Interesting facts about turnips and swedes (not Swedes). Generally speaking in the north of England, Scotland and Ireland turnips are the big purple things that you mash and swedes are the little beige things that you feed to animals.

My Favourite Gluten-Free, Vegan Autumn Treats are mostly fruit and pumpkin based. This is because fruit is soooo good in autumn. I love treats!!! I don’t have treats very often, but when produce is so good it is hard not to make the most of the bounty.

It’s Burns Night next Thursday (25 January) and the traditional Burns Night Supper consists of… Haggis, neaps and tatties. I’m going to celebrate with a Gluten-Free, Vegan Burns Night Supper. One of my favourite meals and I’m really excited to share my recipes with you. […]

This year Good Friday is on 30 March and although it is a religious holiday (that personally, I don’t observe – except to eat chocolate) it is very much a secular, cultural holiday. So, if you want to find Seven Fabulous, Gluten-Free, Vegan Easter Treats […]

Valentine’s Day is coming up and whether you are gluten-free and vegan (and more!) or not, Easy, Fabulous Gluten-Free, Vegan Valentine’s Day Menu Ideas are always helpful. Going out to a packed restaurant to pay a big chunk of money for mediocre food is my […]

It’s Pancake Day (AKA Shrove Tuesday) on 13 February this year! I bet you didn’t think that gluten-free, vegan pancakes were so easy to make or that you could make a Super Easy Two Ingredient Pancake Recipe For Pancake Day!!! Look no further, these Buckwheat […]

Successful Gluten-Free, Vegan Dessert Bases and Cases can feel a little bit beyond reach sometimes. Especially if you are new to gluten-free baking. Subbing ‘normal’ flour for gluten-free flour doesn’t often work. Recipes without coconut are hard to find and you worry any attempt will […]

Are you stuck for presents this year that are perfectly tailored for the gluten-free, vegan in your life? These Easy, Edible, Gluten-Free, Vegan Gift Ideas will help you make the best gift ever! Best gift ever = edible gift! 🙂 Why Easy, Edible, Gluten-Free, Vegan […]

I’ve been there; you are stuck for some Fancy Gluten-Free, Vegan Dessert Ideas. Not your boring vegan ice-cream or the appalling fresh fruit salad but a gluten free, vegan dessert that looks amazing and tastes amazing. Plus they are all really easy to make. I […]

Okay, so it is coming up to Christmas, Hanuka, a special birthday, anniversary, whatever and… You have people coming around, what the heck do you serve (that isn’t ‘cheese’ and pickled onions on cocktail sticks stuck in a foil covered potato)? Well, hopefully I’m going […]

There are lots and lots and lots of amazing, delicious and Surprising Chickpea Recipes out there. Chickpeas are possibly my favourite bean. Mostly because you can make vegan meringue out of chickpea juice. If there was one thing I missed in my years as a […]

I Don’t Like Doughnuts – well, I didn’t used to like doughnuts. The doughnuts I remember being force-fed at school were long and thin (in the shape of a hot-dog bun), deep fried to a very dark brown, coated in sugar, had fake cream piped […]

Gluten-Free, Vegan Christmas Cake is a brilliant thing. It tastes great, it smells great, you can decorate it in lots of ways and it keeps forever. When you bake Gluten-Free, Vegan Christmas Cake your home is filled with the most wonderful spicy, warm, Christmassy smell. […]

Want something quick and easy to make on Bonfire Night? Gluten-Free, Vegan Bonfire Night Recipe Ideas will help give you some easy recipes to make Bonfire Night fabulous!!! Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot… Bonfire Night/ Guy Fawkes Night/ Fireworks […]

Gluten-Free, Vegan Halloween Recipe Ideas is all about taking Halloween back home. Halloween, today, is an interesting night. Halloween seems to be an excuse to dress up in fancy dress, go out, prowl around, get drunk, party, eat sweets. In the 1970s in the north […]

Simple, Easy, Gluten-Free, Vegan Food Recipes are the basis of great cooking and form the foundation of a wealth of dishes. I am all about keeping it simple and often simple is also the easiest and the cheapest too!!! These recipes all have less than […]

Rice is used in almost every type of cuisine in most countries and cultures around the world. My Favourite Gluten-Free, Vegan Rice Recipes below are just a tiny selection of the dishes I cook but they might give you a little bit of inspiration. Why […]

Autumn is well and truly here and what better way to start the day than with a super seasonal, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Pear and Cinnamon Breakfast Smoothie. Pear and Cinnamon Smoothie is the ultimate autumn smoothie. Using seasonal fruit means the smoothie is packed full of […]

Apple and Blackberry Cobbler is as British as… Apple Pie. Apples and blackberries are the perfect combination, both are beautifully in season in September and taste wonderful so let’s make the most of them. Yeh! Apple and Blackberry Cobbler is quick and easy to make. […]

Blackberry and Almond Chocolate Mousse is one of those stop-in-your-tracks, take-a-pause, desserts. And it is gluten-free and vegan. Wonderful seasonal blackberries marry perfectly with slightly crunchy toasted almonds and a super-light, dark chocolate mousse. Blackberry and Almond Chocolate Mousse is quick and medium difficulty to […]

This Super Decadent Gluten Free, Vegan Sweet Pumpkin Tart is amazing as a sweet treat anytime of year when pumpkin or squash are in season. Perfect for autumnal weekend treat and fabulous at Halloween (great for using up all that left over pumpkin from scary […]

This Strawberry and Raspberry Eaton (not Eton, that is too posh!) Mess is my desert island dessert. Ripe, sweet, plump strawberries, tart raspberries with crispy, light ‘meringue’ all pulled together under a duvet of vegan cream. What is not to like. Who knew that one […]

The beauty of Grilled Summer Fruits is that you can use whatever is in-season, available, free from friends trees. You start with succulent, ripe fruit and make it even better than it is raw. I love this recipe because I sometimes struggle with fruit. It […]

Lavender Ice Cream is so heady with the wonderful scent and flavour of lavender it is summer on a plate. Lavender is such a relaxing scent which makes this the perfect end of the day desert to relax with. I first encountered the amazing the […]