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.
Category Archives: vegan
What’s in my veg box? Carrot hot dogs!
I was pretty excited about this week's vegetables. I love leeks, hadn't done anything with swede for ages and had suddenly decided the time had come to make carrot hot dogs! Pasta with cabbage and miso This is was so … Continue reading
Posted in midorigreen, My veg bag, vegan
Tagged cabbage, carrots, hot dogs, leeks, miso, noodles, paprika, parsnips, pasta, pizza, potatoes, rice noodles, risotto, salad leaves, satay, spinach, swede, veg bag, vegan
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Something green for Monday – the Den Destroyer tshirt
Green is the colour of my new tshirt. I dropped by the Den at 23 for lunch on Sunday. Because eating is essential and fun. Also the food is excellent. While I was there I collected my Den Destroyer tshirt … Continue reading
Posted in Green things, midorigreen, vegan
Tagged burgers, clothing, colchester, den, green, vegan
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What’s in my veg bag? Beetroot, risotto and not enough lentils
This week’s veg included my favourite vegetable Brussels Sprouts, my second favourite vegetable spinach and a selection fair sized carrots (no monster specimen though). Rather random beetroot and lentil Dahl This was a fantastic red colour and tasted ok. I … Continue reading
Posted in lunch box, My veg bag, vegan
Tagged apple, beetroot, bread, Brussels sprout, carrots, cashew cheese, cashews, celeriac, gravy, lentils, mash, mayonaise, potato salad, rice, risotto, sourdough bread, spinach
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What’s in my veg bag? – less is more
This week's bag contained Calvo Nero, squash, Savoy cabbage, parsnip, onions, potatoes and carrots including giant carrot Betty at the bottom of the photo below. Usually I like showcase one or two vegetables in each dish but a busy week … Continue reading
Posted in My veg bag, vegan
Tagged cabbage, Calvo Nero, carrots, curry sauce, gravy, noodles, onions, sausages, squash, Vegan with a vengance
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What was in my veg bag ; and what did I do with it – Carrot Arnold
There's always one enormous carrot in my veg bag. Ones that take several meals to consume. I'm giving serious though to adopting what I understand are hurricane naming conventions so meet Carrot Arnold! Other goodies to consume this week are … Continue reading
Posted in midorigreen, My veg bag, vegan
Tagged beetroot, carrots, hummus, kale, lunch, parsnips, pineapple, potatoes, salad leaves, tofu, veg bag, vegan
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This week’s veg bag – Twas the week before Christmas…
It was the week before Christmas and The bug that was felling my friends and colleagues had reached me. Lucky I lots of nice fresh to get me through! Restoring soup – several meals cooked in one go and one … Continue reading
Posted in My veg bag, vegan
Tagged cabbage, Calvo Nero, carrots, celeriac, cooking, dinner, lazy cooking, leeks, lunch, noodles, onions, potatoes, rice noodles, salad leaves, tofu, veg bag
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What’s in my veg bag? The big carrot
Look at this week's lovely selection of veg including a rather large carrot. It's been a busy week with dropping temperature so been happy to cook some veg filled warming meals. Saturday – fuel for a night of … Continue reading
This week’s veg bag
Lots of lovely inspiring veg in this week's bag Here's what I made with it: Sunday Waldorf type salad with celeriac, apple, walnuts and vegan mayo Paprika potato wedges Served on salad leaves Monday Spaghetti with steamed broccoli and a … Continue reading
The last 7 days: salad samuri, Aquafaba and Bujo
Summer might be drawing to a close but Salad Samuri covers the entire year and is giving me lots of lunch inspiration for the coming months. What a great find at the library. I'm going to Cuba later … Continue reading
Posted in 7 days, midorigreen, vegan
Tagged aquafaba, bujo, bullet journal, cook books, cooking, Cuba, dinner, holidays, podcast, sushi, vegan
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What’s in my lunch box? It has to be eaten cold
I don't currently have access to a microwave at lunch time. Which is a pity because making a pot of something I can eat all week is much easier than faffing around with sandwiches or crackers, or heating food … Continue reading