Broccoli Cheez meal aboard I can’t decide which is easier – going vegan, or going raw. We manage a bit of both while on the boat. Here is a quick and delicious light meal we had one evening: Soy schnitzels, broccoli cheez and green peas. Not entirely raw but 100% vegan. The soy products were …
Eating aboard – Cajun tofu steaks
Getting ready to cook Cajun Spiced Tofu Steaks One thing we have not found often in the Netherlands is tofu. Not surprising I suppose, seeing the number of cattle farms around! But amazingly we found plain tofu in a supermarket in Sneek in Friesland. Of course we bought some. We made Cajun Spiced Tofu steaks. …
Eating aboard – Salads
Karen’s raw veg salad When eating out, vegetarians or vegans are very often offered a boring old salad as their only option. But salads don’t have to be boring, They can be fun, colourful, tasty and healthy as well. Karen loves making salads and comes up with the most amazing ones. Here are 2 salads …
Eating aboard – Healthy green smoothie
Healthy green smoothie for breakfast Eating raw, vegan and healthy aboard is a challenge in a number of ways, but the one thing that actually makes it easier is we do not have an oven. We have an electric hob, but to operate that we need to run a generator. So we gravitate to raw …
Eating aboard – Raw courgette pasta
Raw courgette pasta Apologies for being somewhat late with this post. The boating keeps us busy, and then we don’t always have internet access. Raw pasta is something we have been trying to get right for a while, and not too successfully. But here in the Netherlands, while on the boat, we found these lovely …
Boating and eating healthy – vegan burger patties
Our vegan burger patties on the boat Karen and I are fortunate enough to be on our own boat, cruising the waterways of Holland. At the same time, we’re determined to eat not only healthily, but to continue to strive to be vegan and raw as much as possible. To this end Karen avidly reads …
Raw vegan chocolates
Raw vegan chocolates Karen and I are in Holland at the moment, on a boat. We are trying as far as possible to continue eating healthy, vegan and raw. In the next few posts, I will tell you about some of the meals we have prepared aboard. But in the meantime, here is Karen’s recipe …
Offshore and more raw vegan London
Trying to be healthy offshore I have been offshore again recently, working, and we are now travelling in Holland, so I haven,t been in the kitchen much. Karen was helping me with recipes for the blog, but now she is also with me in Europe. Being vegetarian and eating healthily when working offshore is difficult …
Ginger biscuits – raw, vegan and healthy
Ginger biscuits – dehydrated If you have a sweet tooth, but want to avoid the refined sugars, going raw is a good option. Here is a recipe for tangy ginger biscuits: Ingredients: 1 C almonds 1 T coconut oil (melted) 2 T honey about 4 soaked dates 2 t finely grated ginger 1 t clove …
Savoury dehydrating ideas – tomatoes, mushrooms and onions
Cherry tomatoes dehydrated Last week I showed you the dehydrated fruit snack ideas. Here are some savoury snack ideas you can do in the dehydrator: Cherry tomatoes, onions and button mushrooms. Onion rings dehydrated Make up a basic batch of marinade using about 2/3 apple cider vinegar and 1/3 olive oil. Soak the cherry tomatoes …