People know that I enjoy cooking and that I generally like to eat healthily, and well and often. Some are also aware of my trying to stick to a vegan diet “for at least 80% of the time as it makes me feel healthier and it is better for the planet”*. As a result I [...] [...]
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It seems that the entire world has gone mad for matcha, and once again I am late to the culinary bandwagon. Last week I visited the Mind Apples pop-up health farm, then went to the Japan Centre for some of their splendid (and very affordable) sushi and spied lots of matcha. I remembered reading about [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] I do not understand why some people think that they do not like tofu. It is so versatile and takes on the flavour of whatever it is cooked with there realy is nothing to dislike, although I do agree that watery slimey tofu is a very sad experience indeed. I first made this at [...] [...] 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, [...] [...] 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. [...] [...] 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, [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] Clearspring have very kindly donated a “sushi” hamper for our favourite recipe entered for the first Breakfast Club, theme Asian. Clearspring is a British company specialising in Japanese, and more recently European foods. Their products are all vegan, organic as far as possible and the company is committed to ethical and sustainable farming and supporting [...] [...] Sometimes the most simple dishes can be the most delicious. This simple pasta contains only 4 ingredients which come together to make a delicious whole. It is also fantastic cold, but I think that I would use broccoli in place of the pak choy. ( Whilst writing this up I discovered that pak choy and [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] 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 have [...] [...] The host for next friday’s Presto Pasta Night #163 is Chaya The Comfy Cook. I was up half of last Thursday night watching the UK election results. Consequently on Friday I was shattered, but greatly enjoying watching the sleep starved, over caffeinated presenters battle on – at one point one told the nation that the [...] [...] I have only recently discovered Blogger Secret Ingredient and have not managed to take part in the last 2 challenges. However I am well prepared for this week which is cashews and is hosted by Aubree Cherie from Living Free. For those not familiar with BSI it was set up by Biz at Biggest Diabetic [...] [...] I continue to be delighted with the vegetables from my local food co-op; not only are they incredibly cheap, but I am enjoying the challenge of coming up with ideas to use up vegetables I would never normally buy. I think I have only ever bought turnips twice in the last 10 years and [...] [...] I have not seen my friend Sue for seemingly eons, so I texted her yesterday and asked her over for brunch. She is having a work crisis but said she would love to pop by for an hour. As she is a self confessed chocoholic I designed these muffins just for her. These follow my [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] Madhuram of Egg Less Cooking is challenging us to “Bake anything egg less using one or more of the whole grain forms of quinoa (whole quinoa, whole grain quinoa flour, quinoa flakes, quinoa cereal, etc).“ As I have a) not taken part in a foodblogging event for ages and b) bake almost everything without eggs [...] [...] |
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