Creator of Little Bird Organics and its Unbakerie cafes, wants to share with others just how delicious plant-based wholefoods can be and how easy it is to create meals from them
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Pickled beets
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Quick cashew cheese
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Vietnamese pancake
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Overnight pickled turmeric carrots
These pickled carrots will be ready to eat in the morning if you do them the night before
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Carrot and pumpkin falafels with cashew tzatziki
Winter often means a smaller range of seasonal produce, which can feel rather limiting ...
Carrot and pumpkin falafels
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Chocolate chunk energy cookies
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Winter warming sauerkraut
Sauerkraut really is one of the best foods you could possibly eat for creating a ...
Mexican-spiced enoki tacos with kiwifruit salsa
This is a delicious, light and healthy taco made from gluten-free soft corn tortillas ...
Black forest celebration cake
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Fresh fig and sticky ginger cashew cream tart
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Vegan chipotle mayo
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Mexican street corn
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Watermelon and strawberry slushy
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Watermelon and cucumber salad
A visually spectacular and incredibly hydrating dish that is full of juicy summer ...
Summer pasta with basil and avocado pea pesto
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Black beluga lentil and mushroom vege burgers
The deep savoury flavour of these burger patties is layered against vine ripe ...
Smoky shiitake mushroom, tomato and avocado collard wrap
There are so many great things about this beautiful green wrap
Choc-topped vanilla and raspberry jelly icecreams
This updated version of a classic from my childhood is made using only real wholefood ...
Megan May's plant based challenge
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Simon Wright cooks Moroccan spiced eggplant
To coincide with the release of my new plant based cookbook, Little Bird Goodness, I ...
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Socca flatbreads with caramelised onions, brussels sprouts and hummus
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Blueberry and coconut frozen yoghurt
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Baked vege chips with rosemary and aquafaba aioli
These vege chips are delicious fresh from the oven, I sometimes toss them through a ...
Overnight gluten-free oats with macerated apricots and coconut yoghurt
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Salted caramel chocolate cups
These incredible looking chocolates are made from wholefoods so they don’t ...
Mexican iceberg tacos with walnut chilli
Fresh Mexican food is a great way of getting more wholefoods into your week, the ...
Cacao, cardamom and coffee milk
The cardamom and coffee beans are essential flavours in this drink, the sweet floral ...
Summer lasagne
Lasagne and health food don’t usually find themselves in the same sentence, but ...
Blackcurrant coconut ice blocks
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Summer berries and cream chocolate Christmas tart
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