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Recipes

Veggie aubergine chilli

Veggie aubergine chilli

Aubergines seem to feature quite heavily in a lot of veggie recipes. Is it because they’re fairly meaty in texture, while also good at soaking up other flavours? Probably, I guess. They’re not something I’ve got much experience of cooking – if I’m honest, before […]

Tomato + harissa stew with dumplings

Tomato + harissa stew with dumplings

As the weather gets cold and I start feeling crappy, I crave stodge, as I’m sure we all do. I saw a recipe for a stew on BBC Good Food and thought I’d do my own version of it, which I’m pleased to say turned […]

Sosmix scotch eggs (now with GF option!)

Sosmix scotch eggs (now with GF option!)

Sosmix is something I remember from my dim and distant past. My mum’s friend used to fry balls of it for dinner, we’d have it with spaghetti and tomato sauce – it was lush. Searching for it recently uncovered the fact that it’s not made […]

Veggie cottage pie

As Autumn is rolling around, I decided it was time for that staple of British stodge, the cottage pie. Traditionally beef mince with mashed potato on top, but I used Quorn mince. I regret to announce that I have no photos of this fantastic pie, […]