Vegan Quiche
Vegan Quiche So here is our recipe for the courgette vegan quiche that we served as a main course for the first run of our vegan underground restaurant. See the last post. We had been trying to make a good vegan quiche for a while. Some (non vegan) friends...
Vegan underground restaurant
Karen and I have always dreamed of hosting a vegan underground restaurant in our home. Where did this daft idea come from then? Long before we discovered raw and vegan food, we always enjoyed having dinner parties at home and entertaining with food. I just love being...
Fool proof bean burgers
Fool proof bean burgers Over the years we have had many attempts at vegan bean burgers with varying success, the main problem being getting them to stick together. Still on our boat, Karen came up with these – Guest post by Karen: Have you ever seen a yummy...
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...
Vegan Stir Fry
Vegan Stir Fry Smoked Tempeh and vegan stir fry I seem to think stir fries were originally the domain of carnivores – it was a good way to quickly cook a meal. But our vegan stir fries are one of Karen’s favourite meals. I’m not going to give a...
Thai green curry – Raw and Vegan
Thai green curry – Raw and Vegan Raw vegan Thai Green Curry Finally got around to making this raw vegan Thai Green Curry again. I first discovered it on the FEAST and TASTE raw food courses run by Deborah Durrant of Deliciously Raw. There are a couple 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...
Healthy entertaining – smoked tofu steaks
Smoked Tofu Steaks – vegan and healthy way to entertain Tofu steaks with raw mango chutney In last week’s post, I gave the recipe for the starter (raw sweetcorn chowder) at our last dinner party. Now for the main course, which was smoked tofu steaks with a...
Entertaining healthily – raw and vegan – raw vegan sweetcorn chowder
Tofu steaks, mango chutney, chips and salad I think about 90 to 95% of our friends are hard core carnivores, and probably think Karen and I are a bit mad. Nevertheless, we continue to invite people for dinner parties and serve up raw and/or vegan food. The good thing...
Chickpea Cutlets
Vegan chickpea cutlets Having had such success with our Vegan Ham at Xmas, we wanted to find a quick and easy vegan meal with that ‘meatiness’ which would appeal to our carnivore friends. Karen came across this chickpea cutlet recipe which we tested. They...
Quest for the perfect vegan burger
Vegan burger patties and salad Burgers are always a great meal, but vegan versions can be a bit bland. The store bought ones always seem over processed. My first shot at homemade vegan burger patties was last year while we we travelling on the boat in Netherlands....
Vegan Quiche
Vegan spelt crust quiche Karen has wanted to try vegan baking for a while now. When I was at the London Vegfest a while ago, there were loads of recipe books on special, and I bought her the “Whole Grain VEGAN BAKING” by Celine Steen and Tamasin...