I mentioned in a previous post that I invented a Twitter game called #guessthesoup. Today I spiced it up a bit by also posting a photo and I thought today’s soup would be a tough one, but Rachel eventually guessed correctly. Other guesses were: Pea Asparagus Leek Sprouts Cabbage WatercressContinue Reading
It’s that time of year when I sober up and want something other than cheese, chocolate and crisps in my diet. So, today, I looked in The Boxing Clever Cookbook to see what was seasonal and cycled down to my local farm shop and got myself a big bag ofContinue Reading
I popped into Holland & Barrett to use up the £1.50 voucher they’d sent me and buy some of Redwood’s Making Waves Fish-Style Steaks that I loved so much when I tried them a few months ago. After seeing a TON of Redwood’s food in the chiller cabinet reduced fromContinue Reading
I’d never heard of a Morcilla sausage and on looking at the Deli Fry’s website, it says it’s an alternative to the traditional Spanish black pudding. I’ve never had a black pudding – Spanish, or otherwise – so I’ll just have to take their word for that. What I canContinue Reading
‘Fruit juice, water or Prosecco?’ Prosecco? Did she just say Prosecco? I’m at a Nãkd Wholefoods launch and I wasn’t expecting any alcohol. I’m not sure she actually did offer me Prosecco, so I play it safe and ask for a cherry juice. Then someone walks in and gets pouredContinue Reading
I’ve been eating a lot of food out of packets recently, so tonight I decided to have something healthy. There’s a farm shop local to me that sells seasonal vegetables, so I scooted down there to see what they had and made a super-healthy dish that probably contained at leastContinue Reading
It was 1992 when I first became vegetarian. In the beginning, I shied away from the ‘meaty’ vegetarian burgers as I was one of those people who thought ‘if you’re vegetarian, why eat something that’s pretending to be meat?’ So, before I learnt to cook, I bought vegetable burgers thatContinue Reading
Tesco have added a load of vegan products to their ‘Free From’ range. I first read about them on the Fat Gay Vegan blog, then forgot about them, until I passed them in my local Tesco the other day. My Tesco doesn’t have the huge range Fat Gay Vegan’s seemsContinue Reading
Free & Easy Roasted Red Pepper and Birds Eye Chilli Sauce is a blend of roasted red peppers, birds eye chillies and spices in a tomato based sauce. Sounds good, yes? Well, here are the good bits: Suitable for vegetarians and vegans Low fat Free from wheat, gluten, dairy, soya,Continue Reading
I was in Holland & Barrett the other day and, hurrah, they’ve fixed their freezer and chiller and they had the most amazing range of vegetarian and vegan food in there. Fortunately for my wallet and my already full freezer, I didn’t have enough room in my rucksack to buyContinue Reading