On writing and mayonnaise.

NaNoWriMo November is National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo.  Every year for the past six years I have done this crazy thing where I try and write 50,000 words in 30 days.  I’ve only won twice in this time, but it’s not about the winning for me, its about being part of a great community….

Seven minute recipe: Cucumber salad with tahini dressing

This is one of the fastest meals I know how to cook, as well as being both tasty and healthy.  I have trialled making a video, which was super awkward.  As you will see, if you watch the video, when I say it’s a seven minute recipe that includes time for forgetting where I put…

Seven minute recipe: grilled carrot salad with sweet potato and kale

This recipe is another meal which features cooking in a sandwich press, which I love because it’s so much quicker and easier to clean than a grill.  The carrots in this recipe are unpeeled because I like the taste and of course it’s quicker.  You could of course peel the carrots, but you miss out…

Warm chickpea and tomato salad

This recipe is one of my go to meals, it’s really tasty and easily made well within the 7 minute timeframe.  There is something about a warm salad that is much more satisfying than a cold version and being packed full of veggies and protein from the chickpeas this salad is plenty filling.  The directions…

Warm potato, pea and leek salad

For me, learning to cook potatoes in the microwave was a revelation. It is much faster and easier to cook a vegetable I love.  This recipe is one of many where I use flavoured salts. Salt is essential for many vegetarian recipes and a really nice salt will bring that extra something special to a…

Steamed broccolini and tofu

Broccolini is a great quick cooking vegetable and this recipe is one of my go to meals. It’s super quick and plenty tasty.