Back home again. First – a very happy New Year to all out there. Second – I must (again) apologise for not posting for ages! 2016 ended up as a year with much work and travelling, and subsequently very little blogging. However, I am now back in our lovely kitchen in Cape Town, and making …
Travelling vegan
Sometimes it’s hard to be vegan! I must apologize for not posting for ages! I seem to spend a lot of time travelling or working and not being anywhere near a kitchen. At the moment I am in Azerbaijan, in Baku, working. Not the touristy nice bit of Baku! The poor run down bit. …
Raw vegan chocolate
Being vegan certainly does not mean giving up chocolate! In fact raw vegan chocolate is more delicious than if made with dairy. Well I think so anyway. And this homemade vegan chocolate is very easy to make. We served these chocolates after the meal with the coffee at our first vegan underground restaurant evening. (See …
Vegan Quiche
Vegan Quiche So here is our recipe for the courgette vegan quiche that we served as a main course for the first run of our vegan underground restaurant. See the last post. We had been trying to make a good vegan quiche for a while. Some (non vegan) friends invited us for dinner, and …
Vegan underground restaurant
Karen and I have always dreamed of hosting a vegan underground restaurant in our home. Where did this daft idea come from then? Long before we discovered raw and vegan food, we always enjoyed having dinner parties at home and entertaining with food. I just love being in the kitchen making things. Several years ago …
Raspberry cheezecake – Raw and vegan
Raspberry cheezecake – Raw and vegan Karen found this Raspberry Cheezcake recipe in a recent local Good Housekeeping magazine. It is so encouraging to find more and more vegan food available, as well as vegan recipes in all sorts of lifestyle magazines. In fact this issue had recipes for a full raw vegan meal. and …
Chocolate Brownies – Raw and Vegan
Chocolate Brownies – Raw and Vegan Any regular reader will probably know I am rather fond of the tasty raw tarts and cheezecakes that can be made. Chocolate Brownies are another delicious dessert that can be raw and vegan. Karen and I have tried a few other recipes, but this one from Noel and Natalie’s …
Amazing Aloe – Great superfood
Aloe is our very own local superfood here in Cape Town/South Africa. They are hardy and easy to grow. Our one is doing wonderfully, in a pot on the patio. There are two types – the Vera and Ferox varieties. Ours is apparently Ferox. I use a couple of pieces of the flesh in our …
Raw vegan cheezecake
One of my favourite discoveries in raw food are the absolutely amazing raw vegan cheezecakes or tarts. Everybody seems to love them, so here is the easiest one to make – Pineapple Cheezecake. The original recipe is from Natalie and Noel’s “Easy Living Food” recipe book which has become one of my main “go to” …
Green Juice
Raw Green Juice: There is nothing like starting the day with a fresh healthy Green Juice, so I thought it appropriate to start off my 2016 blogs with a green juice mixture. It’s also a fresh start from another aspect – I have just changed my blog platform over to WordPress. Which is also one …