the vegan cookbook chefMar 1, 2025
Pasta Cremosa con Cavolo e Salsiccia from #cookingwithnonna

I’m really enjoying this cookbook. The recipes are comforting and mostly traditional but with a vegan twist. This creamy sausage and kale pasta uses store bought sausages, but a vegan homemade cashew cream. It’s rich and meaty, and made special with fennel seeds as the star ingredient in the sauce.

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the vegan cookbook chefFeb 27, 2025
Sticky Coconut Milk-Braised Tofu from #bigveganflavor

You can trust @rainbowplantlife to have an excellent tofu recipe. The tofu is fried and then braised in this super flavourful sweet and savoury braising liquid made with coconut milk, agave, soy sauce and lots of aromatics. The tofu really absorbs the flavours and the sauce coats is beautifully. It’s also lovely over the rice and broccoli that I served on the side and you don’t need a lot. I will definitely make this again.

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the vegan cookbook chefFeb 19, 2025
Miso Aubergines from #yourdailyveg

These are some of the best miso aubergines I’ve had. The miso glaze is sweet and savoury and so, so delicious. It’s gorgeous on the soft aubergines that are baked on all sides and get almost caramelised. Served with rice, but I also made a side of tofu.

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the vegan cookbook chefFeb 16, 2025
Brunch Tacos from #bigveganflavor

I love the tofu scramble recipe from @rainbowplantlife ‘s blog so I wanted to try this recipe from the book that uses the scramble as a filling for tacos. It’s a delicious, creamy tofu scramble and this made for an great brunch. I didn’t have the black beans that were called for, but I added some avocado to the tacos. There are three sauce suggestions in the recipe. I went with the chipotle crema which is excellent: light and creamy.

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the vegan cookbook chefFeb 10, 2025
Harissa Butter Beans with Zingy Yoghurt Sauce from #plantprotein

Another great recipe for when you’re short on time. The butter beans are cooked in a tomato sauce with harissa paste and Kalamata olives. It’s simple yet delicious with ingredients that add a lot of flavour. Topped with a lemony yoghurt and served with flatbreads.

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the vegan cookbook chefFeb 9, 2025
Pasta Alla Norma from #cookingwithnonna

This is a more traditional recipe that is already plant-based. The aubergine is cooked to perfection, slightly smoky and soft, and is delicious in the pasta.

The recipe makes for a lot of sauce. I doubled the recipe, but only made half of the sauce extra and it was still plenty. Pictured here are the leftovers, when the sauce had got more of a chance to thicken and be absorbed by the pasta.
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the vegan cookbook chefFeb 4, 2025
Romesco Chickpeas from #plantproteincookbook

This recipe is very adaptable. You can roast peppers and tomatoes to make the sauce or use roasted peppers from a jar and sun-dried tomatoes to speed things up. I did the latter as life is a bit more busy these days (or more so on baby’s schedule). It’s creamy and flavourful with lots of protein packed in with tofu, chickpeas, almonds and served with quinoa. I did opt for store bought flatbreads, but I’ll definitely try the tofu flatbreads from the book some other time.

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LeisureguyAug 5, 2023

@LifeTimeCooking The Sad Bastard Cookbook is fabulous!!

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WonderdogDec 8, 2022

Today’s cookbook reading is Simple Flavours: Australian Home Cooking by Geoff Slattery.
(1991, Text Publishing, Australia.)

Many of the pages of my copy are splashed with stains. (I have never been a tidy cook, and have always lived in houses with ridiculously small kitchens!)

Anyone who knows me well can immediately turn to my cookbooks and find my favourite recipes by looking for the splodged pages.

In this book? There are splashes in almost every chapter. (The exception being Fish and Shellfish, as I grew up inland and have never been keen on either, except on my very rare coastal holidays. I’m attempting to remedy that now.)

For those so inclined, he suggests wine pairings for each dish.

Where this book really shines for me is his voice. He’s chatty, his personality come through (making puff pastry while watching Aussie Rules football, for example), he breaks down recipes which might seem daunting into achievable steps (I learned to make souffles from his confident teaching style) and he doesn’t shy away from using the microwave when it makes things easier.

There is a website, which has not been updated in many years, but this link will take you to the best Boiled Fruit Cake I have ever made - and it’s what I usually make for our Christmas Cake.
http://www.simpleflavours.com.au/2010/06/michele-days-fruit-cake/

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Michele Day’s fruit cake | Simple Flavours

It was during the fete season, and I was, as usual, picking through the jams and chutneys and cakes, when I picked up a cake labelled ‘wholemeal boiled fruit cake’. It felt heavy, looked full of fruit, and, despite its weight, I felt sure it would be moist. But things aren’t always as they look. [...]