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Beyond Lettuce
http://beyondlettuce.wordpress.com
The aim of beyondlettuce is to defeat the common misconception that a vegetarian lifestyle is all about tasteless tofu and women with unshaved armpits.
In fact, there is such a thing as a vegetarian gourmet!
Recent Posts
Isa’s Pasta
This is a recipe for 4 persons, tested on Friday night. It was a huge success. It can be made with or without tempeh (fermented soy beans) as a ground meat-ersatz. It’s a nice recipe for the winter months, where fresh tomatoes are too watery to...
Spinach with creamy peanut sauce
A very easy and fast recipe, really. I use deepfrozen spinach for this, which I prepare in my steamer. This is what you’ll need to make the peanut sauce: 125ml or half a cup of peanut butter 3 tablespoons of toasted peanuts (non salted) 125ml...
Delicious Japanese Soup with Ginger Infused Tempeh
When I started this blog a month ago, I thought that tempeh was a Japanese avantgarde designer. Today I know better. Tempeh is a traditional Indonesian fermented soybean cake. It is absolutely delicious and can be used as vegetarian “meat...
Try out my recipes and save the planet!
On October 15th, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind - the environment. Every blogger will post about the environment in their own way and relating to their own topic. Here’s what beyondlett...
Would you eat him?
An excellent podcast episode from CompassionateCooks.com The practice of eating animals is a culturally ingrained habit. If you’re in the U.S., you might dine on pigs, cattle, and chickens; if you’re in Mexico, you might feast on goats...
Fennel and black olives pasta with roasted garlic-parsley oil
Don’t be afraid, this is a really simple recipe, despite its very long title. It is originally by Denis Cotter but I’ve adapted it to my own taste. Denis Cotter is an Irish chef whose restaurant “Cafe Paradiso” gets ravi...

