It’s been a long, long time since I had marshmallows. In fact, I can’t remember when I might last have had them. Over 21 years ago, anyway. Freedom Mallows are delicious, light, bouncy, fluffy, gooey and marshmallowey and I’ve just nearly scoffed the whole packet in one go, oops. They’reContinue Reading

I love soup, I love monthly themes and I love gruesomeness, so The New Covent Garden Soup Co’s Halloween theme is right up my street. They want us to submit our spooky soup recipes and, if we’re lucky, it’ll be picked to be sold during October. Recipes submitted so farContinue Reading

‘This is a super book’ says Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on the front cover. And indeed it is. At 422 pages long, the Riverford Farm Cook Book tells you all you need to know about getting the best from your veg box. It includes recipes such as: crushed roast carrots with cuminContinue Reading

Veatable Savoury Snack Bars are a new chewy, savoury snack from Crendon Foods that you keep in the fridge, unlike most crunchy, sweet snack bars that you keep in the cupboard. They’re one of your 5-a-day, only 99 calories per bar, high in fibre, suitable for vegetarians (obviously, otherwise theyContinue Reading

  Vegan Cookbook – The Essential Guide by Isabel Hood is a new addition to the Need2Know range of books. Comprising seven chapters, the first two chapters cover an overview and background of veganism, along with a checklist of ingredients every well-stocked vegan store-cupboard should contain and a list ofContinue Reading

Well done to Jamie for winning the limerick competition. I chose Jamie’s entry for a) the effort he put in; b) the lines He once threw a quiche (just missing his niece); and c) for using the word ‘agrarian’, that I had to go and look up in the dictionary.Continue Reading

I’ve got a voucher worth £3.49 that can be exchanged for an Innocent Veg Pot of your choice in any supermarket. All you have to do to win is post a limerick below and I’ll send the voucher to the composer of my favourite one. To start you off, here’sContinue Reading

A few days ago I posted about Linda McCartney’s competition to find the UK’s tastiest meat-free dish. As most of the dishes on here are from recipes found either on websites or in my collection of vegetarian cookbooks, I didn’t think I had anything to enter. But going back throughContinue Reading