Vegan Cashew Cream with Rhubarb Compote 🌱

The rhubarb season has begun and I just completed my first corresponding creation. What do you reckon? Rhubarb compote: Peel and finely chop rhubarb. Taste with vanilla extract and sweetener to your liking and simmer until soft. If needed, add water. Once soft, add 8 g agar agar pro 500 ml compote. Transfer to portion…

Vegan Faux Egg Stew 🌱

Do you still have leftover boiled eggs from Easter? Have you run out of ideas as to how to incorporate them into a dish? Good news, because I have the solution for you. Peel them, halve them and serve them in a stew. In Emmental – a valley in my home canton – boiled eggs…

Vegan Dalgona Coffee with a Trio of White Asparagus 🌱

Have you already tried Dalgona coffee – the latest viral trend on social media? It’s a luscious and rich drink consisting of equal parts of instant coffee, sugar and hot water whipped until creamy and served with hot or iced milk. The name derives from the Koran name for its famous honeycomb toffee, to which…

Vegan: Salsify • Purple carrot • Apple • Wild garlic 🌱

I’m still working off my Easter sugar high and not quite ready for any sweet treats. Maybe I’ll be towards the end of the week. Until then, you’ll have to make do with this vegan dish. Blend one part wild garlic with one part olive oil and two parts soy yoghurt until smooth. Taste with…

Vegan: Endive • Fig • Onion • Flower sprout 🌱

After days of chocolate eggs, chocolate bunnies and pastry, I think it’s time for something lighter and more healthy. What do you think? Mix sweet mustard with puréed figs. Brush it into am the shape of a half moon. Place leaves of young red endive and coins of your red onion onto the mustard. Decorate…

Vegan Faux Lox 🌱

What dish is a must on your brunch table? One of my all-time favorites is smoked salmon served with my mother’s delicious mustard sauce. This is a veganized version of that fond culinary memory. Faux lox (“smoked” carrot): Peel and thinly slice carrots. Cover with boiling water tasted with salt and liquid smoke. As the…

Vegan Radish Root to Leaf 🌱

Incorporating the greens of the veggie you’re preparing into your dish is so satisfying. Not only is it a sustainable way of cooking. It also adds a totally new dimension to the dish. This culinary creation is a simple dish paying tribute to radish. And with that I mean the entire veggie – root and…

Vegan Agretti on Borlotti Bean Soup 🌱

The agretti season is very short. A couple of weeks only. I appreciate this succulent quite a lot and buy it whenever I see it. The fresh crunch, tangy grassiness and mellow citrus notes. Just fantastic! In this recipe, I combined it with a silky bean soup. Buon appetito! Boil borlotti beans (use dried or…

Vegan Cashew Cheese with Pear Chutney, Pear Syrup and Roasted Walnuts 🌱

Last week, I managed to post a picture on Instagram with a short caption. Today, I finally managed to write the matching blog post. That’s how busy this week has been. Thanks to homeschooling, home office and household. Now, it’s vacay time. And hopefully, I’ll have more time for blogging, as we’ll be spending this…