Staples

Staple recipes for any vegetarian kitchen, from how to make caramelised onions to oat milk. These simple everyday recipes will teach you important basics.

Learn to make homemade staples yourself, reduce your packaging waste, and become more confident in a whole-foods kitchen. Many of these basic recipes are used elsewhere in other recipes and are useful to have on hand.

You'll learn basics like How to Make Vegetable Broth with plenty of tips, notes, and substitution options to suit your equipment and available ingredients.

Other vegetarian standards include Pickled Red Onions, Vegan Chocolate Ganache, Simple Marinara Tomato Sauce, and the ever-useful Coconut Whipped Cream.

Take these staple recipes with you to use in other meals, or as part of a weekly batch-cooking routine. Whether you're an absolute beginner or an experienced cook just exploring plant-based eating, there's something here for you.

Everyday Honey Mustard Vinaigrette

This mustard vinaigrette is what we use almost every day of the week, and one of the first recipes my mother taught me to ...

Tahini Garlic Sauce

Delicious with just about anything, this tahini garlic sauce is a simple but outstanding dressing or dip to have on hand. It ...

Simple Lentil Salad

This is our go-to everyday lentil salad, and serves as the main protein element of our meals at least once or twice a week. ...

Swedish Crispbread (Rye Knäckebröd)

Graham has always loved crispbread and although we eat it in Germany, too (knäckebrot), it is very popular here in Sweden and ...

Dairy-Free Mashed Potatoes (No Milk)

Dairy-free mashed potatoes are so easy to make, using the water the potatoes are cooked in instead of any milk or non-dairy ...

Mushroom Stock

Rich and deeply savoury, mushroom stock makes a strong soup base for many recipes - think onion soup, risotto, veg pho, gravy, ...

Spelt Flour Pizza Dough

We make pizza every Friday, either using this spelt pizza dough recipe or my sourdough pizza dough (also made with 100% spelt ...

Homemade Peanut Butter

Homemade peanut butter is not only extra delicious, it's also super easy to make. You control how long the nuts are roasted, ...