Pasta Days and New Book Stuff

... climate change makes Germany feel like Thailand or some similar place at the moment with an air humidity of at least 80% and summer's peak temperatures.

This means I have breakfast, have a bento, go out for a drink or ice cream after work and come back home between 8 and 10 pm to have some pasta with pesto or a thrown-together salad. Nothing exciting here, though I might do an ice cream parlour report (found one that does rice milke ice cream not too far away from where I live. Squee!).

I bought a couple and was also given a few new cookbooks for and around my birthday last month, but haven't got round to trying very much.


The Joy of Vegan Baking Ginger Muffins
Surprise, surprise! They didn't taste of ginger at all but were awesome. Omni friends loved them. Not too sweet, either, but the sugar/ginger mixture nearly ruined my kitchen.

I told you I'm a messy baker!











Some ugly but extremely tasty veggie curry from The Asian Vegan Kitchen, I have to look up the exact name. Billion thanks for Mr A. for giving it to me <3 "











I'm having friends over and need to make something in a pinch"-food: Couscous Salad Taboulé Style, Hummus, bought dolmades, olives and pita bread. Probably my most favourite combo ever!

Green Food

Maybe it's the temporary lack of Irish people in my life, or the fact that I decided to eat more greens and get over my December/holiday ignorance of most things, food in the last couple of days was very green.


<- simple fattoush (Lebanese bread salad) with hummus. Did I mention I love Lebanese?

Stir-fried udon with broccoli and gomashio in a tahini sauce (from Quick-fix vegetarian). It's so easy, so quick, so heavenly. It has everything I love except for the fact that it's always gone too quickly.

Bear's garlic pasta with homemade basil-almond pesto, roasted brussels sprouts and basil tofu.

Favourite cuisines, Part II

Something I discovered on my first holiday as a vegan in London last April is Lebanese food. I've never had Lebanese before and Edgware road with its many many many Lebanese restaurants saved me.

Ever since, I need my mezze plate at least once a month.
Not only does Lebanese cuisine have hummus, but it is a lot like the Eastern version of Italian food- fresh produce, a couple of standard spices, lentils and rice- and you're set.

Aaand, of course, falafel!