More and more people seem to be choosing to follow vegetarian or vegan diets these days. I have several close friends who are always on the lookout for plant-based meals to satisfy their family vegetarian converts while complementing the rest of the family’s more protein-based meals. This gluten-free Broccoli-Tabbouleh is simply delicious. Something different as a mid-week side and because the broccoli is pulsed raw, it’s ‘tough’ enough to withstand the acidity of the dressing, so it can easily survive a day in the fridge once it’s dressed.
Tag: Health
Vegan Lentil Moussaka/Shepherd’s Pie
I was disheartened by the speed that vegan dishes seemed to be inhaled by our family members.. Surely I could create a filling and tasty lentil bolognaise sauce and use it as easily as I would the real meaty version… I’m so pleased to say it was a total success; the baked eggplant moussaka version refined and particularly popular, but the creamy shepherd’s pie of mashed cauliflower and pumpkin also delicious and very filling.
Spicy Mango Fish
I came up with this recipe during those few magical weeks of summer holidays in Australia, where time stands still and the lazy metronome of cicadas and mosquitos plays its languid soundtrack to days spent at the beach, the sting of sea salt, sand and sun, catching up with family and friends over long, leisurely meals and the comforting reburgeoning of life in suburban backyards and gardens. I decided that coming up with something quick and new for dinner with a glass of cold kombucha or rose in hand was easier than rushing off to buy a whole set of fresh ingredients. My spicy mango fish captures the sweetness and easiness of summer. I hope you love this recipe as much as my family does.
Slow-cooked lamb shoulder in cassis and red wine
I love anything slow-cooked and I love everything about it; the inner calm that comes from knowing that your dinner is taking care of itself while you plough through your day at work and/or home and ferry kids to their appointments and activities. That sweet, aromatic wave that wraps around you when you finally stumble through your front door.Most magically though, the dish is always beautifully caramelized and the slow-cooked meat just falls off the bone, which has its practical side too; so useful if you are exhausted to your core and don’t have much energy to chew.
Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut; literally in German ‘sour’ (or ‘pickled’) ‘herb’. It is a food that as a child, I would turn my nose up at as some very smelly culinary relic of the past.
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