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Molokhia

Molokhia

I'M SO BLOOOOOMIN EXCITED. I'm not sure how many of you are going to understand (until you eat it). My Arab friends will understand though because this is a vegan Molokhia, a very very loved dish in the Middle East. It's super flippin nutritious but it's often cooked with chicken AND it often has a thick slippery texture that I'm not quite sold on. It wasn't until last summer that our friend served me their family's vegetarian version, which I politely started eating intendin

Vegan Sausages

Vegan Sausages

Well hello there friends! I'm so excited about this post because these beautiful, perfectly formed, delicious and very versatile sausages were born out of a cooking challenge. This was the first in a collaborative "Mystery Box" series between myself and fellow recipe blogger Ahlam from Straight Up Bananas. Let me tell you more about the Mystery Box challenge. We asked our Instagram friends to let us know what 5 ingredients they want to see us cook with (perhaps those pesky in

Baked Paper Rolls

Baked Paper Rolls

Gluten free? Check. Crispy? Check. Tasty? Check. Easy? Check. These are just perfect; The thinness of the rice paper gives these a unique bite. They're very easy to do, and I'm being honest, I know the idea of making your own spring rolls sounds challenging and time consuming but these just aren't. You can make any filling for them too, I would recommend using an already cooked (and cooled) filling before baking them and they take about 15-20 minutes in the oven. I'm totally

10 Minute Marinara Sauce

10 Minute Marinara Sauce

Sometimes my stomach hurts just reading the ingredients lists on the back of ready-made products. I mean, don't get me wrong, those products have a time and a place and I was reminded a couple of times when we were on our summer holidays just how liberating a jar of pasta sauce can be (dinner in 10 mins with almost NO MESS??!) but we really shouldn't get too comfortable with convenience food. It's a treat and often not that much of a tasty one. This sauce is so delicious and

Dal

Dal

This is probably the best dal I've ever made and possibly even tasted? (that could be a lie, I could be high on dal right now). This is just the perfect thickness, it's creamy, healthy, rich and because it uses red lentils it cooks up in 15 minutes. So you can definitely have this on the table within 30 minutes of walking through the door. I buy frozen paratha (not healthy but surprisingly dairy-free) for a real treat or serve it with brown rice and a salad. We chucked some b

M'jadara

M'jadara

This is one of my all time favourite Arabic dishes. I love love love it. I could probably eat it every week but can you believe I only just tried to make it myself for the first time last week?! Shock horror! I've always depended on my Egyptian mother-in-law to supply me with my fix. In my head it was far more complicated and time consuming than it really is. I am now kicking myself that this hasn't been on my go to list for a hassle free, CHEAP and nutritious dinner. M'jadar

Lemony Courgettes

Lemony Courgettes

Strong, powerful and leave a lasting impression. Not a sentence I'd usually associate with courgettes (zucchini American friends). My husband hates courgettes but my daughter could live off them she loves them so much, they were her first and only food choice for a while but plain and steamed. These are not standard courgettes, these are special and PACKED with flavour. You just have to be friends with lemon and garlic to find true love with these. NUTRITIONAL OVERVIEW COURGE

Crispy Garlic Kale

Crispy Garlic Kale

Now, this isn't exactly the healthiest kale you could ever eat; the healthiest way to eat kale is to steam it for 5 mins. This is almost there, you do steam it for 5 minutes, but after you've fried garlic in some olive oil and you kinda want to keep that oil in with the kale when it's steaming because that's what makes it SO yummy! But being a healthy vegan is not always always about doing everything in it's healthiest form, you have to feel indulgent and a bit naughty in or

Aubergine Tahini Salad

Aubergine Tahini Salad

So this recipe is my mother-in-law's. I won't take the credit. Look, I've even put her name as the author! It's one of my absolute favourites, one of those side dishes that when I see it on the table I'm known to shout out in delight. I managed to persuade her to host a breakfast recently where I could watch over her shoulder like a hawk trying to guesstimate the measurements, because unless you're writing or using a recipe you don't ever measure anything! (I miss those days)

Quick Smokey Beans

Quick Smokey Beans

I'm under the impression that it's a very British thing to have baked beans on toast, we have it all the time, I mean it's the perfect breakfast/lunch/dinner go to I remember requesting it for dinner everyday when I was young (much to my mother's delight). In a rush this could be on the plate and heading towards your mouth in 3 minutes: Bread in the toaster, beans in a bowl and into the microwave for 2 minutes. Then it was just a quick spread of butter on the toast, a hasty p

Quick Tomato Sauce

Quick Tomato Sauce

This is one of my absolute faves (it's not quite galiat bandura Arab friends hence the name). The longest part is chopping the tomatoes and if we're really honest you don't have to cook them to pile them on to whole grain toast and have a super yummy breakfast/lunch/starter/snack. NUTRITIONAL OVERVIEW TOMATOES are mostly known for their antioxidant properties; they are an excellent source of vitamin C promoting a healthy immune system, biotin (key roles in fat and sugar metab

Sesame Hummus

Sesame Hummus

Now, I'm married to a man with a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother who have spent the best parts of their adult lives in Lebanon, Saudi and Jordan. To say they know the best of Arabic food is an understatement. I vow to provide you with the best of their home-cooked, dairy-free and vegetarian dishes but today I'm giving you my sesame humous. It's my husband's favourite because it has a strong toasted sesame flavour. This recipe came about by accident when I realised I

Going Leafless

Going Leafless

This is not a recipe it's more for inspiration and salad encouragement! I'm not insinuating that you need encouragement, I'm looking at myself here. I adore salad (if the dressing is right) and just need to be reminded that salad doesn't need leaves. My favourite salads are often the ones that use up the left-over veggies and almost always involve the bag of frozen sweetcorn kernels! Sweetcorn doesn't have much in the way of nutrients as the body doesn't digest it very well (

Rainbow Asian Salad

Rainbow Asian Salad

The holy grail of salads has arrived. This, my friends, is the gateway salad that will suck you in and make you truly believe that salad is your friend. Well, it tastes good anyhoo... NUTRITIONAL OVERVIEW Eating a rainbow means you're taking in a broad range of essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals which in turn will help your body fight off infection, help boost your immune system and help balance your mood. Each colour vegetable is packed with different nutrients servi

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