Festive recipe roundup

Christmas is almost upon us so I thought I'd do a wee round up post of recipes to see you through the festive season. Almost all the recipes are vegan and some are also gluten free which means you can cater for most dietary needs!

It goes without saying that all of these recipes are tried and tested, simple, nutritious and extremely delicious!
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A lot of the recipes can be made or assembled in advance so you don't have to spend too much time in the kitchen, leaving you free to enjoy yourself!

At Nourished by Nature this year, we will be well fed, as always, without any animals being harmed.

We are still trying to decide between a puy lentil and mushroom pie with sweet potato topping or a puff pastry roulade, filled with leeks, mushrooms, butternut squash and spinach. We may well end up with both!

As always there will be lots of veggies to accompany our dinner, oven roast parsnips and carrots are always delicious, especially drizzled with some maple syrup and himayan sea salt. 

Brussel sprouts are also delicious oven roasted with some garlic and red onions!

I will be baking some delicious sourdough bread to accompany our soup, which we haven't decided but will probably be based on leeks, which we all love but not boring Leek & Potato! See below for my two favourite leek soup recipes!

As well as lots of new delicious ideas to try out this festive season, here is a collection of recipes from last year as well as a few others that are great for entertaining.

Have yourself a merry little Christmas!

Soups
leek chickpea soup
leek oat coconut soup

Main meals
beet bourguignon
oven roasted veggie puff pastries
carrot seed loaf with mushroom gravy
super festive burgers

Snacks and nibbles
delicious dips 
oven baked falafel bites
quinoa broccoli bites
best ever kale crisps

Sweet treats
festive chocolate truffles
delicious decadent chocolate cake
magical chocolate mousse
quinoa brittle
​apricot fig mini tarts
christmas chocolate crunch 
chocolate ganache pot 
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                                          ...your health in your hands...

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