A stranger in a strange land…
At this time of year, the shops start to fill with pumpkins. Halloween is not far off and millions of pumpkins will be bought to make into Jack O’Lanterns. You can’t just buy a pumpkin and carve it… you have to DO something with it. Last year I made Pumpkin Soup, flavoured with smoked sweet … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – Puy Lentil and Pumpkin Soup”
It’s the time of year when everyone who gardens starts to look around for people to take their extra produce off their hands. There are messages at work telling people if they want apples or pears they can help themselves, people come to work carrying bags of fruit and vegetables and we all start to … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – Roast Garlic and Marrow Soup”
The Bear was about to set off on his travels again and would be getting up at some ridiculous time in the morning so he could get to the airport. What that means is that he doesn’t really feel like eating too early in the morning and would rather have something to eat at a … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – Seed and grain bread for egg mayonnaise sandwiches”
I needed to make supper but there was only me to cook for as the Bear had gone out to eat at an incredibly smart restaurant (work, you know… ) and I just couldn’t be bothered to shop. Sometimes, you know, the thought of going food shopping at the end of a working day just … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – the simplest supper ever – spaghetti with tomato, anchovy, chilli and cream.”
For me, there’s something so soothing about baking bread. I love getting out a big bag of flour, some yeast and some good salt and knowing you can turn it into something delicious. Those ingredients, by themselves, could never be a meal (unlike quite a lot of things we cook with) but together, in some … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – Baguette baked with cheese, tomatoes and peppers”
We didn’t have much in the apartment – I’d been getting to work early and getting back late and the thought of stopping to buy food was just too much. Crawl through rush-hour traffic and pull off the main road, then fight through shoppers and then try and get back to the main road? No … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – citrus, thyme and garlic potatoes, or dinner from scraps.”
The weather had changed. It was blustery and rainy (and can you believe that this morning the weather forecast included the possibility of hail? Hail?? In August?) I wanted something that would make us feel happy. We needed comfort food… but not too comforting. It was still warm so I needed something that didn’t generate … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – Baked Butternut Squash Gnocchi”
The weather has been really good this year. Proper weather, if you know what I mean. In the winter it was cold and snowy (OK so I was moaning about the interminable snow when it stretched on, week after week, but looking back? Well… it was fun at times, wasn’t it?) and now we are into … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – Monkfish in a cream, vermouth and pea sauce.”
There’s a movement gaining increased acceptance across the globe – Meatless Monday – if you give up meat for one day a week, it cuts consumption by 15%. It started in the USA as non-profit initiative of The Monday Campaigns Inc. in association with the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Center for a Livable Future. “According … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – Chargrilled peppers in oil”