christmas recipes

Set in the heart of Glasgow’s city centre, Saramago Café Bar serves fresh, tasty vegan food (including delicious bread, home-baked every day) from the light-drenched foyer of the CCA building. It’s an ideal place to catch up with friends, with a relaxed and airy atmophere during the day and at night.

We’ve been doing a bit of brainstorming at GCHQ about delicious dishes for a Vegan Christmas. Between the 50-something of us we’ve come up with starters, sides, and a pudding! First off we fancied filo parcels for a starter but couldn’t agree on a filling so we made them all! Read on to find out how

We’ve been asking GC members to nominate their favourite Christmas dish ideas. For a tasty side dish we’ve made Gordie’s Sticky Chilli Sprouts, using his new favourite Chilli Death Jam by Trodden Black. No more boring boiled sprouts necessary!

Gordie's Sticky Chilli Sprouts

• 300g Sprouts, halved
• 6 cloves

For pudding it could only be the mighty steamed fruitcake variety! Our resident baker Leigh shared with us her tried and tested recipe, which is suitable for vegans and makes a great gift for family & friends (as long as you trust them to give you back your pudding bowls for next year.) Read on for Leigh's