Vegetarian Foods Archive

In my kitchen are some Australian gifts which come courtesy of Johanna who blogs over at Green Gourmet Giraffe.   Johanna was one of the first bloggers I got to know when I started blogging and although we have never met, I feel like we have become good friends. Laying on top of the Australian tea-towel are all my foodie gifts.  first some Outback Spirit Tasmanian Pepper Salt and a souvenir Australian dollars notebook - all of which I will use as bookmarks for my many cookbooks.  This idea of Australian dollar bookmarks got me thinking as to how many vegetarian or vegan cookbooks I have that are from Australian cooks and chefs? Perhaps Johanna can name me some other than Amy Chaplin and Kurma Dasa, as I am really not that sure. Or perhaps this can be a future blog post for her, if she wishes to accept.   I am proper excited to try these Vegemite Bagel Crisps and look forward to ripping the bag open when I return home from my short holiday.  Crafted Bl...

It is still quite festive in my home, especially as I am enjoying an extended holiday. I was bestowed with lots of good things to eat and cherish over the festive holidays.  First a work colleagues and someone who I would certainly call a friend, Joel gave these to me.  One was a belated Birthday present (from November) and the other a Christmas present.  These stunning embroidered wall plaques are made by his very talented Mother.  Thank you so much.  Both these gifts were unexpected,  I will really cherish them. This gingerbread man is actually a ceramic biscuit barrel.  I got him a couple of years back, but he has never made it out of the box, until now.  Early this week, we put away the Christmas tree in the attic and all the decorations.   We have a ridiculous amount of chocolate to eat as this blog post does not include the chocolate that D purchased himself.  The snowman above is holding some Ferraro Rocher...

I really thought I was not going to be able to join in with In My Kitchen this month, but here I am with a little time on my hands to participate, before I get back to what I really should be doing...   Early on in the month in My Kitchen were some Red Brussels Sprouts.  I used them in a warm salad.  I have taken a photograph of it, but it does not do the dish or the sprouts any favours.  D is a fan of beetroot, so I picked this up with plans to make Beetroot Pasta Salad for work. In My Kitchen  I am still enjoying foodie gifts from the festive holidays, as well as the Beetroot savoury beetroot and poppy seed, smoked paprika and black pepper and Chive and Sea-salt biscuits that I shared last month , I also have some Charcoal Crackers from Cradoc's.   These were given to me by my nephew.  These dainty charcoal crackers were in a box described as a Welsh Hamper, stick with me as I have more from that hamper below to share.  Just...

I hope my readers had a good Christmas break.  I had a good one and I must confess I am pleased as I am still on my holidays, I don't go back until after the New Year.   So with some time on my hands, I thought I would share some homemade festive eats. A very simple and easy recipe for pinwheels made to look like a Christmas tree.  These are green wraps filled with hummus, strips of yellow, orange and red peppers, rocket and spring onions.   Vegan sausage roll bites in two flavours: apricot and yellow pepper; the other was beetroot and horseradish served with Smoked Paprika Ketchup. Black chickpea and sweet potato frittata bites. As well as the h omemade chocolate 'salami', I made another festive bookmarked recipe from the Green Gourmet Giraffe, this time for Gingerbread Cookies.  This was also actually an excuse to play with my box of eclectic cookie cutters.    I did also use my new Welsh Dragon cookie cutte r too, ...