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Garlic / Herbs / ovo-lacto vegetarian / pasta / Thermomix / vegan / vegetarian

Lazy teacher’s mushroom sauce for pasta (vegan/Thermomix)

Another recipe from the German Thermomix recipe site. It’s nothing spectacular, just something you can get on the table quickly during the week. I veganised the recipe by using olive oil (but on hindsight I prefer butter) and soya cream. Oh, and I added a LOT more pepper to my plate and used more than … Continue reading

Cheese / Prepare ahead / snacks / spelt / Thermomix / vegetarian

Cheesy lembas (aka crispbread) from the Thermomix

Easter is upon us and I’m spending a relaxing Easter Sunday pottering around, catching up with season 2 of “Lie to Me”, wandering in and out of the kitchen, and wondering whether or not to cook something. Recently, I read an interesting post on the rather wonderful blog emmycooks (http://emmycooks.com/2012/04/06/a-delicious-cracker-homemade-matzo-with-olive-oil/) which I am going to … Continue reading

cake / vegan

Vegan apple cake spiced with cardamom

This recipe has been adapted from one I found on the following internet site http://theflyingapple.typepad.com/tdr_blog_deutsch/2012/01/an-apple-a-day.html#more. I have made the cake vegan by simply replacing the eggs with egg replacer and using soya milk instead of dairy milk. Ingredients: 1 kg apples (700g net) 1 organic lemon (juice and zest) 2 tsp egg replacer with 4 tbsp … Continue reading