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Category: Autoimmune Diseases

A Kitchen Fairytale

December 3, 2016March 25, 2017 akitchenfairytale4 Comments

Hello dear, and welcome to A Kitchen Fairytale, where you can follow my journey back to health after being struck by inflammatory arthritis – very similar to Rheumatoid Arthritis – back in August 2014. Since October 2015 I have been on a plant-based diet which has taken away all the symptoms and rendered me free of…… Continue reading A Kitchen Fairytale

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We’re having a staycation this week and have been to a few restaurants so I thought I’d share what I have had 😊 Yesterday I met a friend at @ivychelsgarden and had their curry with coconut yoghurt and rice on the side, and for little turnip I ordered the sweet potato with various dips where I asked to get them on the side too. He helped devour the curry and dipped his sweet potatoes in the yoghurt, before diving in with both hands and giving the yoghurt a messy finale 🙈 I asked them to hold the oils but not sure how much of that was done, a scrumptious choice though! Also had their green juice with broccoli, avocado and I think some apple and lemon? Our waiter wasn’t too clued up on the ingredients but all vegan for sure! At @wagamama_uk I went for the Kare Burosu which they made for me without the tofu that had been deep-fried in oil, and they also went a bit imaginative on the broth in order to remove any excess oils and it was delicious! A fair bit if curry and other lovely spices, then some extra broccoli instead of the tofu - they are so amazing at going out of their way to accommodate allergy requests so five stars to them for that, again - thanks Wags!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 . . #vegan #plantbased #veganwagamama #wagamama #vegancurry #veganrestaurant #theivychelseagarden #healingwithfood #autoimmunedisease #inflammatoryarthritis #rheumatoidarthritis #delicious #vegantoddler #veganpregnancy

Soooo this highly anticipated weekend came and went and was just wonderful! I was asked by @yours_magazine last year to do a talk and cooking demonstration at a weekend they organised for their readers Chester, at this beautiful hotel called Alvaston Hall. So the husband and drove up on Saturday morning with cookbooks, brownies, soup ingredients and all, I did the talk and had some excellent questions and a lovely audience. I showed how to cook without oils by making the Warming sweet potatoes and butternut squash soup from the book - and while the blender was loudly doing its job we sent brownies around, that were gratefully received and ALL went 😋 ... before the soup was served and also finished ✨. A great Q&A and the the opportunity to talk to the fine folks who had taken the time to come and learn about a plant-based lifestyle and its upsides 🍠🥒🍒🍐🍓🍍🥥🥦🥑 We continued on to Chester and stayed at @hallmarkhotels1 which was a great choice with beautifully decorated rooms. The only slight question mark would have been the breakfast... beans, toast, roasted tomatoes was what I could find and it definitely set me up for the day - but Not a veggie in sight!!! I know it is what a typical English breakfast looks like though.. I thought I could scrape the deep fried part off the hash brown and get the potato on the inside - guess what, didn’t quite work so I left it 😜 Had some strawberry jam on toast as well which has been a favourite of mine for ages, but I prefer to make my own jam with for example blackstrap molasses 🍓🍓🍓🍞 Oh and the gluten free pasta with a tomato sauce, spinach and olives I had at @urbano32chester and they were AMAZING at getting my order right ❤️❤️❤️ All oils removed and it tasted delicious. I also had the buttercup salad with avocado which was a mighty generous portion 😮😋 So a lovely weekend all in all, with little turnip having the time of his life at a sleepover with granny and cousin E 💚

So you guys may have seen this on my stories yesterday: a plant-based take on pad thai with a sauce made with tamarind paste, lime juice, maple syrup, a dash of Tamari sauce and hot boiled water. All stirred together in a mug then stirred through the veggies, tofu and noodles. The dish served with roasted peanuts, bean sprouts and coriander, and fresh lime to squeeze over it all 🌿 Little turnip tried it all and had a few bites but I think the sauce was a big much for him, so in the end I gave him some rice noodles, tofu and avocado 🥑 Today I have been planning this weekend’s trip up to Chester! I have looked up a few places on the way that provide vegan options (there are quite a few, yess!) although not sure we will be able to squeeze a restaurant trip in before the talk early afternoon. We do have an evening in Chester though so I will see what places we can find in town - I have heard some lovely things about it so looking forward to seeing the wall and everything for myself. If you guys have any recommendations please do send them this way 😊 . . #vegan #veganfood #plantbased #plantbasedpadthai #veganpadthai #padthai #vegantoddler @bamboo_bamboo.uk #bamboobamboo #healingwithfood #autoimmunedisease #inflammatoryarthritis #rheumatoidarthritis #delicious

Wedding food ❤️ I don’t think I posted this yet - it was my incredibly delicious plant-based no-oil wedding dinner back in Sweden! Starter was beetroot carpaccio, the main was herbed potatoes, roasted asparagus (asparagi?!) and mushrooms, and these blowing-your-socks-off lentil patties that were just insane 😭🤤😋 I asked for the recipe and it was just red lentils, spices and breadcrumbs to bind it I believe, so I am thinking it should be straightforward to replicate 😏 For canapés I had my own plate with avocado and cucumber salad cups that little turnip helped me put away! As for the last picture it wasn’t from the wedding but the day before, when we cooked at our beautiful air bnb: pasta carbonara with black beans, broccoli and salad 🥗 I had made the creamy sauce at mum and dad’s before we left for our journey so I could easily just stir it into the pasta - excellent idea as dinner took two secs to prep after a 4h car journey! I do find that prepping is key or you may find yourself with rubbish food options getting ha-angry 🙊 The air bnb was extraordinary so I will link it in my stories for anyone who is looking for an authentic Dalarna, Sweden-experience 🌲🐴❤️ . . #vegan #veganweddingfood #plantbased #beetrootcarpaccio #wfpb #wfpbno #love #lentilpatties #healingwithfood #autoimmunedisease #inflammatoryarthritis #rheumatoidarthritis #delicious #dalarna

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