Quicklinks
Posted by kathryn in Sustainablity, Breakfast, Salads and Main courses
- The Great Big Vegetable Challenge: The Great Big Vegetable Challenge has charted one family’s attempt to convert vegie-phobic children into vegetable lovers. They’ve come to the end of the alphabet and are challenging you to make a vegetable face.
- Strawberry salad: I love the strawberry salad on this post from Just Braise. Leaves, kohlrabi, fresh herbs, strawberries and goats’ cheese. Light and delicious.
- Sustainable food: Interesting debate on The Gobbler about the possible backlash against eating seasonally and ethically.
- Spinach rice gratin: This week I made Heidi’s spinach rice gratin. It’s delicious and super-easy. In fact it fits into the one pot category. Next time I’d just add a bit more veg – maybe some peas, or a bit of steamed brocolli.
- Different breakfast idea: I like the breakfast idea at Flexitarian Menu barley porridge with red kidney beans. Add some cinnamon and sweeten with a bit of maple syrup. Yum.
- What are Pringles made of? A British High Court recently ruled that pringles are not chips or crisps, because they’re only 42 percent potato. More on Weighty Matters.
18 July, 2008
Comments
Thanks for the mention – COME ON ALL YOU AUSSIE VEGETABLE FACE MAKERS!
Charlotte
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I love your blog, and glad to have stumbled here from heidi’s! you have some really useful stuff about health and food!
btw, I’m running a healthy cooking recipe event on my blog, and it’d be great if you could participate!
good stuff – thanks Kathryn – I pointed out to E about the pringles not being chips or crisps and he asked what are they – frankenstein of crisp – I read the weight matters discussion and was no wiser (just glad that it is a rare day that these appear in our house). Does seem yet another sneaky food re your recent post.
Hi Johanna – the topic came up because of discussions in the UK about whether Pringles should be subject to VAT (like our GST). Crisps do have VAT added on to their price, so by arguing they are not a crisp Pringles have ensured their product is tax free and can be sold more cheaply than competitors. As to what they actually are – a combination of 42% potato, flours, starches, fats, emulsifiers and seasonings extruded and processed together? Very far from a natural food anyway!
Thanks for the info Kathryn but that is so depressing that they are proud to be full of junk and cheaper! Will make me even less likely to buy them.
Glad you liked the gratin Kathryn! Best, Heidi
Oh yes Heidi – I like the gratin a lot!
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