This is an exciting recipe for me to share with you, firstly because I actually picked the carob myself in Ibiza and turned it into powder, and secondly because I discovered that you can make an egg replacement using chia seeds...totally bananas! Your probably thinking wow this is totally kickass, or wondering what the hell carob is and also how chia seeds can resemble an egg?? Well I will tell you... Carob is a funny looking pod that grows off the trees in hot places, I had no clue what it was until a month ago when I saw Sarah B's recipe for these muffins from My New Roots. She was inspired to do the recipe from smelling the carob growing off all the trees in a visit to Ibiza. Well, I saw this and it just so happened I was off to Ibiza that week, so being the new forager that I am, I picked as much as I could fit into my carry on case and brought it home, it was not hard to find there are carob trees as far as the eye can see. Some people say carob is like chocolate...those peopl
I remember my first ever falafel, I was eighteen. I imagine not many people would remember something like that, but given that I was fresh from the Dorset countryside and there weren't many opportunities to try new food, I remember it! Maybe it was actually more memorable because of the epic shock I had when my head was blown off by the spiciest sauce ever! After a bit of swearing, sweating and a running nose I recovered and went back to my normal routine of ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch. Unfortunately I worked minutes away from Mustafas falafel van on Portobello and my workmate and now fellow hippy food friend Philly loved them, she dragged me back and under strict instructions Mustafa was banned from the bottle of spicy sauce. Anyway end of my story is that it turned out falafels are pretty damn good once you can taste them, and if your ever hungry on Portobello go and give them a try! This recipe is from Green Kitchen Stories which is one of my new favourite blogs, it has