Tasty Stuff Without the Fuss and a Little Bit of Making
Posted in Dips & Dressings, Quick & Easy, Starters & Light Bites, Vegan on Jul 15th, 2010
Have I mentioned before that I really really really love dips? Looking back at my dippy posts it seems that I usually serve them with crudities, but sometimes a bit of non veggie crunch and crispiness is required. Instead of from a packet and laden with fat and all manner of nasties, these [...]
Posted in Food Co-op, Quick & Easy, Salad, Side Dishes, Starters & Light Bites, Towards 5 a Day, Vegan on Jul 14th, 2010
This summer I have been getting an iceberg lettuce every week in my co-op box and frankly I am a little bored of them. Nothing conjures up an image of an 1970’s salad more than an iceberg. Add some pale watery tomatoes, celery and chunks of cucumber and a good dollop of [...]
Posted in Dairy, Food Blogging Events, Freezable, Fruit, Puddings, Quick & Easy on Jul 13th, 2010
This is the pudding that I came up with for the recent foodbloggers’ Masterchef cookoff with Miele. When planning a menu it is perfectly normal and reasonable to come up with a pudding first and then plan a main course to go with it? I wanted a very summery pudding using my homemade elderflower cordial; [...]
Posted in Dairy, Food Co-op, Low GI / South Beach, Quick & Easy, Salad, Side Dishes on Jul 4th, 2010
Along with lots of other bloggers I was recently sent a coolbag crammed full with Total Greek yogurt, which I have greatly been enjoying using and cooking with. It is still baking hot in London and I really do not want to spend hours slaving over a hot stove so I have been spending the [...]
Posted in Beans & Lentils, Dips & Dressings, Food Co-op, Low GI / South Beach, Quick & Easy, Starters & Light Bites, Towards 5 a Day, Vegan on Jul 2nd, 2010
You know the occasions when you have asked people for supper, then you get home 5 minutes before they are due to arrive and nothing is prepared? I think that a bowl of dip is the perfect casual starter. Easy to throw together from store cupboard staples and the contents of my co-op veg box, [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Food Co-op, Freezable, Fruit, Quick & Easy, Vegan on Jun 29th, 2010
London is hot hot hot and humid to boot. I am positively enjoying my supermarket trips at the moment as I linger and closely examine every object in the frozen section. And what better for these hot summer mornings than ice cream for breakfast? This is totally healthy, unprocessed, raw and vegan and tastes fantastic. [...]
Posted in Quick & Easy, Side Dishes on Jun 28th, 2010
The English asparagus season is sadly coming to an end there only a few days left. I hope I am able to find one last bunch before the season is over.
I usually griddle my asparagus; simply blanch by pouring a kettle of boiling water over your asparagus, shake well and put on a pre heated [...]
Posted in Dairy, Fish, Food Co-op, Quick & Easy on Jun 23rd, 2010
I have a huge amount of love for smoked & tinned fish, it is delicious, cheap and when sealed in its packet keeps well for several weeks. I buy my smoked and tinned fish from Waitrose as all their fish is sustainable and certified by the Marine Stewardship Council.
A few weeks ago I was lucky [...]
Posted in Preserves, Quick & Easy, Uncategorized, Vegan on Jun 21st, 2010
What could be more English than a glass of homemade elderflower cordial drunk in an English garden in the evening of Midsummer’s Day?
I picked the elderflowers on Midsummer’s eve and bottled them on Midsummer’s day.
Today is Midsummer’s day and for those of us in the Northern hemisphere the longest day of the year, for those [...]
Posted in Food Co-op, Quick & Easy, Salad, Towards 5 a Day, Vegan on Jun 19th, 2010
My food co-op has just made the summer switch over from vegetable bags to salad bags. Despite having not had a bag for the last couple of weeks (busy with life and the decorating) there are still a number of root vegetables languishing at the bottom of the fridge waiting to be eaten. As recent [...]