A Nut Roast is one of the go-to vegetarian main course dishes. For our recent pop-up vegan dining event (Check out our Green and Vegan FB page), we decided to do a vegan version. Over there years we have made several nut roasts but have never found a really great recipe. I came across this vegetarian Lentil …
BLT – Vegan Version
BLT – Vegan Version At last a vegan version of the BLT (Bacon lettuce and tomato) sandwich! Back at home in our wonderful kitchen at last! We have had a wonderful time travelling but making healthy food and blogging has not been easy, and I must apologize for not posting for a while. On our travels we …
Melty vegan cheeze
Melty vegan cheeze This melty vegan cheeze is great. Working is one of those unfortunate necessities of life, and I’ve been working offshore for the last 6 weeks. The last posts were all prepared well in advance. I am now travelling, in betwixt and between, but happened to be in London at the time of …
Onion Tart – Vegan
Onion Tart – Vegan Vegan onion tart We have not done much vegan baking at all but Karen wanted to try this dish as a starter at our last dinner party. The original idea also came from the Leafy Green Cafe recipe book by Antonia De Luca, but we also needed to make this one …
Veggie rice paper wraps – vegan and raw
Veggie rice paper wraps – vegan and raw Rice paper wrap ingredients One of Karen’s specialties is these rice paper wraps. We have now served them up at dinner parties a few times, and they have always gone down well, particularly as a starter. Soaking the wraps The rice wraps should be available at most …
Raw kitchen gadgets
Raw kitchen gadgets Our new Raw Food ‘must haves’ So much for our new kitchen. Three weeks and it still looks like a building site! So no recipes this week.. Some time ago I did a post on the Raw Kitchen and gadgets. Blendtec Blender and attachments While on the Feast and Taste courses we discovered …
London Vegfest 2014
Raw lime mousse with berries A very exciting time at the moment for me, and hopefully this blog. Yesterday we attended the 2014 London Vegfest at Kensington. This event is in it’s second year. Last year, the inaugural occasion, apparently about 9000 people attended over the 2 days. This year it seemed just as crowded. …
Vegan in Nijmegen, Netherlands
Vegan in Nijmegen, Netherlands Vegan main course at De Klinker Still on our boating travels in Netherlands, we were recently in Nijmegen. This is a relatively small town near Arnhem which suffered heavily in the second world war. Soup starter at De Klinker Not really expecting much in the way of healthy food, I checked …
Raw pasta and spiralizers
Spiralized salads and pasta As any regular reader will know, we are a bit into raw. A while ago I did a post on the ”Raw Kitchen” in which there is a spiralizer. (see this post) A wonderful device, but a bit of a mission to get out and set up. Mini Spiralizer Recently we …
Vegetarian and vegan in Cape Town
Vegan apple pie at Thibetan Tea House As much as I love trying new vegan, raw and veggie dishes and sharing the recipes, I also like finding new vegan/raw/veggie eateries. The other day we took a drive over to the other side of the mountain, to Simonstown. There we had what was meant to be …