Skip straight to the recipe This dish definitely fits the definition of #uglydelicious. I know it looks … dubious but trust me here, it’s so tasty that I probably ate twice as much as I should have. Another recipe borne from COVID lockdown when I was attempting to use every little bit of pantry staples before going shopping again, this turned out so tasty we’ve had it several times since. Like most pulses, mung beans are little powerhouses of nutrition, stuffed full of protein, vitamins, and minerals making them the ideal cornerstone for a plant based pantry. What’s more, they’re cheap and a bag of dried beans is the perfect…
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Easy Vegetable Chilli (Vegan & Gluten Free)
See the recipe As a child I hated kidney beans with a passion. I would sit, hovering over my mother’s Chilli Con Carne, picking out every dark red, hated bean before even deigning to eat the dinner she had lovingly cooked. These days, I acknowledge that beans and lentils are part of a balanced vegan’s diet but it took hard work for me to get past my own legume phobia. That and cooking my beans from dried. I don’t know what it is about tinned beans but the texture just isn’t nearly as good as when you’ve cooked them yourself. It’s cheaper and, even better, with a pressure cooker you…
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Sabich Platter (Vegan & Gluten Free)
Holidays are a thing of the past at the moment but I can’t express just how much I miss them. Looking back at our holiday snaps makes me yearn for a little bit of adventure and that joy of discovering new places. If there’s one place I’d love to visit just for the food, it’s Israel. Food from all over the world, coming together in one place makes the food scene unbeatable. What’s more, influences from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa mean there’s a strong lean toward vegetables and Israel has the world’s highest ratio of vegans so finding tasty plant based food really isn’t hard. While everyone…
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Marinaded Chimichurri Beans with Easy Gluten Free Flatbreads (Vegan, GF, NF)
Any visit to Argentina isn’t complete without getting familiar with that favourite sauce, chimicurri. Unfortunately, with lockdown happening in the UK again this week, travel isn’t really an option so I’ve chosen to travel using my taste buds, always my favourite method. For a lot of plant based eaters, beans often feature heavily in the diet as an economical protein source. If you’ve ever found yourself looking for something new, this little trip to Argentina for your beans may be it. I paired my beans with an incredibly easy gluten free flatbread. I’d strongly suggest using a mixer with a dough attachment, especially with the first knead. The bread will…
