Vegan Mushroom Tart
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Images: Ashlee DeCaires The creamy-like filling of this tart is reminiscent of a light fluffy quiche. We’ve topped the tofu filling with garlic sautéed mushrooms, but you could use any number of combinations from cherry or heirloom tomatoes and basil, or leek and pumpkin and in springtime asparagus. Pastry 2 cups flour ½ tsp […]
Vegan Caramel
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Images: Ashlee DeCaires Your secret weapon sauce! Double it and keep a jar in the fridge to drizzle over anything from cakes, pancakes, yoghurt or fruit. ¾ cup brown sugar 1 cup coconut cream pinch of salt Heat a pan over medium high heat. Add the sugar and stir around the […]
Chocolate Tart
Recipe: Vicki Ravlich-Horan | Images: Ashlee DeCaires For the pastry: 1¼ cups flour ½ cup icing sugar ½ cup cocoa ¼ cup oil (sunflower or coconut) ¼ cup chilled water For the filling: 1½ cups coconut cream 350g dark chocolate, chopped ¼ cup coconut oil 1 tsp vanilla extract Make the pastry by mixing the […]
The Sweet October Cookbook
Special collection of 31 recipes for the 31 days of October launches to support Kiwis living with incurable breast cancer Al Brown’s apple pie, Matilda Green’s Mediterranean chicken and Shavaughn Ruakere’s ambrosia sure get the taste-buds going, but that’s not why these familiar faces are sharing their recipes in a new book. Tomorrow (1 October), […]
Kelly’s Herby Barley Salad
Recipe & Images: Alison’s Pantry Serves 4 as a main and 6 as a side dish Everyone needs a salad like this in their repertoire. This hardworking dish is great for dinner, lovely as a packed lunch and if stored properly in the fridge, will last a couple of days. The dish is vegan as […]
Sesame-coated Tofu & Green Bean Stir Fry
Recipe & Images: Alison’s Pantry Serves 4 I love Japanese flavours, especially pickled ginger, which is a fabulous way of lifting a dish and keeping it lovely and fresh. Tofu is so often ignored or overlooked – but I see it as the perfect vehicle for other flavours. I’m fond of using the rice and […]
Quinoa & Spinach Cakes with Chipotle Cashew Sauce
Recipe & Photography: Emma Galloway I make versions of these quinoa cakes whenever I find myself with leftover cooked quinoa. That said, if you don’t have leftover quinoa at hand, rinse 1 cup of quinoa grains in a fine sieve. Bring 1½ cups of water to the boil, add quinoa, reduce heat to the lowest […]