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Squash, Carrot & Coconut Vegan Soup Recipe

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Squash, Carrot & Coconut Vegan Soup Recipe

A fabulously seasonally autumn soup recipe, healthy soup recipe and naturally, vegan soup recipe to give you a warming comforting lunch! Something we serve in our cafe, here is our Squash, Carrot & Coconut Soup Recipe, that pairs well with a few slices of Sourdough Bread.  INGREDIENTS 3 Garlic Cloves 1 Medium White Onion 2 Large Carrots 1 Medium Butternut Squash 1 x 400ml tin of Ma’s Happy Life Fairtrade Coconut Milk 2 Litres of Marigold Organic Swiss Vegetable Stock (measurements per instructions) 2 tsp of Salt 1 tsp of Pepper 2 tbsp Olive Oil METHOD Add 2 tbsp of olive oil to pan and fry the finely sliced onion & garlic...

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Vegan Sourdough Starter Recipe

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Vegan Sourdough Starter Recipe


An essential addition to your vegan recipes collection. It easily fits into any vegan diet and adds a special touch to cheap healthy meals. Raise your home made freshly baked bread game, by making your own sourdough starter too.

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Rainbow Vegan Bagels 3 Ways

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Rainbow Vegan Bagels 3 Ways

When I saw that we had these very colourful bagels in our Manchester shop, I was so excited. Being LGBT+ myself, I wanted to do a video with them as it's Pride Month. Here's my three favourite vegan bagel fillings, hope you enjoy! - Alfie INGREDIENTS: - Traditional Bagel Company Rainbow BagelsVegan ‘Cheesecake’ Bagel- Vegan cream cheese - we used original ‘sheese’ - Billy’s Farm Organic Spiced Wholemeal Cookies- Fresh Strawberries & Blueberries- Maple Syrup to drizzle (optional) Classic Avocado Bagel- 1 small ripe avocado, or ½ a large one- Juice of half a lemon- Cracked black pepper- Salt Vegan...

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Vegan Fish & Chips Recipe

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Vegan Fish & Chips Recipe

Good Friday traditionally means eating Fish. But, if anyone has watched Seaspiracy on Netflix, you’d know that eating Fish is incredibly harmful to the environment and is killing our oceans, and beloved animals like Dolphins, Whales and Sharks as ‘by catch’. Here is our Aubergine Fish & Chips recipe, that will help you join the plant based revolution, without missing out on seafood flavours! INGREDIENTS ‘Fish’ Fillet Aubergine Miso Paste Tamari Soya Sauce Sugar White Pepper  Clearsprings Nori Breadcrumbs (or use ground almond to make it gluten free) Batter  Doves Farm White Flour (or Doves Farm Freee to make it gluten...

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St Paddy's Vegan Irish Stew Recipe

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St Paddy's Vegan Irish Stew Recipe

Healthy, high protein and full of root veg goodness, celebrate St Patrick’s Day the vegan way, with our Chef’s Irish Stew Recipe! Ingredients- 1 onion diced 1 leek chopped 1 carrot diced 1 large potato diced 1 garlic clove minced 1 cup Essential TVP chunks. 2-3 tsp marigold bouillon 1 tbsp Suma organic tomato puree 1 tbsp Meridian tamari (gluten free soy sauce) 1 tbsp frying oil (eg, sunflower oil) Salt and pepper to taste Method - In a medium bowl or saucepan add the cup of tvp mince to a cup of stock. Use 2 teaspoons of marigold bouillon...

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