I am sure all you laydeez will love this information! (Especially those of you who are thinking of starting families). Things you didn’t know you didn't know (yes, that's a deliberate repetition!) about aubergines, avocados and pears. It is not just...
I love potato wedges, and often have them as part of a meal when eating out, but it used to be the case that whenever I made them at home they were a bit of a disappointment, they never came out as crispy and delicious as the restaurant ones. Then, as...
My mother gets all the credit for this recipe, as for one thing I recently found it in a cookbook of hers, that I have on a long-term loan, and I have adapted it here to share with you. In making these vegetable and cheese tarts I used some veg that...
I call these tarts “taste of the woodland” ones, because their main ingredients are mushrooms, walnuts and herbs, so you could go and gather them all yourself, if you wanted to be really rustic! They are very filling and satisfying, as the chestnut mushrooms...
I think you will all agree with me that avocados are amazing, when you read all these facts about them! They are my favourite edible plant and not only do they taste superb, but I have recently discovered they are also reputedly a superfood. So it...
If ever you feel your resolve to be vegan wavering, think on these points, below. I first went vegan for the animals, but since that time, around 2 and a half years ago, I have realised that the benefits of this diet and lifestyle are numerous, and ...
One of my great passions, besides animals and nature, is reading historical novels, and some of my current favourites are mediaeval whodunnits. Whilst reading these, I several times came across descriptions of a European religious sect in the Middle...
Another blogger on this site, BobbieSue, recently wrote an interesting article titled Was Jesus A Vegan?, which inspired me to write this one. This is a topic I have often thought about in any case, the relation between religion and eating/using animals...
If you read my blogs regularly you will see that I am quite addicted to chips and dips! I don't have a very sweet tooth but I am a bit too fond of savoury snacks like these. I recently found this recipe for a deliciously different type of houmos, made...
I love the name “nightshade”, and apparently these plants are so called because they are grown in the shade of night. I imagine that the one most people will be most familiar with is the poisonous plant deadly nightshade, or belladonna. But did you know...
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