For this recipe we use fresh beans; you can use frozen but, in the summer, the fresh variety are so easy to ge

So you think you can't make bread? Think again! If you're baffled by yeast and bored by kneading, this Cheddar

I'm such a fan of giant pasta shells, (in fact any food with 'giant' in its name is onto a winner in our greed

Hot & smoky fajitas with a quick chipotle tomato sauce, garlicky portobello mushrooms and black beans, avo

A crunchy granola packed with nuts and seeds, and indulgent chocolate chips.

Deep-fried salt and pepper dishes are a staple of many Chinese restaurants and they're very hard to resist! Th

I almost called this recipe 'Cheat's Rice Noodle Salad' as I used a ready-made bottle of chilli, lime & co

Warning: seriously more-ish. Salty, spicy, smoky and sweet - these warm toasted six-spiced party nuts are the

A great crowd-pleasing cheesy pasta bake, this Baked Tortellini with a garlic bread crust could be sub-titled

We had a 2nd birthday to celebrate this week, and as the weather was unseasonably lovely I took the opportunit

Here's a hearty vegetarian Sunday lunch centrepiece, Feta & Red Onion Marmalade Roly-Poly - a savoury take

Steamed puddings are such a treat, but I don't often get around to making one.  Please don't think that this

If, like me, you could happily eat gratin dauphinois every day of the week, but are sensible enough not to a

Cranks restaurant opened in London's Carnaby Street in 1961, one of the first vegetarian restaurants in the UK

I do love a nice cup of tea, and the delicate, citrussy Earl Grey is one of my favourites.  These little fluf

Here's a speedy weeknight supper making the most of some of the great supermarket indian takeaway dishes aroun

'Grassy' might seem like an odd flavour to rave about, but somehow the combination of peas and parsley make t

It's such a treat when a really top-notch new veggie cookbook pops through the letterbox for review.  As soo

Brown noodles with a brown sauce and brown mushrooms - I wasn't doing myself any favours with the photography

"A savoury muffin?! Life is full of enough disappointments, Gary". Miranda Hart, in the BBC's 'Miranda' I don'

When I mooted the idea for this Tagliatelle with Avocado and Spinach 'Pesto' at home the first reaction was:

Authentic Indian Dosas take two days of fermenting rice in preparation for making the batter.  I'd love to h

Publishers send me a lot of books to review, and quite a number of them are nice enough but not dissimilar to

If you've never tried roasting broccoli or curly kale, stop what you're doing and do it now.  Forget the flab

Big thanks to The Guardian for featuring me in their article about the top 10 vegetarian food blogs - I had ov

This Hot 'n' Sour Mushroom & Noodle Soup recipe from a few years ago was recently featured in a Vegetarian

These little biscuits are a brilliant freezer standby... make up the dough and freeze, then when someone pops

The only thing growing at our allotment at the moment is stinging nettles, which I have never tried cooking wi

The lovely people at Maille sent me some of their lovely new flavours of mustard to have a tinker with as part

Its been really interesting to read your comments and replies this month as I've posted a picture a day on Twi

This really couldn't be simpler - three ingredients, ten minutes, a waft of icing sugar, and a truly Christmas

The next in our veggie party food countdown is a humble pasty, with a little surprise inside, in the form of t

Inspired by an idea from the brilliant Anjum's Indian Vegetarian Feast*, I had a go at making some naan breads

I'm a big fan of carbonara sauce, (minus the bacon of course), but it has to be a very occasional treat if mad

These little nibbles are morish and incredibly quick and easy to make.  They have just two ingredients, (shop

This should need no explanation... fresh tenderstem broccoli, creamy filling, Saint Agur cheese, with a crispy