First ever veggie burger experiment! The burgers are made of chickpeas (cooked in water and then mashed) and diced potato, carrot, celery, a little bit of onion and some kale too, 1 egg white, salt and black pepper to taste. Patties are then rolled in breadcrumbs and cooked in a pan with just a litt[...]
Posts Tagged ‘vegetarian’
July 14th, 2010 - 3:23 pm § in Health
Why I never really liked soy
No offense, I like soy. But I also don’t. Actually, what I don’t like is the huge business behind soy-based products and how in some countries they are advertised as the (almost) only healthy option to replace meat or to top up your protein intake as a vegetarian. The following article v[...]
May 2nd, 2010 - 9:37 pm § in Life & Style
Yellow rice
I love this recipe, I could live on that… and alas, too many other recipes! Here we go: Ingredients: - 1/2 white onion, finely chopped - 1 tablespoon of olive oil - salt, black pepper - saffron powder - 1 cup of rice - 1/4 glass of white wine - 1/2 can of sweet peas [...][...]
May 1st, 2010 - 1:28 pm § in Life & Style
Refurbished leftovers
Yesterday I cooked some polenta. I had one of those sachets with polenta and dried mushrooms, you can easily cook in 15 minutes or so. Just boil 2 lt or water, add the polenta mix and stir for 10-12 minutes. Of course, the portions were too many, so I had put the leftover (about 4 [...][...]
February 25th, 2010 - 2:49 pm § in News
All this cheap meat will cost us the Earth
“The headline read “Why I lost my appetite for meat”, the article was by a favourite novelist, but my wife wouldn’t pick up the magazine. “If I read it, I know I’ll have to become a vegetarian again and I just can’t bear to,” she said. I was braver — nothing this side of Armage[...]
Something to make us think
“Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet” Click here to read The Times article. How about giving up meat 5 days a week? Thank could be a nice step too, I guess.[...]
September 21st, 2009 - 10:05 am § in Health
For the quinoa aficionados
Quinoa With Corn and Zucchini This is an article I had found back in July. I first had some quinoa in Ecuador, they make a very good soup with it. Quinoa can be found in a lot of stores in Europe and the US now. It is tasty and has very good nutritional value. It [...][...]
September 21st, 2009 - 9:03 am § in Health
Say kinda veg
After writing my previous blog entry, I’ve been thinking of the food I’m supposed to avoid for at least 2 weeks. And I soon came to the conclusion that being vegetarian in Italy is very complicated. Not to mention being vegan, ha! I had lunch with family and noticed that most of the best[...]
September 19th, 2009 - 3:29 pm § in Health
To veg or not to veg. That is the question.
I’ve been rethinking my diet this year. I’m not on diet, I just pay more attention to what I eat. I avoid too processed foods, fat and sugars. I definitely eat less pasta, which have been sort of a guilty pleasure ever since my teenage years, especially for the portions. The thing is, a [...]
