A tart for all the family
Quick post this time. Just wanted to share a pudding that my wife made last week that was gone before you could say “low-fructose, gluten-free millionaire cheesecake pie?” I think what surprised me most about it is that the tart seems to be more than the sum of its parts. All three of us (with…
Oh for the joy of a curry
Spice. Aromatics. Chillies. Poppadoms. Chutneys. These are a few of my favourite things… From as soon as I learnt to cook, and definitely by the time I was fully self-sufficient at university, I have adored cooking (admittedly heavily anglicised) Indian food. In fact, it was a chicken curry bought from a local takeaway back in…
Cake, twice!
So without giving away any specific ages or dates, April is a pretty big month in this house for birthdays. And this year was no different. No, wait. It was! Amid social lockdown and barely leaving the house, it was quite a different set of birthdays for both my wife and Piglet. To be fair,…
A new soya sauce alternative
Hold the press! Saucy revelations below… Fancy something oriental but can’t eat wheat or soya? Well fear not… Ok – you get the message. That’s probably the most cringe-worthy introduction I’ve written to a post but I couldn’t resist. You’ve probably already worked this out from the blog title and the vague opening but we’ve…
Chocolate Christmas Tree
From an off-hand comment about Christmas being based on a Pagen festival; we ended up celebrating the sun rising on the shortest day of the year with a Chocolate Christmas tree. The winter equinox marked by pastry and candelight, what could be better? Chocolate Christmas trees are quite popular at the moment but likely to…
Chocolate Ginger Bundt Cake
This is a recipe that we’ve ‘adjusted’ to be dairy and soya free from the Sainsbury’s magazine. As part of our targeted survival tactics for Christmas we’re agreed with my in-laws that we’ll bring a pudding that we know we can eat. They’re great at getting suitable food in and checking things with us but…
Chocolate nut smoothie bowl
I’ve just stumbled on to this recipe and been so impressed I’ve had to write it up straight away! It’s a pretty indulgent chocolate nut smoothie which makes for a surprisingly good dairy and soya free pudding, if you’re lacking in that particular department (who isn’t…). It does require a fairly decent blender. We’ve recently…
Sunday Morning Pancakes
It’s become a bit of a tradition in our house that, on weekends when we’re at home, Sunday mornings are pancake mornings. They’re the only thing that Piglet is prepared to wait for, compared to his urgent shouts for ‘bread’ or ‘cereal’ on other mornings. It helps that he gets to stand up on his…
Dairy Free Quick Pizza
Once again, I’m going suggest making something as if it’s a recipe when in fact it’s really just using a Jus-Rol product exactly as it’s intended. Only this time, instead of making sausage rolls from puff pastry, we’re going to make sourdough pizza from a sourdough mix… The reason I’m sharing this, though, is that…
Sausage Rolls
So I feel a bit bad claiming this to be a ‘dairy-free’ or ‘soya free’ suggestion as it doesn’t actually include any substitute ingredients. However, it’s a really easy and tasty lunch/snack that adults and little Piglets will enjoy alike. It’s also the kind of thing that could well have butter in if you were…
Soya-free soy sauce
I love Asian food. Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, Indian, Indonesian; brilliant for not only being delicious but also fairly good for not relying on Cow’s Milk as an ingredient. My love for Asian food is encouraged by the fact that my wife’s family are heavily linked to Asia; China, Malaysia and Singapore in particular. As a…