So far the spring weather has been a bit up and down in Berlin but the spells of bright sunny days have given us a great taste of the coming summer :) Speaking of taste I recently celebrated my birthday and of course and as usual the focal point of that celebration was around...yes you guessed it, food! Luckily for me my foodie housemate Mathilde's birthday is close to mine so we decided to make a huge buffet for our friends full of our favourite vegan recipes. A lot of the dishes have already featured on this blog and I also learned lots of great new ones from Mathilde. Foodie friends are the best friends :)









We made strawberry matinis and mini pizzas to begin as people arrived and waited for the others. One with rosemary potato and the other with vegan cheese and fresh basil. Sadly I don't have the photos of them! Then came the main act. In total we had;
Homemade bread
Tomato bruschetta
3x dips - roasted red pepper, walnut red pepper, and houmous
Soy toasted nuts (toasted ourselves)
Lentil burgers
Quinoa cashew salad
Potato salad
Sweet potato and spicy houmous wraps
Cream cheese and avocado wraps
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Then came dessert :)

Recipe number 3 from the Deliciously Ella cookbook and it really is a delicious one! It is getting to Summer time but it's always curry season to me :) The coconut made it really creamy and the chili gave it a great kick. All around tasty and enjoyable, it's definitely one for my recipe keeper! And it was actually pretty simple to prepare.

While we haven't quite shaken off the winter blues here's a great winter warmer to comfort us in these cold days! It's super herby and garlicky - always a good thing! I opted for wild rice mix but you can just use brown rice if you prefer :)

When I found this recipe on Ambitious Kitchen I had to try it out quick snap. Colourful, crunchy, flavourful, and fresh, it has so many elements that make this dish so appealing!

So I've recently returned from a trip to Berlin and had a pretty wonderful time!  So many things about it I could big up but since this is a mostly foodie blog I'll stick with just that (believe me there's enough to go on about!). I had heard that Germany had gone crazy for veganism and was pleased to find this was just the case, there were vegan/veggie restaurants galore and almost everywhere advertised as having vegan friendly options.

Here's a list of the faves I visited!

Quinoa pasta with homemade vegan pesto, spinach, courgettes, tomatoes, and pine nuts :)

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