I’m back again with a delicious new brunch recipe that’s quick and easy to make. This time I’ve used Strong Roots products – a relatively new brand offering an innovative, delicious and nutritious range of vegetables and plant based meals to help those with busy lifestyles cut corners in the kitchen and enjoy healthy food […]
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Strong Roots Easter Feast: Veggie Toad in the Hole
If you’re on the look out for quick, convenient and healthy foods when time is short but you still want to eat well, award-winning brand Strong Roots should be on your radar. Last year I worked with these guys (check out my Veggie Chilli-Loaded Sweet Potato Fries and Squidgy Avocado & Walnut Protein Brownies recipes!) […]
Vegan Courgette, Pea & Spinach Pesto Risotto
To coincide with World Vegan Month I was invited to create a recipe using Sacla’s new free-from pesto. Now I don’t know about you but I absolutely ADORE the stuff – red, green, I really don’t mind, I just love the rich, powerful flavour of this kitchen cupboard staple. While many pesto sauces contain Parmesan […]
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First Street’s Lean, Speedy Kettlebell Kitchen
‘Healthy, clean, nutritious fast food.’ That’s the mission of Kettlebell Kitchen, the brainchild of crossfit lover Carley Jones who was frustrated with the lack of tasty, convenient and healthy fast food on offer to support her training. On a crusade to transform the fast food industry and show how pizzas, burgers and shakes can be […]
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Smokey Sausage Autumn Casserole
I’m really into anything with a smokey, rich BBQ flavour right now, so when Jack Daniels got in touch about working on a winter warmer recipe using their sauces, this came at the right time for my cravings. Available in five flavours, they are all the perfect addition to any cook’s store cupboard and work […]
Organic: Feed Your Happy
‘Organic. Feed Your Happy’ has launched this month and is all about encouraging people to share food that makes them happy. Organic means high standards of animal welfare, fewer pesticides, no artificial additives, no GM ingredients, preservatives or routine use of antibiotics – so surely that will help to make us feel good on the […]
Goodlife: Changing perceptions of ready meals
When it comes to ready meals, the words ‘high sugar’, ‘high salt’, ‘processed’, ‘refined’ and ‘junk’ can spring to mind; but that’s something Goodlife are aiming to change with the launch of their new healthy, fresh and delicious options on the market. Say hello to their two vegetarian-friendly meals – Vegetable Masala and 3 Bean […]
Veggie Chilli-Loaded Sweet Potato Fries
I’m sure many of us are keen to hunt down quick, convenient and healthy foods when time is short but we still want to eat well. Although I’m not usually one for ‘convenience foods, when award-winning brand Strong Roots got in touch with their mission to ‘revolutionise frozen food’, I was intrigued. Having just launched […]
Classic Shepherd’s Pie
It’s great to support local businesses and produce, so when Creamline Dairies got in touch about working together I was keen to get on board. A family-run business going for over 70 years and with a foundation built on local products and community in the North West, Creamline have recently launched #bestoflocal which allows you […]
HelloFresh: Flavour Generator Challenge
If you’ve not heard of HelloFresh (where have you been?) they are the leading global provider of fresh food at home, aiming to provide each household with the opportunity to enjoy wholesome home-cooked meals with no planning, no shopping and no hassle required. Whether you are a cooking novice, have no time or just want […]
Seeded Vegan & Gluten-Free Sweet Potato Bread
One of my favourite brands when it comes to stocking up on healthy baking essentials is Indigo Herbs, who specialise in ‘unique ethical premium quality Superfoods, Vegan Plant Protein, Mushroom Powders, Herbs and Loose Teas’. A friendly bunch offering all kinds of goodies, I was recently set a challenge to create a gluten-free, vegan and […]
Spiralising, Shredding & Slicing with the Veggie Bullet
As a busy freelance recipe developer and blogger working with health food brands, I’m always in the kitchen and a lot of my time is taken up with prepping ingredients, which can sometimes feel like a chore. With a baby on the way in July, I’m more conscious of time-efficient things which will help to […]
Alpro Go On: Pea & Mint Soup Recipe
I’ve been a big fan of Alpro products for a while, especially their plant-based alternatives to yogurt. If you haven’t heard about or seen it in the shops, the brand have just launched the new Plain Big Pot which has a delicious super thick, smooth texture – making it a tasty and high protein addition […]
Goodlife: Making Vegetables the Star of the Show
Ahhhh, vegetables. From sweet potatoes and carrots to courgettes, tomatoes, peppers and aubergines, I love pretty much all varieties (although sprouts will NEVER be included, soz!). It can be so easy to transform them into delicious, creative and interesting dishes but for some of us, veggies can appear to be dull, boring or unadventurous. That’s […]
Sweet Potato & Beetroot Chickpea Pizza
I’ve been challenged with created a selection of recipes in celebration of International Sweet Potato Week (from 1st – 13th April) in collaboration with American Sweet Potatoes. Being a big lover of the super nutritious bright orange root vegetable, I love how versatile they are in both sweet and savoury recipes – it’s hard to […]