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Creamy Caesar Salad

Serves 4.

1 large Romaine (Cos) lettuce, chopped roughly or torn into bite size pieces. Use 8 leaves.

6 tbsp plant mayonnaise

1-2 tsp rice vinegar

1-2 tsp white vinegar for the Aioli

Olive oil

12 slices of white bread for the croutons, cut crusts off

4 large cloves of fresh garlic

3 tsp of vegan mushroom oyster sauce

4tbsp Nutritional Yeast

Salt and pepper to taste

A plant aioli is a…

Buffalo Purple Cauliflower Wings with Ranch Sauce

Eat Your Greens (and purples too)

Organic where possible. Serves 2

Do The Prep:

1 Head Purple Cauliflower

1 bunch of English Spinach

1 bunch of Purple Broccolini, trimmed

1 medium Purple Cabbage, shredded finely

1 large Purple or Red Onion, diced finely

1 bunch of Purple carrots, cut in rounds

1-2 fresh Green long Chillies, cut on the diagonal

2 tsp Ginger…

Tropical Papaya and Avocado Salsa

Ingredients for two:

1 whole Papaya, washed, peel, deseed, cut lengthways, melon-ball or curl

2 ripe Avocado, peel, melon-ball or curl

Habernero hot sauce

2 tsp grated Ginger

1/2 Red Onion, diced

1 tsp castor sugar or your choice of sweetener

A splash of rice vinegar or wine vinegar

1/4 fresh Coriander, chopped finely

1 tsp Onion seeds

1 small pinch of Cayenne powder

1 small…

Spanish Gazpacho is a speciality cocktail drink that’s been drunk throughout the decades by a variety of well-known supporters of ‘Gazpacho’ itself. It is a regional spicy peppery tomato cocktail – different regions have their take on it. It’s iced for those sweltering hot days at the golf club etc. Ingredients include: fresh tomatoes; skinned and seeded, peppers, shallots, garlic, spring onions; chopped then choose a hot sauce from the devilishly diabolical heat range right through to a…

4 Roast Red Spanish Peppers and Beetroot Salsa – the Red Salsa

6 ‘witches hat down’ Spanish peppers

6 baby Beets, whole, cooked and cut in half. 

Serrano pepper

1 Red Spanish Onion, diced

Olive oil or Grapeseed oil

A splash of rice vinegar

½ tsp Cayenne powder

½ tsp Red Pepper powder

Salt and pepper to taste

½ bunch of fresh coriander, chopped to garnish

With a roasting pan air-oven 220C the 6 ‘witches hat down’…

VIXENs FIX-INs

 Make your own burritos DIY with family and friends. This Mexican feast is for all!

NEXT LEVEL BURRITOS: include

VEGETABLES: Iceberg lettuce, strips of red capsicum, green capsicum, orange and yellow capsicum, slaw with carrot, sprouts, onions, garlic, broccolini, eggplant, tomatoes, spring onions.

BEANS: Black beans, Red Kidney beans, Lentils, Chickpeas, White beans, Mexican beans.

THE BEEF: A selection of plant-based meat or meat-less…

Salsa 3: Tart Granny Smith green Apple, Tomato and English Cucumber and Mango.Lime.

My Go-To Salsa

Salsa 1

Ingredients:

6 Granny Smith or tart Green Apples, washed, cut into quarters and thinly sliced

1 large Red Onion, washed and diced

1 bag of Red Seedless Grapes, a handful

A splash of rice vinegar, to taste

1 teaspoon Date Sugar Powder or any sugar

2 small limes, juice and zest

1 small pinch of Cayenne powder to…

A Posset of Flowering Courgettes with a faux Tune Mousse

A light batter consists of 2 cups of plain flour, 1 level tsp egg replacer,  1 level tsp Arrowroot powder and enough filtered water to make a light runny batter, add a pinch of salt. Whisk until the batter is smooth.

Prepare the flowering tops of the Courgette by washing and trimming each individually. Dip one at a time into the prepared batter. To avoid any dripping use the back of the clotted spoon with the courgette on…

It's name is Pave – One Square Potato

You will need a sharp knife or a mandoline.

Find the largest potato you can find and wash it. I use a large Y-peeler to peel the potato and sit it on a cutting board. The objective is to make a square so cut all four corners then once you have a square shape cut finely into layers one at a time, not unlike hasselback style. Pave cuts the square side. I managed 9 layers from one large potato. Pull the layers together, one after another,  and…

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Potato Song

1 large Potato, scrubbed and peeled, as big as you can

10-12 drops or a splash of Hickory (dependent on the manufacturer brand strength)

Serano chilli pepper

2 rashers of streaky plant bacon per serve

2 handfuls of green Beans, top and tailed

4 medium Country or Portabello Mushrooms, washed and trim the stork

4 cloves Garlic, crushed

Plant butter

2-3 tbsp Grapeseed or Olive Oil for roasting

Salt and lemon…

This is a formula on salsa. It is not unlike what 'Do Re Mi' is to music. The base ingredients in salsa are what notes are to song. e.g., Red Onion, Cilantro and Lemon or Lime quarters are the base and that is what we build on. All salsas should be chilled.

Choose 2 from this category

Vegetables and Fruits for the salsa:

Tomato, English Cucumber, Capsicum;all colours, Red Chillies, Green Chillies, Habanero, Serrano, Jalapeno, Mango, Pineapple, Spring Onion, Shallots, Red…

Cactus Jack: 7 Char-grilled Vegetables in 7 Days

Day 1: Strips of red pepper (2 large Bell peppers) marinated in Spanish spices (paprika, chilli powder, chipotle) and paint on the olive oil. Blister for 10-15 minutes, air-fried. Salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

Day 2. 1 large potato, cut finely. Air-fry in a crust of garlic granules firstly then dip the other side in nutritional yeast for the last 5 minutes of grilling. It takes 10-15 minutes air-ovened at 220C. Garnish with…

The question has been asked: What have you done for other individuals today? Well, I have searched my recipe card index and found a few vegan recipes I am reclaiming as my own. They are: Dry-roasted buckwheat with Made- with-Plants crispy bacon, avocado and roasted balsamic tomatoes with majoram and Quinoa with roasted garlic, eggplant and Greek Vegaloumi. I'll be cooking them shortly for my friends. Lunch consisted of a warm Lebanese Levant wrap with Spanish spices, garlic, and plant-based…

Stuffed Green Capsicums

Serves Four. 

4 Green Capsicum

Olive or Grapeseed oil

1 Red Onion, diced

1 fresh long Green Cayenne, chopped

1 fresh long Red Chilli, chopped

4 cloves fresh Garlic, crushed. Use a garlic press.

1 and a half cups Textured Soy Protein

1 tsp ginger paste

1 tsp red chilli paste

1 tsp garlic paste

1 bunch Tenderstem Broccoli, florets whole and stem chopped

4 air-oven cooked ears of…

Stuffed Zucchini Serves 4

Preheat air-oven to 200C.

Take 4 large Zucchini. Prepare by washing the Zucchini and taking out any dark spots on the surface of the Zucchini. Trim by topping and tailing then cut each Zucchini in half widthways. Using a vegetable knife gut the insides. Discard the insides. You can use an apple-corer for this.  This has created the cavity to stuff your Zucchini.

Prepare the vegetable stuffing. Choose any seasonal vegetables that can be diced…

1 Stuffing, 3 Recipes: Gochujang lentils, rice and vegetables. Stuffed Capsicums ‘Greek Style'. Courgette or Japanese Eggplant Boats.

Recipe 1: Gochujang Tenderstem Broccoli, Brown Lentils and Basmati Brown Rice

1 bunch Tenderstem Broccoli and stem, rinsed

4 medium Tomatoes, chopped

1 medium Red Onion, minced

Fresh Garlic, 2 cloves grated

Fresh root Ginger, 1tsp

1 fresh Red Chilli, cut on the diagonal

1 can of brown lentils with…

Pimento-stuffed Herby Olives, Baby Scallions and Tomato Salsa

2 large tomatoes per person

1 bunch of baby Scallions, 5 per person, finely chopped like you would chives or left ás is’ after top and tailing them

3 slices long red fresh Chilli, cut on the diagonal

2 cloves of grated fresh Garlic, crushed

¼ bunch of Coriander, finely chopped up

A splash of Rice vinegar

½ teaspoon of Chipotle powder or Paprika for a smoky effect

1 small…

Hot Sauce Salsa with Marinated Baby Artichokes, Tomatoes and Avocado Smash

6-12 marinated baby Artichoke hearts in oil and a bay leaf

Serves 2

Hot Sauce; your choice

½ Red Onion, diced

2 cloves fresh Garlic, crushed

2 large Tomatoes, diced

2 Avocados, chunky style (it turns into a smash with the folding in process)

½ juice and zest of a Lime

1 teaspoon of rice vinegar

½ bunch of flat-leaf parsley, finely…

1.Tacos, vegan allsorts of plant-based tacos served with sweet potato fries.

2. Enchilada

3. Mexi Chilli Bowl

4. Mexican Street Corn with lime, chilli sauce and cilantro
5. Macho Nachos and Nachos Fruit Salad with dusting powder
6. All the mojos
7. Vegetables with Mexican Molcajete sauce
8. a la Mexicana casserole with ezpozate and Mexican oregano
9. Almond Tortilla with Spanish rice, avocado and trimmings,…