May Recipes

Try this delicious gluten free buckwheat & coconut bread from A. Vogel toasted or served with (dairy free) cream cheese.

• Serves: makes 1 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Pointed Cabbage, or hearted cabbage, is a green cabbage which can be in season in Spring or Autumn. A tasty salad for a warm Spring day!

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 10 minutes • Cooking Time: 10 - 20 minutes

Cauliflower is in season most of the year. This is very simple recipe for which you only need one pan.

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes • Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes

British cauliflower is available almost all year round. There are varieties which you can plant in September and they will have heads early to mid spring.

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes • Cooking Time: 30-40 minutes

Who knew you can use cauliflower to make a gluten free pizza base?? Try this recipe from A.Vogel and see for yourself.

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes • Cooking Time: 65 minutes

Green soups can be nice too! British grown asparagus are only available for a very short time, so make the most of it while you can!

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 20 minutes • Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes

Pancakes made with ground elder, no it's not a weed, you can eat it too! And it is rather delicious. These pancakes are made with buckwheat flour, so suitable for those avoiding gluten.

• Serves: 2-3 • Preparation Time: 30 minutes • Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes

Something I make every spring with fresh new salad leaves. Any green leaves you might have or can buy or if you are feeling a little adventurous, you can add some dandelion or ground elder leaves to the mix - as long as you are certain you are able to identify the right plant!

• Serves: 1-6 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 0

You’ll have noticed I don’t sweeten it, that’s because I don’t really have a particularly sweet tooth, but if you would like your breakfast a little bit sweeter, opt for low GI sweeteners like honey, brown rice syrup or agave syrup.

• Serves: 1 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes • Cooking Time: 0

A colourful, seasonal recipe using spinach. Spinach is in season in the UK from May until September and is best enjoyed at this time of year.

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 20-35 minutes

Lettuce is in season more or less from May right until September. Tempeh is fermented soya beans and very healthy.

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: >1 hour • Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes

This is a simple recipe for your 'fish day'!

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 20 minutes • Cooking Time: 0

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Who doesn't like a good crumble?! Rhubarb should be in season now, but you can sometimes buy forced rhubarb as early as February/March. Rhubarb is high in oxalic acid, so should be avoided by people suffering from kidney stones.

• Serves: 8 • Preparation Time: 20 minutes • Cooking Time: 65 minutes

These rocky roads are a vegan version of the classic rocky roads which normally contain butter and milk chocolate. By using coconut oil and vegan milk chocolate you can still have a tasty vegan rocky roads treat!

• Serves: 16-24 • Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes • Cooking Time: 0

• Serves: 1 • Preparation Time: 5 minutes • Cooking Time: 0

This recipe reminds me of my student days, when money was tight and cooking wasn’t high on my list of priorities. But with this dish you are getting all the 5 major food groups: carbohydrates from the pasta, vitamins from the vegetables, oil from the olive oil, protein and a dairy-alternative from ...

• Serves: 4 • Preparation Time: 5-10 minutes • Cooking Time: 10-20 minutes

This dish offers you a delicious way to add some organic greens and protein into your meal. You can replace the asparagus with any green vegetables, which you can steam or boil, if you prefer not to cook them in oil. A sprinkle of Clearspring’s Atlantic Sea Salad gives this dish an added depth of fl...

• Serves: 2 • Preparation Time: 15 minutes