today is my one year blogiversary! so i am celebrating by taking the day off, making some vital protein breakfast bars for the week ahead, and studying up on vitamins. hooray! i can’t believe how quickly a whole year has gone by. so much has changed since i wrote my first post that it seems [...]
September 2010
i’ll start off by plugging my entry in foodbuzz’s project food blog – if you have a few seconds to spare, would you do me a solid and vote for me? thanks so much! [desperate plea over - now on to the recipe!] get a headstart on your immunity boosting for the colder months now [...]
lately, i’ve been getting some great meal inspiration from the guardian’s food and drink section. they usually have some wonderful recipes from the likes of nigel slater and hugh fearnley-whittingstall, but this feature article struck my eye: what meat substitutes taste like. we’ve always got some quorn products in this household, as phil pretty much [...]
around this time last year, phil and i embarked on a month of sobriety – and call us crazy, but we’re doing it again! sober september/october, picked purely because of the alliteration/rhyming factor, is upon us. so why on earth are we having an alcohol-free month? this year, my reasons are slightly different… no, i’m [...]
it’s true – carrots love maple syrup (and honey, and brown sugar, and anything else with a robust sweetness). so why not give those orange veggies what they want and roast them up with some maple? this soup all starts with a nice glug of the syrup and allows the chunks of carrot to soak [...]
