Perhaps, like me, you’ve seen mention of recipes that use banana peels as a plant-based substitute for meat in pulled pork and pulled beef recipes? This recipe from Samba by Giselle Makinde uses the peels in place of beef in the popular Brazilian dish carne louca (braised beef sandwich). This Carne Louca de Casca de Banana recipe a great way of transforming a waste product in...
Crème Brulée is one of my favourite desserts, as it is for many. This clever White Bean Crème Brulée from Ali Honour’s Beans cookbook uses cooked white beans to add protein and fibre, creating something that’s delicious but more nutritious than the classic version.
Have you come across Blasta Books? Launched in 2022 by Kristen Jensen as an imprint of Irish Publisher Nine Bean Rows (which she established in Dublin in 2021), Blasta Books aim to be “to cookbooks what street food is to restaurants: a fun, accessible way to eat exciting food“.
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