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We have been doing Meat Free Mondays (and some other days too, but Mondays is a no neg), and there are a number of recipes that I loved so I think committing them to the electronic cloud may help us remember them, and perhaps someone else. Brown Mushroom Risotto with Mangetout Serves 4 Ingredients 1 onion 1 or 2 cloves garlic (depending on taste) 750 ml of veg stock (keep warm on the stove, you can make you own or by a good quality one) 8 large brown mushrooms 2 handfuls of mangetout (about a cup) 1 cup (250ml) of dry white wine, although you can also use red but then dilute half half with water 6 to 8 sprigs of thyme or 1 teaspoon dry 1 cups arborio or if you do not have sushi rice 2 teaspoon olive oil Parmesan cheese or hard cheese like grana padano Items needed Frying pan Large pot Pot/Container for stock knife and chopping board Time Prep about 10 mins Cooking about 10 mins Instructions Get stock warm in separate pot / container Add 1 teaspo...

I am teaching my 7 year old daughter (Julia) simple meals to cook, so that she can cook her own meals. While she still requires a little help, and Lucy almost 4 years old always gets a tasks this was an easy recipe and it really did taste moreish. Ingredients Yummy Tin of peeled whole tomatoes (or you can peel 4 tomatoes, if you do not want the sugar that comes with the tinned ones) A Tin of Lentils (or about ½ a cup soaked overnight in 1 cup of water and a teaspoon of vinegar) Dried powdered Cumin and dried Basil One chopped onion About a teaspoon of crushed garlic A handful of fresh basil Pasta, we used spinach Tagliatelle (made using spinach juice) 2 x teaspoons olive oil Optional ¼ cup red wine Method Take medium size saucepan and place on stove, get it warm (should take between 1 and 2 mins) Add oil, add onions, and cover the onions with oil This must cook for about 3 mins While that is busy, blend the tomatoes and lentils, and a teaspoon of cumin, until ...

Serves 6 I got the original recipe is from Meat free Monday – fry’s news letter. They said the creator was Jodi-Ann Pearton who has just won Chef of the Year 2010. Modification in GREEN NOTE:  This uses cheese so technically it is not meat free, so vegans this is not an option. Ingredients 4 large eggplants (Used 3 more than enough) Salt 300ml olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2g fresh thyme 2g fresh parsley 1 box VEGETARIAN MINCE 10g fresh basil leaves (I needed 30g) 2 tins tomatoes 4 potatoes, sliced thinly (skins on) – I would suggest par boiling them, or extending the cooking time to 60 minutes 300g goat’s cheese (Used chunky cottage cheese, since 300g of goats is not easy to come by, 250g not enough, would recommend ricotta cheese) 3x tomatoes for the top although the picture does not have them, and I think this is a mistake below 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano Method Mine did not look like this, but tast...

In the anti-cancer life book, talks about how we have made Grazers out of Browsers, and wonder why the animal we poison are poisoning us. The lower the incidences of Meat eaters in a country the lower the incidence in that country of the "western" diseases of diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Is it not time to take notice: Here is a video worth watching. 'The Happy Meal ain't so happy' - new film reveals why beef is such bad news for the environment - News Join MFM, Meat Free Monday, and start being conscious about your decisions one day a week! Join here: www.supportmfm.org Recipes from them here: recipes Other Links: Animal Vegetable Miracle Recipes Meat Free Monday background information Livestock’s Long Shadow – Environmental Issues and Options Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations Rome, 2006 Slaughtering the Amazon Greenpeace International 01 June 2009 Global warning: climate change and farm animal welfare Compassion in World ...