Category Archives: midorigreen

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 →

After feasting on this at lunchtime I think I can conclude that vegetables really my ideal lunch. This selection filled me up. Plus I was free of afternoon cravings for snacks. Not great when you have a 30 minute round trip from your desk to have an… Continue reading →

• Cakes from Vegan cakes and treats, a vegan coffee shop in Camden – this requires further investigation.
• Finally tried the desserts from Pudology.
• A tasty new take on Setain involving lentils from Muscolo di grano.

• A cake stall with cream cakes. Yes that’s right a stall with amazing cream cakes on offer from J.P. Turner foods.They tasted wonderful, and were huge. I failed to eat more than half of my cream slice (the other half made an excellent Sunday breakfast).
• Vegusto is still my favourite vegan cheese.

• Orzo Coffee made from Barley – a great taste with no caffeine.
• Mirabilia tea made from olive leaves – tasted like green tea and is apparently amazingly good for you.

• I found the perfect pair of boots at The Third Estate.
• Having viewed Will’s vegan shoes I’m very keen for them to launch.

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This was a fabulous lunch. A great mix of flavours and texture. I should warn anyone thinking of cooking along similar lines that it’s advisable to chew the polenta fries well before swallowing. Failure to to do could put you in the same situation that I found myself in on Friday lunchtime. I’d decided, as part of my learning new things, to start attending the Friday lunchtime concerts at the Cathedral. I’m not into religion but appreciate the community aspect.

I was surprised by the large audience, but found a seat and began tucking into my lunch as I listened. Alas as I closed my eyes and tipped my head back in appreciation of the piano I began to choke. I tried to suppress it which seemed to make the jalapeños in the polenta burn more fiercely.

So either chew well or don’t consume with live music.

Clockwise from bottom left:

• Plum cake – rather a lot of plums in this one resulting in a very soft texture
• Polenta fries – the recipe from The Vegan Lunchbox with added jalapeños.
• Bob the book by David Pratt
• Home made guacamole
• A fresh fig cut into quarters
• Shredded sweetheart cabbage

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This was one of those lunches I aspire to where I see what is in season, and then cook accordingly. Clockwise from bottom right:Plums – as they are because you can’t have plum cake every week.Pan bread – made with gram flour and somewhere between a bre… Continue reading →

I had so many lovely things to go in my lunch box this week I had to really stuff them in. The market and my allotment have been an abundance of seasonal produce.Clockwise from bottom right:Potatoes fried up with onions, roast peppers, and smoked tofuP… Continue reading →

Who would have guessed that pea pods had so much fibre in them? So much as it turns out that even the mighty Vitamix was able cope. So instead I strained my pea pod and roast pepper soup. I’ve never strained soup before. It feels like I’m throwing away goodness. This, however, was extremely hairy goodness. On tasting, it seemed a little lacking so I threw in cooked new potatoes, oven cooked sweetcorn, allotment peas form the freezer, and some dried chili. The result is like a rather chunky hot and sour soup. I’m calling it embrace autumn soup. It seems more optimistic than end of summer soup.

Clockwise from top left:

• Embrace autumn soup – just the thing for a grey and damp day
• The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin. Beautifully written, with quiet, yet engaging characters. Reading it is like taking deep calming breathes
• Plum clafoutis – I enjoyed last week’s so much I had to make more

Wishing you all things green,

Annastasia

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