Chocolate Easter Cake

To me Easter is mostly about chocolate and time off. Why use some of your time off to try making this chocolate cake recipe, the cake is gorgeous and adding Whizzers mini eggs makes it the perfect Easter dessert. This recipe comes from a site designed for omnivores who are cooking for or more specifically in a relationship with a vegan. You might like to point you omni friends or family at this site as they might not feel so judged whilst learning about some vegan issues.

Happy Easter!

Lentil Curry

This week I made a lentil curry from Parsley Soup which was OK as a curry but it made an amazing sandwich filling. Try it hot or cold in a pitta bread or on some thick toast or just in a normal sandwich, I'm sure you wont be disappointed.

This recipe several spices that should be staples in any vegan's spice rack - providing you like spicy food of course. Lentils are a classic vegan food which, according to www.veg-it.com, are high in protein, fibre, potassium and iron. They are also a good source of calcium. Which is nice.

Really Easy Mushroom Risotto

Although risotto didn't strike me as a particularly simple dish this one was easy. It is something you have to continually pay attention to, but it is hard to get wrong. It is also a recipe which scales quite simply, say about 85g of rice per person, it doesn't matter if you have extra onion in there and all the other ingredients can be halved or quartered. To keep things simple and cheaper I left out the porcini mushrooms, it didn't make much difference.

Finding vegan wine can be a bit difficult but some supermarkets do label their own make bottles, try COOP or Sainsburys. Tesco's online Wine Club has a vegan section and check out this vegan wine guide. Obviously you'll have to replace the butter with a vegan alternative - my thoughts on this are on the Vegan Essentials page of my website. And instead of Parmesan try Parmazano available from some supermarkets, most health food shops and online at the Vegan Store and Veggie Stuff.