Zingy Mexican salad

Looking for a meat-free dinner option? Here’s another dish I’m grateful to a friend for sharing. This is a recipe by Chef Jenn Segal, from the blog “Once upon a Chef” where she shares her recipes. According to her blog this black bean salad is one of her most popular and has been pinned over…

Homemade Potato Gnocchi

So this video from Tasty popped up on Facebook – how to make homemade gnocchi. I’m a huge fan of these potato dumplings but unfortunately the supermarket gnocchi creep my husband out as he says they remind him too much of grubs, so we decided to made some without the spiral texture. Surprisingly they were super…

Cauliflower and Chickpea Soup

Floating Kitchen‘s roasted cauliflower and chickpea soup recipe came up on my Pinterest recently and we tried it out this week. We followed the recipe to a tee and the soup tasted as good as it looks. It was also super easy to make. Another one to add to the creamy soups section of my recipe book….

Aubergine meatballs

So the new thing on my mind is how do I eat 10 fruit and veg a day when I wasn’t even managing 5 before! In my attempt to vamp up my diet, I have had a pretty veggie filled week! These aubergine meatballs by Skinny Taste are an excellent choice for a meat free Monday! The recipe…

Sun-dried tomato and mozzarella quinoa burgers

As much as I’m a fan of meat burgers, I can never cook a beef burger well at home. I normally overcook the patties so I stick to eating burgers out instead. At home, we prefer making vegetarian burgers – from a variety of veggie patties and bean burgers to quinoa burgers. Jessica in the…

Black bean quesadillas

This week I was inspired by Wahaca’s black bean quesadillas to make some of my own at home. This is a fairly simple dish which is really filling but can also accompany a salad as a side. (It goes really well with a Mexican salad I like to make which I will save for another…