0 Shares Lifetime Vegetarian – How Things Have Changed By Mercedes Aspland / February 4, 2014 I thought I would take a bit of time to let you know what life as a vegetarian has been like for me. Many of you may not know but I was born and brought up as a vegetarian due to my parents and so not eating meat is completely natural to me and has […]
0 Shares Aubergine & Halloumi Vindaloo with Green Pea Pilau By Mercedes Aspland / February 4, 2014 function printContent(id){ str=document.getElementById(id).innerHTML newwin=window.open(”,’printwin’,’left=100,top=100,width=822,height=600′) newwin.document.write(‘nn’) newwin.document.write(‘Print Pagen’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘function chkstate(){n’) newwin.document.write(‘if(document.readyState==”complete”){n’) newwin.document.write(‘window.close()n’) newwin.document.write(‘}n’) newwin.document.write(‘else{n’) newwin.document.write(‘setTimeout(“chkstate()”,2000)n’) newwin.document.write(‘}n’) newwin.document.write(‘}n’) newwin.document.write(‘function print_win(){n’) newwin.document.write(‘window.print();n’) newwin.document.write(‘chkstate();n’) newwin.document.write(‘}n’) newwin.document.write(‘$(document).ready(function(){ $(“iframe”).remove();}) n’) newwin.document.write(‘$(document).ready(function(){ $(“#contactInfo”).remove();}) n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(str) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.close() } I have wanted to share this recipe for a while but I have found it quite difficult to […]
0 Shares Cookbook Review – The Green Kitchen – David Frenkiel & Luise Vindahl By Mercedes Aspland / February 3, 2014 So this is my second cookbook review and I have to admit another one of my favourites. I have made so many of the recipes in this book and I always seem to go back to it as my main cookbook. Let me say that I first came across The Green Kitchen via their ipad […]
0 Shares Vegetarian “Dhansak” By Mercedes Aspland / January 29, 2014 function printContent(id){ str=document.getElementById(id).innerHTML newwin=window.open(”,’printwin’,’left=100,top=100,width=822,height=600′) newwin.document.write(‘nn’) newwin.document.write(‘Print Pagen’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘function chkstate(){n’) newwin.document.write(‘if(document.readyState==”complete”){n’) newwin.document.write(‘window.close()n’) newwin.document.write(‘}n’) newwin.document.write(‘else{n’) newwin.document.write(‘setTimeout(“chkstate()”,2000)n’) newwin.document.write(‘}n’) newwin.document.write(‘}n’) newwin.document.write(‘function print_win(){n’) newwin.document.write(‘window.print();n’) newwin.document.write(‘chkstate();n’) newwin.document.write(‘}n’) newwin.document.write(‘$(document).ready(function(){ $(“iframe”).remove();}) n’) newwin.document.write(‘$(document).ready(function(){ $(“#contactInfo”).remove();}) n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(str) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.write(‘n’) newwin.document.close() } I love curry and make it loads, and loads. It is easily my favourite food and luckily it […]
0 Shares Cookbook Review – Anjum’s Indian Vegetarian Feast By Mercedes Aspland / January 25, 2014 I have to start this review with the caveat that I am a bit of a cookbook geek. I will happily spend hours on Amazon looking at all the amazing cookbooks that there are and wishing that I had them. So I came up with the brilliant idea of setting up a wish list and […]
0 Shares Creamy Spinach & Quinoa Soup By Mercedes Aspland / January 24, 2014 At the moment soup is my new friend and the new year is seeing me trying to lose the weight I put on giving up smoking last year. I am already on my way but it has lead me to think up different soup recipes. Now if you don’t love spinach then what is wrong […]
0 Shares Lemon & Garlic Butter Beans By Mercedes Aspland / January 22, 2014 Firstly let me tell you just how excited I am, my new (and first) DSLR camera arrived on Monday and after a crash course on learning how to use it I had my first “shoot” yesterday. I am probably being a bit generous as I still have so much to learn and hope that my […]
0 Shares Parsnip & Chestnut Soup By Mercedes Aspland / January 16, 2014 Hopefully you will soon become aware that I will be taking more time to write this blog this year and so you should get a lot more regular posts with new recipes, yoga info and other bits and pieces that I find interesting. Over the year I also intend to learn a lot more about […]
0 Shares Bircher Muesli By Mercedes Aspland / September 18, 2013 In a post I wrote last month about difficulty controlling blood sugar I mentioned that porridge is an excellent breakfast but that also I have found that Bircher Muesli (or cold porridge as I think of it) is a great one for those of us that suffer from hypoglycaemia. the great thing about this type […]
0 Shares La Fromagerie – A Little Wonder in Highbury By Mercedes Aspland / August 15, 2013 I wanted to share this wonderful place with you and I am sure if you have been there you will agree. This really is the most amazing shop and this is backed up by just how busy it is. I got caught out on Christmas Eve when I thought I would just pop by and […]
