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    Easy, family friendly, sweet & savoury mostly plant centred recipes

    I create simple, sweet and savoury recipes in the hope of feeding my family wholesome, seasonal and mostly plant centred food.

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    • Bread with couple slices cut off, butter, jam & knives.
      Easy Wholemeal Bread Recipe (No Knead)
    • Banana flapjacks decorated with banana slices.
      Healthy Banana Flapjacks
    • Close up of blueberry muffin on a cooling rack.
      Mary Berry's Blueberry Muffins
    • Soda bread loaf on a board with bread knife and butter.
      Irish Soda Bread with Yogurt

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    • Close up of labelled blueberry jam jar, jam in a bowl and a piece of jam topped baguette.
      Easy Blueberry Jam (No Pectin)
    • Square photo of beetroot carpaccio with rocket salsa on a platter with serving spoon ready to serve.
      Beetroot Carpaccio with Rocket Salsa
    • Close up of slice of cake and end of loaf cake with forks and lemon slices.
      Lemon and Blueberry Loaf Cake
    • Perfect serving of Polish cold beet soup with all the garnishes and jammy egg.
      Polish Cold Beet Soup (Chłodnik Litewski)

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    Pears, PLUMS & FIGS

    • Bowl with stewed pears, cinnamon sticks and bowl with brown sugar.
      Stewed Pears with Cinnamon & Vanilla
    • Crumble in a bowl & large serving dish.
      Pear Crumble with Granola Topping (Vegan)
    • Pear and fresh ginger cake on a piece of parchment.
      Easy Pear and Fresh Ginger Cake (Vegan)
    • Stewed plums in a bowl and small bowl with sticky syrup behind.
      Easy Stewed Plums
    • Plum and almond cake with plums and amaretti biscuits around it.
      Italian Plum and Almond Cake
    • Fig compote in a bowl with fig ends, walnuts, cinnamon sticks scattered around.
      Fig Compote
    • Fig rolls with dried figs in a basket.
      Homemade Fig Rolls (Vegan)
    • Open plum jam jar with spoon with jam resting over the top of it.
      Easy Plum Jam Recipe (No Pectin)

    Seasonal preserves

    • Blackberry vinegar, blackberries, tumbler, apple, vase.
      Blackberry Vinegar
    • Spoonful of blackberry jam over a bowl with jam, close up.
      Easy Blackberry Jam (No Pectin)
    • Fresh elderberries, green leaves & juice in bottles & glasses.
      Homemade Elderberry Syrup (Elderberry Cordial)
    • Jar with plum jam with chocolate.
      Plum Jam with Chocolate

    Apples galore

    • Neatly cut apple flapjacks with apples, bowl of oats and cinnamon sticks.
      Easy Apple Flapjacks
    • Stack of apple pancakes on a small plate, lightly dusted with icing sugar.
      Polish Apple Pancakes (Racuchy z Jabłkami)
    • Square picture of two bowl with smooth and chunky puree.
      Apple Purée (Apple Sauce)
    • Square close up of szarlotka decorated with cinnamon sticks and with two slices cut.
      Polish Apple Cake (Szarlotka)
    • Close up of apple cinnamon muffin wrapped in paper
      Vegan Apple Cinnamon Muffins
    • Slice of Dorset apple cake on a plate.
      Dorset Apple Cake (Traybake)

    seasonal eats

    • Platter with a row of kohlrabi schnitzel slices garnished with dill.
      Kohlrabi Schnitzel
    • Butternut squash and red lentil soup in a bowl garnished with parmesan and three pan fried sage leaves.
      Butternut Squash and Red Lentil Soup with Sage
    • Plate with corn ribs garnished with fresh coriander.
      Corn Ribs (Riblets) - Air Fryer & Oven
    • Plate with pan fried black kale, crispy capers, chilli, garlic and lemon.
      Cavolo Nero with Chilli, Garlic and Crispy Capers
    • Miso-glazed aubergine halves served in a bowl on top of rice with lime and spring onions.
      Miso-Glazed Aubergine (Nasu Dengaku)
    • Small bowl with creamy vegan butternut squash mac and cheese.
      Vegan Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese
    • Close up of vegan vegetable fritters surrounding bowl with sauce.
      Vegan Vegetable Fritters (Gluten-Free)
    • Serving bowl with portion of beetroot risotto.
      Vegan Beetroot Risotto (Gluten-Free)

    Rhubarb Galore

    • Rhubarb crumble in a dish with serving spoon.
      Easy Rhubarb Crumble (Rhubarb Crisp)
    • 3 scoops of ice cream in a bowl.
      Rhubarb Ice Cream (No Churn)
    • Bottle with rhubarb cordial & glasses.
      Homemade Rhubarb Cordial (Rhubarb Syrup)
    • Easy rhubarb cake with two slices cut and ready to be served.
      Easy Rhubarb Cake (Vegan)
    • Rhubarb muffins & three rhubarb stalks.
      Rhubarb Muffins (Vegan)
    • Rhubarb tart on baking tray with mint garnish.
      Easy Rhubarb Tart Recipe (Vegan)

    Comfort Food

    • Pan full of hummus pasta, purple sprouting broccoli, pine nuts and dill.
      Hummus Pasta (with Purple Sprouting Broccoli)
    • Close up of baked Quorn chicken pie in a dish.
      Quorn Chicken Pie
    • Part of the pot with celeriac & chard curry.
      Celeriac & Chard Vegetable Curry (Vegan)
    • Plate with vegan spaghetti bolognese with vegan parmesan and basil garnish.
      Lentil Ragu (Vegan)
    • Finished vegan sausage casserole close up.
      Vegan Sausage Casserole with Lentils & Cavolo Nero
    • Finished one-pot bean & sausage pasta in a pot.
      One-Pot Bean & Sausage Pasta (Vegan)
    • Lentil and Spinach Lasagne in a dish with basil leaves.
      Vegan Lentil and Spinach Lasagne (Batch Cooking)
    • Cauliflower and lentil curry in a pot with some flat bread.
      Easy Cauliflower & Lentil Curry (Vegan)

    How-To Guides

    • Bunch of cavolo nero kale.
      How To Cook Cavolo Nero
    • Cooked and peeled beetroot in a glass container.
      How to cook beetroot (Roasting, Boiling, Steaming)
    • Bunch of PSB on a wooden board.
      How to Cook Purple Sprouting Broccoli
    • Close-up of podded borlotti beans in a bowl with pods and herbs around.
      Guide to Cooking Borlotti Beans

    Cosy Soups

    • Close up of curried parsnip soup in a bowl with garnishes.
      Curried Parsnip Soup
    • Beet greens soup, spoon, lemon and leafy greens.
      Botwinka (Polish Beet Greens Soup)
    • Soup in a bowl ready to serve.
      Classic Carrot and Coriander Soup
    • Bowl of broccoli stalk soup.
      Broccoli Stalk Soup (Vegan)
    • Bowl of tomato & fennel soup with pesto, sliced bread and tomatoes.
      Roasted Tomato & Fennel Soup Recipe
    • Close up of bowlful of Spinach and Mushroom Soup.
      Spinach & Mushroom Soup
    • Chickpeas in a bowl wrapped in tea towel.
      Air Fryer Chickpeas
    • Small bowl full of croutons.
      How To Make Homemade Croutons

    About Jo

    Hi and welcome to my kitchen!

    I'm super busy mum of two, living in the South East of England and this blog is where I share lots of simple, family friendly and mostly plant centred recipes we enjoy eating and now you can easily recreate at home.

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      Celeriac Veggie Loaf
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      American Style Blueberry Scones (Vegan)
    • Vegan strawberry muffins on a rack, bowl with white chocolate chips and 2 fresh strawberries.
      Vegan Strawberry Muffins

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    • Fig rolls with dried figs in a basket.
      Homemade Fig Rolls (Vegan)
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      Chocolate Fork Biscuits (Vegan)
    • Close up of baked fork biscuits on a baking paper with crumbs around.
      Fork Biscuits
    • Chocolate Oatmeal cookies piled up on a plate.
      No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies (Vegan, Gluten-Free)

    Hi! I’m Jo and this blog is where I share lots of simple, family friendly and mostly plant based recipes we enjoy eating and now you can easily recreate at home.

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    • Soda bread loaf on a board with bread knife and butter.
      Irish Soda Bread with Yogurt
    • Bread with couple slices cut off, butter, jam & knives.
      Easy Wholemeal Bread Recipe (No Knead)
    • Close up of a veggie sausage roll on a baking tray.
      Vegetarian Sausage Rolls Recipe
    • Banana flapjacks decorated with banana slices.
      Healthy Banana Flapjacks

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