I hope all is well and you are loving autumn! It has been a weirdly warm (like t-shirt weather warm) and super busy week and – as often happens – I’m not quite sure what I have achieved. Halloween, Bonfire Night, Thanksgiving, Christmas are just around the corner and I am starting to think about […]
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Gluten-Free, Vegan, Pear and Cinnamon Breakfast Smoothie
Autumn is well and truly here and what better way to start the day than with a super seasonal, Gluten-Free, Vegan, Pear and Cinnamon Breakfast Smoothie. Pear and Cinnamon Smoothie is the ultimate autumn smoothie. Using seasonal fruit means the smoothie is packed full of flavour and nutrients. A perfect way to start your weekend […]
Gluten-Free, Vegan Apple and Blackberry Cobbler
Apple and Blackberry Cobbler is as British as… Apple Pie. Apples and blackberries are the perfect combination, both are beautifully in season in September and taste wonderful so let’s make the most of them. Yeh! Apple and Blackberry Cobbler is quick and easy to make. You can find the full Apple and Blackberry Cobbler recipe […]
New FriFran recipes and news! 24 September 2017
Autumn has officially started (it was the autumn equinox on Friday) and autumn is one of my favourite times of year. Great produce, great atmosphere and weird weather. Autumn is also start of the run up to lots of festivals and celebrations. Halloween, Bonfire Night, Thanksgiving in the States, Christmas and all the other celebrations […]
Autumn Equinox! And my Favourite Autumn Things
Seasons of Mists… This is one of my favourite poems. It knows autumn so well and describes it perfectly. I find myself stopping and thinking about this poem often in the autumn (it is hard to find enough time to be able to stop and think about autumn and the changing of the seasons let […]
Amazing, Easy and Delicious Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut love!!! Sauerkraut is all about the seasonal, the preserving, and ultimately, the taste. Sauerkraut is a lacto-fermented vegetable and has a wonderful taste that is hard to describe; tangy, umami, earthy, light and only slightly salty. Much underused, mocked and maligned Sauerkraut is great not only as an accompaniment or sandwich topper but as […]
Tasty and Moreish Baba Ganoush
Baba Ganoush is one of those amazing dishes that is widely eaten and just happens to be gluten-free and vegan – and allergy-friendly too. As well as ticking all those boxes it is also wonderful to eat; full of deep, musky, creamy flavours of roasted aubergine that work so well with spices. I adore it […]
New FriFran recipes and news! 17 September 2017
Autumn is in full swing and fabulous! But, it is getting cold in London (not bone-aching cold just yet, but it is getting colder, rainier…). I am still going a bit preserving crazy and loving the last of the summer produce as we move in to wonderful autumn delights! Cobnuts (AKA wet hazelnuts) are just […]