40 something PR guru, herbivore baker and biker who happens to love rock music, tattoos and life
My Mum is gluten free and this means finding good vegan substitutes can be hard. Vegan diets often rely on gluten based products as a source of protein but also it allows the creation of some truly unique and flavoursome delights. For a while I’ve been promising to crack the code to produce a credible alternative … More Chickpea bacon (GF)
What’s Christmas dinner without chipolatas. I want to enjoy a traditional Christmas dinner without the cruelty. I’ve already created the alternatives to the fish starter (Mock Salmon Parcels) the rest of the family eat – now it’s the turn of the chipolata. I tasted a few for research purposes of course and they are delicious … More Chipolatas (two versions including gluten free)
If you’ve looked at the seitan sausage recipe, you’ll realise that there’s a lot of the same base ingredients in this recipe. And that’s what I love about using gram flour or gluten as a base or even beans. With just a few tweaks you can create very different recipes. There’s lots of recipes on … More Streaky seitan bacon
Most of the vegan sausages you buy in the shops will contain gluten, which is the basis for your seitan. It’s a funny thing to work with and there’s lots of different techniques from boiling in a flavoured broth to adding direct to the mixture. I have been experimenting for years and created some interesting … More Seitan sausages
I have a sausage machine, which enables me to make lots of weird and wonderful vegan sausages. It is however, very difficult to make sausages – trying to control the filling, the casings and the manual operations of the machine. Well let’s just say, there’s lot’s of wastage. So these sausages were designed to be … More Sage and thyme sausages (GF)
These biscuits are actually a festive twist on the humble Empire biscuit – a childhood favourite of mine. And there are two people I know who would sell their soul for these biscuits and regularly get me to make them. I have different flavour combinations I use throughout the seasons however for Christmas I’ve gone with … More Christmas iced biscuits (GF)
I’ve been experimenting with vegan hot water pastry for a while and while there’s been success it wasn’t quite what I remember of Scotch pies. Now I’m not going to win any points for presentation but for taste – well I reckon I’ve got it in the bag now. I’m saving one of these bad … More Scotchless pie
My tunaless tuna is inspired by the Happy Herbivore and I’ve seen various versions of it online. I have now adapted this to my personal taste and before I discovered vege soy fish crisp, it was the only alternative taste to the sea I could find. I’d always served it chilled, it’s delightful with watercress or … More Tunaless tuna parcels
A few months ago I made one of those spur of the moment purchases at a vegan festival in Edinburgh. I found something called Vege Soy Fish Crisp and was told I could make fish cakes with it. But I wasn’t really listening and a few months on, it was still lying in the cupboard … More Mock salmon parcels
Last year on Facebook there was a picture of gingerbread reindeers, which were effectively upside down gingerbread men. Facebook memories reminded me of these cute little biscuits so I set about creating some for myself. And now I’ve been creating them for others too – so to enable everyone to enjoy them, here’s the recipe: … More Gingerbread shaped biscuits
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