Category Archives: smoothies

summer

By Lucy | Published August 8, 2011

creamovita and chocolate buttons - recipe for sponge on this page colours from the garden – a smoothie to be (added avo, banana, and OJ) check out VegaNation, a new vegan online shop! Books of the moment: Ecstatic Beings - Shazzie and Kate Magic The Brightest Star in the Sky - Marian Keyes Balletboyz - Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt Waldon [...]

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preserving

By Lucy | Published August 5, 2010

What a bumper year it’s been for the currants – were having berried up green smoothies daily, there are lots in freezer which will extend the berry smoothie season and it’s looking to be a very abundant bramble year too. Last year we gathered quite a lot for the freezer as well as smoothie-ing them [...]

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sweet things

By Lucy | Published July 27, 2010

Have been sent some Alpro goodies to try We do like their soya milk. The only one I didn’t know about was the ‘milk alternative’ suitable from 1 year old. Lots of extra vitamins and iron in it (and surprisingly nice in nocaf!). The chocolate puddings are lush lush lush… Blackcurrant smoothies, there have been a few [...]

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a blackcurrant smoothie

By Lucy | Published July 22, 2010

Very blackcurranty and lovely, makes a big jug (about 3 and a half pints, good for 4 people, quantities very adjustable): lots of blackcurrants, about a quarter blender jugful lots of borage flowers (optional) huge bunch of parsley a handful of brazil nuts 1 banana 1 avocado 1 apple 1 litre of orange juice Blitz [...]

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Silmarils

By Lucy | Published July 10, 2010

Listening to an audiobook of The Silmarillion just now while browsing the Atlas of Middle Earth. This follows on from our epic watching of the extended versions of all three Lord of the Rings films in preparation and inspiration for our own mountain quest. Nice to be back in Middle Earth other jewels: smoothie and [...]

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garden doings

By Lucy | Published August 10, 2009

Browsing Sutton’s seed clearance, some good bargains…(would it be totally daft to attempt goji berries here???) got quite a few of our seeds from there this year and they were very good, no disasters B&Q have got lots of trays of veg plants reduced to 50p just now – nabbed a load of cabbage and kale [...]

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10 years on… and forest fruits…

By Lucy | Published July 30, 2009

10 years ago I had the idea of putting together a little vegan site, and my sweet potato and tomato soup was the very first recipe to go up. Today, it finally has a photo to go with it, not the best, I do seem to insist on slopping soup about a bit before snapping it :) Tofu quiche [...]

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blackcurrants and tyres

By Lucy | Published July 14, 2009

got totally soaked collecting blackcurrants for the smoothie this morning – was worth it, quite delicious In that jug are borage flowers, blackcurrants, plantain and curly kale plus a fair amount of rain - added to it were bananas, apple, brazil nuts, linseeds and red grape juice. The tyre garden is growing well The mint is [...]

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swimming with the fish

By Lucy | Published July 1, 2009

not in a mafia style way but a ‘lovely hot day, need to be in the sea’ type way a lovely jug of stuff from the garden, added OJ, avo, banana and hemp seeds to it there’s a large section of the woods covered in these: This morning we could tell it was going to be [...]

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jolly

By Lucy | Published June 29, 2009

Gorgeous hot weather continues… gooseberries and rasps from the garden are making their way into the breakfast smoothies now Talking of smoothies, the green smoothie blog has been added to the sidebar, lots of good ideas there. The clearout has reached the kids wardrobes so many more puzzles and educational games are up here In [...]