Raw Food Course Beetroot ravioli – raw and vegan Last week was, I think, the first week that I haven’t put out a post. Hopefully I will be forgiven, as Karen and I were frantically busy doing Deborah Durrant’s 5 day Raw Food course. What a fantastic and fun week it was. We learnt such …
London Vegfest 2014
Raw lime mousse with berries A very exciting time at the moment for me, and hopefully this blog. Yesterday we attended the 2014 London Vegfest at Kensington. This event is in it’s second year. Last year, the inaugural occasion, apparently about 9000 people attended over the 2 days. This year it seemed just as crowded. …
Raw pasta and spiralizers
Spiralized salads and pasta As any regular reader will know, we are a bit into raw. A while ago I did a post on the ”Raw Kitchen” in which there is a spiralizer. (see this post) A wonderful device, but a bit of a mission to get out and set up. Mini Spiralizer Recently we …
Vegetarian and vegan in Cape Town
Vegan apple pie at Thibetan Tea House As much as I love trying new vegan, raw and veggie dishes and sharing the recipes, I also like finding new vegan/raw/veggie eateries. The other day we took a drive over to the other side of the mountain, to Simonstown. There we had what was meant to be …
Raw vegan chocolate mint mousse cake
Raw vegan chocolate mint mousse cake Chocolate mint mousse cake – raw and vegan I just love these raw vegan desserts. They are always a hit at dinner parties, and I made this choc mint one again the other night for our guests. I did make one change to the recipe. Although agave nectar is …
Spinach, pea and mint soup – vegan and almost raw
Spinach, pea and mint soup – vegan and almost raw Spinach, pea and mint soup – vegan and almost raw Although we are keen on raw soups, it is winter, and we wanted a warm, colourful starter at our last dinner party. Karen came up with this spinach, green pea and mint one. Ingredients: 1 …
Sweet and savoury raw cracker biscuits
Raw cracker biscuits – sweet and savoury Sweet coconut crackers Very happy to be back in our kitchen in Cape Town for a while. We have a couple of dinner parties coming up over the next few days, and I like to have a selection of snacks and cracker biscuits for guests to nibble on …
Raw and Vegan in Cape Town
Raw and Vegan in Cape Town The small plate at Raw and Roxy When I started this blog, my wife was a long time vegetarian while I did not eat a lot of meat. Over the last couple of years we have moved to nearly 100% vegan and largely raw. I love sharing recipes with …
Chocolate energy balls – vegan and raw
Raw and Vegan – Chocolate energy balls Chocolate balls It’s not often we make up a recipe, but we are on the boat again, and wanted something to snack on that was healthy and would keep us going. We had seen various recipes for this type of thing, so looked at what we had on …
Vegan wines and vegan sweeteners
Vegan wines and vegan sweeteners Vegan wines from Painted Wolf Wines Company I am delighted when someone actually makes a comment on this blog, even if it is to point out an error! At least it shows that somebody is reading it, and that makes it all worthwhile. Someone noted that one of my vegan …