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Continue reading →: Vegan mushroom stroganoff
Ingredients 160g/5¾oz dried pappardelle or fettuccine pasta 1 tsp olive oil 3 shallots, peeled and finely diced 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 180g/6⅓oz mixed mushrooms (such as oyster, shiitake, maitake, eryngii) or brown mushrooms, roughly chopped 2 tbsp vegan ‘butter’ 2 tsp smoked paprika ½ tsp Dijon mustard 1 tsp…
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Continue reading →: Aubergine parmigiana
Ingredients For the aubergine 2 large aubergines, sliced into thin slices about a 5mm/¼in thick 2 tbsp olive oil 100g/3½oz ricotta 100g/3½oz Parmesan, grated (or alternative vegetarian hard cheese) 100g/3½oz mozzarella, sliced sea salt and freshly ground black pepper For the tomato sauce 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1 red…
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Continue reading →: Italian green lentil soup
Ingredients 100g/3½oz green lentils olive oil, for frying 1 onion, finely chopped 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped handful fresh basil, leaves left whole and stalks finely chopped 400g tin chopped tomatoes 400ml/14fl oz vegetable or chicken stock salt and freshly ground black pepper To serve pecorino cheese, grated (optional) Method…
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Continue reading →: Lentil bolognese
Ingredients ½ tbsp olive oil 1 celery stick, finely chopped 1 onion, finely chopped 1 carrot, peeled and finely chopped 100g/3½oz mushrooms, finely chopped 400g tin chopped tomatoes 1 tbsp tomato purée 1 tsp dried oregano or thyme 200g/7oz brown or green lentils 100ml/3½fl oz vegan red wine 500ml/18fl oz…
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Continue reading →: One week in
Okay it may not look like there has been any change, but I did lose 2 lbs this week and I have lost 80 lbs overall, food wise it was quite a heavy on the cheese week! Started the week with jacket potatoes and grated cheese on Monday and Wednesday,…
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Continue reading →: Mushroom bourguignon
Ingredients 1½ tsp olive oil 3 shallots, peeled, quartered and layers separated 1 large carrot, peeled and cut into slices on an angle 100g/3½oz button mushrooms, quartered 50g/1¾oz chestnut mushrooms, quartered 3 Portobello mushrooms, roughly chopped 7 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves only, or 1½ tsp dried thyme 3 garlic cloves,…
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Continue reading →: Making myself accountable
Following the example of https://the1940sexperiment.com/ I decided to make myself accountable on here, although the last time I tried making myself accountable so people could see I gained weight! For some reason I self sabotage somehow, even when I am doing everything “right” (according to the current ideas on weight…
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Continue reading →: Finally crafting again
I was on some medication for a couple of months that left me with blurred vision, and so no crafting happened from mid November until today, when thanks to a few days off the tablets I could see clearly enough to add a couple of rows to the shawl (with…
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