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Happy Chinese New Year: Lettuce Wraps. DEGF


Chinese New Year: Lettuce Wraps (Dairy. Egg. Gluten. Free.) It’s the start of the Chinese New Year celebrations. I thought it was the year of the Goat but it appears that “Yang” translates as Goat, Sheep or Ram so 2015 can be any of those years! 🙂 If you don’t know the story of how the Chinese New Years were…

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Mushroom Stroganoff Dairy & Gluten Free!


Mushroom Stroganoff. DEGF Mushrooms! Yum! For a vegetarian or a vegan, mushrooms are one of those ‘meatier’ foods which you can actually sink your teeth into and chew! This stroganoff will allow you to do just that and savour all the goodness these fungi bring! Mushrooms are able to produce their own Vitamin D 🙂 when exposed to sunlight! If…

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Valentines or Anytime Chickpea patties (DEGF)


Valentines <3 or Anytime Chickpea patties (DEGF) Happy Monday! One more week of school before a week off for half-term break and what better way to start the holidays than a Valentines treat! <3 Hopefully you have reason to enjoy and embrace Valentines Day with a loved one, but if you are single there’s no reason not to treat yourself!…

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Quick & Tasty Vegetable Rice


Quick & Tasty Vegetable Rice I had so many things to write today, little snippets I’d been saving but now my day has run away with me! This morning we have already had glorious bright glaring sunshine, followed by a giant black shadow throwing down bucket loads of rain, then the sunshine returning almost immediately! Looking outside now I can…

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Anything in the cupboards? Mix it up veg!


Anything in the cupboards? Mix it up veg! February already! Valentines day will soon be here (for those of us it interests!) and I am working on some great recipes to tantalize those taste buds and get you in the mood for love! <3 Yesterday I found myself at a friends house at dinner time…a meat loving, dairy eating friend but…

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Tofu (Sesame) Tuesday! Dairy. Egg. Gluten. Free. (DEGF)


Tofu Sesame I think I must get myself a notebook just for recipes! I have in front of me six loose pieces of paper… none of which (I have just realised) have todays recipe on it! Oops! You could have the coconut ball recipe or variations of chocolate mud cake, chick peas, chilli, salad or sesame bites! Tofu! Over the weekend…

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Vegetarian DEGF Haggis… as it was Burns night!


Vegetarian DEGF Haggis So…yesterday was the first day since I’ve started this blog that I didn’t post anything. I started writing a post on my phone, then the phone rang and then I decided I would post a haggis recipe instead… but it took the rest of the day to create one worthy of posting! So… here it is a day late BUT…

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Chilli bean lunch pot (DEGF of course)!


Chilli bean lunch pot (DEGF)… Dairy. Egg. Gluten. Free. With the weather in the UK getting colder by the day I decided that some warming food was needed! This can be prepared in advance and quickly heated up for a filling and nutritious lunch. Alternatively cook it for dinner and serve with a jacket potato and a salad (note to…

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DEGF Warming Winter Lentil Soup (Dairy. Egg. Gluten. Free.)


DEGF Warming Winter Lentil Soup This recipe is one that is frequently made in our house and yesterday when I went in the kitchen I could smell the luscious lentils which my husband had decided to cook for lunch :-). This is a very easy recipe and the resulting dish is a nutritious meal packed full of protein, dietary fibre, iron,…

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