Another recipe from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Veg Everyday! cookbook. One thing I’ve noticed about this cookbook is that it has no approximate cooking or preparation times in it (not that I ever take any notice of the preparation times; I’m so slow, I take about four times as long as itContinue Reading
This is simply cauliflower cheese with mashed potato and cheese on top, then baked in the oven. I used the BBC Good Food Cauliflower Cheese recipe (halved to serve 3), forked some mashed potato that we had leftover from the night before on top of it, covered it in gratedContinue Reading
Tideford Organics aren’t a wholly vegetarian company, but out of their six varieties of soups, five are vegetarian and four are vegan. They also produce a range of vegetarian sauces, puddings and jellies. I tried five of their soups and they were all fresh and delicious (even the carrot andContinue Reading
Over the next four weeks, innocent will be giving away veg pot offers and discounts a-plenty. What the discount actually is will be completely in your hands: the more people that tweet, the cheaper you eat. As the number of people who tweet #tweetandeat increases, the discounts will too –Continue Reading
The man who sent me the ‘beyond minging’ artichoke tea (I’m not entirely sure that phrase will be going out in their future marketing materials but it certainly should be their slogan), also sent me a box of Natur Boutique Lotus Green Tea, which is said to aid relaxation. AfterContinue Reading
I got sent some Natur Boutique Artichoke Tea to try. It was beyond minging. I don’t know what I was expecting, but I wasn’t expecting a mouth full of artichoke flavoured hot water. I poured it down the sink and made myself a nice mug of hot chocolate instead. IfContinue Reading
Veatable Savoury Snack Bars are a new chewy, savoury snack from Crendon Foods that you keep in the fridge, unlike most crunchy, sweet snack bars that you keep in the cupboard. They’re one of your 5-a-day, only 99 calories per bar, high in fibre, suitable for vegetarians (obviously, otherwise theyContinue Reading
Vegan Cookbook – The Essential Guide by Isabel Hood is a new addition to the Need2Know range of books. Comprising seven chapters, the first two chapters cover an overview and background of veganism, along with a checklist of ingredients every well-stocked vegan store-cupboard should contain and a list ofContinue 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
Mushrooms, spinach, potatoes, crème fraiche and filo pastry. Yes, it’s as nice as it sounds. You can see the recipe at the BBC Good Food websiteContinue Reading