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 need to knock up a meal. So yes – you resort …

Scrambled Tofu

Scrambled Tofu with salad Back home in Cape Town now, and back to eating healthily again. Karen, my vegetarian wife, loves buying cook books, and yesterday came home with one called ‘Yummidy’ – Not only meatless, but low carb as well. We have been trying to follow a low carb diet for a while now, …

Getting a bit cheesy

Ingredients for ricotta stuffed mushrooms I love cheese, but have always stuck to the blander ones like cheddar, edam or ementhaler. Living with a vegetarian, I have discovered how to use some more adventurous types such as mozzarella, haloumi and ricotta. At this point I have to confess I am a wholehearted fan of Jamie …

Living with a vegetarian

Welcome to this first post on Meat Free Everyday. So – what DO vegetarians eat then? As Karen my vegetarian wife says, they eat everything that anyone else eats, except the meat. Chicken and fish count as meat! This implies that they have the same dietary requirements as any other person, in order to keep healthy. People …