Free vegan dessert recipes
Claire from VeganCooking.com has come out with a vegan dessert cookbook called Are you sure that’s vegan? If they taste half as good as the photos look, they will be awesome! Here’s where the free…
Food co-op order – June
Hmmm, what was that about being less tardy with this post? Oh well. Our order for June: * Light tahini — Essential, three 340g jars for £1.50 each. I have developed quite a taste for…
Spicy butterbean burgers
I’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’re eating them. (Remember: mush burgers aren’t us.) You…
Plastic reduction challenge – Beverages
Trying to reduce plastics in packaged food is an enormous challenge. Not only are there obvious plastics such as bottles and tubs, but also “hidden” plastics such as the lining in tin cans and tetrapaks.…
Food co-op order – April
Okay, I know it’s almost June and I’m just posting this now. But I do have my reasons… May was a very busy month down at the allotment! Our order for April: * Organic tomato…
Vegan hamburger steaks
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…
Food co-op order — March
We joined a food co-op. Yay! Co-ops can be run in different ways. The way ours works is that we pay a small annual fee to join (£5), and are then able to buy anything…
Plastic reduction challenge – Fresh produce
One thing I noticed when I first moved to this side of the pond is that fruit, veg and herbs are massively overpackaged in the supermarkets. A prime example is a pack of four pears,…
What I’ve been up to lately…
I know I’ve been neglecting my blog somewhat, but I’ve been a busy little beaver in the kitchen. I created the most amazing vegan-hamburger-steak-type thing which had just the perfect texture and a savoury and…
Chickeny seitan cutlets with mushroom gravy
Sometimes I’m in the mood for a big ol’ slab of protein… seitan, that is! A couple of days ago, I made Matt’s recipe for Chickeny seitan cutlets. I tweaked the spices slightly (I omitted…