Recipe: delicious spaghetti Arrabbiata
I’ve eaten Seitan before but only recently started cooking with it at home. Seitan is easy to use, versatile and comes in many varieties. This spaghetti Arrabbiata was delicious!
Read MoreFiltering by Tag: pasta
Recipe: delicious spaghetti with lots of vegetables and seitan
I’ve eaten Seitan before but only recently started cooking with it at home. Seitan is easy to use, versatile and comes in many varieties. Here’s one of the dishes I’ve made with it.
Read MoreHats of to Bella Italia for their amazing range of vegan options!
Find out why I was excited before I walked into Bella Italia, why I was speechless when I was seated and looking at their menu and then why I was positively impatient while we waited for our food to arrive. What a great meal!
Read MoreAre you one of many who believes the myth about protein? Here's what you need to know!
Photo from The Plant Strong Vegan
The myth!
There has been a lot of focus on protein intake, which resulted in a lots of coverage saying that we needed to consume more. This hype about increasing how much protein we eat was aimed at everyone. Thus the ‘sporty’ folk were told that they needed to eat even more than everyone else. However, excessive protein can do a lot of damage, and people are now realising that the suggested intake was too high.
Read MoreFind out why I think Zizzi is the most progressive restaurant chain
Finding satisfaction and gratitude with Zizzi
There was a time that a friend and I were in Harrogate, and both of us suddenly felt Hangry! We were amidst roadworks and scaffolding and couldn't see any restaurants near us. This was made worse by the fact that we didn't know where we were, and neither of us have a good sense of direction!
Luckily, we spotted Zizzi and had a delicious meal there. I was so impressed by the sorbet being so deliciously different; I ordered it twice!
That was a number of years ago and things have changed a lot since then. Find out how Zizzi keeps on making a positive and exciting steps to make vegans meals even better!
Read MoreDining out: Find out why eating at ASK Italian has just got better!
I've been meaning to write about how much I love eating at ASK Italian for ages, and now that I've got around to it, they've changed their menu! Hey, I'm not complaining. The change is definitely something to grin about!
Read MoreRecipe: Pasta in a creamy basil sauce within 30 minutes
I made this delicious pasta dish for a group who came over for dinner and it went down a treat. :)
Read MoreRecipe: Pasta with homemade sauce and soft cheese within 30 minutes
Pasta in a homemade sauce, garnished with soft cheese
This dish was an on the spot creation and it turned out really well! :)
Ingredients for pasta sauce
• 3/4 of a teaspoon of coconut oil
• 1 (400g) can of chopped tomatoes
• 1 fresh chilli – cut into 3 pieces
• 1 handful of roughly chopped coriander
• salt to taste
• pepper to taste
• ground cinnamon to taste
• ground nutmeg to taste
How to make vegan pasta sauce
1. Add the coconut oil to a pan and heat it
2. Meanwhile blend the tomatoes, chilli and coriander
3. Add this to the pan when the oil has warmed up
4. Let it cook for 5 minutes
5. Add salt, pepper, cinnamon and nutmeg
6. Let it reduce until it's the way you like your pasta sauce (ragu) to be - I like mine to be quite thick so I cook it on a medium high heat for about 20 minutes
Ingredients for the pasta
• pasta of your choice - I use rigatoni
• 1 tablespoon of vegan spread - I use Pure Sunflower Margarine
• 1 tablespoon of salt
How to make the pasta
1. While the ragu is reducing, put the kettle on and put the boiled water, pasta and salt in a large pan and stir
2. Check the pasta after 7 minutes and if it’s cooked the way you like it, drain the water, add the margarine and stir
3. Put the pasta on the plate, add the sauce on top, and garnish with some soft vegan cheese
Other ingredients
- freshly ground pepper
- soft vegan cheese - I used Tesco Free From Cheddar Style Spread
Serving the pasta with vegan soft cheese
- Serve the pasta creating a wide strip of it along the plate
- Add freshly ground pepper
- Add the sauce to the middle of the strip of pasta so that all of the pasta isn't covered in the sauce
- Spoon some soft vegan cheese on to the sauce and enjoy!
Serving suggestion
Create a circular shape with the pasta, leaving a hole in the middle for the sauce, on top of which you could put the soft vegan cheese.
Serve with the soft vegan cheese on the side.