Arancini?? I had never heard of this till Karen came up with it for an idea for one of our pop-ups. Sounded wonderful – but needed to learn how to make it. So, what are they? – Basically, deep fried risotto rice balls. Which of course was immediately a problem because we do like to …
This Vegan Rice Paper Bacon makes a great tasty snack. And pretty easy to make. I found several videos on You Tube with vegan bacon recipes, and my recipe is based on the one by Brett Cobley. Check out his video. A couple of differences – Instead of soy sauce I used Bragg’s Aminos as …
I have been wanting to try making vegan eggs for a long time now! It look so impossible that I kept putting it off. I found this recipe on the “exceedingly vegan” blog. It was actually very easy, and worked! So often I find a recipe on line and it actually does not work. So …
One of the most interesting aspects of or Green and Vegan pop up dinners is that each evening the menu is different. (Have a look at our FB page here). We do sometimes do things backwards! Decide on an appetising menu first and then make up or test the recipes. Starters and desserts are usually …
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 …
Another Fermented Nut Cheeze As promised, here is Karen’s ‘cheddar’ nut cheeze: See my previous post for the basic recipe. Remember the basic recipe makes 2 cheezes, so halve your basic mixture, and flavour with the following ingredients: (Oh – I’ve introduced our measurement – the Knifepoint = the pointy end of a chopping knife …
Fermented Nut Cheeze Giving up cheese is one of the hardest aspects of going vegan, but these fermented nut cheezes are really great. Of course, the inspiration and basic recipes for these come from my raw food guru – Deborah Durrant. Check out her website at Deliciously Raw…. and if you are ever in a …
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, …
Vegan ham We have been wanting to do more with seitan, but simply have not got around to it. Karen’s parents, who are hard core carnivores, are here for Xmas, so we needed to produce something ‘meatlike’ for Xmas lunch yesterday. Karen did a brilliant job and came up with this vegan ham, or gammon. …
Raw vegan parmesan cheez In a couple of recent posts, raw courgette pasta and raw pastas pestos and sauces I talked about raw pastas and sauces. And of course pasta wouldn’t be pasta without parmesan cheese. At our last dinner party, we served a raw sweet potato pasta and tangy tomato sauce, with a vegan parmesan cheez. Vegan parmesan …
