Category: Appetisers, Snacks, Dips and Spreads
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Ultimate Hummus with Pickle Juice
Why post another recipe for hummus? Does the world need yet another recipe for hummus?I think we do, firstly this hummus is made with canned chickpeas. Of course the absolute best hummus like Paula Wolfert’s classic hummus, is made with pre-soaked dried chickpeas but if you’re not up for all that pre-planning then this is…
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Easy Buckwheat Pikelets Recipe
I’m not sure whether to call these little pancakes buckwheat pikelets or blini. I’ve changed up my tried and true pikelet recipe, from Margaret Fulton and used half a buckwheat and half spelt flour. Traditionally blini are yeasted pancakes but these little buckwheat pikelets are a no fuss way to make blinis using baking powder.…
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Refreshing Cucumber Salad: Simple and Versatile
This simple cucumber salad can be adapted to almost any style of cuisine. It works well as a side in a larger meal or is a refreshing add on as part of a cheese platter or in sandwiches. It’s a salad for when you can’t be bothered to make a salad but need something fresh…
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Vegan Chickpea ‘Tuna’ Salad Recipe
‘Chickpea of the Sea’ is a vegan smashed chickpea ‘tuna’ style salad. I haven’t made it for years, but I’m on the search for things that I can prep and have in the fridge for sandwich and toast toppings. I’d forgotten how surprisingly delicious chickpea ‘tuna’ salad was, I had it for lunch over the…
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Easy Greek Goddess Dip Recipe for Parties
I recently watched the Martha Stewart documentary on Netflix and it made me nostalgic for those bacchanalian feasts of the eighties, whole wheels of brie, baskets of strawberries and tables of beautifully arranged vegetable crudites. The eighties was all about excess even if it was in the form of masses of vegetable crudites. On Sunday…
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Garlicky Beet Spread Recipe for Festive Snacking
This garlicky beet spread from Melissa Clark makes a wonderful side for latkes and all kinds of fritters. I particularly like it paired with these Turkish Swiss Chard Fritters from Ottolenghi, but it is also very good served with some warmed pita bread and vegetable crudites as a light appetizer and snack. If you’re not…
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Creamy Cannellini Bean Puree Recipe with Pickled Mushrooms and Pitta Croutons
This cannellini puree makes a brilliant starter on its own, works well in a broader mezze spread as well as making a nice side with some kind of vegetable fritter or roasted veggies like cauliflower or broccoli. It is lighter than a regular hummus style dip and a bit more versatile in the way you…
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Kimchi Pancakes Recipe: Homemade Korean Vegetable Fritters
I really appreciate a good vegetable fritter of all kinds – corn fritters, zucchini & feta fritters…. I love them all – but for the past year, these kimchi pancakes have been my go to vegetable fritter. I started making them because I had about 3 jars of half-finished kimchi in my fridge that I…
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Crunchy Roast Chickpeas Recipe | Delicious Salad & Soup Garnish
These crispy roast chickpeas are great to snack on but they are also delicious strewn through salads, sprinkled on rice or as an extra crunch factor, garnish on soups or stews. You can change up the flavors with chat masala or your favorite spice mix, maple syrup, dried herbs, miso, zaatar or anything that strikes…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 