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VEGETARIAN CURRY – BUTTERNUT AND BEAN

May 20, 2013 in Recipe

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Im not sure if this is technically a curry as I just added things as I went along and Im not sure on what exactly constitutes a dish being called a curry. But this dish is both flavour filled and burny = so we called it a curry in our household.

Of course if you don’t want the burn you can add less chilli/ cayenne pepper and less ginger.

These pictures were taken the day after I made it. So we had eaten 2 adults and one kids portion out of the dish already – so what you are seeing is half of the amount the dish makes.

 

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VEGETABLE CAKES / PATTIES

March 19, 2013 in Recipe

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We all like to eat healthier. I know I feel much better when consuming more vegetables and less junk. These are a vegetarian’s dream with great flavour and so easy to make.

This recipe is more of a guideline and something I make often for my family.
These vegetable cakes/patties pair well with salad and go great with some fried egg and avo on top.
They make great lunch box snacks if you have any left over.
Would go great at a party – make tiny ones and top with cream cheese.
Substitute out any vegetables you like or have on hand.

They really are super easy and delicious

*This is a rough guide and you will need to judge and feel if you need to add more flour to make the right consistency

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BAKED SWEET POTATO CHOCOLATE CAKE (GLUTEN FREE)

September 19, 2012 in Recipe

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I wanted to bake a “healthy” chocolate cake and in cases like that I usually make a Beetroot chocolate cake. But on this very day I didn’t have any beetroot in my fridge and so with some tweaking and hoping and substituting this cake was born – Baked Sweet Potato Chocolate Cake.

You know what – it turned out better than my beetroot version … and so this is the NEW chocolate cake in our house! It is softer and sweeter – even though the same amount of sugar is used. This is because the sweet potato is baked in the oven till caramelized on the edges and it is naturally sweet.

Not to say the beetroot chocolate cake is no longer good enough, if I can’t get sweet potatoes then it will be back on the menu shortly but this cake has really stolen the show.

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DAIRY-FREE POTATO BAKE

July 11, 2012 in Recipe

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One of my all-time favorite dishes to eat is a homemade potato bake creamy and rich and filled with flavour. No packet sauce, just home peeled and thinly sliced potatoes cooked with butter and cream and some friendly onion and mushroom in-between. I make it often and especially when I want comfort food. But when we decided to cut out as much dairy as possible I sadly knew I would have to say goodbye to my potato bake that I loved so much … I mean it has butter and cream in it! Anyway after much fretting I decided to try my hand at making a dairy-free potato bake *Drum roll please* And it worked! YAY! We now eat this yummy dish with no remorse or regret. I love it so much I don’t even miss my other creamy dish I used to make (deadly serious and no lies promise)

 

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This is one of those recipes where the recipe is just a guide line and you can alter it to suit your tastes and whats in your fridge

 

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MEATLESS SPAGHETTI BOLOGNESE… VEGETARIAN

May 28, 2012 in Recipe

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With the colder weather approaching the need to each comforting bowls of warmth has drastically grown!
I then realized that our move to eating meat free and mostly animal product free too that I would have to come up with a dish to replace my usual spaghetti bolognese  I used to make  (filled with mince etc).  I can confidently say that we are 97% vegetarian and indulge in meat maybe once a month. (yay us! ;)
Replacing the meat with good quality mushrooms worked beautifully and I still got my lovely tomato pasta fix I wanted.

Autumn has been particularly beautiful this year and I couldn’t help but photograph the leaves :) the seasons are changing fast and the cold is setting in!

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FORKS OVER KNIVES AND WHOLEFOODS – EATING IS A LIFESTYLE

May 6, 2012 in Uncategorized

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Sorry is that MEAT on your plate?

A few nights ago myself and the husband watched the documentary FORKS OVER KNIVES. Now it isn’t the most gripping documentary ever BUT it has enough evidence and facts in there to make you think about what you are doing to yourself every day!

WE ALL EAT EVERYDAY - whether it be for necessity to stay alive or for pleasure because you love food or to express your feelings of joy or sadness. But that means everyday we are making decisions about how our bodies will be … We can eat for health or for sickness! It really can be that simple.
Part of the documentary that really stuck with me is how they showed evidence that how the people  ate differently their bodies could turn cancer cells off or on just from their diet. And the same for the arteries around your heart. You can ensure your body is cholesterol free from making good food choices.

I know from my own personal lifestyle of food I have been making small changes over a long period of time. This hasn’t been an over night decision but a month by month and even years that I have been slowly changing.
If you look at my recipe posts from when I started this blog and compare the recipes that I cook now you will see more healthy choices, less meat and less sugar. I am now 95% Vegetarian. PLEASE don’t shout at me if you see a meat post on my blog. I have meat rarely and as a treat but it isn’t the norm!

Now back to FORKS OVER KNIVES : The main evidence of the documentary which they did huge studies which you should really watch is meat is a NO GO and refined sugars and refined starches and also VERY BAD! Also no dairy and eggs and only a whole food diet is recommended. Now most of this is easy for me as I have been slowly changing my lifestyle over the years and have got to a point now that I have

  •  lowered my sugar intake (barely have any refined sugars – only as a treat)
  • eating less meat
  • cutting out wheat and gluten (almost entirely – 1 treat maybe once a month!)
  • refusing to eat MSG, and bad additives like Aspartame etc..
  • reading labels – no E numbers and bad additives etc…

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