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: Vegetarian
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.
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.
Vegan Vegetable Patties
My family loves their meat and my teenage boys especially, would probably, given the choice, eat it at every single meal. This means that it is sometimes a bit of a battle to break it up a bit with all of the wonderful greens they could be eating, especially since we’ve been following the GAPS/Paleo…
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