Oven baked sweet potato chips I never thought I would ever blog about chips! But while looking for the perfect vegan burger, we went to Wellness Warehouse restaurant in Cape Town, where they served up their vegan burger with these absolutely divine chips. So of course I had to try and recreate them. I haven’t …
Raw vegan green pea soup We are still busy with a round of entertaining. Last night the menu was: Green Pea soup A selection of pizzas – raw pizza bases, with mostly raw toppings Fresh fruit with a sweet nut kreem. Here is the soup recipe I used.I did rather make it up after googling …
Goji tomato soup – raw and vegan One of the great things about entertaining with raw food is that most of the preparation can be done well in advance, or even the day before. This means less last minute problems – all you have to do is serve up. At our last dinner party, where …
Raw vegan chocolate ganache A few things happened that got me going on the raw vegan desserts again. – Peter and Beryn’s new book, the Magic of Superfoods was launched, and naturally we bought a copy. – We have started a round of entertaining again. – And the other raw desserts that I made, particularly …
Vegan chickpea cutlets Having had such success with our Vegan Ham at Xmas, we wanted to find a quick and easy vegan meal with that ‘meatiness’ which would appeal to our carnivore friends. Karen came across this chickpea cutlet recipe which we tested. They were indeed quick and easy, quite tasty, and definitely had that …
Vegan burger patties and salad Burgers are always a great meal, but vegan versions can be a bit bland. The store bought ones always seem over processed. My first shot at homemade vegan burger patties was last year while we we travelling on the boat in Netherlands. See this post. As good as those were, I’m …
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 kitchen appliances This blog started off as vegetarian and healthy, went through a low-carb phase, and now concentrates pretty much on vegan and raw, which is about as healthy as you can get, or so we think anyway. We are thoroughly enjoying making raw food, but it is quite a mindset change, and does …
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 ‘fry up’ People often ask why vegans or vegetarians try to make carnivore look alike meals. I am not really sure why we do this, but at the moment we have Karen’s parents staying with us, and they are not even vegetarian, let alone vegan. I think we do this to make them feel …
