Tag Archives : gluten free

Vegan Chilli – it’s hot hot hot!!!


Vegan Chilli – it’s hot hot hot!!! It’s quick! 🙂 It’s tasty! 🙂 It’s spicy! 🙂 This started out as a ‘what can I use the last black beans in’ and turned into something SO delicious that BOTH boys ate it without question! 😛 Yes… the meat munchers gobbled this down and I didn’t even hear a ‘what no meat?’…

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Flat rimmed bowl full of ezo gelin soup with chopped salad topping.

Ezo Gelin Soup! Gluten Free & Vegan


Ezo Gelin Soup! Gluten Free & Vegan What is Ezo Gelin I hear you ask? It’s a Turkish lentil based soup named after a bride called Ezo! The story says that Ezo’s mother-in-law did not like her, so to try to win her over, Ezo made this soup! The soup is now famous all over Turkey and is eaten at…

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Kurdish Shifta. . . vegan and free-from


Shifta. . . vegan and free-from Shifta, not to be confused with Shifti (watermelon) is a traditionally Kurdish home cooked (and deep fried) food. Not often found in restaurants or as street-food, shifta are something you may not have come across – unless you are Kurdish, have Kurdish friends or Kurdish family! 😀 These little fritters are normally made from diced…

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1st Bloggiversary!!! Colourful Vegetable Quad Bake


1st Bloggiversary! Colourful Vegetable Quad Bake THANK YOU! 🙂 Yes…YOU!!! 🙂 Without ‘you’ I wouldn’t have made it this far! Without ‘you’ there would be nobody to share my recipes with! Without ‘you’ there was no reason to invent, create, test, tweak, retest, photograph and post over 150 recipes! Thank you all for your likes, shares, comments and follows! Life Diet…

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Party bites and goodbye 2015!


Party Bites and Goodbye 2015! New Years Eve is here! 🙂 Are you going out to celebrate? Are you having a houseful of guests to welcome in 2016? Are you having a quiet night in with your family? or have you had enough of the festivities and will be having an early night? Whatever your plans this evening I hope…

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Roasted Pepper & Onion soup – #dairyfree


Roasted Pepper & Onion Soup – #dairyfree Hello all! 🙂 What do you think of the new theme? I’ve been having a play and decided (for now) that I prefer this one over the old! What do you think? As I’ve actually had some time to spend on the blog, I haven’t spent too much time in the kitchen! 😛…

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giant baked beans

Baked Butter Beans. Vegan and gluten friendly!


Baked Butter Beans. Vegan and gluten friendly! Yum! Can I just leave it at that! 😛 🙂 These are flavourful, warming and moreish! DEGF as usual (Dairy. Egg. Gluten. Free.) and perfect for these chilly nights which have suddenly jumped up on us! Oh and before anyone notices… these baked beans aren’t cooked in the oven but on the stovetop!…

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Garlic Mushroom Nut Loaf. Vegan & Free From


Garlic Mushroom Nut Loaf. Vegan & Free From It’s October! How did that happen!? Don’t you feel that the days, weeks and months are running away!? This week I don’t know where the time went! Was it the sudden change in weather? Colder nights? Frosty mornings? Bright sunny days?! (Yes, the UK has had a dry week with daytime temperatures around…

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Bursting Blueberry Pancakes… Vegan and Gluten Free!


Bursting Blueberry Pancakes… Vegan and Gluten Free! Better late than never! 😛 Happy weekend everyone! Earlier this week my Autumnal cheesey vegan burgers were featured at Deborah’s plant based pot luck party 🙂 I intended to take something else to the party this week but I didn’t expect it to take so long for me to post! So, here are…

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