Greetings! I’m Annastasia
I'm bit keen on the colour green and like to ramble on about food, cooking, veganism, refashioning, sewing, clothes, list making, music, reading and anything else that pops up in my overcrowded existence! I'm also one half of Ink drops boxes, stationery by the boxful, dropped through your letterbox.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
What’s in my lunch box? Frozen inspiration
Once again I am rummaging in the freezer. Mainly for inspiration but also because I need to clear some space for Christmas food. Admittedly a small pot of coconut milk isn’t going to clear that much space, but as that well known supermarket chain puts it – Every little helps.
Clockwise from bottom left
- Asian marinated tofu – Marinade ‘inspired’ (as they say on film credits) by the recipe in Vwav.
- Satsumas – I couldn’t resist these – a little piece of Spanish sunshine
- Brown basmati rice
- Thai curry – onion, cabbage, spinach, mushroom, and carrots cooked with thai curry paste, coconut milk, and soy sauce. It tastes creamier than it looks.
To read – Now you see me by S.J. Bolton
This was packed with false trails, dead ends, and unexpected revelations. I kept thinking that I had ti all worked out and then something would happen that would throw my theory. Everyone was a suspect so the only way to solve the mystery is too keep reading.
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Lovely chocolate cake at tea break #vegan
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What’s in my lunch box? Double chestnut
Looking at the photo of my lunch I’m impressed with how autumnal it seems. I’m slightly disappointed in myself at including two types of chestnut dish but I’m sure I can live with it.
Clockwise from bottom right:
- Roast chestnuts – so easy to do. Fun to shell. And surpringly filling.
- A delicious ripe conference pear
- Pasties filled with chestnut purée. I made Chestnut soup last week and has some left over so it seemed the idea filling for these cute mini pasties.
- Roasted garlic Brussel sprouts from VWAV. I still prefer them steamed but as the oven on…also enabled to breathe anti vampire fumes!
- To read – The first book of Calamity Leek by Paula Lichtarowicz. This reminded me of Room crossed with Lace crossed with The Amtrak Wars. The use of language is inventive and has a quirky charm. I enjoyed the cultural references, and the different ways things could be interpreted depending on context. The reader is torn between which characters to root for – knowing full well that they can’t all get what they want.
Wishing you green ink and good food,
Annastasia
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What’s in my lunch box? Peas and the past
Ever keen to expand my knowledge of pulses, I decided to give marrow fat peas a go. I vaguely recalled reading somewhere that they were grown and produced in the UK (although I haven’t investigated this any further. I’d also read somewhere about the … Continue reading
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Tasty and #vegan but a tad pricey for regular consumption
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The sociable vegan
An arm injury (it involved a stool and momentarily forgetting where I was) curtailed my ability to get around at the end of October so I was happy to make up for it this week by attending two vegan events.Vegan Pot Luck is something I’ve planned to att… Continue reading
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What’s in my lunch box? 200 years later
So 200 years after it was written I’ve finally gotten around to reading Pride and prejudice. My ignorance of it (beyond the opening line) was a growing embarrassing. I read and loved the graphic novel Pride and Prejudice and zombies, but there was a… Continue reading
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