When I used to do my running commute from Chancery Lane to Walthamstow, I used to have a Trek Protein Bar an hour or so before leaving the office, to give me a bit of extra energy. Well, that’s what I told myself, anyway. I just used to like eatingContinue Reading
BFree make a range of gluten free products including multigrain wraps that are vegan, vegetarian and only 99 calories per wrap. Considering most wraps have over 150 calories each, you’d think the BFree ones would be tiny, but they’re not. I had one for lunch today and filled it withContinue Reading
World Food Café: Quick and Easy Recipes From a Vegetarian Journey by Chris and Carolyn Caldicott gathers together dishes from some of the world’s most fascinating places, with a wonderful diversity of flavours. Whether it’s a vegetarian charquican (mashed pumpkin and potato mixed with a spicy pino sauce, topped with aContinue Reading
Raw food has always intrigued me. I’m a firm believer that the healthiest diet you could have is a raw one. A few years ago, I was going to go on a month-long raw food challenge and bought a couple of books on Amazon, but the recipes either looked fiddlyContinue Reading
I had written ‘saffron’ on the shopping list but The Meat Eater went to the supermarket on his own and came back saffronless as he couldn’t bring himself to pay so much for it. Saffron is, after all, more expensive – pound for pound – than gold. Still, I foundContinue Reading
I’m always dubious by those smoothies you find on the shelves. Are they really as healthy as they make out? I’m not so sure. Savse raw smoothies, however, are so healthy, just one little bottle provides you with two of your five a day. They’re 100% natural, unpasteurised, contain noContinue Reading
The Meat Eater looked at his plate and said ‘what is it?’ ‘A chimichanga’, I said. He said that didn’t really tell him much so I explained it was a tortilla filled with kale and beans and peppers and he relaxed a little. When I got to the ‘carefully foldContinue Reading
I picked up a bargain three vegan and vegetarian cookbooks from The Works in the Designer Outlet last week for under a tenner. One of them was Vegan – 100 Everyday Recipes which has 100 vegan recipes, each accompanied by a colour photo – and all for only £1.99. TodayContinue Reading
It’s been a long, long time since I had marshmallows. In fact, I can’t remember when I might last have had them. Over 21 years ago, anyway. Freedom Mallows are delicious, light, bouncy, fluffy, gooey and marshmallowey and I’ve just nearly scoffed the whole packet in one go, oops. They’reContinue Reading
Delicately spiced. Or, as I would put it: ‘bland’. The Meat Eater liked it but I improved my portion by covering it with chilli flakes. Damn my alcohol and cigarettes* damaged tastebuds. I didn’t fry the ingredients first, as stated in the book – maybe this impacted on the taste?Continue Reading