Vegetarian

Start lowering your carbon footprint on ‘Meatless Mondays’ with these dishes.

It is so important to not only help the planet but to also maintain (or reduce) our waistlines by having at least one meat-free meal a week. I have many more than that and I love sharing them here for your inspiration.

Choc-marshmallow muffins

Posted on September 11, 2011

Q: What is better than a chocolate muffin?

A: A chocolate muffin with a marshmallow surprise in the centre. (more…)

Mushroom Breakfast Burritos

Posted on September 7, 2011

This recipe was a challenge was to come up with a breakfast dish using button mushrooms and I think this burrito fits the bill perfectly. I competed against two American and Canadian bloggers in the Mushroom Masters Tournament and unfortunately came third (ie. last!). It was a popularity vote, so I guess I just don’t have enough online friends, hehe. (more…)

Sticky quinoa and peanut muesli squares

Posted on September 2, 2011

Quinoa flakes. There is something you don’t see everyday. That’s them sprinkled about in the photo above.

When I spotted a box at my local health food store I immediately popped them into my shopping basket. I just can’t resist cooking with a new and exciting ingredient. (more…)

Savoury fetta and olive muffins (plus, they’re GF!)

Posted on August 29, 2011

I’m really quite partial to a savoury muffin. They’re much better than a boring slice of toast for dunking into soup and they soak up gravy with gusto.

However, the best way to eat them is warm, sliced in half and slathered with good butter. No accompanying meal required. (more…)

Turkish delight and walnut muffins

Posted on August 16, 2011

This is such an amazing combination for muffins! If you’re a Turkish delight lover then you are in for a treat and a half, let me tell you.

I am so glad that I have had the opportunity to work with Vitasoy this year and even more so when it involves cooking up gorgeous muffins like these.

This fabulous flavour combo is the brainchild of one very clever Vitasoy fan who submitted it as part of competition. There were hundreds of entries, but only eight lucky little muffin flavours were handed over to yours truly, to develop into full-blown recipes. (more…)