The taste test #2

Taste testing beetroot, vegan mushroom slices, coconut yoghurt and vegan cheese.

This week’s small pleasures #67

So here we are again, with another round of this week’s small pleasures. I think this is such an important … More

The taste test (or how it is easy to find good vegan sausages but not vegan cheese)

In these few weeks of eating a mostly, and I stress mostly, plant based diet, (there are a few things I have noticed. First, of all I haven’t craved meat at all. Second, if I was out and there was smoked salmon or seafood on a menu, I know I would be tempted. Third, vegan cheese is very much hit or miss.

A short, tender cakelet

A scone – that simple yet perfect item, essential for morning or afternoon teas. Savoury or sweet, the scone is … More

Taste test: vegan cheese

I know none of you will believe me, given the pie tasting and sausage buying, but recently I have re-kindled … More

That was the week #6

Gosh…here we are…Friday already. I don’t know about you, but 2017 seems to be flying past in record time. It’s … More

Autumn days

Here in the Southern Hemisphere, autumn is evident. The days are shorter, the mornings darker, and there is a definite … More

The grandeur of the view

It is horrible feeling under the weather, lacking in energy and preferring the sofa to anywhere else. Anyway, I walked … More

A lunch to linger over

Long lunch on Good Friday

A little mustard and a little cheese

As a child, I hated mustard, no doubt because my first encounter was with that bright yellow English mustard, spread … More