Category: Vegan
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A very simple Russian beetroot side
I look forward to the World Cup every four years, but it’s a month of very little sleep because the viewing schedule for Australian football fans is grueling, with late nights and early morning wake ups. The last weekend was disastrous because I was sick with a bad cough and cold and I was wondering…
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Ottolenghi’s Easy Party Olive Oil Crackers
When ever I make my own crackers I realise how rubbish even the expensive high quality commercial crackers are. Nothing you can buy compares to home-made ones. I love making Swedish seed crackers but these olive oil crackers are super simple, a three ingredient cracker that you can bring together with minimal fuss. I made a…
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Homemade Pomegranate Syrup Recipe – Easy and Versatile
I’ve been obsessed with making my own pomegranate syrup ever since I saw this recipe in the Cornersmith cookbook a few years back. This year, I promised myself, was going to be the year of preserves and I was finally going to get it together to make my own pomegranate syrup. The thing about this…
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Versatile Bihari Spinach: Breakfast Side Dish for Pooris and More
I’ve made this spinach for many years it comes from one of my oldest, faded and food splattered cookbooks – Madhur Jaffrey’s, Eastern Vegetarian Cooking. In the days when I could get cold-pressed Yandilla mustard oil from my local supermarket I used to use mustard oil. But Yandilla mustard oil is much less widely available…
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Quick Vegetarian Chickpea Ketchup Curry Recipe
This is another emergency store cupboard meal for when you’re staring down starvation and you need to crack open the super quick, vegetarian meals file. This is for the nights when you’re absolutely knackered, you do absolutely not want to go to the shops and you need to eat before nine or ten o’clock at…
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Sally Wise’s Plum Worcestershire Sauce Recipe
This fabulous Plum Worcestershire sauce from the queen of preserves Sally Wise, comes via my Tasmanian sister-in-law, who makes it regularly using the small red cherry plums that grow rampantly in the backyards of Hobart. I made this sauce two years ago using cherry plums from a friend’s tree in Bathurst but this year, all…
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Parsi Peach Chutney Recipe for Preserving Summer Bounty
February is the month for preserving the summer bounty in Australia, unfortunately in Sydney this is also a month of hellish heat and humidity, the making and bottling of chutneys, jams and sauces is always a sweat drenched affair. At the end of last week we had a brief respite from the heat and I…
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Easy Onion Pilaf Recipe for Cuban, Indian, Mexican, and Middle-Eastern Cuisine
This is my son’s favorite rice and the rice I always serve with black beans, it goes perfectly with Cuban black beans but it mixes and matches with Indian, Mexican, Middle-Eastern – take your choice. It also makes an excellent emergency store cupboard meal, when you have no idea what to cook – add…
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Jane’s Spicy Tomato Sauce Recipe | Homemade Preserves
This recipe for spicy tomato sauce comes from my Tasmanian sister-in-law Jane. Like a lot Tasmanians, Jane is a stand out jam maker and preserver of seasonal bounty. We had a family Christmas in Tasmania a couple of years ago and this spicy tomato sauce and Sally Wise’s awesome plum Worcestershire sauce were the biggest…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 