Vegetarian Barbeque
Peppers and onions – veggie roasting basket I cannot lie – I DO miss the odd barbeque, or ‘braaivleis’ as it is known in South Africa. But there are ways to make a ‘barbie’ something that vegetarians can enjoy too. We used to just wrap potatoes or onions in tin foil,...
Healthy Vegetarian Breakfast
Berry, banana and nut smoothie In my last post I complained about the breakfast rip off for vegeatarians eating out. So here is a tasty, healthy option, for at home anyway: Berry, banana and nut smoothie. You can use any available berries or nuts, but here I used...
Eating out with a vegetarian.
Vegetarians eat out as well! There are two things that I find most annoying when eating out with Karen: The Vegetarian Rip Offs. One – Pay more for Less! The first is best described by relating a specific incident that Karen experienced a while ago. She was having...
Does Vegetarian = Healthy?
Living with Karen, my vegetarian wife, I have learned a lot! The first is probably that to be a committed vegetarian and get ones required daily nutritional intake is hard work. So, is being vegetarian necesarily healthy? Quite possibly not. If one simply drops meat...
Vegetarian lasagne recipe
Here is the recipe I promised in the previous post. If you already have your own tried and tested meat version, you can of course simply replace the meat sauce part with my vegetarian mince option and go ahead. I used Dry Soya (or Textured Vegetable Protein) instead...
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...