Raw Thai curry salad

Now this was a triumph. First use of the spiraliser and made the sauce in the nutribullet so very much new age non-cooking. Just an assembly job really. Made with pepper, turnip, green beans, courgette noodles with roasted almonds, herbs and crispy kale.

A new brownie recipe (no dates!)

Rich and silky the main ingredient was black eyed beans! Not that you could taste them as so chocolatey. 

Beetroot and squash fritters

Botch job on this but was beetroot, potato and squash patties flavoured with cumin and spring onion, watercress salad and parsley/garlic/lemon prawns with smoked mackerel. Poorly conceived but rather tasty!

Beetroot risotto

This is an Ella's recipe. I changed it up a bit, making it with orzo/chickpea, adding roasted spice mix and topping it with fried spring onions, rocket and coriander as it all felt a bit flat. It was seriously delicious and very different.

Moroccan spiced salmon with spelt and broad beans

A fiery, tomatoey piece of salmon which I had to cool down with yoghurt! Served with spelt with lemon juice and yummy broad beans from the freezer (easy!)

Baked gnocchi with shrooms and spinach

I must admit that I added Parmesan to this but Harry said it was very satisfying without. I baked the gnocchi in the oven with fennel seeds and fried the mushrooms adding tamari, garlic and fresh parsley. Nice textures and good nutrition.

The best truffles ever!

Cacao and chia bombs from heaven made with no trace of dairy - soooo good!

Scallops with spiced parsnip purée and rainbow chard

Unusual combo but we don't have much choice in Arnamurchan plus we bought the amazing rainbow chard just today directly from a veg grower. Added crispy kale for texture, taste and fun. Bloody delicious.

Non-dairy fish pie, believe it or not!

First time I've attempted a white sauce with cashew butter/flax oil, flour and almond milk but it worked! It tasted quite nutty at first but less so once I added lemon juice and then baked it with the cod plus sweet/potato mash with scattered rosemary. Harry had seconds so couldn't have been bad. I thought it was a good light alternative.

Smoked mackerel and 3 pulse salad with crispy kale

Kale crisps fast so need to watch the burn but it's a really nice texture with a mushy salad. This had sesame seeds and pine nuts in it too.

Cacao nibs

These are Ella's raw brownies with almonds and added cacao nibs for bite. Very sticky and delicious

Prawns in garlic and parsley with linguine

What a huge treat. These were caught the afternoon we ate them for dinner.

Date and almond loaf

This loaf took forever to bake as very wet and no fat but tasted Mmmmmm in the end.

Smoked trout in my pout

Broccoli with lemon tahini sauce topped with chia seeds plus Scottish smoked trout (and a bit of salmon). I really like most 'healthy' food stuffs but there's something so heavy and smelly about pumpernickel that I might not eat it much more.

Arrrrrribaaaa

This was all a bit Mexican with cacan spiced sweet potato, tomato salsa and guacamole. Very satisfying and a bit different.