Stock up on cupboard ingredients and only buy a couple items per recipe​.
Stock up on cupboard ingredients and only buy a couple items per recipe​.
Stock up on cupboard ingredients and only buy a couple items per recipe​.
Stock up on cupboard ingredients and only buy a couple items per recipe​.
Stock up on cupboard ingredients and only buy a couple items per recipe​.
delicious, straightforward recipes that make cooking every evening a pleasure
A lemon is the simplest ingredient you can use to bring a dish to life; its simplicity and impact lives through everything we do.
Bitter lemon is a recipe website focused on providing delicious veggie-packed recipes to get people excited about cooking from fresh every evening.
It is run by Lily & Leo, who develop, test and photograph every recipe to make them the best they possibly can be for you at home.
stock up on 50 cupboard ingredients and only buy a few fresh ingredients each time you cook
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Using the same 50 cupboard ingredients across all of our recipes means we only have to buy a couple of fresh ingredients each time we cook. This helps with buying less on shopping trips and cooking last minute meals.
Our 50 most important cupboard ingredients may sound like a lot but you probably have lots of them already. Try stocking up on the ingredients you’ll use again and again when cooking our recipes.
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We've created a collection of the most simple, yet delicious recipes using accessible ingredients and simple techniques that each and everyone can cook.
We never compromise on taste – just how a lemon is simple with intense flavour. Although our dishes are simple, they are all designed with flavour at the heart.
with a focus on recipes that anyone can cook, whatever cooking experience or budget
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about lily
After studying at university in Bristol, I found myself working in brand strategy. I had a healthy obsession with cooking and finally decided to give up my job and enrol at Leiths school of Food & Wine. Following my studies, I spent my time gaining experience across different areas of the food industry; from working as a chef at Noma (Copenhagen), to recipe testing for BBC Good Food and running supper clubs with Leiths School under my own company, The Amateur Table.
I've now been a plant-based recipe writer for 5 years, working on content for brands such as Mr Bao and deliciously ella, as well as developing recipes for charity cookbooks such as Cook for Syria and From Beder's Kitchen.
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about leo
Leo likes to be more humble about his involvement in bitter lemon. Truth is, he's the driving force of what makes it great; from the endless enthusiasm and ideas he brings to the table, to the late nights of photographing and eating the final results. His Dad is a professional photographer who taught him how to create impactful shots, every photo you see on this website is Leo's hard work.
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We started bitter lemon in the summer of 2020, during lockdown - we were staying with Leo's family in Kent, cooking big family meals and trying not to break the bank. We had a huge amount of requests for the recipes and decided to put our talents to the test as a way to share them with friends and family.
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