Charlotte Bates, Author at Good Carma

Happy St David’s Day!

1st March 2022 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

Happy St David’s Day from Wales!

As you know we are based in West Wales and so this is why we are celebrating today and it’s Shrove Tuesday. I shall be having gluten free pancakes later with our Spread Sensation on. Yummy!

What are you having for pancake day? 🙂

I wanted to share these facts with you because I found them interesting and thought you would too.

6 St David’s Day Facts

St David is the only British/Irish saint to be born in the country he is patron of. …
There are many stories of David performing miracles. …
David was an early vegetarian. …
The humble leek forms an important part of St David’s Day. …
St David’s last words have become famous.
St David died in 589 and is buried at St David’s Cathedral in Pembrokeshire

Have a lovely week everyone!

Beetroot Bourguignon Tortilla Pie

10th January 2022 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

Recipe kindly shared by @eatwell revolution

https://goodcarmafoods.com/shop/flavour-fusion/flavour-fusion-multipack/

Ingredients:
2 tbsp avocado oil
4 crushed garlic cloves
1 white onion – diced
2 cups of closed cup mushrooms- sliced
3 beetroots (I used pre-cooked, vacuum packed)
2 large carrots – peeled and chopped
1 tbsp tomato purée
0.25 ltr of low sodium veg stock
1 tsp yeast extract
Big handful of chopped fresh parsley
1 cup of fresh cranberry sauce (or you can use red wine if you prefer)
1 can of puy lentils (drained and rinsed)

Method:
Heat the oil in a large saucepan and sauté the garlic, onions until the onions are translucent. Add the mushrooms and continue to sauté until they are cooked.

Add the carrots, stock, yeast extract and tomato purée then simmer for 10 minutes.

Add the cranberry sauce, beetroot, lentils and parsley and continue to simmer until the carrots are nice and soft.

You could have it just like this, with some rice, quinoa or potatoes…but I decided to try making it similar to the M&S pie…

So I used a wholemeal tortilla to line a baking dish, brushed with a little oil, filled with the stew, sprinkled with crushed walnuts and some @goodcarmafoods Flavour Fusion (nooch would work too) then baked for 25 minutes and 200c.

Absolutely delish! 😋

Veganuary and the reason why I decided to be vegan

6th January 2022 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

Welcome to Veganuary everyone! Whether you are doing Veganuary as a once a year thing or going all the way, It is great. The image above is what we will be doing more of at Good Carma this year.

I often get asked why I decided to go vegan. Well it’s a long story but basically it made sense to me as i wanted to help the environment, animals, health and leave somewhere beautiful for future generations.

I’ve always had an affinity with animals since i was a child and being an only child and living in the country meant that i spent a lot of time with farm animals which most of them are rescue animals.

I have been on a plant based diet since I was a teenager and have been fully vegan since 2008. Nutrition and health I have always been passionate about and making nut based cheeses seemed a good way to be able to not only provide healthy, nutritious, cheese alternatives but be able to help the planet and animals as well.

Slowly my range of vegan cheeses is growing and I am hoping to expand into vegan retreats this year as well as more rewilding to be able to provide a habitat for all the beautiful flora and fauna that we share this beautiful planet with.

🌱Chilli Mac n Cheeze by @Eat Well Revolution🌱

9th December 2021 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

Easy and yummy winter warmer for a chilly day.

The cheeze sauce is made by soaking a cup of raw cashews in boiling water for an hour, draining off the liquid then blending with half a cup of unsweetened almond milk, 2 tbsp of https://goodcarmafoods.com/shop/spread-sensation/spread-sensation-multipack/ ‘Spread Sensation Mature Cheddar Alternative’ and 2tbsp of nutritional yeast.

Add to a saucepan of your favourite cooked pasta then gently heat and mix through with a generous helping of chilli flakes.

I’ve used organic GF oat based pasta, plus I’ve also added some lovely fresh spinach and mushrooms. 😋

Hey Presto! Our New pesto alternative

13th November 2021 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

Our very first customer to buy our Vegan Pesto alternative. We are proud to be a Welsh company and all our products are made in the UK.

Really happy with all the amazing comments. We work hard at Good Carma Foods to produce healthy, tasty, plant based foods which include vegan cheese alternatives. Hey Presto! Is a moreish almond based green pesto alternative with basil. Perfect on crackers, pasta or with gnocchi. Available from our online shop on this website. Special introductory offer. See shop for more details.

Our NEW Vegan Pesto Alternative is Finally here!

2nd November 2021 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

We are delighted to announce that our green pesto alternative has finally arrived on our shop on this website. Below is the link to Hey Pesto! We are doing a special introductory offer for a limited time!

https://goodcarmafoods.com/shop/hey-presto/hey-presto/

Our vegan pesto alternative is perfect on gnocchi, stirred through pasta or even on crackers for that rich umami flavour.

Our New Pesto Product is Coming Next Week On The Website!! Welcome to Hey Presto!

15th October 2021 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

We are so excited about this new pesto alternative we are launching on this website next week.

As always we want it to be really tasty but also healthy and I have to say Mr Good Carma has achieved this. Perfect Vegan Pesto! The samples at events we have been offering have gone down a storm. We’ve had amazing comments from customers. If you can’t wait that long then we are launching Hey Presto! at Brockenhurst Vegan Market on Sunday. Come and see us there! Have a lovely weekend everyone

Sundried Tomato & Walnut Pesto!

7th October 2021 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

Look how fabulous this looks! 😍😍😍 A huge Thank you to @eatwellrevolution

🌱Sundried Tomato & Walnut Pesto🌱

This is a recipe from the aaaamazing @veganezer that I’ve modified ever so slightly for my own tastes.

To make the pesto, blitz:

💚 1/2 cup of sun dried tomatoes
💚 A big handful of fresh basil
💚 1/4 cup pine nuts
💚 1/2 cup of raw walnuts
💚 1 tsp chilli flakes
💚 4 tbsp of @goodcarmafoods Flavour Fusion (or nooch if you don’t have this)
💚 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil

Then mix into your favourite pasta. I’ve used green lentil pasta here.

This lunch was AWESOME! Thanks for the idea @veganezer 💚💚💚

Lovely Review on our Mac and Chease Recipe!

30th September 2021 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

These are the sort of comments that make it all worthwhile running a small business! I am truly grateful for customers like @beckyhyde_ 🙏

” I used your recipe and it tasted absolutely amazing !! I haven’t been able to have mac and cheese in for ever and you’ve made it happen !!! Xx”

You can get our recipe for macaroni cheese 🧀😋on our Recipes page!

Hello!

6th September 2021 by Charlotte Bates Leave a Comment

How have you all been over the Summer?We’ve been having a lovely time here at Good Carma Foods.Apart from making our vegan cheese and thinknig anout starting to offer online cooking courses, we have been enjoying nature.

As you are all probably aware we love nature and if you follow us on Instagram you will see that we have been doing a lot of rewilding. The picture attached is of an Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar which we took at our home. Amazing! So pleased to see this beautiful creature and it gave me and Dave hope that we are making a difference in our own small way! What have you guys been doing to help nature? Love to hear your ideas!

Anyway we will be back soon and I am in Plymouth this Saturday at an event! Best wishes Charlotte and Dave xx