Quite a few years ago I spent some time living in Uganda. One of our favourite treats at weekends (besides listening to Rick D’s American Top 40) was going out for a meal at one of the local Ethiopian restaurants.
There were only 2 options on the menu – vegetarian or meat. After we’d washed [...]
Posted in Main Meals, Vegetarian on Jan 16th, 2010
When is a bus not a bus? When it’s been turned into a Vegan restaurant! Hidden away in Elys Yard, E1, this 1967 Routemaster bus has been converted into a restaurant and takeaway and is one of London’s quirky gems.
Naturally, being a Routemaster, the restaurant is entered through the traditional open entrance at the back [...]
Posted in Restaurants, Cafes and Pubs, Reviews, Vegetarian on Dec 28th, 2009
May’s In the Bag was hosted by Real Epicurean and consisted of Broccoli and Blue Cheese. Over the past few weeks we’ve been getting some gorgeous Purple Sprouting Broccoli from our veg box which seemed perfect for my attempt. I really wanted to try and challenge myself to come up with something less obvious again. [...]
Posted in Baking, Main Meals, Vegetarian on May 12th, 2009
We held a dinner party for six people over the Easter weekend and were keen to plan a menu which could be prepared completely in advance and require only heating, plating a serving on the night.
Sundried Tomato, Spinach & Feta Filo Pastry Pie
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Vegetable Mousakka with Greek Salad, accompanied with Black Olive & Rosemary Flatbread.
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Orange Passover Cake [...]
Posted in Baking, Books, Food Heros, Main Meals, Recipes, Reviews, Vegetarian on May 4th, 2009
When we first had the idea of doing a food blog, my main goal was to document some ideas for exciting lunchtime foods. As Jenny will attest, I’m quite a fussy eater – not in the usual way of not eating exotic foods, rather for my reluctance to eat boring food. For me lunchtime is [...]
Posted in Food on the Go, Lunchbox, Vegetarian on Apr 30th, 2009
Traditionally Lent and Easter must have been a bit of a culinary rollercoaster. Indulgence on Shrove Tuesday followed by fasting from Ash Wednesday through to the Easter Weekend, followed by a feast and chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday.
Easter isn’t Easter without Hot Cross Buns. The smell of the fragrant spices and fruit as you bake/toast them [...]
Posted in Baking, Breakfast, Recipes, Vegetarian on Apr 15th, 2009
The idea of having challenges to come up with recipes with a set of ingredients was something Paul had been thinking about since we started the blog. I noticed recently that A Slice of Cherry Pie and Real Epicurean run such a competition, In the Bag. For March, the ingredients were Leeks, Eggs and Cheese. [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Main Meals, Vegetarian on Apr 3rd, 2009
This is the first recipe I have tried from the River Cottage Preserves hand book I got for Christmas. I fancied making some marmalade in celebration of the end of citrus fruit season. There were two methods for making marmalade given in the book, I went for the whole fruit method (as opposed to the [...]
Posted in Hints + Tips, Vegetarian on Feb 16th, 2009
More adventures in baking with Andrew Whitley’s Bread Matters book. This time I tried out some Italian pie technology (or is it pizza technology?). The calzoni were really fun to make and tasty too.
You need:
* 160g of basic savoury bread sponge – there’s plenty of recipes for this on the web.
* 120g plain [...]
Posted in Baking, Lunchbox, Main Meals, Recipes, Vegetarian on Feb 15th, 2009
A while ago now, whilst visiting some of the local asian shops I found a jar of Date Syrup. Being quite into Dates I decided to buy some without anything particular in mind to use it for. It’s sat at the back of our cupboards for a few months now, partly because I keep forgetting [...]
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Lunchbox, Vegetarian on Feb 13th, 2009