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I’m Choclette, a vegetarian home cook and whole food recipe developer. I have a passion for flavour, cooking with the seasons, baking and chocolate. Welcome to my award winning blog. Here you’ll find delicious and nutritious recipes that are mostly easy to prepare and definitely easy to eat.
My favourite quick recipes
Are you always in a hurry and require some speedy recipes? The category ‘quick’ applies to any Tin and Thyme recipe that takes 30 minutes or under to prepare and cook. We’ve got quite a few of them.
More recent recipes
Very Cherry Cream Dessert: Quick & Easy
A very cherry cream dessert recipe to make the most of sweet ripe seasonal cherries. This quick cherry pudding with amaretti biscuits and whipped cream takes ten minutes to put together and has only five…
How To Cook Fluffy Quinoa with Pesto
Transform plain quinoa into a flavour packed vegetarian side dish in one easy step. Find top tips on how to cook fluffy quinoa every time. The clue is in fluffy: no-one likes mushy, soapy or…
Carrot Top Pesto with Basil and Lemon
Don’t throw those carrot tops away. They’re full of flavour and they make a fantastic pesto. This recipe for carrot top pesto with basil and lemon is a delicious variation on the pesto we all…
Mexican Brown Rice: Healthy and Delicious
A simple but effective vegetarian side dish that will add pizzaz to any Mexican feast. Mexican brown rice is the same as Mexican rice, but made with the wholegrain rather than white. It’s also known…
Cinnamon Swirls with Melt in the Mouth Shortcrust Pastry
Everyone loves a cinnamon swirl, but how often have you had one made with shortcrust pastry? This recipe for cinnamon swirls draws on homemade wholemeal spelt shortcrust, which produces the most delicious melt in the…
Asparagus Frittata With Peas And Mint
Make the most of asparagus season with this simple spring omelette. Stuffed with asparagus spears, peas, onions, mint and parsley, it’s not only delicious, but nutritious too.
How to Make Clafoutis with Grapes or Cherries
A traditional French flan-type pudding made with cherries, or in this case grapes. This recipe takes you through how to make clafoutis so that you end up with the classic light wobbly batter bursting with…
Carrot and Cheese Sandwich Filling
A super tasty and nutritious filling to liven up your workaday cheese sandwich. This carrot and cheese sandwich filling will revolutionise your lunch box and it’s great for picnics too.