Chilled Pea Soup
Chilled Pea Soup On hot summer evenings, a chilled soup always goes down well. I found this pea soup recipe in Johan and Len’s “Once upon a Chicken Pie” book. We have served this 2 or 3 times already when entertaining and everyone loved it. Its a very simple and easy...
Accidental Mousse – Chocolate Mousse – Raw and Vegan
Raw vegan Chocolate Mousse In my last post I mentioned the Raw Food recipe book ‘Easy Living Food’. Karen started out by trying the Chocolate Fudge. In her excitement the ingredients became a bit confused with those of the Energy Balls recipe which was on the opposite...
Cape Town Markets – Old Biscuit Mill and City Bowl Market
As it says – The Old Biscuit Mill In an earlier post, Karen talked about the Real Food Market in London. Over the past few years loads of fresh food markets have sprung up all over Cape Town. Our favourite is The Old Biscuit Mill in Woodstock. As the name implies it...
Courgette Mash with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Courgette Mash with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes Been having loads of fun in the kitchen, trying out more of Johan and Len’s recipes from their book ‘Once upon a Chicken Pie’. Just to set your mind at rest – I know this isnt a vegetarian recipe book, but three quarters of...
Courgette Latkes
Our version of Veg Society’s Coutgette Latkes Christmas is upon us and we have family coming to stay, so I was hunting around for some Xmas ideas. The Vegetarian Society’s newsletter, Veggie Bites, happened to land in my inbox at that moment. I went straight to their...
Cooked Carrot Salad
Cooked Carrot Salad At last I am getting back into cooking! In a previous post, Same Day Pickles Karen mentioned the restaurant La Petite Tarte run by Johan and Len, and their recipe book, Once upon a Chicken Pie. I too love the book and the recipes, and simply had...
Real Food Market – Southbank – London
Real Food Market London On our last day in London we decided to visit the Real Food Market – Southbank – London. We read about it in the British Airways magazine and the article said the market was located at the Royal Festival Hall. Apparently they have a market...
Same Day Pickles
So I am still at the helm of Patrick’s blog but hopefully all the repairs to our house are soon over and we can wake up with a day in hand to do the things we enjoy. Things like make good food and talk about our forays into food-making in this blog. Last week I...
And more Vegetarian Glasgow
Profanity Stout Daily specials at Stereo In the last two blog posts, Patrick and I have spoken about eating out in Glasgow. We would not have found any of the places we visited were it not for the Vegetarian Guides. And I can’t help but wish we had such a thing here...
More Vegetarian Glasgow
Beetroot hummous Last week Patrick told you about Saramago, and the 13th Note. Two vegetarian cafe bars in Glasgow. See that blog post – here. Chickpea salad After our drink at The 13th Note we headed for – Mono – restaurant. It’s not that easy to find as it turns...