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6 Ingredient Red Capsicum Pasta Sauce – A Creamy Vegan Pasta Sauce you’ll make again and again!

Let me introduce you to my 6 Ingredient Creamy Vegan Pasta Sauce. And the story of how it happened. It’s supposed to be Springtime here in Melbourne, but there’s nothing Spring-like about the cold, wet, windy weather we’ve had. Before I left for Bali (Sunshine! Tropical fruit!) I was cleaning out the fridge. We had some homemade pasta that I’d made the week before sitting in the fridge, and I knew I’d have to use it. I wanted something creamy and moorish. I wanted my creamy pumpkin pasta. But with no pumpkin in the fridge, what’s a girl to do?  Rummage. In the crisper, 2 bright red capsicums. Probably a few days off from being mush in the bottom of...

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Roasted Cauliflower Tacos with Spicy Kale and Avocado Cream

I remember years ago, working in a nursing home, and one of the staff told me about this diet she was on. She could only eat ‘white’ foods. Except flour. And sugar. Of course.   Cauliflower, egg whites, protein powder, chicken, milk and potatoes made up the bulk of her diet- which lasted a few weeks. Enough to see her sufficiently hungry, irritable and I daresay, smelly. At the time, my thought was ‘Gross’. Still is, actually. But I also recall thinking that I would DIE if cauliflower was the only vegetable I could eat. My experience with cauli’s was probably like every other Aussie kid. Roasted ‘trees’ in white sauce. Or boiled and served with a sprinkle of salt and pepper...

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