dairy free

Red Cabbage, Apple, Sausage and Lentil Tray Bake

Do you need to feel as if you’re gallivanting in the Bavarian hinterland? Do you itch to feel the wind in your hair, the sun on your back, or just want a slow carb, hands off, sausage-based tray bake that can look after itself in the oven until it’s time for dinner? If any of […]

Sweet Soy Beef with Daikon

Do you need a freezer-stocking alternative that can stand up to your default take away order of beef and broccoli? Do you need something sticky and savoury, sweet and settling that can be dressed up for a crowd, or eaten in the kitchen with a spoon? If so, I think I can help. This slow […]

(Dairy Free) Sweet Corn Chowder

Maybe you don’t get excited by soup. Maybe the concept of having ready-to-go, flat packed, ziplock bags of soups in the freezer ready to warm and soothe you doesn’t help you sleep soundly at night. Or maybe it does. Because soup is bowl-food at its best. If you are  placated by the notion and need […]

Eggplant, Chicken and Pepper Braise

This was not supposed to be another dish of braised chicken. I had every intention of celebrating eggplants this week by stuffing them with a spiced jumble of vegetables and pulses then baking them until thigh quiveringly soft. Except then life got in the way. And so I returned to an old staple formula. If […]

Grapefruit and Blood Orange Olive Oil Cake

There are everyday cakes and there are special occasion cakes.  And then there are the rare breeds. These are the cakes that are the black jersey dress in your cupboard- the kind that can be comfortable and casual and at home on the couch, or serve just fine at a semi-formal do, so long as […]