Adrians intro

Hello,
this blog is primarily for my children, so that they can recreate the flavours of their childhood.
A few of these recipes came from recipe books 30 or 40 years ago but many are vegan versions of my mother's cooking or made up by me to nourish growing children and family.
As the years have gone by and fortunately there have been quite a few, the vegan way of living is even more essential and obvious. Seventy billion yes SEVENTY BILLION is the estimate for animals bred and killed for nothing other than to make money for massive corrupt corporations and indulge the jaded ignorant taste buds, not the needs of badly informed indulgent human beings. This is madness.
There are many people in the world who live perfectly normal lives on a meat free diet, like the Hindus of India, most Asian Buddhists, and many people in Africa and Europe. So why do we create and terminate 70 billion, consuming so much food and water when we could consume the food and water ourselves and feed every one on the planet without destroying it.
Every life form on this planet is in hell, if you are not enslaved you are exterminated as a pest or in most cases treated horrendously then eaten. Please read "Doctor Rat" by William Kotzwinkle.
So enough of the rant, I could go on endlessly about veganism and the primitive need of humans to KILL and lie and dominate, I hope there is still scope for us to evolve into compassionate, caring and intelligent animals.
Before I close PLEASE READ one of the best books to prove the case for veganism which is "Food for a Future" the complete case for vegetarianism by Jon Wynne Tyson. An excellent book.
He also wrote "The Extended Circle" a dictionary of humane thought, wonderful reading.
Enjoy the recipes x

29/02/2020 UPDATE

As I have grown older, monitoring my body over many years, I have reconfirmed the conclusion that whole foods are definitely the best. Having eaten some white bread, white pasta or white rice I realised that the effect on my system was unpleasant so now avoid where ever possible.
So whole wheat bread and pasta, brown rice and brown flour in cakes and pastries, everything whole grain. Processed foods of any kind should be kept to a minimum so the less processes a food goes through the better quality of balanced nutrition available.

15/04/2020 UPDATE

Corona virus originated from a mutated animal virus possibly from overcrowding and overbreeding and being kept in appalling conditions APPARENTLY. Or maybe it was manufactured in a laboratory in China.

Climate damage/warming that is detrimental to our existence is happening mainly because of breeding 70 BILLION animals a year.
Both of these facts that seem undeniable if you do just a little research tell us that we have to stop using animals in such a disrespectful brutal manner. Obviously I would say the whole world should be vegan, wouldn't that be amazing, but I am a realist so while people fight their addiction to meat just to slowly cut down would be a start because once on a path curiosity should inspire further advances.
So its not any longer an elephant in the room but a cow, pig, chicken, baby lamb or any other unfortunate victim of ignorance in the room that is not being debated let alone being acted upon. Maybe there is a chance for change but I have a sneaking suspicion that there is too much money and power involved with banks and corporations who invest in, among other things, PORK BELLIES.
I can only have hope and optimism for my children, grand children and all people younger than me as I will not be here by the time change does come, if at all, good luck to a species with incredible potential.

16/09/2020 how to be a vegan

So just a few things to think about to help dispel the scaremongering of being a vegan. I am 66 years old and have been a vegan for 46 years, I have never taken a supplement as there is no need to waste your money when you can get everything you need from food and after all these years I am still working physically hard as a gardener . I was talking to a friend today who was concerned about protein in a vegan diet to which I replied that if you combine a pulse and a grain, and there are many examples like beans on toast or rice and dhal which millions in Asia depend on, you will have a first class protein without all the negative energy of eating a corpse.

Also vitamin B12 has been flagged up as a problem in a vegan diet because apparently it is only available from meat sources BUT I read recently that B12 is only in the flesh of animals because they ingest soil as they browse and the B12 is in the soil so don't scrub your veggies too much and remember that many vegan products have B12 in them like my favourite yeast extract, NATEX original, soya milk and other things, another good reason to read the packaging.

Do not worry about being a vegan, with common sense, a little research and a varied balanced diet you will be fine, in fact you will feel a lot better in every way. You are not part of a daily holocaust of suffering, you will think a lot clearer and be more positive for having adopted a truly compassionate life/principal.

With love, have a wonderful life with a clear conscience and a peaceful death confident in the knowledge that you did the right thing and stopped being party to killing of any kind because we all consider our lives to be very precious including all other living things.