Looking for a protein packed curry? Here’s one I made in the slow cooker. With almonds and cashews, I thought as well as being mega-healthy, it would be mega-calorific, but after logging the ingredients into myfitnesspal, it’s only 329 calories per portion, so not bad at all. The best bitContinue Reading
This soup is hearty, earthy and filling. I do love soup but I’m looking forward to having some salad weather eventually. Lentil and mushroom soup (serves 4) Taken from Rose Elliot’s New Complete Vegetarian 1 large onion, chopped 1 large garlic clove, crushed 1 tbsp olive oil 15g butter 125gContinue Reading
I know I said the other day that I didn’t really like cake but yesterday, after my friend Emma mentioned on Facebook that she’d made one in her slow cooker, I decided to give it a go too. I used her recipe that she got from here, who got itContinue Reading
The Meat Eater had a birthday yesterday so I made him a cake. Not a very traditional cake – this one was low fat and healthy. I didn’t make it because it was low fat and healthy, I made it because I’ve never made a proper cake before and icingContinue Reading
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know that I occasionally get a box from Graze.com. I didn’t think anything could top their snacks in terms of variety and healthiness but then I heard about The Nutribox. Wow, what can I say? Their boxes are amazing. IContinue Reading
Operation Stop Being A Fat Lazy Cow began yesterday and although I had a slice of cheese and onion pie for dinner, it was home made and therefore sort of healthy. Healthier than frozen pie and chips, anyway. Today, I made spinach and lentil soup which is one of thoseContinue Reading
This was more of an onion and cheese pie, than cheese and onion, as although there was a ton of cheese in it, it must have dissolved, as it didn’t come out very cheesy. Still, it tasted good, and it was quick, cheap and easy to make. Cheese and onionContinue Reading
My usual kind of festival involves sitting in a field in the sunshine, drinking lager out of a paper cup and listening to some great bands. There is an all day bar and live music at the London VegFest but as you can see from the poster, there’s so muchContinue Reading
I seem to have become a bit of a Linda McCartney fan-girl recently and now I’ve tried the Linda McCartney Vegetarian Burgers with a Peppered Mushroom Melt, I reckon they’ll be popped into the shopping basket each week along with the Fish Free Scampi. The Meat Eater wanted his burgerContinue Reading
Okay, so you’ve got a slow cooker recipe you really want to try out, but it says it’s going to take 6-10 hours. Assuming you want your lunch at around 1pm, and we choose the in between time of eight hours, this means that you’ll have to start it offContinue Reading