I'm still on an adventure kick and trying as many new things--big and small--as much as I can this year. This week, I tried a new recipe for vegetarian chili, which I discovered on The English Kitchen blog. It was a complete success, and I'll be adding it to my recipe...
The first time I tried Koshari (a vegetarian dish) was during a visit to Egypt. It was a lunch staple on our river boat as we cruised down the Nile from Luxor to Aswan. This is our small river boat. The larger, more luxurious boats dwarfed ours, but our smaller size...
With the current wintery blast through New Zealand, I checked my recipe books and decided to try a new recipe, one that would cook in the crockpot while I worked on my writing. I came up with this recipe for Polenta and Vegetable Hotpot from One Pot, a book published...
In the past I used to buy my vegetable stock from the supermarket, but this month I happened upon a blog post about making vegetable stock. It looked so easy, I was astounded. Much cheaper than purchased stock too. Right, I thought. Time to try this stock thing....
Last week I mentioned a surplus of carrots in our vegetable plot. Some of them had turned woody, although they were fine when grated. Right, I thought. It’s time to make a carrot and mushroom loaf. As it happened we had visitors for dinner. They were all carnivores,...
This week the weather has been cool here in New Zealand, and when I checked out the contents of our fridge, I decided to turn to comfort food – vegetarian shepherd’s pie. “After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relatives.” ~ Oscar Wilde This...
With all the great summer produce around, I love making this vegetable stew. It's great for vegetarians --serve it with rice or couscous -- and meat lovers enjoy this dish too. This recipe takes a little time but the final result is very tasty. Ingredients: 1 large...
