We have made several nut roasts before, but I have never been entirely happy with them. We have also done some vegan cooking courses, the most recent being the Demuth’s 2 week diploma course in Bath. While there we had an excellent meal at Acorn, which was originally Rachel Demuth’s but is now run by …
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 …
Delicious Ice-creems – raw and dairy free – and healthy Banana cashew nut ice-creem Another of my favourite concepts is the raw vegan ice-kreem, or whip. These are so easy to make as they usually have only one or two (probably three at the most) ingredients. For some of them, you might have to plan …
Kale chips Since we started getting into this raw stuff, we have discovered kale, and kale chips. Organically grown kale, which we use frequently in our green juices, is available at the weekly Hope Street Market in Cape Town. One CAN buy kale chips, but even though they are delicious, they are hellishly expensive. However, …
Rustic coconut tart Another heavenly and healthy raw dessert from Natalie and Noel’s ‘easy living food’. We served this at our last raw pizza dinner party – see previous posts. Their recipe called for mature coconuts. I used dessicated coconut. This tended to soak up the liquid so to up the liquid a bit, i …
Raw mini carrot cakes Here is another delicious raw dessert from my recipe book of the moment – ‘easy living food’ – by Natalie Reid and Noel Marten. Cake: 4 C carrots, finely grated 2 C almonds, or other nuts 1 C date jam 1 C dessicated coconut 1 C orange juice 1/2 C raisins …
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 …
Raw red pepper and tomato soup Thrilled with our first successful raw dinner party, we held another the next evening. Red pepper and tomato soup, with the rest of the onion bread for starters. Main course was sushi and veggie wraps with 2 salads – a red salad and a green papaya salad. Dessert was …
My raw classic cheezecake As promised, here is the recipe for the raw classic cheezecake. This is the same dessert that was served up at the Raw Food seminar a while back, and I am pleased to say, I think my one turned out just as well as the pro’s one. The pro version – …
