Mark your calendar, millennials, National Avocado Day is upon us this month! As a good millennial myself, I am required by generational law to have avocado toast on 31 July (and in so doing, ensure that I never own property in my lifetime). I don’t just like avocado toast, but I find the avocado to be an incredibly delicious, versatile,...

It is understandable that anything small, round (like pea shape or similar) and edible, can be called a ‘bean’. But there is more to beans than you may know, so let’s cut to the chase and discern what is a bean, and what is actually ‘a legume’. The first certified records for the existence of beans in the human diet...

Guys – it’s July. The sun is out, the birds are chirping, your country is probably slowly letting up on lockdown restrictions – it’s time for some fun! And as much as I subscribe to our soup-centric lifestyle here at Simply Souperlicious, some days this summer it’s just going to be too darn hot for soup. To celebrate, I’ve compiled...

Sous vide cooking hit the domestic world about ten years ago, but it had been around for a lot longer commercially. There seems to be quite a difference of opinion in terms of using it as a ‘home cooking’ method, and commercially, some chefs love it, and others would not let sous vide machines within a mile of their restaurants....

If you haven’t heard of courgetti and you live in the western world, I’m pretty sure you’ve had your head buried under the sand. The concept of turning root vegetables into fake carbohydrates has been pretty popular over the last couple of years with people deeming carbohydrates as ‘bad foods’ and trying to find a healthier alternative. But why can’t...