First of all, Happy New Year!! I hope you all had wonderful holidays filled with too much food and a sufficient amount of happiness. I had just that type of Christmas. Starting out with wine night fun with my boyfriend on Christmas Eve and visiting family on Christmas day and all the days beyond. Alas,…
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Vegan diet approval – acknowledge these expected benefits of ditching meat and dairy!
Another day another article today its express.co.uk and their article – Vegan diet warning: Beware THIS unexpected side-effect of SUDDENLY ditching meat and dairy. Ok so obviously this one is click bait the unexpected side effect they are warning about is – Hair loss. They say correctly that the rise of veganism is “attributed to…
Curried Quinoa With Greens
First things first I have to admit something – I don’t actually like Quinoa. There I said it. I find the texture off-putting and I have a tendency to distance myself from any current food fads. I swear I can actually hear all my vegan buddies eyes rolling at me. That being said one of…
Vegan Holiday Cooking – Week 1 – Starters.
In the lead up to the holidays, I have decided to upload a vegan holiday recipe every Tuesday. These will be based on my own childhood Christmas dinners but I hope there will be something there everyone will enjoy. Recipes will be simple to prepare and cook. So whether you’re struggling to cook for a…
Meat-Free Monday 1 – Garlic Pasta
Ingredients 450 g grape tomatoes, halved 283 g whole wheat Olive oil 2 medium shallots, diced 8 large cloves garlic, minced/grated ( Pinch each sea salt and black pepper 30g unbleached all-purpose flour (or another thickener of choice) 600 ml unsweetened plain Almond Breeze or vegetable stock Method Preheat oven to 200°C and toss tomatoes…
Fizzy drink tax in Ireland
A charge of 20c per litre will be placed on drinks with 5-8g of sugar per 100ml and the tax will commence in April 2018 in a similar move the UK took last year, pending State aid approval. There will also be 30c a litre on drinks with more than 8g of sugar per litre will kick in in Ireland from April.
Gluten Free – Friend or Foe?
I’m sure all of you are aware of the latest craze to hit the supermarket shelves – Gluten free. I believe there is an attitude that once we see a product that is free from something or low in something that we associate that something with being bad – It’s happened before with fat. For…