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Recipe: Mexican Salad with Homemade Tomato Salsa
This salad is very easy to make and tastes delicious. I love the flavour combination of coriander, avocado and lime making me a big fan...


Recipe: Aubergine Chermoula
This is definitely one of my favourite dishes to make. To make the chermoula paste from scratch takes about 5 minutes. Prepping the...


Recipe: Courgette, Pea and Mint Lentil Salad
This is a quick and tasty salad to make. It can be made in advance and will keep in the fridge for a few days. It's ideal for putting in...


Recipe: Chocolate Orange Truffles
If you like Terry's chocolate orange, you will love these truffles. Chocolate and orange is a classic flavour combination and because...


Recipe: Strawberry 'No Dairy' Milk
I put a picture up on Instagram a couple of weeks ago of two jars of strawberry milk I had just made. Since then, lots of my friends and...


Recipe: Homemade Granola
Granola is one of these things that is so handy to have in the cupboard. I use it at breakfast time to add flavour and texture to my...


Recipe: Rhubarb and Strawberry Crumble
This dessert is a real favourite of mine. It is great to make at this time of year when both rhubarb and strawberries are in season. ...


Recipe: Sundried tomato pesto
Sundried tomato pesto is a great recipe to have in your back pocket. It is so yum with spelt or brown rice pasta, with salads and also...


Recipe: Refried pinto beans
I am pretty sure that pinto beans originated in Peru but I always associate them with Mexican cooking. They provide plant based fibre,...


Recipe: Oven roasted cauliflower in olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and chilli
Cauliflower is one of my favourite vegetables. It is so versatile and utterly delicious. I am not a big fan of boiling cauliflower as...


Recipe: Butternut squash and quinoa salad with balsamic beetroot
Salads are a major part of any plant based eater's diet. Up until a few years ago, the traditional Irish salad consisted of lettuce,...


Five ridiciously tasty things you can do with chickpeas
The little chickpea must be one of the most under rated ingredients going. Since I started following a plant based diet, the chickpea is...


Recipe: Strawberries and Cream 'Honest Project Style'
Today's weather isn't exactly screaming summer. So to remind us that it is actually summer, why not try out a classic summer dessert....


Recipe: Spicy Falafels
Falafels are really quick and handy to make. With this recipe you can either fry the falafels on a pan in oil or bake them in the oven. I...


Recipe: Awesome healthy toasted sandwich
Who doesn't love a good old fashioned toasted sandwich?! They are such an easy and quick meal to whip up. The great thing is that our...


A weekend in Spain and my not so 'honest project' holiday eating!!
I got home from a long weekend in Spain late Monday night and I spent yesterday catching up with my brother's family who are home from...


Five reasons to embrace 'Meat Free Mondays'
What is Meat Free Mondays? Meat Free Mondays is a movement that encourages people to cut out meat for just one day a week. It doesn't...


An Honest Project Food Diary #1
The number one question I am asked is what do I eat on a daily basis? I think most people expect my diet to be very restrictive, boring...


Five of my favourite kitchen gadgets right now!
This post is about my five favourite kitchen gadgets right now. The five are inexpensive and readily available, I use them all the time...


Recipe: Smoky baked beans in tomato sauce
I have been experimenting with different baked beans recipes for a while now and have tried lots of different combinations of...
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