Loving Hut Camden

When Emma sent me a link for Loving Hut in Camden a while ago, I checked out the menu, got very excited and put it on the top of my list of places to visit.  So this week we put it on our agenda and still managed to fit a Loving Hut dinner in after a day of eating samples at the Lunch! exhibition and lunch at Borough Market. I have to say, the cafe doesn't look...

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Chargrilled Vegetable, Halloumi and Quinoa Flatbread

The weather is absolutely mental at the moment (as my old housemate Amy would say, the worlds coming to an end) and this week it's decided to be really warm.  So last week I was gearing up for winter with pies, soups and roasted veg in the hole, but this week I'm craving salads and fresh vegetables. As I'm little bit in love with quinoa, I thought I'd do some experimenting...

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Roasted Veg in The Hole

As I've said before my boyfriends favourite meal is toad in the hole, so I've probably made it 1000 times. After my last toad in the hole post, I've decided that if I'm going to make it a lot, I want to make it different every time. I don't really like veggie sausages and since cauldron changed their recipe (why!) I can't find any that I actually want to eat. So that's...

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Friday is Pie Day and I Heart Pieminister

After a pretty weird hail, thunder and lightning storm last Saturday I was pretty sure that the world was  ending. So, faced with a last meal decision I headed to The Great Taste Market in the Centre MK. To my absolute delight I spotted Pieminister and decided that if I was going to die, I may as well treat myself to a proper good pie. By the time I got home, my toms...

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Tofu Chili Stuffed Peppers

At the beginning of this summer I brought a little green house and my dad brought me a few plants to grow. I have spring onions, lettuce, tomatoes and peppers... Basically I can make a mean home grown salad. Ever since I saw a tiny green pepper sprouting out of my plant pot, I had this recipe in mind. But it's now been about 4 months and I'm too impatient to wait for it...

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I Heart Graze

I really do! If like me you love to snack, (who doesn't!) but you find that the biscuits and crisps are a bit too tempting then the Graze box is definitely for you! The snack pots are natural and healthy, all of them are vegetarian and lot's of them are vegan! The best thing about the graze box is that it's delivered to your home or office for super easy snackage! You...

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Happy Vegan (Pizza) Birthday!

It was vegan supreme, Emma Black's birthday this week, so I went to visit her lovely home in London and we set off for a vegan (and vintage shopping) birthday adventure. Emma's vegan pizza So after a hard day of shopping (Emma brought lots of lovely clothes! I was very jealous) we visited Vx and brought some Vegourmet cheese and Wheaty salami and chorizo to make a...

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Vodka and Chili 'Meatballs'

As I've said before I'm not a huge fan of meat substitutes but after trying Redwood's Gourmet Meat Free Meatballs at vegan pot luck III, I couldn't wait to try out my own recipe with them. Now I hate Vodka, it actually makes my skin crawl. It reminds me of underage drinking in cold wet parks (straight from the bottle, ew) and generally feeling ill. But it makes this chili...

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Apple & Blackberry Cupcakes with Custard Frosting

Last year I celebrated Natural Cupcake Week with caramel kiss mix cupcakes, so this year I thought I'd move to the complete other side of the spectrum and mix one of my favourite puddings (there's a lot to choose from) apple and blackberry crumble, with the good old cupcake. The fruit really makes this recipe, I like to think of it as a portable apple and blackberry crumble,...

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Marmite and Mozzarella Dough Balls with Garlic Butter

I'm a massive marmite fan, I'm one of those people that puts it in everything. So while I was making my veggie lasagna (avec marmite of course) I decided to put some in my dough balls too. Cheese and marmite is always a winning combination in my eyes, so these are perfect for the avid marmite lover. I cheated and used a pizza dough mix because I don't full trust my bread making...

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Pea and Mint Soup

Over the summer, mint has slowly been taking over my garden destroying everything in its path. So in an effort to tame the minty beast I've been trying to find things to use it in and this has to be my favourite. It has such a lovely summery flavour, but is great for when it's not so summery outside. Our mint has sadly been destroyed and is now in the compost bin (it's never...

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Mike's Baklava

I can't really take any credit for this recipe, as my friend Mike invented it with his knowledge of baklava and about 10 different recipes found online. Anyway, after opposing opinions of what we should bake (I wanted fruit, Mike wanted chocolate) Mike came up with Baklava, which was perfect because I had loads of filo pastry left after making the savoury strudel. I've never...

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Asparagus and Leek Strudel

The other day I was doing some strudel research online, when I stumbled on a genius recipe for a savoury one. I can't believe I've never thought of this before, because strudel/anything encased in pastry is one of my favourite things! So I thought I'd try it with two of my favourite vegetables to make the ultimate savoury strudel. It came out really well, and looks quite fancy...

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