Tag: thai

chickpea and roasted sweet potato salad with a thai coconut dressing

chickpea and roasted sweet potato salad with a thai coconut dressing

It is summer time, so my thoughts have naturally turned to salads. I love salads that are a whole meal. Don’t get me wrong, I’m fine with green salads, but I tend to think of them as a side dish, rather than the main event. This is 

tom yum

tom yum

I’m sitting and writing this post with all the effects of eating a wonderful bowl of fragrant, hot, sour and salty tom yum soup. Tissues at the ready, hiccups from the chillies. And loving it. My family all love Thailand and Thai food, a legacy of 

thai yellow curry with seitan and potatoes

thai yellow curry with seitan and potatoes

When I was in Sydney a couple of weeks ago I bought some handmade seitan from Suzy Spoon’s Vegetarian Butcher. You can also buy seitan or soy mock meats at a lot of Asian grocers – my favourite is Vincent’s Vegetarian. If you’ve never been to