This Vegan Mint and Ricotta Green Pea Salad tastes great hot or cold, so it makes a perfect Christmas side no matter where you are! Vegan Almond Ricotta, lemon and mint are an easy way to dress up an otherwise boring side dish of green peas. You can make your own almond ricotta for this…
When I’m planning my menu for Christmas Day, I like to make sure I’m using the oven as little as possible. Not only is it really hot to use here in Australia, there is just only so much space in an oven! Unless you’re lucky enough to have a double oven, I find that you…
My absolute favourite Christmas side dish is roast potatoes. Every year, I try out a different recipe, and this year I’ll be making these Lemon Thyme Roast Potatoes. It is such a simple recipe, but the Thyme salt makes these potatoes taste amazing. I love potatoes as a side dish, because they’re cheap and easy,…
This Vegan Mango Semifreddo recipe combines delicous summer mango, with tangy cream cheese in an easy make ahead frozen dessert. I love making frozen desserts for Christmas Day. They’re perfect because you can make them the day ahead. Then, when you’re tired and sick of cooking after your amazing main course, you can pull your…
When it’s Christmas time, and you have lots of BBQs and parties to go to, you need a quick and easy salad to take along. This 5 Ingredient Vegan Potato Salad is perfect. You can put it together in less than an hour (most of that time is cooling time) and it uses only 5…
Gingerbread cookies are one of those recipes that epitomise Christmas. The warm spices just shout Christmas is here! What list of recipes would be complete without a yummy Gingerbread Cookie recipe? Not only are these delicious cookies vegan, they’re also oil free, and full of healthy ingredients (well, mostly… It is Christmas, after all). How’s…
Cheese platters are a popular choice for appetisers for Christmas BBQs and get togethers. As more and more vegan specialty cheese options become available, vegan cheese platters can be a great option, but they can also be very expensive. I’ve put together some tips and ideas for how you can make a great Vegan Cheese…
This delicious Vegan Chocolate Fudge is perfect for Christmas gifts, dessert, or even an indulgent Christmas snack! Trust me, your non vegan friends will never guess that this fudge is dairy free. You could make this recipe with all sorts of flavours, but my favourites so far are vanilla and mint. This recipe uses vegan…
So I’m kicking off my 24 Days of Christmas with a Vegan Christmas Roast. This savoury seitan roast has a sweet mustard glaze, and is perfect for your Christmas Dinner. I know that the idea of seitan can be overwhelming, but this recipe is simple, and tastes amazing. It honestly doesn’t take much more effort…
One question that I see a lot is how do I get my vegan kids to eat beans? I think anyone would agree that a legume loving kid is the ultimate goal of vegan parenting. Unfortunately, some kids are super fussy and it remains an elusive goal for many of us… Beans, legumes and lentils…