Vegetarian Foods Archive

With today being St David's Day, I thought I would share some Welsh things and Welsh nibbles in my kitchen.    I treated myself to a cute new Welsh mug, this has found its way to the office.  I've showcased this chopping board before on my blog, but I couldn't resist sharing it again.  It reads in Welsh 'Homemade Bread made with Love'.  It was given to me as a gift from my nephew many years ago and I still treasure it, no bread or bread knife has ever been near it.  This is a novelty dish wash scrubby in the shape of a Welsh daffodil.   I've had Blodyn Aur Welsh Rapeseed Oils in my kitchen cupboards for a while, I often use them for pasta salads.  The Oak Smoked and Chilli Oil are my favourites. I've been using the Chilli Oil quite generously recently, I think its my favourite of the three. Blodyn Aur means golden flower.    I've been making vegan Welsh Laverbread Caviar for a while, here is a jar that I made recently. ...

The Welsh Laverbread Diaries continue... These Welsh Rarebit Laverbread Scones were with a capital A - Amazing.  D scoffed down two and would have easily gone for a third had I not given him the beady eye.   The mustard seeds give it pop and warmth, the Welsh laverbread a little colour and saltiness. and of course the cheddar cheese metled on top gives it that golden Blonde hue, gorgeous just on the cusp of almost burnt, but not quite.   To give the scones additional oomf , I've used both self raising flour and baking powder , but you can just leave out the baking powder if you wish.  Most of my recipes are easy to veganize, and this one is no different, just make a vegan savoury scone, then add vegan alternative non dairy milk and cheese. As I said earlier, D loved these.  We had finished of the remaining  scones in the following coming day, but gave them about 30 second in the nuker (microwave)  for a bit of warmth, but they are at their...

I quite like Chilli Heatwave Dorito crisps, and can often be found munching on them either a Friday Night or Saturday nights, so I was really thankful to Krys who I have been friends with for a long while for sharing a recipe link to make homemade Doritos.  Krys said was going to make a vegan variation of this recipe; and I responded back that I would make a vegetarian version as the recipe used Parmesan cheese as a flavouring.  Parmesan cheese is not suitable for vegetarians as it is made with animal rennet.  I found a good alternative: Old Winchester which is made in the UK and makes for a good vegetarian alternative to Parmesan. So when I started to pull together the ingredients to make this recipe including chillii and paprika, I was reminded of a packet of Peruvian Jalapeno green chilli powder that I have had for a long time unopened.  I decided to use that instead of the chilli and paprika.  I was rather impatient coating the green chilli concoct...

This is perhaps the most luxurious vegan fish = Vish pie you will ever set eyes upon or eat, if you choose to make it.   I made this rather La-Vish/lavish Vegan Ocean Pie over the weekend.  D wasn't feel too good, so we didn't venture far at all.  I decided to play with some new ingredients and incorporate them into this experimental Pie.   This vegan 'Fish' Pie is packed with vegetables, smoked tofu, sea vegetables, spaghetti seaweed and sea flakes to give it that natural taste of the sea.     Unlike the other vegetarian and vegan pies featured on my blog, this one is made with lots of unusual ingredients and has a lot of processes before it reaches the plate, but its all worth it. One of the other things I wanted to do was cut the tofu to resemble little fishies, click here to see my Tofu Fish , but couldn't find my cutter, but I did get round to using my new EZ Tofu Press (see below). I feel for D, he eats mostly vegetarian meals because of me...

It must have been a subliminal message of sorts that got me hankering for a Veggie Sausage Casserole.  For days I went onto D 'I need to pick u some veggie sausages...'  yet always seemed to forget and then I repeated myself all over again 'I have to pick up some veggie sausages', but yesterday - I remembered!   And so here it is, a rich thyme and smoked paprika infused tomato sauce based casserole with kidney beans and Romano red peppers.  It turned out very red indeed. You can choose to use any vegetarian or vegan sausage you like, I am not loyal to any particular brand and like to try them all.  If your not a veggie, of course you can opt the real meat variety.   The smokiness from the paprika was just right, not overwhelming at all.   I served this very red vegan casserole with some crushed roasted new potatoes.  It was grand I tell you and well worth the wait. So some of you may wondering why do I showcase a leek here?!  Well I w...

Have you noted my absence?!   I haven't had Internet since Friday thanks to BT, until this evening when I got in from work.   I made these vegan coconut macaroons at the weekend.  With St Patricks day nearing us, I decided to add a teaspoon of  spirulina   to half of the mixture. Although they turned out looking good and held well, they lacked sweetness. Of course, you could make these with matcha too.   I promise to share the recipe in not too long, just need a little more tweaking before I am happy with it.  

This Avocado Coriander Chilli Spaghetti was a throw it in the pan meal.  I make these kinda of meals quite a lot when I get in home from work; and these are the ones that are often not photographed either due to poor lighting or hunger pangs more of a priority than blogging.   Another thing to say about these kind of meals is that I don't often measure the ingredients and judge it by eye, so it never tastes the same the next time round,  but always hits the hungry spot.  This Spaghetti Pasta dish is very much like the Butternut Squash dish I made a month or so back, its  essentially Spaghetti Pasta  Aglio, Olio e Peperonicino  or chilli flakes tarted up with soft buttery avocado and zesty herbs, mostly coriander.  And to finish it off, some freshly squeezed lemon juice to give it some zing.  The avocado is natures green natural butter and melted, sliding down my throat effortlessly ...it was truly sublime, gently calming the heat f...