Easy homemade doughnuts 

INGREDIENTS  50 grams vegan margarine  120 millilitres soy milk 2 tablespoons sunflower oil, plus 1 litre extra for frying 250 grams plain flour 100 grams caster sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt PREPARATION  1. Gently melt the butter over a low-medium heat. Add milk and 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil and mix together….

How to make braided cucumber sushi roll.

INGREDIENTS cucumber 1 sheet nori 200 g sushi rice 3 slices avocado 3 pieces imitation crab 4 pieces egg omelette sesame seeds RECIPE INGREDIENTS 1 cucumber 1 sheet nori 200 g sushi rice 3 slices avocado 3 pieces imitation crab 4 pieces egg omelette sesame seeds LET’S GET COOKING… Place a sheet of plastic wrap…

Almond Goji Berry Energy Bars

Ingredients: 350g almonds 100g goji berries 70g desiccated coconut 5 tbsp coconut oil 3 eggs 50g pitted dates Salt 50g dark chocolate melted 20g sunflower seeds Method: 1. Preheat oven to 180°C. 2. Add 300g of the almonds and 70g goji berries in a blender along with the desiccated coconut, 3 tbsp of the coconut…

Veggie Curry Puff Pies

INGREDIENTS: 1 pack ready made puff pastry 1 red onion, diced 1 carrot, diced into 1cm cubes 1 potato diced into 1cm cubes Handful of frozen peas Salt and pepper for seasoning 150ml coconut milk 1 tbsp curry powder 1 tsp cornflour 1 egg yolk METHOD : Heat cooking oil into a hot pan, sweat…

You Shouldn’t Wrap Your Food In Aluminum Foil Before Cooking It

If you’re baking fish, roasting vegetables or preparing a piece of meat for dinner tonight, chances are that you’ll wrap your food in aluminium foil. What you may not realise is that some of the foil will leach into your meal – and this could be bad for your health. Research that I conducted with…

Almond Meringue Peaches

INGREDIENTS: 2 peaches (any ripeness) 4 amaretti biscuits 4 teaspoons amaretto 1 egg white 60g caster sugar Toasted almonds (to serve) PREPARATION: 1. Cut the peaches in half and core a hole big enough in the middle of each for an amaretti biscuit. Place the biscuit in the core of the peach halves and sprinkle…

Jerk inspired chicken 

INGREDIENTS : For the marinade 1 tbsp ground allspice 1 tbsp ground black pepper 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ground nutmeg 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves, picked from woody stem 1 bunch spring onions, finely chopped 2 scotch bonnet chillies, finely chopped 2 tbsp dark brown sugar 1 tsp salt 1 tbsp white wine vinegar…

Stir Fried Beef with Flat Rice Noodles

INGREDIENTS : 400g fresh banh pho (ho fun) noodles (if using dry, rehydrate the noodles first) 200g sirloin steak (or rump), cut into 5mm thick slices 120g mange tout 1 clove garlic, sliced 1/2 onion, coarsely chopped 4 tbs oyster sauce 4 tbs soy sauce pinch of pepper splash of water 80g bean sprouts METHOD…

Mango lassi ice-cram 

INGREDIENTS: 2 ripened mangoes 250ml yogurt 500ml water 4 tbs condensed milk RECIPE : Peel and cut mangoes into pieces and blend together with yoghurt, water and condensed milk. After blending the ingredients together, freeze for at least 2 hours.

Sweet & sour Squid  

INGREDIENTS:  250g squid, cleaned and sliced into 7mm rings 1/2 onion, cut into bite-sized chunks 50g celery, sliced 1 cm thick 300g tomatoes, chopped into bite-sized chunks Half courgette, cut into bite-sized chunks 200g fresh or tinned pineapple, cut into bite-sized chunks 100ml pineapple juice from can or orange juice 2 tbs fish sauce 1…

Ginger & Almond Shortbread

INGREDIENTS: 100g butter 50g caster sugar 75g plain flour 75g ground almond 1 tbsp ground ginger 1 stem ginger METHOD: Heat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Beat the butter and the sugar together until smooth. Stir in the flour, ground almond, ginger and stem ginger to get a smooth paste.  Pinch off and roll into…

Pasta with Pork Meatballs

INGREDIENTS : half packet of linguine 250g minced pork 2 cloves garlic, sliced 1 onion, diced 2 tomatoes, roughly chopped a few basil leaves splash of white wine METHOD: Season minced pork with salt and pepper, one garlic and half onion. Using your hands, mix well and roll into bite-sized balls. Set aside. In a…