Brocolli cheeze Last week I promised you brocolli cheeze. So here it is. The original recipe came from “easy living food” by Natalie Reid and Noel Marten and they used cauliflower. The book is available on line from the Rawlicious website. Ingredients: 2 or 3 cups of brocolli florets Boiling water for blanching 1 C cashew …
Veggie and vegan day in London
Raw Food – Avo salad sandwich Had a day in London on my way back to SA. Where does an aspiring vegan go for sustenance in London? Happy Cow to the rescue again. I am amazed at the number of vegan and vegetarian restaurants around. Happy Cow showed up 4 in centre of London, all not …
Vegetarian in Amsterdam 3 – Superfood Centre
Raw Chocolate Smoothie and Snackaroons Superfood Centre – Amsterdam ….And the third of the vegetarian eateries we tried while in Amsterdam – Superfood Centre. See Bolhoed and De Vliegende Schotel posts. Superfood Centre is more of a Health Shop than a restaurant, though there are one or two small tables where you can sit and munch your snacks. It is …
Accidental Mousse – Chocolate Mousse – Raw and Vegan
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 …
Quick and Easy Low Carb Bread
Quick and easy low carb bread I have made and referred to low carb breads a few times in Patrick’s blog. (Patrick has been hard at work so I am looking after his blog for him.) This is not the Atkins Low Carb Bread, but Irish Soda Bread. I’ve made and mentioned both in this …
More low carb breads
Almond and Ricotta (low carb) bread Back on the low carb trail. Here are two low carb bread recipes which my wife Karen has just tried. They were both tasty and filling. For more low carb and meat free recipes go to the recipes home page on – this link. Almond and Ricotta Bread: Ingredients: …
Still on the Indian trail
Indian accompaniments with my stuffed peppers I am still having a bit of an Indian moment and enjoying using recipes from Monisha Bharadwaj’s book – ‘healthy Indian in minutes’. I made the Gajar Ka Salaad, or Carrot and Cashew salad with Honey, and the Lal Kobichi Bhaji or Red cabbage with Mustard. I love the …
Vegetarian Xmas Lunch
Carrot, ginger and coconut soup Not only did I find that great vegetarian magazine while I was in UK (see my last post here ), but I was also watching my favourite chef, Jamie Oliver, on Channel 4 TV. I discovered they have a website with all his, and other chef’s recipes on line! Go to Channel 4 TV Jamie was making …
The battle against white refined carbohydrates!
Cauliflower rice ingredients Anyone following us will know we are keen on healthy and low carb eating. A while ago I was browsing through Rose Elliot’s cookbook – ‘The Vegetarian Low-Carb Diet’ and came across Cauliflower Rice. I just had to try it. It was so quick and easy to make that I have used …
Salad days are here again!
Warm winter salad Eating healthily out here in the North Sea is not particularly inspiring! Give them their due, they do try – but the selection is limited. Munching my way through the ‘same old’ lettuce, tomato, onion and peppers, I could not help remembering the wonderfully tasty and ‘different’ salads that Karen has come …