There’s a few dishes from my childhood that fell into the ‘comfort’ food category. One of these is stovies. Stovies is for those not north of the UK border – a Scottish dish based on potatoes and meat. Everyone has their own recipe but it always contains potatoes and onions – and then pretty much … More Stovies
I made a version of these many years ago using red lentils but it’s a bit of hassle to be honest so I’d heard of a few vegetarian scotch eggs using chickpeas and thought I’d give it a try. I’ve got some ideas to create a vegan egg but you’ll need to wait a while … More Vegan scotch mushrooms
Saturday night with my best friend – we’re so rock and roll we decided to have a girl’s night in with a takeaway and watching Frankie and Grace on Netflix. Except takeaway when best friend is on Slimming World and I’m still on my strict training diet was never going to be easy. What we … More Vegan chickenless korma
It’s Shrove Tuesday this week and of course that means pancakes. There are very few places that ever make vegan friendly pancakes let alone gluten free and vegan. It’s been two years since I had the coffee house and I made sure there were vegan options available for our lovely customers. It’s so simple to … More It’s more than pancakes
It’s nearly time for us to celebrate Scotland’s greatest bard – Rabbie Burns. And as is tradition, 25 January is dedicated to a supper in his honour. I can’t say even before I turned to a plant based diet that haggis was one of those dishes that filled me with joy, when I discovered what … More Haggis
Let’s face it, the title is just an excuse for me to indulge in my favourite spices – cinnamon and ginger. I could eat these scones all year round, they’re light and fluffy and well just scrumptious. I adapted this recipe from godairyfree.org – the original had a lot of coconut in it – from … More Christmas scones
My Great Aunty Meg was some character. I remember her teaching my older brother and I to knit but he was far better at it than me. I also remember her making the most delicious of soups in her tiny wee kitchen. But the one thing that clearly sticks in my mind was her grotty … More Aunty Meg’s grotty cake
It’s pure indulgence – chocolate and banana jam, not your everyday find in a supermarket that’s for sure but one I can highly recommend as a treat. You can add alcohol to this mixture for additional decadence but whatever you do – just ensure you serve it with something not overly sweet to balance it … More Chocolate and banana jam
This afternoon I made some chocolate and banana jam. It’s been a jam afternoon, I cleaned out the freezer yesterday and decided to make some more gooseberry and ginger jam along with turning the last of our raspberry harvest into jam. Now back to chocolate and banana jam. I’ve heard of it before but I’d … More Chocolate chip scones
I am procrastinating today, I have loads of studying to do but of course I have done everything except that. On the upside the house is sparkling and I had a great workout at the gym. On one of my coffee breaks this morning from the cleaning, the Hairy Bikers were on TV and made … More Sage and onion tear’n’share bread
The Baking Biker Chic 