Maple and Pecan Protein Balls

If you train hard you need protein to repair your muscles, right? If you’ve trained really hard, you probably want that protein to taste a little bit special. Delicious is a word often over-used by food bloggers, ourselves included, but really, these Maple and Pecan Protein Balls are the bees knees. (Question: do bees even have…

Vegan Bread and Butter Pudding

One of the great things about having a food and fitness blog, is that we get to experiment in the kitchen to create delicious recipes to tickle your taste buds, dear reader. Sometimes we get so carried away designing delectable dishes – in this case a Vegan Bread and Butter Pudding – that we forget…

Vegan Savoury Crumble

Savoury crumble is always a winner. It’s perfect for a big Sunday lunch with all the trimmings. While the meat eaters are chewing on whatever it is they chew on, you can bask in the splendour of this lovely, light vegan alternative. You can serve it with roast potatoes, vegetarian gravy and all the trimmings….

Vegan Black Bean and Sun Dried Tomato Dip

There’s a song called ‘It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It’s Spring).’ I sing this song around the house. A lot. Bibi says it’s one of the first songs she remembers hearing. I think I like it because it’s zingy and bright and it’s a lovely accentuate-the-positive kind of song. And also…

Vegan Yam Curry

I bought a yam from my local market. I’m worldly wise. I’ve travelled widely, spent 9 years studying at university (not being dim just, y’know, not getting a proper job), trained as a caterer and have been cooking for decades. Despite all this, I have to be honest, I knew not what to do with…

Kale and Sesame Soup

Kale is a superfood, right? That’s what people have been saying for ages. It’s rich in anti-oxidants, with an ORAC rating of 1770 (I don’t really know what that means but it sound good, doesn’t it?) It’s high in iron, has anti-cancer properties, it’s anti-inflammatory and on and on. Of course, there’s now a kale…

Vegan Protein Pancakes

Image: Zsolt Sandor / MothershipUK Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day, Mardi Gras – it’s time to fatten yourself up before the privations of Lent, if you happen to believe in such things. I didn’t turn out to be quite the good Catholic girl my dear, departed father hoped for but I do still give something up every…

Vegan Risotto Cakes

We Veggie Runners are full of the Blitz spirit. We’re all about make do and mend, waste not, want not and putting a few stitches in our lucky race knickers so we don’t have to buy new ones. We’re the same with food. Why make one meal when you can stretch it out to two,…

Indian-Spiced Brussels Sprouts

Sprouts – you are having a bit of a moment, as far as a cruciferous vegetable can be said to ever have a moment. For years it’s been ‘Kale, that’ and ‘Kale this’ but now its (very) little cousin is taking the time to shine. What are the signs? No January-blues superfood salad would be complete without ‘shaved’…

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 Festive Energy Balls

Photo: Zsolt Sandor / MothershipUK We all need extra energy in the lead up to Christmas. Even if you don’t celebrate it, the world seems to go MAD at this time of year. It all gets a bit fizzy and busy and, if you’re not careful, rather overwhelming. Don’t worry though, we have a two-part…

Chaopraya Thai Cooking School + Tofu Pad Thai Recipe

Sometimes it’s hard to be a food blogger (sing it like Tammy Wynette). Actually, that’s not true – it’s not hard, not even slightly. Especially when a restaurant like Chaopraya, gets in touch and asks if we’d like a lesson in cooking delicious Thai food. Why, yes, we most certainly would! Thank you, universe. We spent…