Secret pleasures of being vegetarian!
Pumpkin fritters, gem squash and salad NO! Whatever you are thinking – it isn’t that. Something much more basic and down to earth: Simply – NO GREASE! Which means – No greasy oven to clean. No smelly kitchen waste bin. The washing up is a...
Holland – self catering on the waterways
Kampen – Holland – Monday Market We are always happiest self catering when we travel. And it was no different this time while we cruised the Dutch waterways on our hired motor cruiser. Have a look at our boating holiday in Holland We did venture up to the...
Travelling vegetarian – Holland
Amsterdam! We fared (pun intended) better than anticipated here. We spent one night in an hotel in Amsterdam before heading off on our boat on the waterways, (which I will cover in the next post) and three nights in a self catering apartment in the city centre...
Vegetarian on the move again! – Sweden
Al fresco healthy breakfast in Finland Finally arrived in Holland for our boating holiday. But we had a whirlwind week in Stockholm before that, and now feeling rather fat and unhealthy! And Karen had a few days there before me, so she is really feeling it. Dont get...
Salad days are here again!
Warm winter salad Eating healthily out here in the North Sea is not particularly inspiring! Give them their due, they do try – but the selection is limited. Munching my way through the ‘same old’ lettuce, tomato, onion and peppers, I could not help...
Soy burgers
Homemade Soy Burgers We visited a friend a while ago for a braai (barbeque), and he produced the most wondeful vegetarian burgers! “Where did you buy these?” we asked. ” I made them” said Paul. We were most impressed as they were very tasty,...
Tasty and healthy snack
Oatcakes Here we are back offshore again. It is not all that easy eating healthily in this environment. The meals are always heavily meat orientated, loads of pasta, rice and potatoes, not to mention the desserts like apple crumble or bread and butter pudding. I was...
Protein rich winter soup
Butternut and sweet potato soup The other day, being the shortest day of the year and thus exactly the middle of winter, together with being rather chilly, it seemed like a good idea to make a warming winter soup. This one I made up as I went along with whatever we...
Tofu and Stir Frys
Spicy Eggplant and Tofu Stir-fry We were visiting a friend of Karen’s the other day, and guess what? – Discussing healthy eating! The usual comment – that it is difficult to know how to eat healthily, particularly when you come home from work and...
More Low Carb
Vegetarian patties Well – Karen has numerous low carb vegetarian cookbooks it would appear. Spent some time browsing them and found a lovely recipe for vegetarian burgers or patties. I replaced the ordinary green beans with edamami beans, to improve the protein...