El Piano – vegan eatery in York According to Happy Cow, there are quite a few vegetarian places, but only one vegan establishment – El Piano. Very Spanish sounding, not surprisingly, as the other two branches are in Granada and Malaga in Spain. A main course cost £ 9.95 and was made up of your …
Vegan in Brighton
V-Bites vegan breakfast Travelling again so not much time in the kitchen lately. But travelling does give us the chance to try out vegan eateries. We took a weekend break in Brighton on the South Coast and before going, checked out Happy Cow V-Bites in Brighton There are a surprisingly large number of vegetarian restaurants there, …
Veggie wraps
Veggie wraps – go organic Veggie wrap I have never been mad about standard type of wraps, as I try to stay away from those bready sort of carbohydrates But a wonderful alternative is to use spinach leaves instead. You hardly need a recipe as such. Just try and use as much fresh organic produce …
Trail Mix – great healthy snacking
Healthy snack – make your own Trail Mix Trail mix One of my latest discoveries since going a bit raw is the trail mix. You can buy it ready made, but I prefer to make up my own. We recently did a 3 day hike and I took some of this along. It is really …
Choc mint mousse cake – healthy entertaining – raw and vegan
Choc Mint Mousse Cake – raw and vegan and healthy Choc mint mousse cake – delicious – raw and vegan Finally this week, here is the recipe for this wickedly delicious choc mint mousse cake. This is the one we served at the last dinner party. See raw vegan sweetcorn chowder and smoked tofu steaks for the …
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 raw mango chutney, sweet potato chips and salads. …
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 is, mostly, our guests are pleasantly …
Sweet potato chips – oven baked
Oven baked sweet potato chips I never thought I would ever blog about chips! But while looking for the perfect vegan burger, we went to Wellness Warehouse restaurant in Cape Town, where they served up their vegan burger with these absolutely divine chips. So of course I had to try and recreate them. I haven’t …
Green Pea Soup – raw and vegan
Raw vegan green pea soup We are still busy with a round of entertaining. Last night the menu was: Green Pea soup A selection of pizzas – raw pizza bases, with mostly raw toppings Fresh fruit with a sweet nut kreem. Here is the soup recipe I used.I did rather make it up after googling …
Goji Tomato soup
Goji tomato soup – raw and vegan One of the great things about entertaining with raw food is that most of the preparation can be done well in advance, or even the day before. This means less last minute problems – all you have to do is serve up. At our last dinner party, where …