Vegetarian Foods Archive

Flapjacks are back on the menu for our on the go work breakfast bar or energy injecting power snack. I made these particular ones with Black Sesame Seed Butter , they were so good that I made them twice!   As you can see t he artistic streak came out. I splodged the black sesame seed paste here and there, but could have easily spread it out over the top neatly had I had the patience and inclination. I mentioned previous, when I made the Black Sesame Seed Butter , D wasn't that keen on them, but when I stirred it into some flapjacks he absolutely loved it.   Black Sesame Seed and Cranberry Flapjacks Makes 8 - 12 Ingredients 125g butter 100grams golden caster sugar 2 tablespoons golden syrup 2 (or 4) tablespoons black sesame seed butter/paste    260grams rolled oats (Optional) 60grams dried cranberries Optional: plus 2 tablespoons for topping Method In a pot, melt the butter, sugar and golden syrup, then remove from the heat and stir in 2 (or 4)...

Anyone who has used spirulina will know why I describe it as velvet.  The powdered form is textually very velvety.  Anyway,  I only made these velvet green Spirulina  Flapjacks as I was wishing to use up my very large packet of Spirulina  and the one thing I was adamant I would not make was another darn groovy green Smoothie.  Blogosphere  and cookbooks gearing towards healthy eating are laden with Spirulina  Smoothie recipes, so I gave that a deliberate miss and went for something completely different. I have plans on making a Green Goddess Granola, but that is on the back burner for other far more creative greeny bites.   Unlike other spirulina recipes that are super duper healthy: no butter, no sugar - this flapjack is made with both butter and sugar.  I have shared a link below of a healthier, vegan and raw version below, if you want to check it out.  Surprisingly, I actually liked these, but I don't often make the same fl...

These are British style flapjacks enhanced with turmeric, apricot and mango pieces.  I don't have breakfast during the working week, so a banana, flapjack and coffee are what gets me to lunch on a working day and today was no different.   I make flapjacks all the time and vary them wit different dried fruit or fresh seasonal fruit.  Recently its been strawberry flapjacks  with strawberries from the garden, but I wanted to experiment a little.   Turmeric seems to be trendy at the moment, so I thought I would chuck a teaspoon into my flapjacks just for a change.  Not only were the oats a golden autumn yellow, the turmeric also imparted its flavour and that was okay with me as I don't mind turmeric, but D was not overly keen on having these particular ones for his breakfast, saying that his preference was the other ones I usually make.  He thought these were more suited for a snack. These Turmeric Flapjacks are so easy to make vegan, just replac...

I had a sudden yearning for savoury scones and I blame Johanna who blogs over at Green Gourmet Giraffe for this as she has been  making and baking savoury muffins in her Melbourne home.   Also, we picked up a big block of mozzarella for panini and I have been wondering what to do with the rest, so this is the first of mozzarella recipes to come....or perhaps not, that is if we use it up for more homemade panini's. When I bit into the muffin, the scent of the spices, mostly the smoked paprika hit my face.  The flavour is almost pizza like.  I also loved the colours, the lipstick red from the cherry tomatoes was eye popping and the greens from the spring onions a little frazzled from the bake and if you look closely you can see the creamy melt from the mozzarella cheese. We did not finish these Savoury Cherry Tomato, Paprika and Mozzarella Muffins on the day as the recipe makes a dozen.   Look I am greedy, but even I cannot eat half a dozen.  Ho...

I did have plans on making some Community Food Coop (2011 ) and  Green Grass scones  that I had bookmarked, but with the Community Food Coop (2011 ) and  courgettes coming from my garden fast and furiously, I decided to use some of them for these Savoury Courgette, Popped Black Bean Muffins. I had made the  popped black beans  over the weekend as I was curious to see what the fuss was about this trendy food gimmick of popping beans such as black beans, chickpeas and kidney beans.  Once made, I was not quite sure how to use them as not like your usual popped corn kernels that are pretty like snowflakes.  These popped black beans looked a little messy and not particularly photogenic.   Also these Popped Black Beans were not really crunchy liked popped corn, but soft inside and a little crisp on the outside.  I didn't dislike them, but I don't think it is something that I would make at home for us again.  I'd only make it again to sha...

I made these Banana Muffins with Cocoa Crumble topping just before Christmas with left over ripe bananas to take into work in place of flapjacks for a change. These muffins appealed to me mostly because of the cocoa crumble topping. I enjoyed them that evening, but also the following day at work, but D was not that keen on them for whatever reason. He ate them though.   I am sharing these with Only Crumbs Remains: Baking Crumb s; and Tin and Thyme for    By the way, this is not my recipe, it was bookmarked, however I cannot find the original link.   When I find the original recipe link, I will give credit where it is due. Banana Chocolate Muffins with Cocoa Crumble  Makes 10 - 12 Ingredients 225g flour 1/2  teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 100grams sugar 75ml oil 3 ripe bananas, mashed 50ml milk For the cocoa crumble 35g butter 25g plain flour 20grams cocoa powder 40grams sugar Metho...

Well its a Bank holiday i the UK and in true British tradition, the skies are pouring with rain.  Its a proper soggy Sunday that I dare not even go out in the garden and pick some fresh herbs for our dinner later today.   I made these Courgette and Black Flame Raisins Muffins a fortnight ago with courgettes from the garden allotment plot, by the way the courgette plants are still giving. The recipe is from  Sarah Beattie cookbook Meat-Free Any Day .  I just decided not to make the icing for these sweet vegetarian muffins as I did not have any cream cheese for the icing.    As the recipe makes a dozen, I decided to take some into work to share with my new work colleagues, they have been described as gannets by some of the others, so I had not doubt they would be gone.  But when I went into the kitchen later that afternoon, the number had hardly shrunk, my heart sunk a little.  Someone who did try a muffin and did really enjoy it, said to...