Vegetarian Living magazine was launched about a year ago. I bought the first few issues and loved it, but stopped buying it after a few months when my local Tesco stopped selling it. I did, however, keep all the back issues so I could try out their amazing looking recipes.Continue Reading
Today’s soup was practically free, as it was made using tomatoes, chilli and a potato grown in the garden. Tomato and chilli soup (serves 4) 3 lbs tomatoes, chopped 1 red chilli, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1 potato, chopped 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 litre vegetable stock 1 tbspContinue Reading
The basil I got from the greenhouse was a bit smeggy, so I threw it in the compost, the photo is rubbish, but this dish was lovely. Perfect for a summer’s evening in the garden. For a better photo and for the recipe (which includes basil), go to the BBCContinue Reading
A quick and easy dish from Food for Fitness by Anita Bean. I served it with Quorn Salmon Style Dill Crispbakes, from their new fish-free range, which I’ll blog about tomorrow. Vegetable paella (serves 4 as a main dish, 6 as a side dish) 2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion,Continue Reading
While I was out running yesterday, I had the urge to make moussaka. I don’t know why, as I usually find it a bit of a faff and I’m not especially fond of faff. I said to The Meat Eater that I was going to make moussaka and he askedContinue Reading
Tonight’s dinner was practically free, made with ingredients from the greenhouse and garden: courgettes, potatoes and peas. Roasted courgette stuffed with cheese and tomato (serves 2) 2 courgettes, sliced lengthways 4 cherry tomatoes, halved 20g cheese, grated Olive oil Salt and black pepper Score a criss-cross pattern into the courgettesContinue Reading
As courgettes are in season at the moment, I’ve been having courgette soup for lunch every day for the past two weeks made with yellow courgettes from the greenhouse, and green courgettes from Riverford. This week, the soup has been made from our home grown yellow ones. I’d never evenContinue Reading
THIS PUB HAS NOW CLOSED DOWN It became something of a tradition last year to pop into the Good Intent in Aldington Frith and have a pint in their beautiful beer garden on the way back from cycling to the beach. Although they have an area setContinue Reading
I get a lot of emails from charities, asking me to promote their event or campaign. I mostly ignore these (unless they’re from Cancer Research UK or other vivisection-funding charities, who get an email telling them why I won’t support them) but last week I got an email from RebeccaContinue Reading
Innocent are doing a survey, and would love your comments on vegetarian eating. You can access the survey here.Continue Reading