Archive For The “Vegan” Category
My sister has a horse and a pony. I don’t envy her the horse-riding (she hardly ever has time for that anyway). I envy her all that manure. The manure that she composted, then spread out a little, and planted winter squashes in. And they grew like crazy and produced countless fruits. Squashes and pumpkins [...]
This dish is the culinary form of denial. I know it is cold and raining, and that probably means that the summer really is over. But I refuse to let go just yet. Soon enough it will be on to squash and pumpkin. I am prepared – I have a “pumpkin/squash” board on pinterest where [...]
Broad beans (also known as fava beans) are the only hardy beans. That means that unlike other kinds of beans, they can be sown early. They can even be sown in November and left in the ground to overwinter, more or less successfully. I have found that the overwintered sowings produce a harvest only marginally [...]
We all know that pulses are good for us and that we should be eating more of them. Especially vegetarians and vegans should, because pulses are a great source of protein. The trouble is, pulses require a bit of planning: you have to soak them overnight, and then they take quite a bit of time [...]
When my children started school, they often brought home little “friendship books” from their classmates. The point of these books was apparently to gather confidential information and everyone was supposed to paste in a passport photograph and answer tens of questions ranging from : “what is your phone number?” to “who is your best friend?”. [...]
I don’t know about your winter, but ours is no winter at all. It feels rather like an unpleasantly wet autumn. We have hardly had any frost, let alone snow. Plenty of rain and wind though, that make cycling a lot less enjoyable. Here in the Netherlands, you know, we cycle everywhere. The kids cycle [...]
Today I was all set up to make a parsnip soup. I went to our local organic food store – and they did not have any parsnips. My disappointment dissolved quickly, however, when I spotted the sign “purple truffle potatoes”. I have grown purple (and black) potatoes at the allotment many years ago, and they [...]
When my daughter made her top 10 fruit list, she decided that the number one had to be kaki, the Oriental persimmon. Not surprising: the scientific name of kaki “Diospyros” means “the food of the Gods” and others have admired the taste since the ancient times. And even though these fruits seem an exotic rarity [...]
