While I am very much a fan of incorporating home-cooked meals while travelling, cooking in a foreign kitchen is not without its difficulties, as I found out during my 3-week visit to London last October. Allow me to elaborate with some vital lessons learned: Never underestimate the power of a spice rack. Even the most basic…
Recipes
Kale and Cousa Sauté
I may have mentioned this before, but growing up, I was all about the veggies. Yes, I admittedly had a healthy appetite for meat and chicken too – but when it came time for the inevitable second helpings (portion control? what?), vegetables were always my go-to. Popular mainstays were cauliflower, potatoes and carrots, stewed bamia (okra), fasolia (green beans) or…
Easy Vegan Walnut Pesto
Firstly, allow me to apologise for my brief hiatus. If you follow me on Instagram or Snapchat you’ll know that I was busy eating my way through Istanbul, Berlin and Prague, but alas I have returned. A full vegan travel recap is of course forthcoming, so stay tuned! In any case, on to the recipe du…
Green Tea Soba and Edamame Noodle Salad
Am I late to the soba noodle party? Quite possibly, but I’m hoping you’ll forgive my tardiness. Soba noodles (which are Japanese-style noodles made from buckwheat, FYI) are just one of those ingredients I’ve always been far too intimidated by to pick up at the supermarket. They sounded delicious in theory, but when faced with the decision of soba…
Simple Chickpea Salad with Mint Tahini Dressing
Regular readers of this blog will have full knowledge of my long-standing love affair with my preferred legume of choice; none other but the almighty chickpea, of course. I’ll eat chickpeas pretty much any way you can spin them – in hummus form, as a scramble, in flatbread, or even as a stuffing. The list goes…