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Cream of Cabbage Soup
A creamy vegetarian soup made with white cabbage and a good stock. Super simple!
Fresh Ginger Tea
A delicious fresh ginger tea. Great for digestion and acid reflux as well as simply a lovely caffeine free option
Homemade, fresh lime simple syrup
A fresh and delicious simple lime syrup to use in cocktails, spoon over fresh fruit salad, ice cream, waffles etc. Use in milk shakes and hot and cold drinks too
Vegan Couscous Salad
A versatile couscous salad that can use up all kinds of bits and pieces – add some more protein too if you like
Parsnip Cake with Maple Syrup & Lemon
This is just like carrot cake but instead of carrots, orange and sugar, I used parsnips, lemon and maple syrup. Totally worked!
A roulade recipe using mincemeat, Bramley apple and whipped cream – gluten free
Light and delicious, this easy roulade recipe can be adapted for many different fillings for all the different seasons
Leek Crumble, with fresh and dried cranberries, and walnuts
Decadently extravagant, deliciously creamy and very tasty – but still less than 50p a portion! Creamy leeks with acid pops from cranberries, topped with a walnutty crumble.
Christmas Week Food. Lots of festive flavours & not many £££’s
If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. Happily, no need to get into debt, when with a bit of extra planning, you can enjoy a delicious festive meal, without spending a fortune.
Olive, Soft Cheese and Cucumber Sandwich
Salty olives, creamy cheese and crunchy cucumber encased in granary bread – scrumptious!
Pasta with Olives, Tomato & Soft Cheese
The flavour of the sauce is thick and intense with the tomato paste and olives, a strong taste which I really enjoyed
Raisin Biscuits
Raisin Biscuits. Fun to make in little shapes, or elegant in thin rounds
Caramelised Onions
Onions are a flavour powerhouse. They are sweet, savoury and pungent all at once. Caramelised onions have all that umami flavour concentrated and are very useful