Author Archives: Lucy

moo free Easter egg

By Lucy | Published February 3, 2012

Open the box and it hits you: that exciting, sugary Easter Egg scent from childhood. I don’t know why chocolate should smell different when formed into an egg shape, but it does. Dark chocolate eggs are of course gorgeous, but altogether more grown up. This is the one for children and those who don’t like [...]

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an abundance of snowdrops

By Lucy | Published January 28, 2012

Related posts:curry noodlesif the mountain defeats us…squash and snuggles

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ice, a pie and Burn’s Night

By Lucy | Published January 21, 2012

sage and onion potato pie vegan haggis from goodness direct and our old Burn’s Night blogpost from 2008 complete with poetry and music! other Scottish recipes you might like for Burn’s Night: skirlie (oatmeal stuffing) cranachan – pudding of oats, (soya) cream, whiskey and raspberries Balmoral Pie (scroll down through the mains, it has pics) [...]

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gourmet raw brownies and crisps

By Lucy | Published January 17, 2012

But first to the crisps: completely guilt free, dried raw squares of tastiness. The three flavours are Beetroot, Spicy Thai and Red Pepper and they’re all very good… …but the absolute winner for us was the red pepper. Reminiscent of pizza, these would be very nice little crackers too. Topped with a small slice of [...]

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stripey sky and flapjacks

By Lucy | Published January 12, 2012

and the flapjacks Related posts:frostypaint and flamesVegetarian Christmas

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red dragon pie

By Lucy | Published January 9, 2012

This is a dish we’ve had a lot over the years but never written up. Original credit goes to Sarah Brown’s Vegetarian Kitchen (BBC cookery series). It’s a wonderfully filling and wholesome meal. Topped with mashed potatoes, the base is made of aduki beans (goodness direct link there, which links back to our aduki bean [...]

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water stone ice

By Lucy | Published January 2, 2012

Related posts:natural history centrehoneysucklethe sacking of deer abbey

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Glazed Parsnips and Carrots with Pistachio

By Lucy | Published December 27, 2011

Yule Dinner Everyone agreed that this side dish was the best, it’s been added to Vegan Christmas/Yule but is reproduced here too as it’s not just for Christmas but good anytime recipe: 8 medium parsnips (you can of course use bigger/smaller and adjust quantities) 8 medium carrots a little sunflower oil to rub a couple of [...]

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Solstice Chocolate Refrigerator Christmas Cake

By Lucy | Published December 22, 2011

You will need: 1 square cake tin, greased 2 100g bars of good chocolate 1 tablespoon of margarine 1 tablespoon of golden syrup 1 200g pack of bourbon biscuits (other biscuits will do), bashed up and here’s the Christmassy part… a crumbled slice of Christmas cake including bits of marzipan and icing a handful of [...]

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it’s not too late

By Lucy | Published December 19, 2011

to make a Christmas cake or plan your vegan Christmas dinner to buy a vegan cookbook or kids book – today, Monday 19th is the last day for free shipping with Amazon but there are various other delivery choices all week. to get a t-shirt from us, the deadline is 20th Dec with express shipping order from hotel chocolat by [...]