Gluten free lentil tastiness!

Now i have to admit that lentil roast doesn't exactly sound the most exciting food..admittedly i'm not always the biggest fan of lentils but this was really very tasty and pretty easy to make. It's from Liz Cook's 'So What Do You Eat' cookbook (the ingredients are olive oil, 350g red lentils, 25g marg, 4tbs lemon juice, 4tbs tamari, 4tsp cumin powder and stuffing: 2 large onions, 4 cloves garlic, 100g mushrooms, 100g wholewheat breadcrumbs, 1tsp dried sage, bunch fresh parsley), only i didn't have any sage, used dried parsley instead of fresh and replaced the wholewheat breadcrumbs with Orgran all purpose crumbs. This was the first time i've used these crumbs and was really pleased with the result. Using them meant that the entire dinner was gluten free. I served it with roast potatoes, roast vegetables, stir-fried spinach and balsamic mushroom & onion gravy. Jon who usually has something wheaty with his meal and mostly avoids lentils said he enjoyed this and would even have it again..he seemed surprised by this! Definitely a successful meal!

Ballistic BBQ!

I've just stayed for a week in a place called Verwood with Jon. Not only were we lucky enough to have the company of three fantastic dogs, we also had use of a lovely garden(i have to confess to sometimes getting garden envy when i see other people's gardens!) We made full use of this by having two BBQ's whilst we were there..it's been a while since i've had BBQ food...wow this tasted good! On the BBQ we skewered marinated tofu and mixed vegetables, along with burgers and a sausage for Jon. Served with potato salad and a teeny bit of green salad (as we had run out!) My burger in between slices of toasted g/f bread, with sliced pickle, marg, ketchup and a tofutti slice...i would very much love to be eating it all again right now!

Vegan wheat free roast dinner spendidness!

I recently decided to try and return to a wheat free diet (it seems to benefit my stomach) As you can see from previous posts, i've not been sticking to this so well recently! I got rather excited when Jon offered to cook us a roast dinner but this changed to disappointment when i found my g/f burger was covered in mould...Noooo! I've gotten used to living where it's pretty easy to buy the food i want but we were staying in a place called Verwood, not near anywhere selling wheat free vegan burgers! Luckily there was a block of tofu in the fridge, Jon had the idea of cutting it into squares & marinating it to give it lots of flavour, then later on frying it. Turned out surprisingly tasty, along with crispy roast spuds, broccoli & peas, roast veg..all covered in gravy. Deeelicious!

(Top photo is Jon's dinner with the wheatybadness of a burger & sausage! Below picture is my divine wheat free dinner!)

Cooked brekkie delight!

Beans on toast, sausage, hash browns, fried mushrooms with herbs, rashers, fried tomatoes...the tomatoes were a bit burnt but i still enjoyed them, along everything else on my plate. This was my dinner...way too big to have as an actual breakfast.

Summer food in September :)

Potato salad, green leafy salad with pepper, mushrooms, etc.. and a Redwoods schnitzel. Made by Jon..all the flavours went really well together and i enjoyed every bite!

fizzy vegan

cola bottles discovered at the london vegan festival from the veganstore..i never knew vegan ones existed! well i say 'discovered', more directed to the stall by someone who had spotted them! i loved fizzy sweets when i was a kid and was pretty excited knowing i'd be able to have them again after so many years. these seem the same as how i remember them, soft and a bit chewy with that nice fizziness on the outside.

Tofutastic!

This is a great meal my boyfriend cooks for us, he originally got the idea for it when he was eating out and thought 'i could make this'..i would have to agree, only his is better! Balsamic roasted vegetables (onion, garlic, pepper, carrot, courgette, mushrooms, celery) with dried parsley, black pepper and this time he added strips of beech smoked tofu. He had his veg in tortilla wraps, mine in taco shells (so my dinner was wheat free) with a layer of houmous. With oven chips and salad, so it's a pretty easy meal. One of the great things is it fulfills any chip cravings but you're still getting vegetables and salad in you! The different flavours work incredibly well together. I was left with a very contented belly and felt very satisfied indeed!