I’m loving these DIY centrepieces using fruit and veg. They are definitely recyclable as they can be eaten on boxing day!
from Craftzine
I guess a lot of my posts have been about eating out, probably because this is more of challenge than cooking at home where you can control what you like to eat. On saturday we went to Docklands for a look. It was rather like an empty CBD with lots of chainstores which we managed to avoid.
We decided the have some lunch and were pleased to find a Morroccan restaurant with lots of veggie and vegan options. There were plenty of tapas type dishes but I decided to have the veggie couscous hotpot with a rather lovely cocktail. Great stuff!
60 Minutes was on tonight with a big story on Australian pig farming. Very distressing, and it certainly made me happy to be following a vegan diet. You can watch the video here
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Last night we had our first vegan dinner party! It was great fun. Four keen friends joined us to enjoy an entirely vegan meal.
On the menu was:
Entree:
-Moroccan spiced Olives
-Semi Dried Tomatoes
-Turkish Bread
-Hummus Dip
-Beetroot Dip
Main:
-Dahl
-Garden salad (from our garden) with avocado and tomato
-Falafels
-Quinoa Tabouli
-Broad beans
-Oven desiree and sweet roast potatoes with nutritional yeast and cajun spices
Dessert: Chocolate Beetroot cake with soy icecream.
We drunk cider, Chris’ homebrew beer and some local wines including a lovely cherry wine. Great fun, can’t wait to do another one!
Well it’s been interesting so far. I bought up a heap of suitable food with the aim of cooking up a storm but predictably, I haven’t been home all week!
(Rest assured I have been having plenty of veggies!)
We spent the country in Wagga at a wedding and the challenge kicked off on sunday.
Sunday hotel breakfast was fine, I bought along some soy yogurt which I had with dry cereal, fruit and green tea. And black coffee. I had a killer hangover from the wedding the night before! My preferred hangover fare usually involves something of the bacon variety and lots of milky tea so it was a challenge.
We went to a Bill Kerr exhibition and to visit some ducks by the river. The local market was fun but i didn’t sample any of the wares…
Trying to find somewhere for lunch was a bit tricky. Usually with travelling I would bring stuff with me to eat but I didn’t have anything that would travel well in that kind of heat. We visited the local organic restaurant but they were sadly lacking in vegan options! They offered minestrone soup (it was 35 degrees so no thanks) or a green salad with the cheese taken out ($15, no thanks). So we ended up at the pub with bread and dip and steamed veggies.
I enjoyed quite a few beverages I must say. On the way home I was lucky to get some fresh fruit salad at the train station and I had some vegan crackers with vegemite and avocado when I got home. All in all, not a bad effort for the first day.
We all waste far too much food! Leftovers from other meals can easily be re-used in whole new meals, the wondrous baked beans can make any meal interesting and great again…
For more ideas take a look at this blog post from howstuffworks.
recipes.howstuffworks.com/fresh-ideas/easy-dinner-ideas/10-meals-to-make-from-leftovers.htm
It’s widely known that sell by dates and use by dates are more for guidance than accurate, with ever-sensitive-to-legal-cases retailers erring on the extreme side of caution, generally if it smells alright it can be kept and consumed, but if you need a little more guidance I came across this great website…
