Just Humans Being...

We have an organic veg box delivered on Wednesdays, so Tuesday nights we finish off all the leftover veggies from the previous box - whatever's in gets used... Tonight's combination has made a delicious lasagne; fresh tomatoes, onions & garlic for the sauce. Then layers of raw butternut squash, beetroot, mushrooms, bean sprouts, courgettes sandwiched between sheets of spinach lasagne & a white sauce - made with plant milk, garlic, onion, carrot, bay leaves, Dijon mustard, nutmeg, black pepper  & whizzed in the blender with a couple of tablespoons of quinoa flakes to thicken the sauce. Topped with breadcrumbs & pumpkin seeds. We cook the lasagne (covered) on a medium heat for an hour, then turn the oven temperature up high & remove the cover to finish off for another 15-20 minutes. Wonderful stuff & we have more left over for tomorrow! Kay & Sime xx

We gave up using processed oil & margarine nearly 3 years ago, although we do still eat out & buy occasional vegan junk food, but it's not very often & when we do - we know about it! Oil makes us both incredibly tired, so we avoid it as much as possible & don't use it in our cooking at all.  It was a fantastic revelation to discover we could cook without oil/processed fat & adapting our favourite recipes was easy. As time's gone on, our recipes have become far removed from the originals with more wholesome ingredients & flavour. This recipe started out as a vegan, gluten free lemon polenta cake, complete with lashings of oil & caster sugar, now it's oil & sugar free too!  So here is our very easy to make (vegan, gluten free, oil free, sugar free) Cardamom & Lime Polenta Cake... Mix the following dry ingredients together: 3oz polenta 4 1/2 oz ground almonds 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 oz dessicated coco

We shared lunch with Rose & Asa today.  The food was actually better than it looks in the photos, but we forgot to get one of it served up on the plate... Cottage pie made with yesterday's leftovers, plus some miso & parsley added to the mash. Roast squash & garlic, mashed together with a little oat milk, black pepper, lemon juice & a liberal sprinkle of nutritional yeast.  We cut the squash in half & removed the seeds, placed it face down on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper. The bulb of garlic, sprinkled with smoked paprika & wrapped in foil was added to the tray too. We cooked them in the oven on a medium heat for 45 minutes, then scooped out the squash from the skin into a bowl & added the puréed garlic (just squeeze from the cloves like a paste). We then mashed with the above ingredients & put it in the oven for 15 minutes... Which would have browned the dish - if the oven had still been on!!!  Never mind, it was stil

If you feel any compassion towards animals, please think about cutting meat, poultry, fish, crustacea, eggs, dairy & honey from your diet...  You can find lots of information online about animal cruelty & reasons for becoming vegan.  Your body will thank you - especially if you eat a well balanced diet with as much organic produce as possible.  Read this article from last year:  Top 20 Reasons To Go Vegan . Start by taking  The Vegan Pledge  & you will receive support from The Vegan Society. To show our support for veganism & encourage folks to give it a go, we are going to post at least a photo each day of our food & interesting snippets for November. So here's tonights's dinner... Roasted vegetables with chickpeas in a tangy tomato sauce, Sime's mustard mash & steamed kale. We made the sauce similar to our pasta sauce - In a little water, we fried (or simmered on a low heat) lots of sliced onions, chopped garli

More silly times in the Smith household! Kay & Sime xx

Please leave your cars at home!!! Confused? So are we... Kay & Sime xx

A beautiful blustery day... Dancing with the  Merry Maidens ... But we didn't turn to stone! The stone circle is on a quiet lane & is free to visit - just don't cause any damage or leave any physical offerings... Don't change the site, let the site change you. Our video turned out to be rubbish...  So instead here is a favourite one from The Books - Take Time.    Hope you like it! Kay & Sime xx