Here’s a nice recipe. No-Alcohol Sangria (Wallflower Kitchen) is ideal for summer evenings, and although it’s based on the popular Spanish drink, this one is free from alcohol. All you need is fresh fruit, fruit juice and soda or sparkling water.e
Avoid unpasteurised fruit and juice if pregnancy/nursing or you have weak immunity (including children). Keep citrus fruits away from pets (just bin scraps, as like rhubarb and allium vegetables, acids could harm compost creatures).
You can mix and match the fruits, the recipe above uses orange, grape and cranberry, though you could use apple juice instead. This recipe uses fresh apples, strawberries, lemons and oranges. Or try peach and cherries. You can even add an optional cinnamon stick.
The chopped fruit and juice are mixed in a jug, and infused (with the optional cinnamon stick) for a few hours, then chilled in the fridge, before serving with soda or sparkling water. Drink soon, as it does not keep that long.
Look in stores for Aimee’s wonderful cookbook Great British Vegan. She has recipes for all your favourites including:
- English pancakes
- Carrot cake muesli
- Breakfast butties
- BLT salad
- Cider Bean Stew with herby dumplings
- Lancashire hotpot
- Bangers and Mash
- Shepherd’s Pie
- Tofu korma
- British veggie burger
- Welsh rarebit
- Portobello steak and kidney bean pie
- Victoria sponge
- Scottish shortbread
- Rhubarb and ginger crumble
- Banoffee pie pots
