Spicy Beans and Apple – with sweetcorn fritters We are in the last throes of packing up to move house, so not only is there not much in the kitchen to cook, there are not many utensils nor pots and pans to cook in or with. Not surprising then, I ended up with a dish …
Smoked Bean Curd Bakes and salad In a post on Courgette Latkes a while ago, I mention a Smoked Bean Curd Bake with a Walnut and Mushroom stuffing recipe. Both these came from the Vegan Society Xmas recipe selection – see here Well, the thing with this recipe is that the dish needs to be sort …
Homemade muesli, fresh fruit and yoghurt We will be moving house at the end of the month, so was on a bit of a mission to use up stuff in the larder and fridge. Came up with this muesli mix, which turned out most delicious. About 2 cups each of: Wheat germ Digestive bran and …
Fritata a la Grecque Fritatas are a great way to use up odd leftovers from the fridge. Looking for inspiration the other evening, I found half a dozen organic eggs, some cherry tomatoes, a nearly empty jar of olives and some feta cheese in the fridge. A fritata with a Greek spin was the obvious …
Apricot Clafoutis Clafoutis is originally a French dish, from the Limousin area, and was traditionally made with cherries. We are great ones for using up what we have in the fridge. So with both fresh apricots and eggs needing using up, and wanting to serve something different for our guests that night, this Apricot clafoutis …
Flaxseed cracker biscuits Any regular readers will know we try to go low-carb wherever possible. So Karen wanted to come up with a low-carb cracker biscuit to have in lieu of bread as a snack, or with a light lunch. Based on another homemade nacho recipe she found in a mag, she came up with …
Selection of vegan food at the Potluck Picnic Recently Karen and I were invited to a vegan potluck picnic. We are not yet vegan, but are fast heading that way. Not being that confident with vegan cooking we needed to come up with something simple to prepare. Not sure what prompted it, but dried fruit …
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 recipe: Ingredients: 1 large …
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 page! The result tasted wonderful but was too moist to …
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 was exactly that – a …
