Baingan bharta is THE eggplant dish that will make you fall in love with eggplant! It's a smoky eggplant mash mixed with a flavorful blend of garlic, ginger, spices, and tomatoes. Choose from the traditional method for the best results—smoking whole eggplants on an open flame—or the sauté method for something a little easier.
Recipe video above. This is a bewitching green salad adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi's wildly popular cookbook Jerusalem. It calls for a LOT of fresh chervil and tarragon and it takes time to pick the leaves! Worth the effort to experience the unique combination of flavours when combined with the earthy golden garlic-cumin-coriander dressing.Eastern Mediterranean / Middle Eastern flavours with a touch of French. It's very, very good!
This Batata Harra is a flavorful Lebanese spicy potato dish with garlic and coriander. It is perfect as a side for grilled meats or mezze, and is ideal for brunch or dinner.
Homemade fluffy steamed buns filled with mushrooms cooked in hoisin sauce. Enjoyed with some pickled carrots and cucumber plus some kimchi for extra texture and flavour! You can also opt to fill your gua bao with maple hoisin tofu instead of the mushrooms!
Bell peppers stuffed with rice and with or without ground beef makes the easiest weeknight dinner when prepared and frozen beforehand.
Tender savoy cabbage baked in a smoky tomato with white beans. A rich and filllg cabbage dish, plus easily made vegan.
A comforting Greek-style stew made with creamy butter beans.
Italian cabbage with sweet and smoky notes from fennel, tomato, onion and smoked paprika. Add some buttery cannellini beans or some plant based sausage to make a meal of things, It’s the perfect meatless weeknight dinner, easy, super flavorful and nutritious.
Made with fluffy potatoes, sweet onion and a medley of herbs and spices, this hearty vegan potato pie recipe is the perfect winter warmer for those following a vegan or vegetarian diet
Just before I went on MasterChef (which was almost three years ago now) I took up a job waiting tables at Jamie’s Italian. I was only there a short time but I learnt a lot at that restaurant, most importantly the great life skill of how to carry three plates. This salad was a staple on...Read More
This caramelized cabbage cooks down in a spiced tomato paste until it's falling-apart tender and absolutely delicious.
This recipe was originally written for Town & Country UK . This is a wonderful dinner party dish that doubles up as delicious leftovers too. The white bean mash is zesty and flavourful using three types of herbs.
This eggplant and walnut pasta sauce is one of my favourite homemade vegan pasta sauce recipes. The white sauce is loaded with flavour bombs like shallots, garlic, lemon, miso, and perfectly charred eggplant. Top with spiced breadcrumbs for that added crunch!
Recipe video above. This curry is not for the faint hearted! Eggplant (Brinjal) stars in this strong flavoured curry, roasted rather than fried for a healthier yet equally delicious (high temp does the trick here), then simmered in an intensely spiced South Indian curry sauce so it sucks up the flavour and partially collapses to create a big pot of juicy (delicious) mush. Incidentally vegan (as much of South Indian food is). See recipe notes for subs for the harder to find spices. And when you've made this, use the same spices to make this Vegetable Samosa Pie!Spiciness: Pretty mild. Spiciness only comes from the chilli powder so if you're concerned, skip or reduce it!
Experience a taste of Southern goodness with our Tennessee Onions recipe. Made primarily with sweet Vidalia onions, a trifecta of cheeses, and savory butter and herbs, it’s a mouthwatering side dish you won't want to miss.
A comforting medley of beans, caramelised onions, thyme and gruyere - what could be better!?
Filled with glazed sticky tofu, crisp veg and crunchy peanuts, these soft and fluffy vegan bao buns are comforting, hearty and fresh all at the same time.
Creamy, mushroom-packed bean stroganoff is a 30-minute, one pot meal that is packed with flavor! White beans go amazingly in the easy sauce and it makes for a hearty weeknight dinner with some sourdough or bakery bread or over pasta or mashed potatoes!
Warming, Chinese-inspired dumplings - a delicious naturally vegan autumn meal!
In the new installment of the All About the Veg! column Seiran Sinjari shares her recipe for Vegan Corn Ribs. Get the full recipe here.
This beautiful Cheesy Root Vegetable Gratin is as beautiful as it is tasty. Sweet Potatoes, beets, and parsnips with cream and garlic baked to perfection. We love this side dish for special occasions like Thanksgiving.
Rich and creamy vegan curried butter beans recipe. Perfect for a week night meal or meal prepping for lunch. Easy and cheap ingredients to get a rich and delicious and flavourful meal.
This gorgeous Lebanese shredded red cabbage, carrot and mint salad with oranges, red chilli, fresh herbs, toasted almonds, juicy pomegranate arils and pomegranate molasses is one of those versatile…
Kohlrabi Fries
I find this very special bowl, a fragrant curry of sorts, is the vegetarian equivalent of a chicken noodle soup, both for comfort and health benefits. Add more coconut cream or milk if you would like more of a soup-y feel; the recipe here provides more of a sauce at the base of the bowl. Curry leaves can be tricky to find fresh, but are transformative; try Asian food shops, large supermarkets and the internet.
This easy and healthy homemade soup with vegan dumplings is tasty, and comforting. Bonus! You won't spend all day in the kitchen making this.
I’ve been sitting on a pretty rocking broth recipe for a while, that sips like it’s decadent long-simmered ‘bone’ varieties, without using anything of the sort. This golden concoction is natures gift off flavour and nutrients, with a powerful lineup of plant-based ingredients that do wonders for the body. Priority for this soup was to be so rich...
One-Pot Vegan White Bean Shakshuka- perfect for an easy weeknight meal, this vegan shakshuka only takes 30 minutes to make and is bursting with nutrients and flavor! How do you guys feel about runny yolks? I know yolk porn is kind of a thing in the foodie world but I don’t really view it like […]
Every other Saturday during my childhood, we would have this soup or a variation of it – sometimes with angel-hair noodles or egg stirred through it. I’ve always called it my Nonna’s soup, as it reminds me of her every time I eat it. It’s a regular wintertime soup on my menu. I usually double the recipe (adding extra salt to taste) and eat it over a couple of days for lunch and dinner. It’s really one of my favourites! I love the clear fennel-scented cleansing broth with droplets of olive oil coating on top and the fragrant taste of...
Why Did I Veganize This Dish? I came up with this Spicy & Crunchy Garlic Tofu recipe because it needed to happen. Like, there was a gaping maw in the universe that could only be filled once this recipe was created. And you know what? It's the most popular post on the blog. So let's get cooking!
We call this CENTRE-PIECE BEANSPO. It's one of those impressive platters you can serve in the middle of the table to accompany a mezze feast. Take out the parmesan and it's also vegan.Serves 3-4 as a side
Easy roasted acorn squash boats filled with buttery maple syrup and topped with crunchy toasted pecans!
FOR me, Christmas is a time for celebration, for family, for laughter and good food. I remember the times when I used to prepare everything at home – the turkey, vegetables, stuffing and pudding – …
While steaming then roasting potatoes may seem rather a fandango, one bite of these will convince you that it's utterly worth it; besides, it's not as if you have to do anything while they either steam or roast. Go slowly when adding the salt and vinegar, tasting as you go, as I like these to have the wincing hit of salt and vinegar crisps, and you may prefer a lighter hand with the sprinkling. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Succulent vegan roast chicken "breasts" with seasonal roast veggies and a deliciously festive cranberry marinade.
Creamy roasted cauliflower soup packed with flavor from a whole head of roasted garlic. There's no cream involved in this easy cauliflower soup recipe, just blended cauliflower and savory melted cheddar cheese! Serve with croutons or toasted sourdough for the most comforting meal.
Jamie Oliver says, "Tuning in with the seasons means you can make this beautiful soup all year round and it'll always taste different – it never gets old!"
This simple copycat Vegan Fish Burger is coated in crispy breadcrumbs and filled with a flaky and succulent fishy tofu fillet. Healthy, gluten-free and plant-based and the ideal dinner to wow your friends and family!
Adapted from Food52, these pancakes are simple to throw together and make delicious use of an abundance of cabbage. I use 4 times the amount of cabbage called for in the original recipe (8 cups as opposed to 2), and I omit the shrimp, though I imagine the addition of shrimp would be very tasty. I like to serve these with a soy dipping sauce (as opposed to a mayonnaise-based one). The one below is one I've been using for years, but feel free to use your own.
This beautiful Cheesy Root Vegetable Gratin is as beautiful as it is tasty. Sweet Potatoes, beets, and parsnips with cream and garlic baked to perfection. We love this side dish for special occasions like Thanksgiving.
