Tasty Stuff Without the Fuss and a Little Bit of Making
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 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 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 [...]
Posted in Dips & Dressings, Food Co-op, Towards 5 a Day, Vegan on May 24th, 2010
This simple healthy dip is packed with flavour and is lighter on the calories as I used water rather than oil to thin it; roasting the carrots and onion concentrates the flavour and makes a sweet tasting delicious dip which will count towards your 5 a day, the addition of sesame oil adds a nutty [...]
Posted in Food Co-op, Grains & Rice, Low GI / South Beach, Towards 5 a Day, Vegan on May 15th, 2010
This recipe was a happy accident, I had been planning to make a risotto with my food co-op leek and some spring greens, but I only had half the amount of risotto rice I needed. I often cook a mix of rice with quinoa and buckwheat to serve in place of plain rice, so I [...]
Posted in Food Co-op, Freezable, Soups, Towards 5 a Day, Uncategorized, Vegan on May 11th, 2010
This is my second recipe written for the Food Co-ops and Buying Groups project run by Sustain – also part of the Making Local Food Work programme funded by the Big Lottery. I made this a couple of weeks ago with onions, leeks and potatos from my first “bag” from the co-op. Again I [...]
Posted in Fruit, Towards 5 a Day on May 4th, 2010
I feel that there should be a subtitle here along the lines of “What do I do with yet more cauliflower and cabbage?”
This week I ordered both fruit and vegetable bags from my local co-op. Excellent value, this lot cost me only £6 and as explained last week benefits the local community and those unable [...]
Posted in Food Blogging Events, Pasta, Quick & Easy, Towards 5 a Day, Uncategorized on Apr 29th, 2010
This week Ruth’s Presto Pasta Nights is hosted by Katie at Thyme for Cooking. Ever since I made my five greens pasta last week I have become mildly obsessed with greens and my fridge is bursting at the seams with them.
My submission this week is a frittata; using pasta in place of the more traditional [...]
Posted in Towards 5 a Day on Apr 27th, 2010
I have been aware for some time that there was a fruit and vegetable co-op at my local Church, St Andrew’s Fulham Fields, but I had never quite got round to going. Last week I was walking past when the co-op was running and I popped in to investigate. I was amazed at the quantity [...]
Posted in Food Blogging Events, Pasta, Quick & Easy, Towards 5 a Day, Uncategorized, Vegan on Apr 20th, 2010
Ever since Kathryn wrote about her Greens with Tahini I have been craving some greens (as well as being jealous of the greens she has been getting in her veggie box).
On Sunday a friend and I went to Osterley Park and had a picnic, long walk and enjoyed the sun. It really was surprisingly warm [...]