Vegan spelt crust quiche Karen has wanted to try vegan baking for a while now. When I was at the London Vegfest a while ago, there were loads of recipe books on special, and I bought her the “Whole Grain VEGAN BAKING” by Celine Steen and Tamasin Noyes. This spelt-crusted quiche was the first dish we tried, …
Getting ready to cook Cajun Spiced Tofu Steaks One thing we have not found often in the Netherlands is tofu. Not surprising I suppose, seeing the number of cattle farms around! But amazingly we found plain tofu in a supermarket in Sneek in Friesland. Of course we bought some. We made Cajun Spiced Tofu steaks. …
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 …
Trying to be healthy offshore I have been offshore again recently, working, and we are now travelling in Holland, so I haven,t been in the kitchen much. Karen was helping me with recipes for the blog, but now she is also with me in Europe. Being vegetarian and eating healthily when working offshore is difficult …
Cherry tomatoes dehydrated Last week I showed you the dehydrated fruit snack ideas. Here are some savoury snack ideas you can do in the dehydrator: Cherry tomatoes, onions and button mushrooms. Onion rings dehydrated Make up a basic batch of marinade using about 2/3 apple cider vinegar and 1/3 olive oil. Soak the cherry tomatoes …
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 …
Fritata a la Grecque Fritatas are a great way to use up odd leftovers from the fridge. Looking for inspiration the other evening, I found half a dozen organic eggs, some cherry tomatoes, a nearly empty jar of olives and some feta cheese in the fridge. A fritata with a Greek spin was the obvious …
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 …
Vegetarian Haggis Stuffed Peppers In the last post I mentioned Vegetarian Haggis, and different ways to serve it. A couple of weeks ago we drove inland to the Cairngorms to see snow (A bit of a novelty for South Africans). We found this inviting looking pub called the Strathmore Arms next to Glamis Castle. As vegetarians …
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 …
