Healthy mint chocolate chip cookie dough bites! Last month, I was given some matcha powder by the lovely Yuki (from Yuki’s Kitchen) and have been looking forward to making some green vibrant goodies with it ever since… The fact it’s nearly St Patrick’s Day is just good…
Savoury Chickpea Crepes with Creamy Mushrooms & Spinach
Thank you Debenhams for sponsoring this recipe! Since I already have a sweet pancake recipe, I thought I would try a savoury option this pancake day: with these delicious, healthy chickpea flour crepes. I often start these posts with “this is my new favourite recipe” and I always intend to make these recipes over and over again…
Cheesy Pea Soup with Roasted Pea Croutons (Vegan)
I have been obsessed with pea soup this past month, thanks to a friend introducing me to a simple recipe from Covent Garden. I think I’ve made that recipe about four times this month. But since I can’t leave a recipe alone, I’ve developed it into something even more delicious (if I may say so) by…
Breakfast Banoffee Parfait (Vegan + GF)
Thank you Natural Balance for sponsoring this recipe! Who doesn’t love breakfasts that taste like desserts? This Banoffee Parfait is like eating a sweet, delicious banana and toffee pie that’s secretly nutritious! Using Nakd’s Banana Crunch bar to create the pie crust element, blended dates for a healthy (but nonetheless incredibly delicious) caramel, fresh bananas…
Coconut Quinoa Porridge
Thank you to Nakd for sponsoring this recipe! It’s almost January (can you believe it?) which means it’s almost time for Veganuary! I’ve teamed up with the lovely people at Nakd again to create some delicious and healthy vegan recipes for the start of the year, using their bars and nibbles.
Sea salt & Chocolate Covered Orange
The idea of dipping orange segments into chocolate is nothing new. But have you tried it with sea salt? You really need to. The sweetness of the orange with the bitterness of the dark chocolate and that salty hit is just to-die-for.