• Sumac-dusted fried chickpeas are a lovely, lighter alternative to potato crisps or nuts to snack on with drinks. They’re also fabulous sprinkled over salads. Creamy in the centre and slightly crunchy on the outside, fried chickpeas are the perfect canvas for the lemony tang of sumac. If you don’t fancy chickpeas, there are many other delicious uses for sumac: Serve good-quality olive oil with a sprinkle of sumac as a dip for crusty bread. Sprinkle sumac over buttered popcorn for a fresh, lemony flavour. For a different flavour note, substitute the same quantity of lemon juice with sumac next time you’re…

    Berry choc-chunk ice cream is perfect as a Valentine’s treat, but that’s not to say it’s any less delicious on another day. Jam is wonderful swirled into ice cream! Its high sugar content keeps it from freezing solid, so it’s a deliciously chewy ribbon in the frozen custard. You can make this with chocolate chips instead of hand-chopped chunks, but the variation in chunk size is, to our minds, part of the charm. Recipe by Kate Shrire 

    Print Recipe Vegan almond butter and toasted millet truffles Serves: Makes about 25 Cooking Time: 15 minutes + 1 hour, to harden Ingredients 2,5ml (½ tsp) canola oil 70g dehulled millet, uncooked 180g almond butter 30ml (2 tbsp) desiccated coconut Pinch salt 5ml (1 tsp) vanilla extract 100g dried figs, finely chopped 170g sugar-free dark