Salads, Sides and Soups Archives

Category: Salads, Sides and Soups

12 June 2023

Kale and Potato Scotch Broth

I like to have comfort food when it’s cold and dreary outside. Something that’s warm and tasty, but also nutritious. That’s when I make soup…

19 April 2023

Poached Pears with Walnuts, Cress and Capers

Red wine poached pear salad with walnuts, cress and capers demands to be centre stage. My plant-based interpretation of a very classic pairing which truely deserves a course of its own. A delicious combination of flavours and textures; smooth, creamy, bitter, crunchy, acidic and sweet which eat very well together.

22 October 2022

Lettuce & Pea Soup with Soy Sour Cream and Shoots

I’d never heard of, or even imagined, cooking lettuce before becoming a Plant-based chef. Lettuce & Pea Soup with Soy Sour Cream and Shoots may..

14 October 2022

My favourite ways to use pumpkin

Versatile is a word often used to describe an ingredients, and pumpkin definitely is. This great storage crop can be used for many months beyond..

30 August 2022

Smoked Carrot Carpaccio, Fennel & Grapefruit Salad

Smoked carrot carpaccio, fennel and grapefruit salad is a dish inspired by a magazine advertisement. The original dish was not plant-based, but I took inspiration..

24 April 2022

Red Cabbage, Apple & Fennel Slaw with Maple Walnuts

If asked to list some popular barbecue sides, coleslaw might well be mentioned, it’s often the nod to having some vegetables at a bbq. Coleslaw..

8 November 2021

Creamy Leek and Potato Soup

In my part of the world, this Spring has been full of extremes. One day it was as hot a Summer’s day, the next two..

18 September 2021

Potato and Watercress Salad

If I ask you to imagine a potato salad, like many people, you’d probably immediately think of potatoes swimming in mayonnaise. It’s time to meet..

11 September 2021

Butterkin Focaccia and Red Pepper Soup

When the weather is chilly, I think of comfort food. Something warm and it usually involves bread, always homemade and even better when served with..

10 May 2021

Roasted Kūmara, Fig & Chilli Salad

More than five years ago, if you’d told me that a plant-based lifestyle would make my family more mindful – I would have starred back..

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