Today I ate:
2 pieces of toast, one with peanut butter and one with Marmite.
1 trim cappuccino with chocolate.
Slice of lemon loaf.
Feta, pumpkin and spinach wrap from Wishbone.
4 apricots.
1 apricot and pear yoghurt.
2 glasses of white wine.
1 falafel kebab from Phoencian Falafel.
3 marshmallow Easter eggs.
I heart Friday! I also heart marshmallow Easter eggs.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
What I Ate - 18 February 2010
Today I ate:
2 pieces of Vogel's toast, one with peanut butter, one with Marmite.
Leftover Moroccan stew from yesterday.
Marshmallow Easter eggs.
1 can of Coke.
Potato and chickpea curry with yoghurt raita.
Why does Coke always taste nicest from a can?
2 pieces of Vogel's toast, one with peanut butter, one with Marmite.
Leftover Moroccan stew from yesterday.
Marshmallow Easter eggs.
1 can of Coke.
Potato and chickpea curry with yoghurt raita.
Why does Coke always taste nicest from a can?
What I Ate - 17 February 2010
Today I ate:
2 pieces of Vogels toast with Pic's Real peanut butter.
1 apricot.
1 peach.
1 trim latte.
Leftover tofu and vege satay.
Squash and chickpea Moroccan stew with couscous and yoghurt.
Piece of failed caramel slice.
After dinner I had a craving for caramel slice, so I decided to try a recipe from the Edmonds. Complete fail. It had an oaty base which seemed ok, if a little too moist. The real fail came with the caramel topping, which had large amounts of sugar, a cup each of brown sugar and icing sugar. Once I started to realise that the caramel just wasn't as it should be I then remembered that I had another recipe in my book that I had copied from my Nana's recipe book. So the moral of that story is to always always make your Nana's recipe.
2 pieces of Vogels toast with Pic's Real peanut butter.
1 apricot.
1 peach.
1 trim latte.
Leftover tofu and vege satay.
Squash and chickpea Moroccan stew with couscous and yoghurt.
Piece of failed caramel slice.
After dinner I had a craving for caramel slice, so I decided to try a recipe from the Edmonds. Complete fail. It had an oaty base which seemed ok, if a little too moist. The real fail came with the caramel topping, which had large amounts of sugar, a cup each of brown sugar and icing sugar. Once I started to realise that the caramel just wasn't as it should be I then remembered that I had another recipe in my book that I had copied from my Nana's recipe book. So the moral of that story is to always always make your Nana's recipe.
Interview - Kim the Flexitarian
Today's guest post is from my friend Kim Lone, who is currently teaching in Vietnam.
As the fourth of five kids, vegetarianism is nothing new in my family, it was one of those good, yet not really dangerous ways of being different and upsetting mum and dad. I grew up in a family where at some stage at least one or two members were vegetarian. My dad has always been against it yet somewhat resigned. There is still always the occasional "you sure you don't want some meat with that?".
At the moment in my family, there is one vegetarian, one vegan, one who will only eat ethical meat, one meat lover, and me, the one that usually eats meat when I've been drinking. It's been a long and drawn out process till I got to this stage. The original reason why I became and occasional vegetarian (flexitarian if you want) was because I hated handling raw meat when cooking, and also possibly because I was a poor student so my diet consisted mainly of pasta, eggs and bread. I grew up in the suburbs completely divorced from the process of how meat ends up in the supermarket. If you are ever on a country road and get stuck behind a truck carrying sheep the smell is one of indescribable rancidity. (Is rancidity a word?) So I only ever ate meat if someone else cooked it.
A couple of years later I ended up living in a vegetarian flat [I'm pretty sure this was the same flat Kim lived in where the kitchen sink had a plaque above it saying that it used to belong to Katherine Mansfield, cool eh - Evealyn]. Which was sweet because my flatmate used to cook dinner every night. Possibly the healthiest eating I have ever done in my life. Every now and again I would get a craving and smuggle meat into the house. If you ever want tips on meat smuggling, ask me. If my flatmates ever caught me there were disappointed looks all round. Possibly the worst was when my friend Fe gave me a can of spam for my 21st birthday (I had told her on some occasion that I had never eaten spam). It was the odd can that just sat in the pantry and my flatmates thought it was funny and anyone who came round thought it was just weird. Then there was one night when I came home ridiculously drunk and decided to have a fry up. In went the spam. My flatmates were so upset when they found out that I had used the frypan to cook meat.
After that I moved back home with my parents due to no money and no job. My mums a mean cook and she would always cook for my dad so, I ate meat. Lots of meat and it was tasty. Its hard to be a vegetarian if you are extremely lazy like me and not big on cooking all the time.
And now I am living in Vietnam. And it's a pretty sweet place to live. My occasional vegetarianism has come into full swing here just because of the lack of refridgeration. If any of you have been to South East Asia and been to the meat section of markets you will know what I am talking about. Meat is left sitting out in the hot sun and the stench is unbelievable. So now, for the most part I am a vegetarian apart form the occasional craving for that tasty tasty meat. My figuring is that it is better being an occasional vegetarian than not even trying at all.
I've met lots of vegetarians too, the ones who are accepting of your meat eating, the judgmental ones, the ones that eat fish and the animal rights activists who have framed photos of battery farmed chickens on their bedroom walls. I have one friend who became a vegetarian and the age of 7. She was watching Neighbours with her mum one day and just turned to her and said "I want to be a vegetarian". Her mum said "Ok, but I'm not cooking two meals" so the whole family became vegetarian by default. I also have a friend who agrees with the principles behind vegetarianism but can't get over the taste of meat. So he has decided that what he will do when he dies is make his friends and family have a big barbeque and they have to eat him, hopefully starting a trend towards eating humans rather than other animals.
As the fourth of five kids, vegetarianism is nothing new in my family, it was one of those good, yet not really dangerous ways of being different and upsetting mum and dad. I grew up in a family where at some stage at least one or two members were vegetarian. My dad has always been against it yet somewhat resigned. There is still always the occasional "you sure you don't want some meat with that?".
At the moment in my family, there is one vegetarian, one vegan, one who will only eat ethical meat, one meat lover, and me, the one that usually eats meat when I've been drinking. It's been a long and drawn out process till I got to this stage. The original reason why I became and occasional vegetarian (flexitarian if you want) was because I hated handling raw meat when cooking, and also possibly because I was a poor student so my diet consisted mainly of pasta, eggs and bread. I grew up in the suburbs completely divorced from the process of how meat ends up in the supermarket. If you are ever on a country road and get stuck behind a truck carrying sheep the smell is one of indescribable rancidity. (Is rancidity a word?) So I only ever ate meat if someone else cooked it.
A couple of years later I ended up living in a vegetarian flat [I'm pretty sure this was the same flat Kim lived in where the kitchen sink had a plaque above it saying that it used to belong to Katherine Mansfield, cool eh - Evealyn]. Which was sweet because my flatmate used to cook dinner every night. Possibly the healthiest eating I have ever done in my life. Every now and again I would get a craving and smuggle meat into the house. If you ever want tips on meat smuggling, ask me. If my flatmates ever caught me there were disappointed looks all round. Possibly the worst was when my friend Fe gave me a can of spam for my 21st birthday (I had told her on some occasion that I had never eaten spam). It was the odd can that just sat in the pantry and my flatmates thought it was funny and anyone who came round thought it was just weird. Then there was one night when I came home ridiculously drunk and decided to have a fry up. In went the spam. My flatmates were so upset when they found out that I had used the frypan to cook meat.
After that I moved back home with my parents due to no money and no job. My mums a mean cook and she would always cook for my dad so, I ate meat. Lots of meat and it was tasty. Its hard to be a vegetarian if you are extremely lazy like me and not big on cooking all the time.
And now I am living in Vietnam. And it's a pretty sweet place to live. My occasional vegetarianism has come into full swing here just because of the lack of refridgeration. If any of you have been to South East Asia and been to the meat section of markets you will know what I am talking about. Meat is left sitting out in the hot sun and the stench is unbelievable. So now, for the most part I am a vegetarian apart form the occasional craving for that tasty tasty meat. My figuring is that it is better being an occasional vegetarian than not even trying at all.
I've met lots of vegetarians too, the ones who are accepting of your meat eating, the judgmental ones, the ones that eat fish and the animal rights activists who have framed photos of battery farmed chickens on their bedroom walls. I have one friend who became a vegetarian and the age of 7. She was watching Neighbours with her mum one day and just turned to her and said "I want to be a vegetarian". Her mum said "Ok, but I'm not cooking two meals" so the whole family became vegetarian by default. I also have a friend who agrees with the principles behind vegetarianism but can't get over the taste of meat. So he has decided that what he will do when he dies is make his friends and family have a big barbeque and they have to eat him, hopefully starting a trend towards eating humans rather than other animals.
Monday, February 15, 2010
What I Ate - 16 February 2010
Today I ate:
2 pieces of toast with lovely peanut butter.
1 trim latte.
2 pieces of toast with Marmite, avocado and tomato.
1 Phoenix sparkling apple juice.
1 apricot.
1 peach.
Tofu and vegetable satay with brown rice.
Marshmallow Easter egg.
Sometimes it annoys me when seasonal holiday goods arrive in shops super early, but I am quite excited about Easter eggs. Today I bought some marshmallow eggs and I also saw (but refrained from buying) a Lindt creme egg. Maybe tomorrow?
The tofu and vegetable dish was a recipe from my little sister. As you may have noticed, I really like peanuts. Dinner was delicious, I barely managed to leave enough for tomorrow's lunch even though I made plenty.
2 pieces of toast with lovely peanut butter.
1 trim latte.
2 pieces of toast with Marmite, avocado and tomato.
1 Phoenix sparkling apple juice.
1 apricot.
1 peach.
Tofu and vegetable satay with brown rice.
Marshmallow Easter egg.
Sometimes it annoys me when seasonal holiday goods arrive in shops super early, but I am quite excited about Easter eggs. Today I bought some marshmallow eggs and I also saw (but refrained from buying) a Lindt creme egg. Maybe tomorrow?
The tofu and vegetable dish was a recipe from my little sister. As you may have noticed, I really like peanuts. Dinner was delicious, I barely managed to leave enough for tomorrow's lunch even though I made plenty.
What I Ate - 15 February 2010
Today I ate:
2 pieces of Vogels toast with Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter.
1 trim latte.
Glass of pineapple juice.
Leftover burritos and salad.
Mint slice chocolate biscuit.
Pizza with homemade onion confit, roasted aubergine and courgette, and feta.
I am SICK. Monday morning I felt pretty rotten so I stayed home from work. No point going in when I had a terrible headache and might pass my illness on.
At the moment I am reading 'Under the Tuscan Sun' by Frances Mayes. It's probably better known as a film with Diane Lane. The book is a travel memoir about the author's experiences owning and renovating a villa in Italy. It has quite a few recipes, including one for pizza that had onion confit and pork and fennel sausages. Obviously the sausage was out, but I decided to give the onion a go. What you do is slice three onions, and slowly cook them in two tablespoons of olive oil and three tablespoons of balsamic vinegar. They need to be cooked for a long time, say an hour. Use on pizza, sandwiches, that sort of thing. They are really delicious and I am quite tempted to make up a large batch for onion confit emergencies.
2 pieces of Vogels toast with Pic's Really Good Peanut Butter.
1 trim latte.
Glass of pineapple juice.
Leftover burritos and salad.
Mint slice chocolate biscuit.
Pizza with homemade onion confit, roasted aubergine and courgette, and feta.
I am SICK. Monday morning I felt pretty rotten so I stayed home from work. No point going in when I had a terrible headache and might pass my illness on.
At the moment I am reading 'Under the Tuscan Sun' by Frances Mayes. It's probably better known as a film with Diane Lane. The book is a travel memoir about the author's experiences owning and renovating a villa in Italy. It has quite a few recipes, including one for pizza that had onion confit and pork and fennel sausages. Obviously the sausage was out, but I decided to give the onion a go. What you do is slice three onions, and slowly cook them in two tablespoons of olive oil and three tablespoons of balsamic vinegar. They need to be cooked for a long time, say an hour. Use on pizza, sandwiches, that sort of thing. They are really delicious and I am quite tempted to make up a large batch for onion confit emergencies.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
What I Ate - 14 February 2010
Today I ate:
1 piece of Vogels toast with peanut butter.
1 trim latte.
Breakfast burrito made with scrambled eggs, black beans and potato hash and served with guacamole and salsa from Sweet Mother's Kitchen.
Half an apricot.
Mint slice chocolate biscuits.
Pineapple juice.
Black bean enchiladas.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Unfortunately I have a cold and am feeling a bit miserable. Still, it's better than last year, when I was sick with food poisoning.
I'm a bit mixed about Valentine's Day. On one hand it is a commercial holiday etc, but on the other hand, why not have a bit of fun with it? We decided to go out to brunch at Sweet Mother's Kitchen. They have lots of vegetarian breakfast options, and we didn't want to go to a place where the vegetarian meal was something of an afterthought.
We also went to the vege markets briefly and bought, among other things, some good tasting peanut butter. As you may have noticed, I really like peanut butter. I would probably lose 3 kilos if I stopped eating it but that is a trade-off I am simply not willing to make. This stuff was recommended to me by my friend Reuben and I am so excited about breakfast tomorrow morning.
1 piece of Vogels toast with peanut butter.
1 trim latte.
Breakfast burrito made with scrambled eggs, black beans and potato hash and served with guacamole and salsa from Sweet Mother's Kitchen.
Half an apricot.
Mint slice chocolate biscuits.
Pineapple juice.
Black bean enchiladas.
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Unfortunately I have a cold and am feeling a bit miserable. Still, it's better than last year, when I was sick with food poisoning.
I'm a bit mixed about Valentine's Day. On one hand it is a commercial holiday etc, but on the other hand, why not have a bit of fun with it? We decided to go out to brunch at Sweet Mother's Kitchen. They have lots of vegetarian breakfast options, and we didn't want to go to a place where the vegetarian meal was something of an afterthought.
We also went to the vege markets briefly and bought, among other things, some good tasting peanut butter. As you may have noticed, I really like peanut butter. I would probably lose 3 kilos if I stopped eating it but that is a trade-off I am simply not willing to make. This stuff was recommended to me by my friend Reuben and I am so excited about breakfast tomorrow morning.
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