Vegetarian Foods Archive

Yesterday I was going to share progress in my garden , as well as a small harvest of fresh strawberries, but I was tired.  Even though I had not done much over the weekend, I was mentally tired and then coming back home from work, had me crashing to the sofa.  All week I have been sharing food from overseas and other climes, but today its back to British - not necessarily these bars which are American, but I am nodding my head to one of the Best British ingredients - Yes, lets all scream Strawberries! This was one beautiful strawberry bar.  The bottom soft spongy, the top crumbly and crunch and in between a layer of strawberries. Teasing me, first a little bit burst of fruit, then a little bit jammy and then a little bit chewy.  Nice.  Although D eats everything I make, he does not always appreciate the vegan cakes I make that often, but he loved this one and was happy that I was not going to take any slices into work to share.  Secretly I was pleased ...

I didn't fancy Harvest Monday  is hosted by Dave over  Our Happy Acres  ;  making a cake or muffins with the strawberries coming from my garden and then I remembered strawberry spinach salads.   Well its been Harvest Monday  is hosted by Dave over  Our Happy Acres  ;   over 10 years I have been reading about Strawberry Spinach Salad in cookbooks, hearing about it from foodie friends and seeing it  on blogosphere, yet never tried it until the the weekend and since Saturday we have had it three times.  yes three times including today. Of course, I had to make some of my own tweaks to the recipe that I eye-balled, the asparagus for a start. A while back my sister in law had gifted me with a bottle of strawberry vinaigrette, its really easy to make at home, but nicer to be given one - makes a quick and easy recipe even easier.  If you don't have either, you can easily substitute it with sherry vinegar or white wine v...

I am in Wales, a land not known for the sunshine but rain rain rain, but today it felt like I was somewhere in the Mediterranean.  I stepped out of the office onto the busy streets and honestly it felt like I had walked into a greenhouse.   Anyway, y ou know what hot, clammy weather means - no energy for cooking and your appetite to eat leans more towards quick light and easy bites: such as this Strawberry Jalapeno Salsa which requires no cooking at all, even better.   I actually made this Strawberry Jalapeno Salsa at the weekend with homegrown strawberries. The strawberries take the place of tomatoes which can either be acidic or sweet.  I have to admit, as much as I wanted to make this and experiment, I was not sure that I would like it and I could see D looking down at the bowl and thinking the same.  Then we both tucked in with our tortilla chips and were Wooed!  This is not the first savoury strawberry recipe I have made, I have made a Savour...

We Brits are very reserved with our strawberries come the Summer season.   We love mostly to make jam with our British strawberries so that we can slather it on our homemade scones.  Come Wimbledon - it becomes fashionable to indulge in Strawberries and Cream or the more traditional Eton Mess.   Well for a change and in the name of  culinary and cultural diversity, I recently decided to make a Strawberry Curry and it got me thinking about other savoury strawberry recipes.  Strawberries in a savoury dish?!  Its actually not as terrible as you may think.  Imagine a strawberry a bit like a cherry tomato.  Its not always sweet, sometimes sharp too or sometimes both.  Perfect for Goats cheese or Mozzarella Toasted Panini, or on a Bruschetta.   Here are twelve Savoury Strawberry vegetarian and vegan recipes from around blogosphere.    Strawberry, Avocado and Walnut Salad  from the magnificent Green Gourmet Giraffe St...

I made this Rhubarb and  Strawberry Crumble with the addition of chia seeds in the oat topping a few weeks back. Since then the strawberries in the garden have come to a halt, I have to admit they have not been as productive this year as they have previous years.  Perhaps they are getting old and I need to renew the ground with new strawberry plants.  Also I have noted the wild strawberries from the neighbours garden are creeping into ours, oppressing the growth of the traditional strawberries with vigorous leafage growth.  The rhubarb plant however is doing fabulously, emerging from the earth in true style .  I have loads more rhubarb sticks to pick, but this is the first rhubarb recipe of the year. The rolled oats were a lot more larger than the ones I normally use which made this crumble a little more chewier, but still very nice to eat covered in a blanket of double cream.  You can have custard if you want, but its been a little warm for that ...

Rhubarb is a vegetable, not a lot of people know that. It was the first vegetables we harvested from the garden this year.  Sticker rock stalks have been shared with neighbours on our left and right side.  I have mad a couple of recipes with it, including this Vegan Rhubarb and Strawberry American Pie.  The strawberries also came from our garden. The recipe for the Rhubarb and Strawberry Pie comes from the awesome Post Punk Kitchen vegan chefs Isa Chandra Moscowitz and Terry Hope Romero in their publication Vegan Pie In The Sky.  It's been a long while since I made this style of pie and I must admit, I did really enjoyed making it all from scratch. Yes even the pastry, no cheating here and it was totally worth it. You know the first slice never comes out perfect, all the others did.  But did D bother to retake the picture for me, of course not - he was just interested in shovelling the pie down his throat.  I don't blame him though, it was tr...