I love avocados, I love basil and I love pasta (particularly spirals and odd shapes!). I had never thought to combine them all into one amazing dish, but thanks to reddit I came across an amazing vegan pesto dish online, and I just had to share!

I grew up eating yoghurt at almost every evening meal – it’s just the persian thing to do. Fast forward to now when I’m trying to cut down on dairy… well you can see my dilemma.

Every movie set in New York almost always has a scene in which food is bought from a street vendor – often a hot dog or pretzel of some sort. During our recent trip to New York I was hesitant to try the food, imagining that it would be poor in quality and taste. Boy was I ever wrong!

Until 2 years ago I had never tried asparagus. It was a foreign green vegetable that just gave me the heebie jeebies – until I tasted it. I fell in love instantly, proclaiming on my facebook wall that asparagus was my new favourite vegetable.

Muhammara is a hot pepper dip that originated from Syria. It is now found in many middle-eastern countries and there’s no dought why – it’s delicious! When I first made this I tried it as a dip, but I’ve found it shines best as a spread in sandwiches.