Blackberry & Thyme Focaccia

There really is nothing like homemade bread. It’s easier than you think! Generally i’m put off baking my own because of the idea of proving, but in reality, if i’m baking something like cookies, i’ll spend so much time procrastinating and cleaning up (licking the bowl), that I might as well have waited for the […]

Three Mushroom & Thyme Chickpea Pancake

I have encountered too many people who don’t like mushrooms. I hope you’re not one of them (I guess that’s unlikely if you’ve clicked on this recipe!) I love everything mushroom – shitake, chestnut, portobello, oyster, magic. This is not a “happy” chickpea pancake i’m afraid, just shitake, enoki and maitake. Of course if you […]

Vegan Creamy Mushroom Arancini

We were both arancini virgins until recently. We took our first bite into one of these crispy balls at a food market in our hometown, Portsmouth. Us being us, we saw ‘vegan’ marked clearly on an Italian food stall and had to investigate these giant balls that were on offer. If you’re a Arancini virgin, these balls are breadcrumb crusted […]