My menu for today: BREAKFAST Creamy oat and quinoa porridge Made with organic oats and quinoa, organic dried apple, raw agave syrup and organic soya milk. MORNING SNACK Slice of organic buckwheat and rice bread toast, spread with organic creamy peanut butter. LUNCH Leftover red lentil and vegetable soup (yet again, preparing large portions of impossible-to-get-tired-of delicious food pays dividends). AFTERNOON SNACK Renee…
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ONE-WEEK VEGAN ADVENTURE: day 3
My menu for today: BREAKFAST Creamy oat and quinoa porridge Made with organic oats and quinoa, chopped organic dried apricots, raw agave syrup and organic rice milk. LUNCH Leftover veggie chilli (yep, there was still more!) served with a handful of organic corn chips, some steamed rice and chunky organic tomato salsa. SNACK Slice of organic buckwheat and rice bread toast, spread…
ONE-WEEK VEGAN ADVENTURE: day 2
As this is the first entirely vegan day of my adventure, I will detail my daily menu here: BREAKFAST Creamy oat and quinoa porridge Made organic oats and quinoa, chopped organic dried apricots, raw agave syrup and organic rice milk. LUNCH Leftover veggie chilli (ah, the beauty of making large batches of food!) with a mixed green salad…
ONE-WEEK VEGAN ADVENTURE: day 1
As you will no doubt see below, there is no “challenge” for me about going vegan thus far, hence my use of the word “adventure” instead. My goals during this week are to experiment with vegan cooking, try exciting vegan products and, long-term, to cut back on animal products and eat even more consciously than…
OPRAH'S ONE-WEEK VEGAN CHALLENGE (AKA My Vegan Adventure)
Ah, yes… the inevitable thrills and spills of a glamorous day at home on maternity leave (ie, sporting a side ponytail, wearing tracksuit pants and breast feeding the baby on the couch whilst watching an Oprah re-run on the telly). This episode of Oprah, The One-Week Vegan Challenge, piqued my curiosity enough so that I…
TORTA DELLA NONNA (AKA a slice of sunshine)
My second blog entry and recipe number one contains, among other ingredients, marzipan. It’s appropriate given my blog title, no? Surprisingly perhaps, I am not a huge marzipan fan, but it has really grown on me since I moved to Europe and I definitely appreciate its almond-y goodness in certain sweet treats. This is one…