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
If you read my other blog, you’ll know I cycled down to the farm shop this morning to buy broccoli. Andy in the farm shop asked me what I was going to do with it, so I said I was going to make broccoli and stilton soup with theContinue 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
Katie (who blogs at Cakes vs Scales) tweeted yesterday: And I thought I WANT THOSE COOKIES and asked her for the recipe. Katie kindly obliged and I’m glad she did as they’re absolutely gorgeous and, as there’s no baking involved, are ready in a couple of minutes. If you wantContinue Reading
You shouldn’t really need instructions on a tin of soup, but here’s one for Amy’s Kitchen Rustic Italian Vegetable Soup: Make sure you’re hungry before eating it. This is a big soup – like yesterday’s Amy’s Kitchen Cream of Mushroom Soup, it’s substantial. My bowl was absolutely brimming with vegetablesContinue Reading
Back in 1999, The Gate Vegetarian restaurant in Hammersmith was the second vegetarian restaurant I’d ever been to. I never went again, mostly because it was in Hammersmith and I lived over the other side of London, so when I heard they’d opened a branch in Islington, I was keenContinue Reading