This post contains helpful tips and tricks! If you’re in a rush, please use the “Jump to Recipe” above! Jump to:💭 Why you’ll love this recipe 🍅 Gazpacho Ingredients 👩🏽‍🍳 Troubleshooting and tips 🥣 Serving and storage suggestions 📖 Recipe💬 Comments 💭 Why you’ll love this recipe Vegan, gluten-free and delicious. Most gazpacho recipes use bread as a thickener. This recipe is both vegan and gluten-free so much lighter!Comes together in 20 minutes....

Even though vegan banana bread muffins are the last thing I would like to make right now, as we are currently in the middle of a mini heatwave, in Crete, I’m really happy with this ’emergency’ recipe and I stand by it. Our current go-tos are fruit and veg salads, espresso freddos and an occasional summer vegetable pasta, as this relentless heat decimates your appetite completely. Luckily, there is plenty of sea to cool yourself in…...

Vegan burgers, where do you stand on those? At some point I concluded that the plethora of plant-based burgers in shops is so staggering that there is little point in me coming up with a recipe as no one will bother to make them. Since then my opinion has changed…I developed a taste for a vegan burger recipe that only features wholefood ingredients and is easy to make and these vegan beet burger recipe ticks both of these boxes…...

I love eating well and feeling healthy, but I do have one weakness, which tends to rear its ugly head now and again. In case my free e-book full of sweet recipes hasn’t conveyed that impression, I have a massive sweet tooth! It also happens that you guys seem to go crazy for sweet recipes much more than the savoury ones and that’s more than enough encouragement as far as I’m concerned....

A short and sweet post from me today as I have an old friend making an impromptu visit this weekend and I still have heaps to do before I pick her up from the train station… A house to clean, supplies to buy, bedding to change…you get the gist. I’m really excited to see her as we don’t get to hang out very often. She has never been to Bristol before so we will probably spend most our time wandering around town, but I made some emergency comfort food if we get bored of eating out....

Love dumplings but can’t find a vegetarian friendly option? Then give these homemade Veg Momos with chutney a try! This delicious vegan dim sum inspired recipe is sure to be on repeat after one taste. Momos are a great dish to make for gatherings and holidays! Keep them warm and serve it with a spicy momo chutney with scallions. This recipe was inspired by my children’s love for dumplings and it has been turned into a vegan option to be allergen friendly for my family....

Peaches, beautiful peaches everywhere. How could I resist? The truth is I couldn’t, so I finally had to put the oven on again. It was worth it though – the house was instantly filled with the most beautiful smell of baked fruit and crumbly pastry. Duncan was hovering over me as I was photographing in a bid to get ‘his slice’ as soon as possible. And he didn’t stop at one!...

‘Our Accident and Emergency adventures’ last week left me feeling a little anxious and overwhelmed and so I was really struggling with today’s recipe. I had a few strong ideas and some test cooks under my belt but I simply wasn’t that happy with the outcome yet and felt that things still needed tweaking before I would want to share. I only ever want to publish recipes I truly enjoy myself and I was therefore feeling a little stuck....

Another weekend has rolled along at last! It’s been a bit frantic in our household since my last post as we finally stumbled across a house that ticks almost all of our boxes and is within our price range. Despite ourselves, we got quietly (and internally) really excited upon seeing its potential, but what unfortunately often happens with good properties, we weren’t alone. When we opened the negotiation with an acceptably lower-than-the-asking-price amount, we were told that there were already two full asking price offers on the table and that the owner would not accept anything lower than that....

Summer is here!! Yay! You might be like, Ania, have you been living in a cave? We are officially halfway through summer!! True, but Bristol (and the UK in general) has been a bit summer shy this year and only today it really turned the heat up. It’s been a gloriously beautiful day. Perfect for sinking into my beloved hammock, iced coffee and a book in hand… That’s how I plan to be in the next few days so as to not squander any of this precious sunshine… Since hot weather isn’t conducive to elaborate cooking, I have a simple summer pasta recipe for you today....

As much as I like making sushi rolls, sometimes I simply get lazy. When I am after sushi-like flavours without all the work involved (cooking, fanning and seasoning sushi rice and rolling things into neat sushi rolls), I make hassle-free vegan sushi bowls for lunch instead. If you spend any time looking at cooking blogs at all, I’m sure you are familiar with the ‘lunch bowl’ concept. I am on board with it....

‘Take your greasy mitts off my vegan tempura!’, hmmm, sorry, I was talking to Duncan…He is always by my side when I decide to make something deep-fried (as I do not do it very often) and gets slightly miffed when I have the cheek to allocate less than perfect pieces to him. Poor Duncan, with all this food blogging and testing going on, he must be so underfed! As I shout at him, I suddenly get a childhood flashback to me and my bro doing much worse to my late grandma....

WHAT IS MURGH CHOLAY? This Quick 30-Minute Pakistani Murgh Cholay is Chicken and Chickpea Curry also known Chicken Cholay, Murgh Chana, and Chicken Chana. All of these name translate to Murgh Cholay. It’s a purely Pakistani recipe, it originate in the province of Punjab in North Pakistan. As you might know we are from South Pakistan. When I was a baby my dad was based in Punjab for work so he fell in love with this recipe....

A Bánh Mì is easily one of my favorite sandwiches. Maybe even my top sandwich pick ever (a bold statement!). And while I’ll go for an authentic Bánh Mì to-go any time, a hot dog version is a fast and easy way to scratch that itch at home and a super fun way to elevate of the USA’s favorites: the humble hot dog! Because we’re using a hot dog as the protein instead of the super flavorful, marinated meat that usually goes in a Bánh Mì sandwich, we’re going to pump up the flavor in another way....

CHECK OUT MY NEW, IMPROVED BAKED BEET FALAFELS RECIPE HERE. After a long and arduous three day journey, we’ve arrived in Bristol at last. The sun is shining today, Tina is exploring a massive garden of Duncan’s family’s house. She seems really happy and all is good in our little world. It hasn’t been easy getting here though. In fact, we’ve had a nightmare journey. Initially, we planned to complete our travels in 2 days, but Sky Express (a Greek airline that does flights between Paros and Athens) cancelled our flight and we had no choice but to go a day early and stay in Athens overnight....

What makes a good canning tomato? Qualities of good canning tomatoes - what are they, flavor, water content and limited juice, few seeds, high yields at once; things that don’t matter as much: heirlooms vs. hybrids. This is especially true for salsa or sauce. For whole tomatoes and juice, the moisture content is less of a concern than flavor. Other considerations for canning tomatoes for your garden include dependable yields, ripening timetable (spaced out or all at once), and disease resistance....

An easy fresh okra recipe that can be cooked within minutes without the slime! This Indian Okra Recipe with an Air Fryer cooking option is packed with spices such as turmeric, mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and coriander powder. It is vegan and can be cooked with a crispy finish. Your love for this healthy green vegetable is about to increase, trust me. Quick and Easy Okra Recipe Bhindi Masala Recipes are common in North Indian cooking....

Picture this: Warm toasty corn tortilla. Spicy shrimp smothered in blackening spices. Cool and creamy dill sauce with lime and scallion made with Greek yogurt. And if you want (and I highly recommend you do this), a nice cold margarita to wash it all down. These tacos are, simply put, the perfect quick and easy dinner. They’re light and healthy (especially since the base of the sauce is Greek yogurt, but you can use sour cream if you prefer), and they take only 15 minutes to make (!...

This post contains helpful tips and tricks! If you’re in a rush, please use the “Jump to Recipe” above! Jump to:💭 Why you’ll love this recipe 📋 Ingredients & Variations ⏲️ Cheesy mashed potatoes from scratch 🍴 Serving & storage suggestions 📖 Recipe💬 Comments 💭 Why you’ll love this recipe Nothing says “comfort food” like these cheesy, garlic mashed potatoes. Stove-top or Instant Pot. Some people want to pressure cook their potatoes, some people want to use the stove-top....

Homemade biscotti are easy to make, but do take a little bit of time to complete, since you have to bake them twice. And since they store really well for a few days after baking (or in the freezer for a few months), it’s so worth the time investment. If you end up with any leftover fresh cranberries from making fresh cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving, this is a perfect way to use them up....