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		<title>Vegetable harvest yields</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a handy chart for calculating how much produce can be grown in a given space using a bed system.
It&#8217;s from the book Solar Gardening: Growing vegetables year-round the American intensive way by Leandre Poisson and Gretchen Vogel Poisson (ISBN 0-930031-69-5).

For a printable PDF copy, click here.
The chart shows the average yield for a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=1061</link>
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		<title>Chargrill style veggie burgers</title>
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ASDA has come out with a new range of vegetarian just-add-water mixes. The range includes burgers, sausages, falafel and nut roast.
When I first spied them in the store, I perused the ingredients list and noticed the presence of soy. It was not specified if this was genetically modified or not, so I called the ASDA [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=1053</link>
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		<title>Faux meat experiments</title>
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The other day I decided to experiment with a couple of faux meaty things.
I made &#8220;white seitan&#8221; from the book Viva Vegan (recipe can be found here;  I made 1/4 of the recipe). I first steamed it for 30 minutes, then let  it cool for a few minutes and tried it. It was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=1043</link>
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		<title>Roasted new potatoes with garlic &amp; herbs</title>
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This is a delicious way to cook new potatoes. It&#8217;s from Jack Bishop&#8217;s Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook.
Soaking the potatoes in cold water helps remove some of the starch so they don&#8217;t stick to the roasting tin. Adding the garlic and herbs halfway through ensures the garlic doesn&#8217;t burn. You can use thyme and/or oregano instead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=351</link>
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		<title>Free vegan dessert recipes</title>
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Claire from VeganCooking.com has come out with a vegan dessert cookbook called Are you sure that&#8217;s vegan? If they taste half as good as the photos look, they will be awesome!
Here&#8217;s where the free bit comes in. If you register for her free recipe newsletter, she&#8217;ll send you five recipes from the book for free, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=1037</link>
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		<title>Food co-op order &#8211; June</title>
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Hmmm, what was that about being less tardy with this post? Oh well.
Our order for June:
* Light tahini &#8212; Essential, three 340g jars for £1.50 each. I have developed quite a taste for tahini, especially on my morning toast with Marmite and sliced tomatoes. Anyone have a good recipe for tahini salad dressing?
* Egg-free mayonnaise [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=1025</link>
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		<title>Spicy butterbean burgers</title>
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I&#8217;ve finally discovered the secret to great bean burgers.
A lot of beans burgers are too soft and mushy, and squish out of the bun when you&#8217;re eating them. (Remember: mush burgers aren&#8217;t us.)
You can make a bean burger firmer by adding wheat gluten, but I must admit I&#8217;m not a fan of bean burgers with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=1015</link>
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		<title>Plastic reduction challenge &#8211; Beverages</title>
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Trying to reduce plastics in packaged food is an enormous challenge. Not only are there obvious plastics such as bottles and tubs, but also &#8220;hidden&#8221; plastics such as the lining in tin cans and tetrapaks.
In this post I&#8217;m going to look at plastic packaging of beverages, and alternatives I&#8217;ve found.
Water. We rarely buy bottled water, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=955</link>
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		<title>Food co-op order &#8211; April</title>
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Okay, I know it&#8217;s almost June and I&#8217;m just posting this now. But I do have my reasons&#8230; May was a very busy month down at the allotment!
Our order for April:
* Organic tomato juice &#8212; Biona, three 750ml glass jars @ £2.04 each. Buying in glass jars is more expensive, but we&#8217;re committed to reducing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=986</link>
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		<title>Vegan hamburger steaks</title>
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These meatless hamburger steaks are really amazing. The texture is EXACTLY like what I remember hamburger being like, and Mr Thrifty concurs. The taste is most delicious, though the flavour could be tweaked to make it more meat-like if you so desire.
The hamburger steaks are a combination of TVP, gluten, minced veggies and seasonings. They&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thriftyliving.net/?p=943</link>
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