Another sunny Sunday, and whilst dinner isn’t too exciting today, we have been busy making a classic teatime treat: a Victoria Sponge. 🍰 Scroll down for the scarily easy recipe! Day 17 Menu Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs and Baked Beans on Seeded Toast Lunch: Cucumber Sandwiches Dinner: Med Veg Pasta Bake Old Faithful Victoria Sponge Recipe… Continue reading Day 17: Old Faithful Victoria Sponge Recipe
After a painful 2-and-a-half hour trip to get the weekly food shop (don’t ask), we finally have all of the ingredients we need to make pizza! Hurray! Day 16 Menu Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs and Baked Beans on Seeded Toast Lunch: Fried Egg Sandwich with HP Brown Sauce (guilty pleasure) Dinner: Classic Homemade Margherita Pizza (recipe… Continue reading Day 16: Classic Homemade Margherita Pizza
Day 15 and it’s the last day before the ‘big shop’, so nothing exciting on the menu I’m afraid (if you are interested, the menu is at the end of this post). What I will share instead is my favourite new eco-product: Smol Laundry Capsules. The best thing about it is it only cost me… Continue reading Day 15: Good things come in Smol packages
Day 14 marks the end of week 2 of Meat-Free May. I am delighted to report that we haven’t really missed meat at all so far, but we’re only now approaching half way through the month so I don’t want to speak too soon. Day 14 Menu Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs and Baked Beans on Seeded… Continue reading Day 14: “Got Nothing In” Stir Fry
⚠️ WARNING: This dish can cause flatulence so is perfect for those wanting to socially distance themselves in enclosed spaces! 😷 Day 13 – unlucky for some but not us! We've got a quick and tasty dish for you to try! It’s packed full of flavour, cooks in one pan and is ready in less… Continue reading Day 13 – Smokin’ Cowboy Beans
Today I decided to try something new and make my own naan bread to accompany my vegetarian curry. Neither recipes were my own, however I will share the links below as they were both delicious! The curry is mild enough that I could even blend it to a smooth paste so my 7 month old… Continue reading Day 12: Coconut Lentil Curry and Homemade Naan
We’ve been taking it easy over the last couple of days with simple, quick to prepare food. Day 10 Menu Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs & Baked Beans on Seeded Toast Lunch: Cheese Sandwich Dinner: Smoked Cod with Roast New Potatoes & Steamed Vegetables Day 11 Menu Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs & Baked Beans on Seeded Toast Lunch:… Continue reading Day 10 and 11: Taking It Easy
Before Meat-Free May began, we had already introduced going veggie 2 nights a week, and one of my go-to meals was an adaptation of carbonara. Traditionally a dish made with bacon and lashings of cream, my version uses neither but still captures the essence of this comforting meal. Day 9 Menu Breakfast: Wholegrain Cereal Lunch:… Continue reading Day 9: Mushroom & Broccoli Quick Carbonara
Can you believe we're at the start of week 2 already?! This week we're focusing on simplifying our lunch offering to make things easier, and moving to less meat substitutes in our evening meals, only using up leftover veggie sausages later in the week. Day 8 Menu Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs and Baked Beans on Wholegrain… Continue reading Day 8: Cheats Thai Green Curry
As we come to the end of our first week of Meat-Free May, we've decided to keep things simple. We've been in the back yard enjoying the sun with our son, so no original recipes today, just plant-based wholesome dishes packed full of flavour. Day 7 Menu Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs & Baked Beans on Wholegrain… Continue reading Day 7: Basking in the Sun
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