Vegetarian

Sugar-Free Gluten-Free Sweet Chilli Sauce

Mix together the cornflour and water. Add the rest of the ingredients and place in a small saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer for one minute. Store in a sealable, glass bottle or jar.

Gluten-free Carrot and Butternut Fritters

Grate the carrot, squash, potato and onion (a food processor works well). Squeeze the excess liquid out. Beat together the eggs and flour and season well with salt and pepper. Add to the veggies, along with the basil. Heat the …

Gluten-free sugar-free Warm Potato Salad

Put the potatoes in a pan of boiling water and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain and return to the pan with the butter and stir around untill it melts. Add the spinach, spring onions and mint and gently stir. Set …

Sugar-free, Gluten-free Honey Apple Muffins

Preheat the oven to 180ºC fan oven/200ºC/gas 6. Prepare 12 muffin cases. Mix the dry ingredients, in a large bowl, together with the chopped apple. Melt the butter and add the honey. If the honey is very thick heat it …

Sugar-free Chocolate Goodie bars

Put the cashews, flax seeds and almonds in a food processor and whizz for 2 minutes. The cashews will be fine but you should still have some texture from the seeds. Add the dates and raisins and whizz for 1 …

Pear & Raspberry Coconut Crumble

Preheat the oven to 150˚C fan oven/170˚C/gas 4. Drain the pears, then put them and the raspberries in a small casserole dish and sprinkle the brown sugar over. Mix together the ingredients for the crumble topping in a bowl. Spread …

Gluten-free Cheese Soda Bread

Preheat the oven to 200ºC fan oven/220ºC/gas 7. Grease and line a 30 x 20cm traybake tin. Mix together the dry ingredients and 2/3 of the mug of cheese. Mix together the water and buttermilk. Add to the dry ingredients …

Making Gluten-free Puff Pastry

Grate half the frozen butter and add to the flour and xanthan gum. Mix and then gradually add enough water until the mixture forms a soft dough. Turn out onto a floured sheet of cling film and roll into an …

Pear Tart with macadamians

Put the pears in a saucepan with the butter, sugar, star anis, lemon juice, apple juice and vanilla. Simmer for 10 minutes. Leave to cool. Take the pears out and drain but retain the juices. Preheat the oven to 180ºC …

Celebrate your ‘A’ Levels with this Gluten-free Chocolate Fudge Cake

Preheat the oven to 160ºC fan oven/180ºC/gas 5. Grease and line 2 x 20cm tins. Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition. Add the syrup …

Scotch Pancakes with strawberries and caramel sauce

Put the sauce ingredients in a small saucepan and gently heat. Allow to bubble for 1 minute.  Set to one side until needed. Beat together the eggs, sugar, flour and milk. Heat a little flora or oil in a large …

Canellini Bean & Mango Salad with Fried Halloumi

This is a good, quick and easy, Saturday lunchtime dish. The mango and lime dressing is so fresh and delicious. Mix together the dressing ingredients and set to one side. Heat the oil in a small frying pan and fry …

Gluten-free Tortilla Topped Veggie Bake

Preheat the grill. Put the sweet potato in a pan of boiling water, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the broccoli and simmer for a further 5 minutes. Drain and return to the pan. Set to …

Rice with Caramelised Onions, Pine Nuts and Halloumi

Cook the rice gently in 1 1/2 mugs of boiling water until all the water has boiled away. Once cooked, remove from the heat and set aside. Meanwhile heat the butter and oil in a large frying pan or wok …

Very simple pancake recipe

Beat the eggs and flour together in a bowl or jug. Gradually add the milk, making sure there are no lumps. The mixture should be as thin as single cream, i.e. quite thin, but not as thin as milk. Heat …

Carrot and Cashew Bake with orange and puy lentil salad

Preheat the oven to 180ºC fan oven/200ºC/gas 6. Grease a medium sized casserole dish. If you have a food processor, put the carrots and onions in it and whizz until quite fine. Add the breadcrumbs, cashews, dill and oilve oil …

Cheese and Pine Nut Tarts with caremelised onions

Preheat the oven to 200ºC fan oven/220ºC/gas 7. Heat the oil and butter in a large saucepan. Add the onions and fry gently, for about10 minutes, until they caremelise.  Keep the onions moving to allow an even browning. Add the …

Florentine Cookies Recipe with apricots and ginger

Preheat the oven to 170ºC/190ºC/gas 5. Grease or line 2 baking trays. Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat. Stir in the flour and almond extract. Roll out the dough and cut …

Butternut Squash and Brocolli Pie with a hint of fennel

Place the carrots in a large pan with boiling water, simmer for 5 minutes Add the squash and the broccoli stalks. 5 minutes later add the broccoli heads and simmer for 3 – 4 minutes. Drain and return to the …

Spicy Risotto

If you like hot food, you can add more curry paste. Cook rice with pilau rice seasoning Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion and garlic for 1 minute. Add the mince and cook until it …