It’s Friday again, I have not long been in. I took Waggatail
for a walk around our lake. It’s crazy how many seagulls are on that lake. It’s
like living near the seaside. We are hearing them during the night starting at
three in the morning. I must say, I do like the sound of them but I find it
really odd that they are in a town. At one time you only heard them at the
beach. The air was so fresh today, this is after weeks of horrid pollution. It
was a lovely walk.
Hub and I had a great night last night but don’t have
anything planned for the weekend. So, we may just have a local walk with the dogs
and tomorrow they will go on their weekly free run on the field.
There is some good news today. A dreadful man, threw acid in
the face of his 3-year-old Son in the middle of a shopping centre, well, he got
sent to jail and he has had significant injuries in prison. Whoever did that, I
don’t blame you. What an evil thing to do to anyone, let alone your child.
Have you ever wondered why supermarket rotisserie chickens
are so cheap? It’s been said that they are the rore chickens that are so close
to their sell by date. So, they lose money as rore chickens are more expensive
than buying one already cleaned stuffed in some cases and cooked, but it’s
better than having to throw out the rore ones and making no money. So, when you
buy those, make sure you eat it on the same day.
I have been reading a lot lately about the amount of antibiotics
that are in chicken, but apparently manufactures are trying to put less in. a
lot of companies are removing artificial colourings too, which is great. I wonder
if it will affect the flavour?
Some people think if you can’t pronounce a word in ingredients,
then don’t eat it, well in some cases that may be our ignorance to chemistry
and nutrition, riboflavin, cobalamin and pyridoxamim they all sound like big
words that we don’t want in our food, but skipping them may be detrimental to
our health as they are all forms of vitamin B.
Vanilla comes from an orchid bean. But if everyone in India
for example, wanted a vanilla milk shake at the same time, there wouldn’t be
enough to go around, so sometimes when you are eating vanilla, you may now find
it comes from an algae it tastes and smells like vanilla and your body doesn’t know
the difference! As for crackers, we think they are an healthy option, gosh
reading about them this week, some of them are not good. They have so many
preservatives to give them a long shelf life of up to a year. There is a lot of
salt in them too and other bad things making them as bad for you as chips.
OK this will gross you out, it did me. And I have read it so
many times of late, but today in Readers Digest. The red colouring used in many
foods treats and drinks, comes from, ready? I didn’t believe it when I first
read this, but this is the fourth time I have read about it and I really am shivering
with the thought of it. (Crushed bugs)
Told you it was gross.
Even in some medicines, red powder is used and that can be
from these crushed bugs… if you see Carmine or Cochineal extract in the ingredients,
then it contains the powder from a little bug… Oh my, how on earth will blind
people be able to read the packets/boxes
And finally, something vegan to cook?
Mushroom and Chestnut Wellington
200g chestnut mushrooms
200g of any other kind of mushrooms
300g chestnuts roasted and pealed
125g cooked black eyed beans
1 red onion and 3 cloves of garlic
1 tsp dried sage
1 tbsp of tomato sauce
1 tbsp olive oil
Shortcrust pastry make sure it’s vegan, you can buy really
good ready to roll but be careful as the shelf life is short. And I’m not
talking short crust ()
A little dairy free milk if you want to use for brushing pastry,
but I haven’t bothered with that, it’s optional.
Roast your chestnuts
In a frying pan, fry onions after a couple of minutes, fry
garlic then slice your mushrooms into the pan then put to one side to cool
In a food processor blend the nuts and beans so they are
like bread crumbs
Add sage and tomato sauce a little salt and pepper and place
into a loaf tin or whatever you have in your kitchen. Then roll the pastry out
and place it on top, hopefully the ingredients you have will set to a solid ish
shape. So, the pastry is just used for a lid. If you buy a block, you may have
some left over unless you make a large one then double your ingredients
Cook in an oven for 35 minutes on about 180. You can have
this with small potatoes baked in the oven leaving their skins on and may be
some red cabbage? You can also get some gravy granules that are suitable for
vegans, Bloggets from America, our gravy may be different to yours maybe you
call gravy sauce, I know when I was in America, gravy was something totally
different to what we have here. If you buy the gravy granules, add a little red
wine just a tiny drop, it gives it such a delicious flavour. But make sure your
red wine is suitable for vegans. Its quite bad just how many drinks are not
suitable for vegetarians these days let alone vegans.
Happy cooking and have a great weekend.
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