I love a scone and I’ve been missing a baked treat since beginning this vegan challenge so I rustled these up this afternoon and I’m pretty pleased. Quick to mix, baked in 10 minutes and as doughy and satisfying as I could have hoped for. Plus significantly lower fat than your average scone, so there! […]
Read More Almond & Chocolate Square Scones (yes, they’re vegan)Although this fits in with the currently running vegan theme, hummus is a staple favourite of mine and it appears on my table frequently. Packed full of goodness from the chickpeas (protein, fibre and a host of vitamins and minerals), hummus is easily personalised with any number of other ingredients but the below version is […]
Read More Spicy Hummus with LimeDay two, six of the clock and all is vegan. I was supposed to be off doing fun but time consuming things today which unfortunately got called off at the last minute. Unfortunate because of the fun and also because of the gaping hole of an empty Saturday left behind. After a surprisingly satisfactory breakfast experiment I […]
Read More The Vegan Diaries- Day Two. Feeling Hot, Hot, not.Last night I was reading up a bit on the nonsensical obsession of many an American for ‘canned apple sauce’. Shudder. How lazy do you need to be to buy this? Lazy and frankly negligent to your own insides when you look at all the added sugar and general crap that comes with most of them. Happily […]
Read More Easy Caramelised Apples- vegan versionWHO THE HELL PUTS MILK IN VEGETABLE STOCK?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Ahem. Well it all came very close to falling at the first hurdle I have to say but I am nearing the end of day one veganating without a slip. No thanks to you, Tesco Everyday Basics Vegetable Stockcubes. Whilst banging together my lunch for today I […]
Read More The Vegan Diaries: Day One- The Lactose MenaceYup, as previously advertised, Boomboom Veeg Day falls tomorrow. I wont lie, a good part of me is wondering just what the hell I’m doing. But another part of me is ready for the challenge and interested as to exactly how difficult this is going to be. Like any intrepid experimenter, I’ve been doing my […]
Read More Countdown to The Vegan DiariesI must start off by giving credit here to my friend and colleague Helen who told me yesterday I simply had to try these slow roast, tapas-type tomatoes. She promised a transformation of any bog standard 50p packet of tomatoes into a moreish veggie treat great as a barbecue side, starter or general nice picky thing- currently topical […]
Read More Slow Roast TomatoesThat is the question of the day. And as I write this while tucking into some farmhouse pate, not a question that comes easily to me. I advocate and enjoy a rich and varied diet and honestly believe that your bog standard human being is made for meat consumption. Just check out your teeth, you […]
Read More To Veeg, Or Not To Veeg?I was hoping to have a nice long piece to write today about the Colchester Oyster Festival (not to be confused with June’s Oyster Fayre) but sadly it seems that I don’t have enough nice things to say about it to do so. It was a shame, as I’d been looking forwards to it for […]
Read More Just Beef StewIt may shock you, dear reader, to be told that I generally enjoy eating. No really, I do, many times a day and many things. What with loving food and being a woman of a certain age who doesn’t exercise an awful lot, I go through stages of hyper awareness of food lables and find […]
Read More Fuller longer and it ain’t no lie.
Food. Boom. 