Food, glorious food....

I've gone vegan since my last post!


I went down to my health food shop for some supplies- I'm going on holiday next week and needed some stuff for easy meals (we'll be on a canal boat, then at my aunt's house in Dorset). One of the guys who works there is vegan and he was so helpful, especially when I asked his advice on a calcium supplement.



I got some flavoured tofu (basil, spicy and sunflower seed/herbs), vegan mayonnaise, margarine, tempeh, a new soymilk to try and some energy bars for emergency meals.



These look really good. They're all-natural, mostly raw and full of good things. The base is almond butter so I think they'll be yummy. There's also an omega 3 bar, a chocolate one and one with "living greens" (didn't fancy that one, strangely).




I know I promised you sweet vegan cookie action, but I forgot to take pictures of these. This is the last lonely one, They are Dreena Burton's Homestyle Chocolate Chip Cookies. GO MAKE THEM! NOW!



On Sunday nights I make myself a little bowl of soup. This one was carrot and butter bean with garlic and rosemary (from the garden), It was damn tasty! I had some oat and pumpkin seed Ryvita, which I hadn't tried before and I love. I spread on some marmite after I took the photo.



A simple but tasty bean salad for me last night. After I took the photo Emily decided she wanted pine nuts so I toasted some quickly. Yum!


We interrupt the food porn to bring you some adorable cuteness! These gorgeous girls are Cairn terriers who belong to two of Pie's friends. The big one in front is Trudi, and the little fairy dog peeking round the side is Fig (cute name, right?). They came to ask Pie out on a walk and I couldn't resist grabbing my camera.



Still can't convince my parents to let me have a dog though....Much as I love my goldfish Brian and Daisy, they're not very cuddly.



Pie has been growing potatoes! She harvested earlies a couple of weeks ago, and these are the second harvest. There truly is nothing in the world like the taste of homegrown potatoes.



This was an attempt at a tofu "steak and onions". I marinated pressed firm tofu in vegan worcester sauce, tomato puree, balsamic vinegar, maple syrup and dijon mustard, and cooked them up with some caramelized onions (fry onions in olive oil with brown sugar until sticky and yummy) and some mushroom stock (Kallo Organic, the best stock cubes ever). Served with my grandpa's homemade oven chips, purple cabbage and peas. Pretty good.



Sunday lunch was a simple baked portabella mushroom with garlic, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, crushed chilli and dried oregano. Some of our homegrown potatoes (roasted in olive oil-new potatoes are very different to large potatoes when roasted. They become chewy and fragrant rather than crispy and fluffy) and courgettes served alongside with some runner beans and cauliflower.



Pie made some stuffed peppers for dinner tonight. They were super yum as usual! I made some tomato sauce and maple-roasted cauliflower to go with it. I had a huge pile of spinach with mine as well.



Lastly, never, never put frozen mango into a smoothie without some fresh fruit as well. You will be very, very sorry.

Adios!