May Menu

Hello! It's been a while since I last blogged, but between colds, coughs and spring sniffles and catching up on my gardening, time has been very short!

But I'm back with my menu for May and it has an Italian theme in honour of my two new friends Lenny and Stacy who run the VegItalyGuide and AnyWhereTraveller websites. Watch out for my exclusive BBQ Party menu which I have written especially for them, I'll keep you posted. After all it is BBQ Month!

Without further ado here is the menu for May.....................

May also celebrates some weird and wonderful days, including some yummy food celebrations such as Chocolate Chip day on the 15th, Pizza Party Day on 16th, Pick Strawberry Day on 20th and Macaroon Day on the 31st. There is also a celebration day for us gardeners with Learn About Compost Day on the 29th! 

The best day of the month is today as it's Eat What You Want Day! Yay! So I hope you enjoy a feast today what ever you are doing,and if you'e stuck for dinner ideas why not try; a lentil roast, a casserole, or a pie? Here are a few to choose from.

Spinach & Mushroom Pie

Mushroom Wellington

Sausage Casserole

Lentil & Kale Loaf

                                                           





Here's to a good month which hopefully will be full of sunshine to help with the vegetable plot and warm enough to get those BBQ's burning. Cheers!

May Vegan Food Swap - What I Received

I can't believe that its time for another vegan food swap box, it comes around so quickly, which isn't a bad thing as I'm always excited to see what I will receive and I love putting together a box for a total stranger. If you've never heard of this before it's something that To Happy Vegans organise and every month you are assigned a partner to send a parcel of vegan goodies to and in return you receive your own parcel of surprise delights!

This month Lucy from Lucy the Vegan blog sent me a parcel of goodies, which included the following delights:

• Hot Wasabi Soya and Corn Crisp Thins by the Food Doctor
• Marks & Spencer Refried Beans
• Primal Strip - Meatless Vegan Jerky Seitan - Teriyaki
• Primal Strip - Meatless Vegan Jerky Soy - Chicory Smoked
• Bounce Natural Energy Ball - Spirulina & Ginseng Defence Boost
• Ombar - Acai & Blueberry Chocolate
• Yu! Jus Fruit- Blueberry Pieces
• Yu! Jus Fruit- Cherry Pieces
• Trek Cocoa Coconut Protein Flapjack

As you can see it was a real parcel of goodies, so far I've tried the hot wasabi soya and corn crisp thins, which were very hot indeed! I didn't eat them all in one sitting they were that hot! Even hubby thought they were hot and he eats vindaloo curries. The wasabi really does catch the back of your nose when you eat them, but that's not to say that I didn't like them, I did.

I've also tried the Ombar which was delicious, I could really taste the blueberries, vegan chocolate as it contains no milk can be very bitter, but this was quite the opposite and very sweet, mmmmm delicious.

Lucy has sent me a box full of goodies that not only haven't I tried before but I've never seen before and I can't wait to try everything else in the parcel. I'm thinking something Mexican for tea so I can use the refried beans.

Thanks Lucy I loved your swap box, I hope you received a fantastic one too.