We do Vegan!

My daughter and I are very cynical about food intolerances and even more so food allergies. Only now she has found that her health is so much better when she does not eat dairy or wheat. My husband does not do meat and in this Jewish home this means we have a minimal and hardly used meaty set of dishes. I guess meat cooking does not come into our conciousness. 
This means the vegan menu.
1. Sushi- ironically the easiest and nicest recipe comes from a 1980's Alison Holst cookbook. Who is Alison Holst you ask? Only the Goddess of NZ cooking She uses basic ingredients and the recipes are easy. Check her out on Amazon.
2. Risotto with courgettes and suundried tomato 
3. Aubergine and tahini served with roasted veges and salad
4. Mushroom, green bean and chilli stir fry.


Shabbat
Challah
Spelt Bread
Lemon Couscous cake
Tomato Pepper soup
Potato Tortino
Mushrooms stuffed with spinach
Sweet and sour cabbage with kidney beans
Roast carrots with cabbage and sage
Hint of the week: Buy a new cookbook every now and again.
We all need a boost in our kitchen especially when our dietary needs (or those of the people we live with) change and a well written cook book can really help.
Vegan Italiano has really helped me to do the vegan thing. Though I must admit it was not bought but borrowed from a friend. Your friend has a battered grubby cookbook? Study it carefully there is probably a good reason it is used so much. My friend Rose described her Grandmother's battered old Good Housekeeping Cookbook that when dropped automatically opened up on the chocolate cake page.