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 quitting my full-time job in marketing to pursue my passion in cooking, I enrolled in culinary school in London. During my studies, I spent any spare time I had 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 Leith's School of Food & Wine.
After graduating I went on to become a full-time recipe developer, working for brands such as BOSH! and deliciously ella, as well as developing recipes for charity cookbooks such as Cook for Syria and From Beder's Kitchen. I've now been a plant-based recipe writer for nearly 10 years and love every moment.​​
about leo
Leo likes to be humble about his involvement in bitter lemon. Truth is, he's a huge part of what makes it happen; from the endless enthusiasm and ideas he brings to the table, to the late nights of editing photos and eating the final results. His involvement is more of a hobby than my own, but it is invaluable with helping me drive bitter lemon forward. Leos' Dad is a professional photographer who taught us how to create impactful images, every food photo you see on this website is our work.
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.
