Vegan Recipe Books We keep discovering new vegan recipe books. They are popping up all the time. Our latest new find is one called Vegan Bible, by Marie Laforet. I am loving it because the few recipes I have tried so far actually seem to work. And pretty well every cooking technique is covered. This …
Raw vegan Nut Log
Raw vegan Nut Log For Xmas, along with the Vegan Ham we made a cooked nut roast. I wasn’t particularly thrilled with this dish, so did not blog it. However, While browsing one of my favourite recipes books – easy living food, I found this version of a roast – a raw vegan Nut Log. I …
Raw pastas, pestos and sauces
Karen’s coriander pesto In an earlier post here I showed Karen’s raw courgette pasta with a basil pesto. Butternut or sweet potato also work very well as the ‘pasta’, though these vegetables need to be dropped into hot water and left for about 10 minutes to soften. You could use the same basil pesto as the …
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 …
Entertaining Raw – butternut, carrot and ginger soup
Raw butternut, carrot and ginger soup As I mentioned last week, our first go at entertaining with raw food went off really well, with even our carnivore friends being suitable impressed. The menu comprised raw butternut, carrot and ginger soup, raw vegan pizza and classic cheezecake for dessert. I have to confess the pizzas were …
Last of the Indian summer
Andhra Carrot Curry We are great believers in using up what we have, rather than throwing it away and buying more. When Karen went back to SA she left me a well stocked fridge, amongst which were a lot of carrots. Also being on an Indian crusade, I had all the spices. What to make? I …