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Foodie Friday – Falafel Salad

Posted on March 18, 2011October 12, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Most days I have a salad for lunch and this is my current favourite. I think I’ve had it 3 times this week already :-).

These are my basic starting ingredients – butter lettuce, tiny tomatoes, cucumber, diced pineapple, hummus and falafel. The last two are store bought but you could make your own. I believe that every salad NEEDS pineapple.

Today I had just bought a bag of shredded broccoli stems, carrot and beetroot so that was added. I sometimes add corn kernals, cauliflower, sprouts, basically whatever we might have in the fridge.

While the falafel cooks (takes just 1 min in the microwave) I grab a bowl (love these tupperware ones) and place all the salad ingredients.

Then I just roughly chop the falafels into bite size pieces and add to the salad. Yummo!

I could happily eat this EVERY day. So delicious, yet so healthy!

And best of all the whole thing takes less than 5 minutes.

Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 15, 2011October 11, 2026 by Libby Withnall

**** Here’s hoping the photos are working today!

We are not big on Valentine’s Day and I could not tell you the last time Kevin & I exchanged cards or gifts – probably back when we were teenagers.

Amy and her friend Emerson bought each other flowers – organised through the school.

This year I did get a little something from Amy – which I thought was very sweet.

I put a little card into the girls lunch boxes and organised a special dinner. It was all vegan and VERY yummy.

We had these vegan enchilidas with a fake cheese sauce. I spiced them up with another sauce (didn’t have enchilada sauce) and they were delicious.

Desert was vegan shortbread heart, strawberries dipped in dark chocolate (for Kevin) and vegan cupcakes (which we all LOVED).

So my first all vegan dinner event was a great success and the girls loved that I made this special meal for them.

An announcement

Posted on February 14, 2011October 11, 2026 by Libby Withnall

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkT_jUUd1Gw

You can learn about the dairy industry here.

Home-made Pasta

Posted on January 10, 2011October 12, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Part of our tour of the free-range egg farm included a demostration on how they use the seconds (not perfect) eggs to make pasta. This inspired Kevin to FINALLY use the pasta making attachment that HE bought for my kitchen aid mixer over a year ago.

Christy was keen to partake in their experiment and they were hard at work soon after we walked in the door. My suggestion to look up recipes or consult google was ignored, and somehow they managed to pull it off.

They make wholemeal fettucine for their first attempt. And it turned out surprisingly well.

To savour the flavour we enjoyed it with some butter and cheese.

The only problem with this pasta was that it got all stuck together. So the next day the machine was dug out again – this time to make spaghetti, which (based on my research) they decided to dry out a bit. My oven made a good drying rack :-).

Once we told the dogs to keep out of the kitchen it was safe to dry out in peace.

Amy was kind enough to make us a TVP Bolognase sauce to have with our spaghetti.

It was enjoyed by all. But if you want the recipe you’ll have to consult Kevin.