Tag: vegan
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Spain Starter – Patatas Bravas
When we were thinking of dishes to make for Spain, our minds immediately went to tapas – a collection of small and delicious dishes to be shared around a table. Of the most popular tapas dishes, patatas bravas, is one of our favourites, so we thought it would be the perfect dish to start our…
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Northern Ireland Main – Mushroom and Guinness Pie
Of course we had to include a recipe with Guinness! For this recipe we used a recipe from the BOSH! book, which we highly recommend getting your hands on. This also means if you’re able to get vegan pastry (or even make your own), this is a vegan-friendly meal too. This mushroom and Guinness pie…
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China Dessert – Nian Gao
For dessert with a Chinese New Year theme, it only seemed right to go for Nian Gao – glutinous rice cake. This dish is usually served at Chinese New Year for good luck. China Highlights has a lot of information on the significance of this cake, as well as the best ways to serve it!…
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Tunisia Dessert – Bambalouni
When researching which dessert to choose for Tunisia, bambalouni really caught our eye! These are a type of fried doughnut that sounded too delicious not to try! While this recipe from Morfali did not require a lot of ingredients, we did need to source Type 55 French flour in order to get the correct consistency.…
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Japan Starter – Hosomaki
For Japan week we knew sushi had to make an appearance! We’re big lovers of sushi when made by the professionals, so we wanted to give it a go! Our usual sushi stop is Little Tokyo. We knew we wouldn’t be able to make it as perfect as it is there, but this was a…
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Morocco Main Course – Tagine
Tagine was an obvious choice for Morocco, full of flavour and colour! Usually it is made with lamb, however it was very easy to make veggie. We used a recipe from BBC Good Food which was packed full of delicious veggies, but still had all the authentic flavours. This took a lot of chopping but…