Category: Vegetarian
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Why Stop At Chicken? Filipino Adobo Pickled Mushies
Everyone goes mushroom mad sometimes. This recipe is perfect for when you’ve bought or foraged a few too many of mother earth’s favourite umami cups. It features the usual pickling spices, plus the Filipino zap of coconut vin – a taste which pairs well with the meaty mushrooms and reminds my inner child of mum’s…
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Summery Sweet! Mango Pits & Peels Make a Delicious Marinade
There’s nothing like biting into some juicy mango on a hot summer’s day. I have so many memories of cross hatching mango cheeks with a knife and inverting them to become an edible cubist echidna. But what do you do with the pits and the peels that you can’t eat? I recently came across this…
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This Filipino ‘Tomato Ketchup’ is Actually Made From Bananas! 🍌
Yes, it’s bananas! This is the homemade Filipino version of bottled ‘ketchup’, except ours is made from bananas, not tomatoes. This tropical innovation stemmed from a WW2 tomato shortage and is my favourite way to use up overripe bananas — and waaaay more versatile than banana bread! I originally tried this recipe served with chicken…
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Cauliflower leaves make an excellent pizza topping
Cauliflower leaves are quickly becoming my go-to zero-waste staple. This non-traditional pizza recipe came about when I ran out of baby spinach but was craving a spinach and egg pizza. The closest thing I had in the crisper was a whole cauliflower + extra cauliflower leaves (everyone left them behind at the grocers, so I…
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Zero Waste veggie peel fritters
How often do you peel a carrot or a potato and chuck away the skin? Imagine if these nutritious strips could be turned into a whole ‘nother meal. Well dream no more. Recently I was cooking a bunch of carrots and parsnips, and didn’t have the heart to bin the peels — so I developed…
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Cauliflower leaves become deliciously crispy when roasted
Whenever you have a cauliflower with the outer leaves and stalks in tact it’s almost second nature to pull them all off and bin them. I started this process recently and noticed there was almost as much leaf as actual cauliflower. That got me thinking…there had to be a way to utilise them…
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