Vegan Sloppy Joe

Vegan Sloppy Joes

Up until a few years ago I could not cook. Living in Vancouver’s West End, I was surrounded by restaurants and cafes and take-out places, and so didn’t really need to cook, and at the time, it just never really occurred to me that cooking could bring me so much joy (in fact at the […]

Vegan spelt gyoza

Vegan spelt gyoza

Today I made vegan spelt gyoza for lunch and, I must say, they were delicious! I love dumplings. In fact many of my very favourite foods fall into the dumpling category, among them gnocchi and perogies. But until today I had never made gyoza before, let alone vegan spelt gyoza! Gyoza are the Japanese version […]

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Spelt apple carrot muffins

It is a beautiful morning here in Shetland. The sun is shining, the hills are glittering white with frost. The air is clear and the blue sky is streaked with wisps of feathery clouds. A magnificent morning to start the week, and what better to accompany such a lovely Monday but some beautiful spelt apple […]

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Patatas bravas

Today I made patatas bravas… fierce potatoes… and they were delicious. I was first drawn to patatas bravas about a year ago. I love potatoes, so really any form of them is good in my books, but the magnificent name of this dish just really elevates it into the realms of epic food I’d say. […]

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How to make ricotta cheese

The other day I wanted to get some ricotta cheese for an up-coming recipe, but to my dismay the shop seems to have stopped carrying it. What now? Now that I’ve suddenly realized that my culinary life is incomplete without this creamy key to a plethora of recipes, I find it’s unavailable. Faced with the […]

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Carrot and ginger soup

Today it’s cold here in Shetland. Not -40 Celsius, frost bite kind of cold, but the drizzly half rain/half slush windy gray of January. In truth, the weather has probably been like this for the last few months, but during that time we’ve had festive excitement, Christmas lights, family gatherings and the cheer of the […]