Sweet, spicy, citrussy – I absolutely adore hot cross buns. Toasted, and spread with coconut oil, then topped with mum’s homemade marmalade, they’re a favourite Sunday treat. Earlier this week, I was alerted to some mass-produced hot cross bun popcorn on the market, full of whey byproducts and scary looking ingredients and I instantly knew I…
Vegan Cranberry Tiffin
Tiffin is a sweet little treat made with chocolate and broken biscuits. It originated in Scotland (I’ll admit I’ve just learned this) but came into its own when it met my kitchen. Ha, not really, but this quick and easy recipe definitely gives traditional tiffin recipes a kick in the butt. I won’t even go…
Vegan Chocolate Coconut Treats
If you’re not a fan of coconut look away now. These are the most delicious, most coconut-y, vegan, chocolatey sweet treats ever. These also demonstrate just how much we get from the humble coconut. They contain creamed coconut (the kind comes in a block), coconut milk, dessicated coconut and coconut essence. The dark chocolate balances the…
Vegan Almond Butter Ice Cream, with Cherry Swirl
I am seriously proud of this Almond Butter Ice Cream recipe. It’s totally dairy free and free from refined sugar but it’s as delicious as anything you would get from a gelataria, I promise. I am often proud of what we accomplish with Veggie Runners, but this one is totes my Atticus Finch, my…
Goji Berry Multi-seed Flapjacks
Goji berries are very good for you but, on their own, they don’t really suit my palate. Nutrition experts will tell you they have a ‘herby after-taste’. That may be true but my tongue reads it as ‘ick, bitter, blurgh.’ I need to blend them with a few choice ingredients to make them palatable for…
Vegan Peach and Prosecco Ice Cream
A recipe that leaves you with 3/4 of a bottle of prosecco that you need to drink? You’re welcome! You can thank me later… if you remember. You can even take aside some of the peach puree before mixing the other ingredients in to whip up some bellinis while you wait for the ice cream to…
Vegan Cherry Chocolate Tiffin
These little Vegan Cherry Chocolate Tiffin bars taste all grown up and sophisticated but are really easy to make. They’re vegan (you probably picked up on that from the title) and made with fresh cherries if you can find them at a reasonable price. If not, dried fruit will do just fine. The flavour is…
Hot Cross Bun French Toast
These sound like a bit of a novelty ‘just-for-the-sake-of-it’ food, but I assure you they’re beautiful. The spice of the bread lends a grown-up air to breakfast, tasting like something much more complicated – sort of like a beignet. The factory I work at is open on Good Friday, so it’s not quite my holiday yet,…
Chocolate and Stout Cake
I love talking about food, as you may have noticed. Tell me about a great new avocado salad dressing you’ve tried, or the way that a squeeze of lemon brought your cassoulet to life. Drone on for hours about the best harrisa paste or the lack of ancho chilis in British supermarkets. Lay it on…