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Megan May
Food writer

Creator of Little Bird Organics and its Unbakerie cafes, wants to share with others just how delicious plant-based wholefoods can be and how easy it is to create meals from them

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Smoky baked beans
Recipes

Smoky baked beans

02 Dec 11:00 AM
Strawberry and rhubarb waffles
Recipes

Strawberry and rhubarb waffles

18 Nov 11:00 AM

My daughter Pepper requests waffles a few times a week

Little Bird Organics plant-based challenge: Ben Bayly
Food News

Little Bird Organics plant-based challenge: Ben Bayly

28 Oct 11:00 AM

This incredibly delicious and fun play on summer produce was created by Ben Bayly for ...

Little Bird Organics plant-based challenge: Tom Hishon
Food News

Little Bird Organics plant-based challenge: Tom Hishon

21 Oct 11:00 AM

My request to Tom Hishon from Orphan's Kitchen and Daily Bread to create a dish for ...

Little Bird Organics plant-based challenge: Emma Galloway
Food News

Little Bird Organics plant-based challenge: Emma Galloway

14 Oct 11:00 AM

Megan May’s request to Emma Galloway of My Darling Lemon Thyme to create a dish ...

Little Bird Organics plant-based challenge: Al Brown
Food News

Little Bird Organics plant-based challenge: Al Brown

07 Oct 11:00 AM

When I challenged Al Brown to create a plant-based dish for the 2018 Little Bird ...

Vegetable scrap broth
Food News

Vegetable scrap broth

23 Sep 12:00 PM

Some ideas to reduce waste and save money take a whole lot of extra time, but this one ...

Buckwheat tabbouleh with pickled beets and quick cashew cheese
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Buckwheat tabbouleh with pickled beets and quick cashew cheese

09 Sep 12:00 PM

This is a beautiful salad that works as a shared table dish or as a hearty main meal ...

Pickled beets
Recipes

Pickled beets

09 Sep 12:00 PM

Try this as part of Megan's buckwheat tabbouleh with pickled beets and quick cashew ...

Quick cashew cheese
Recipes

Quick cashew cheese

09 Sep 12:00 PM

Try this as part of Megan's buckwheat tabbouleh with pickled beets and quick ...

Vietnamese pancake
Recipes

Vietnamese pancake

19 Aug 12:00 PM

This is one of my all-time favourite recipes from my cookbook Little Bird Goodness, ...

Overnight pickled turmeric carrots
Recipes

Overnight pickled turmeric carrots

19 Aug 12:00 PM

These pickled carrots will be ready to eat in the morning if you do them the night before

Chia bircher with winter fruits and candied walnuts
Recipes

Chia bircher with winter fruits and candied walnuts

22 Jul 12:00 PM

This simple, yet delicious winter breakfast is full of omega 3, protein and ...

Carrot and pumpkin falafels
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Carrot and pumpkin falafels

01 Jul 12:00 PM

My carrot and pumpkin falafels are a nice way of adding some extra veges into a ...

Carrot and pumpkin falafels with cashew tzatziki
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Carrot and pumpkin falafels with cashew tzatziki

01 Jul 12:00 PM

Winter often means a smaller range of seasonal produce, which can feel rather limiting ...

Cashew tzatziki
Recipes

Cashew tzatziki

01 Jul 12:00 PM

Try this with my carrot and pumpkin falafels

Chocolate chunk energy cookies
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Chocolate chunk energy cookies

10 Jun 12:00 PM

These cookies are gluten-free, refined cane sugar-free, dairy-free and most ...

Acai berry antioxidiser smoothie
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Acai berry antioxidiser smoothie

20 May 12:00 PM

I love creating smoothies by colour

Winter warming sauerkraut
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Winter warming sauerkraut

06 May 12:00 PM

Sauerkraut really is one of the best foods you could possibly eat for creating a ...

Mexican-spiced enoki tacos with kiwifruit salsa
Recipes

Mexican-spiced enoki tacos with kiwifruit salsa

15 Apr 12:00 PM

This is a delicious, light and healthy taco made from gluten-free soft corn tortillas ...

Black forest celebration cake
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Black forest celebration cake

25 Mar 11:00 AM

This cake has a flavour combination that almost everyone loves — I have served ...

Fresh fig and sticky ginger cashew cream tart
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Fresh fig and sticky ginger cashew cream tart

11 Mar 11:00 AM

Serve this classic cashew cream raw tart as a plated dessert or cut into squares for ...

Vegan chipotle mayo
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Vegan chipotle mayo

25 Feb 11:00 AM

This vegan chipotle mayo is a good staple to have in the fridge for burgers, roast ...

Mexican street corn
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Mexican street corn

25 Feb 11:00 AM

Though there are lots of things you can do with sweetcorn, I like to keep it simple, ...

Watermelon and strawberry slushy
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Watermelon and strawberry slushy

11 Feb 11:00 AM

Watermelon is filled with lycopene and vitamin C, is incredibly hydrating and can be ...

Watermelon and cucumber salad
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Watermelon and cucumber salad

11 Feb 11:00 AM

A visually spectacular and incredibly hydrating dish that is full of juicy summer ...

Double chocolate fudge brownies with caramel sauce
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Double chocolate fudge brownies with caramel sauce

28 Jan 11:00 AM

This is whole foods decadence at its best

Summer pasta with basil and avocado pea pesto
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Summer pasta with basil and avocado pea pesto

14 Jan 11:00 AM

In summer there are two vegetables that I find easy to grow which tend to get a bit ...

Black beluga lentil and mushroom vege burgers
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Black beluga lentil and mushroom vege burgers

10 Dec 11:00 AM

The deep savoury flavour of these burger patties is layered against vine ripe ...

Smoky shiitake mushroom, tomato and avocado collard wrap
Recipes

Smoky shiitake mushroom, tomato and avocado collard wrap

26 Nov 11:00 AM

There are so many great things about this beautiful green wrap

Choc-topped vanilla and raspberry jelly icecreams
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Choc-topped vanilla and raspberry jelly icecreams

12 Nov 11:00 AM

This updated version of a classic from my childhood is made using only real wholefood ...

Mango and cardamom sunset smoothie bowl
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Mango and cardamom sunset smoothie bowl

29 Oct 11:00 AM

This smoothie bowl is incredibly easy to whip up

Megan May's plant based challenge
Food News

Megan May's plant based challenge

24 Sep 11:00 AM

To coincide with the release of my new plant-based cookbook, Little Bird ...

Simon Wright cooks Moroccan spiced eggplant
Food News

Simon Wright cooks Moroccan spiced eggplant

10 Sep 12:00 PM

To coincide with the release of my new plant based cookbook, Little Bird Goodness, I ...

Monday Makeover: Nadia Lim cooks plant-based laksa
Food News

Monday Makeover: Nadia Lim cooks plant-based laksa

03 Sep 12:00 PM

To coincide with the release of my new plant-based cookbook, Little Bird Goodness, I ...

Parsnip carbonara with oyster mushrooms
Recipes

Parsnip carbonara with oyster mushrooms

27 Aug 12:00 PM

I thought seeing as we only have one more week left of winter it would be nice to ...

Winter wellness juice
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Winter wellness juice

13 Aug 12:00 PM

It’s been a tough cold winter with a lot of nasty bugs making their way around

Raw cacao and espresso tart
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Raw cacao and espresso tart

30 Jul 12:00 PM

This tart is filled with all the rich chocolatey and coffee flavours you want in an ...

Sushi bowl
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Sushi bowl

16 Jul 12:00 PM

I love throwing together a bright bowl of veges, protein and healthy fats for a quick ...

Socca flatbreads with caramelised onions, brussels sprouts and hummus
Recipes

Socca flatbreads with caramelised onions, brussels sprouts and hummus

02 Jul 12:00 PM

Socca flatbreads are a traditionally flat bread served in Nice, France

Blueberry and coconut frozen yoghurt
Recipes

Blueberry and coconut frozen yoghurt

18 Jun 12:00 PM

I add a touch of spirulina to this frozen yoghurt to enhance the colour and bump up ...

Winter spice buttercup cake with coconut cream frosting
Recipes

Winter spice buttercup cake with coconut cream frosting

04 Jun 12:00 PM

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Baked vege chips with rosemary and aquafaba aioli
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Baked vege chips with rosemary and aquafaba aioli

21 May 12:00 PM

These vege chips are delicious fresh from the oven, I sometimes toss them through a ...

Matcha and alkalising greens smoothie
Recipes

Matcha and alkalising greens smoothie

07 May 12:00 PM

For me this is the perfect green smoothie

Easy homemade coconut milk
Recipes

Easy homemade coconut milk

07 May 12:00 PM

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Overnight gluten-free oats with macerated apricots and coconut yoghurt
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Overnight gluten-free oats with macerated apricots and coconut yoghurt

23 Apr 12:00 PM

The simple preparation of soaking your oats and seeds overnight transforms them into a ...

Salted caramel chocolate cups
Recipes

Salted caramel chocolate cups

09 Apr 12:00 PM

These incredible looking chocolates are made from wholefoods so they don’t ...

Mexican iceberg tacos with walnut chilli
Recipes

Mexican iceberg tacos with walnut chilli

19 Mar 11:00 AM

Fresh Mexican food is a great way of getting more wholefoods into your week, the ...

Cacao, cardamom and coffee milk
Recipes

Cacao, cardamom and coffee milk

05 Mar 11:00 AM

The cardamom and coffee beans are essential flavours in this drink, the sweet floral ...

Summer lasagne
Recipes

Summer lasagne

19 Feb 11:00 AM

Lasagne and health food don’t usually find themselves in the same sentence, but ...

Blackcurrant coconut ice blocks
Recipes

Blackcurrant coconut ice blocks

05 Feb 11:00 AM

I made these ice blocks using antioxidant- and omega 3-rich blackcurrants which have a ...

Summer berries and cream chocolate Christmas tart
Recipes

Summer berries and cream chocolate Christmas tart

16 Dec 11:00 AM

This tart is creamy, brimming with fresh summer berries and surrounded with a ...

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