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Is it a coincidence that I should stumble upon the lovely Sarah Beattie  photograph with Hodmedod's Black Badger Peas for Masaledar recipe , on her  twitter account of course not - Great minds think alike. So why was it a coincidence?!  Well that very same day I had made a Smoky Black Badgers Peas Chilli.  Black Badger Peas are also known as Carlin Peas or Maple Peas.  These brown peas remind me of Indian Black Chickpeas aka Kala Cholay though the flavour is very different.  They are not soft like butter beans or well cooked butter beans, but more robust and nutty.  I absolutely loved them. I can see exactly why Sarah Beattie used it in Masaladal recipe featured in this month Vegetarian Living Magazine which of course I had to go out and buy.  I don't buy many magazines anymore for various reasons, but I did so because I love  most of her cookbooks - all vegetarian. My recipe is essentially a vegetarian chilli but with some authen...

The weather in Wales is so strange at the moment.  For the past two days its been heavily foggy, only to clear and then smack us in the face with a mini heatwave.  It does make a change from the rain though, so I better not complain.   I made this Golden Mushroom Loaf a couple of weeks back at the weekend when D brought home a lot of mushrooms.  It is golden partly from being baked, but also from the addition of smoked paprika.   I garnished the mushroom loaf with homemade smoky coconut flakes aka 'coconut 'bacon'.   We enjoyed this Mushroom Loaf as a Nut Roast with one meal, the others with a side of salad. It was tasty.  It was firm and crunchy on the outside, and soft on the inside, but not a claggy soft. It made a nice change from the occasional mock 'meat' sausages we pick up for  during the working week for easy meals.   If you do make this allow to cool in tin before attempting to remove.  This savoury loaf c an be r...

I know its spring and I should be sharing elegantly presented light green dishes with all manner of micro green garnish, instead I share an autumnal looking one.    This Curried Butter Bean dish hit the spot that evening when I came in from work feeling like a little fed up with stuff going on around me at work, but I don't want to talk about 'office politics' and favouritism.  No I want to talk about this naturally 'buttery' bean bowl that melts in the mouth with a hint of tomatoey spice and the kale is almost seaweed like.  This recipe can be more soup like if you add more stock or water to it, but I enjoyed the thickness of it wrapped up in a tortilla bundle like a big warm hug. I had some mushrooms left over from the Smoked Paprika Mushroom Loaf and threw them in, but its not necessary other than it gives this dish additional texture.    I am joining in for the first time with Butter Bean Curry recipe . 

I've never been to Cheltenham, England but when I saw that there was Cheltenham were hosting a Vegan Fair, well I thought this would be the weekend to go and make a whole day of it.   It was icy cold, but the hospitality of the Cheltenham people was very warm that it was a delight to explore the city, but also the stalls at the Cheltenham Vegan Fair.    Although it was small,  I loved it as it made a fabulous and genuine refreshing change from the usual suspects in South Wales.  So here are some of the delights that my eyes (and belly) were able to feast on.  I apologise sincerely in advance if I have missed your stall here, it was getting busy so I was unable to take pictures of all that were there, but I did visit each and every one of them.    Lovely little Badger flower pots I know a friend who would love this in her kitchen.  I regret not getting it for her now, it would have been a nice house warming gift. Some of the mos...

I made this soup last week, or was it the weekend before...I can't remember now.  What I do remember is wanting to make French Onion Soup for a long while.  I think the idea had been planted in my head during Vegan Mofo when I saw a good looking vegan variation of French Onion soup that got me drooling.   This one is not vegan though it could easily be by replacing the butter with vegan margarine and vegan 'cheese'. Previous to making this soup, I have only ever had French Onion soup once in my life.  No it was not when I was in  Paris, France  for my honeymoon; or when I was in Brittany visiting friends . No it wasn't even when we went to Marseille quite recently, no I had my first ever French Onion Soup in  Loch Lomond , when I lived in Scotland.   We had friends visiting us from America and we went to the shores of Loch Lomond.  It was the only dish on the menu, other than Ploughman's Lunch that was marked as suitable for vege...