Condiments & Spreads

Vegan Sunflower Sunbutter Cups

One of my greatest loves in life is freshly made peanut butter. There’s something about those little nuts, crushed in their own oils, which always makes me happy. This is potentially why I feel so much empathy for anyone with a nut allergy. If you are one of these unfortunate few, this recipe for sunflower butter (affectingly known as sunbutter) will change your life. It’s spreadable, dipable and spoonable in all the best kind of ways. It also happens to make the most mouth-wateringly smooth, dark chocolate covered, sunbutter cups….

Zoodles with Hazelnut Butter Garlic Asian Sauce

This delicious dish was conceived on a day I was craving some oh-so-creamy sauce to accompany my zoodle (zucchini noodles) lunch. As fate would have it, sitting pretty on my refrigerator shelf was my freshly made batch of raw hazelnut butter. So the natural conclusion was of course, to create a rich and creamy hazelnut butter garlic Asian sauce with some ingredients available in hand. To me, the beauty of home cooking is that all of the ingredients can be customised to suit my personal preferences. With this delicious recipe, I just threw together things I had on hand to make a new dressing.

The greatest thing about a recipe like this is how versatile it is. For example, the hazelnut butter can be replaced with almond butter or any other unsweetened nut butter, and the coconut water replaced with almond mylk for an extra creamy texture. It’s flexible cooking at its best!…

Laura’s Lean Hummus with Dukkah

Hummus is quickly gathering a cult following within health food circles, and it is not difficult to see why. It is such a versatile dip and is the perfect accompaniment to many dishes, as well as being suitable for most dietary requirements. This perfect hummus is my go-to afternoon snack when served with raw vegetables and a dish that I quickly whip up when I have unexpected guests as you only require a food processor and five minutes!

Usually I just make up the measurements as I go and adjust to taste (the best way to cook), so feel free to do the same with this basic recipe. I love the addition of all the spices here, as it just makes it a little more exciting than your regular hummus. I also do not add any oil in my recipe to make it much lighter and lower in fat, as well as no salt as I do not believe it is necessary….

Spelt Pasta with Herbed White Tofu Sauce

As you may have guessed by now, a childhood favourite of mine was pasta- delicious, warming, creamy, decadent and not so healthy pasta. Pasta was the first meal I remember cooking on my own (if you count boiling pasta and heating up the pasta sauce with grated cheese as cooking), and I loved it. Mum would routinely make pasta for seven hungry mouths, her nightly task (and bane of her existence, so she tells me), and I can now appreciate what a task that was to feed all of us- which is where the pasta came in. Quick, affordable, easy and oh so delicious, those pasta ribbons have a sentimental place in my heart. These days. both my diet and, thankfully, my cooking abilities have improved drastically, which means that my recent pasta craving was able to be rekindled in a new and healthier incarnation….

Vegan Sunflower Sunbutter Cups

Zoodles with Hazelnut Butter Garlic Asian Sauce

Laura’s Lean Hummus with Dukkah

Spelt Pasta with Herbed White Tofu Sauce

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