Lara

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Date registered: February 7, 2012
URL: http://www.lactovegetarian.com

Latest posts

  1. Eggless cupcakes — May 14, 2013
  2. Avocado sandwich — April 27, 2013
  3. Lemon quinoa — April 8, 2013
  4. Eggless Hot Cross Buns — March 29, 2013
  5. Jam Tarts — March 9, 2013

Most commented posts

  1. Soya bean sabji (Indian Style) — 18 comments
  2. Eggless Vegetarian Lasagne recipe — 13 comments
  3. Apples are in all season — 12 comments
  4. Home-made vegetarian tomato pasta sauce — 8 comments
  5. Quinoa – a good protein food — 7 comments

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May 14

Eggless cupcakes

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Eggless Cup Cakes

Here’s simple and easy eggless cupcake recipe that you can make within half an hour. Ingredients: 200g Organic plain flour 1 tsp Baking powder 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda 100g Caster sugar or Organic Sugar (e.g. Rapadura whole cane sugar) 80g Organic unsalted butter ½ inch Vanilla pod (seeds scraped out) 200ml Organic yoghurt Lemon …

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Apr 27

Avocado sandwich

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Avocado Sandwich - vegetables used

Often we stick to what we know best but when it comes to sandwiches it can be bit boring to have the same filling all the time, so now is time to try my avocado sandwich.  Here’s a sandwich recipe worth making, even your non-veg friends will enjoy this filling of 3 layer toasted avocado …

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Apr 08

Lemon quinoa

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Indian, Main Dishes

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Lemon Quinoa

Here’s an adapted rice recipe using quinoa.  I found that the flavours really blend well and adds another dimension to quinoa.  So try this lemon quinoa recipe and see for yourself. 1 cup Quinoa – (cooked in 2 cups of water and leave to cool) 1 lemon – squeeze the juice and keep it aside. …

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Mar 29

Eggless Hot Cross Buns

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Eggless Hot Cross Buns

Here’s an Easter treat for you all – eggless hot cross buns.  There are a lot of hot cross buns recipes on the internet but limited eggless hot cross buns recipes.  This is also an ideal cooking activity for the kids to make during the holidays. Eggless Buns 250g Organic bread flour ½ tsp Mixed …

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Mar 09

Jam Tarts

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British, Desserts

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Jam Tart 2

Once you have mastered the art of making sweet pastry, a whole new set of doors open for you to experiment with. Here’s a nice and easy classic British jam tart recipe which will have everyone asking for more and a perfect sweet treat for Mum’s on Mother’s Day. Sweet pastry 200g Plain flour 120g …

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Mar 08

Sweet Pastry

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British, Desserts, Uncategorized

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Pastry

This is a quick sweet pastry recipe which can be made as mini or large tarts.  In this recipe I use almond powder as I find that it adds flavour and a nutty taste to the pastry cases. 200g Plain flour 120g Unsalted organic butter – cut into cubes 20g Almond powder (optional) 1 tsp …

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Mar 01

Courgette fritters

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British, Snack, Starters

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Courgette fitters

Here is a quick snack recipe. These courgette fritters are tasty and can be made in advance, ideal for night in or as a starter. 1 Courgette (grated) 2 small Potatoes (grated) 2-3 Garlic cloves (crushed) 60g Cornflour 1 tsp Chives (finely chopped) ½ tsp Dill (finely chopped) ½ tsp mild Mustard sauce 1 tsp …

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Feb 20

Lentil and Butternut Squash soup

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British, Soups

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Lentil & Butternut Squash Soup-1

Here is an easy Lentil and Butternut Squash soup recipe that does not require using vegetable stock. This recipe makes approximately 1L soup – depending on texture. 400g Butternut Squash (cut into chunks and oven baked) 150g Red lentil (cooked) 1 Tsp Oil 1 Onion (chopped) 2-3 Garlic cloves (coarsely chopped) 1 Tsp Mustard mild …

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Dec 20

Caramel nut clusters

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Desserts, Snack

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Caramel Nut Clusters

With the festive season on its way, here’s a quick and easy sweet snack recipe for all to enjoy.  You can make these caramel nut cluster in advance, but be warned once your family and friends start tasting them they won’t last long! 1 batch of caramel sauce 140g of assorted nuts (e.g. almonds, hazelnuts, …

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Dec 05

Vegetable macaroni cheese

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Italian, Main Dishes

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Vegtable macaroni cheese

Here is a quick and simple vegetable macaroni cheese recipe.  My version has vegetable as I find this gives it a slightly different flavour. This vegetable macaroni cheese dish is oven baked although you can skip that part and just eat it without baking. 150g Macaroni 50g Frozen vegetables (carrots, green beans, sweet corn, red …

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