All our posts - page 18
04 June 2011
Recipe For Vegan Tofu And Coconut Curry
Continuing with our vegetarian fest after a successful week during National Vegetarian Week, I was craving a spicy curry that the kids would enjoy but would also be vegetarian - they are beginning to want some meat, but are just about hanging in ther...
Read more29 May 2011
Recipe For Axel's Vegan Mung Bean And Tofu Soup
This week is National Vegetarian Week and we have been enjoying new and wonderful vegetarian recipes including Sally's new recipes for Moroccan Vegetable Stew and Vegetable Fajitas that we have added to the main Steenbergs website.
Read more25 May 2011
Recipe For Traditional Style Rogan Josh
As part of my ongoing attempts to create Indian recipes that have some bearing on genuineness, I have been fiddling around with rogan josh ideas. Rogan josh is a signature dish for British curry houses, but was originally a North Indian meat dish th...
Read more18 May 2011
Context...Social Dividends And Choosing Charities For Steenbergs Web-shop
So following on from my last blog, we see Steenbergs' brand as being entangled with our range, the quality of our products and the context of these products. Where the spices, teas and blend ideas come from tells us about different cultures around t...
Read more16 April 2011
Bake A Coffee Cake To Put A Spring Back Into Your Step
I am going through one of those slow patches with an enthusiasm level akin to the doldrums, full of periods of calm, then storms, but all interspersed with light winds. Nothing much seems to be working, with nowt falling into place. It is as if you...
Read more28 March 2011
Weird Science As Explained To Emmy The Dog
I have been reading “How to Teach Quantum Physics to your Dog” by Chad Orzel, because I love reading about quantum physics, relativity and the creation of universe, partly as I am a geek and also as I do not understand what is going on at all and rec...
Read more27 February 2011
Go On Enjoy A Bowl Of Bitter Organic Matcha Tea
"A bitter pill to swallow" is a classic idiom of the english language that implies that medicine often comes in the form of a bitter pill, but that it is worth suffering that taste for the benefits that should flow. Life has changed and many bitter...
Read more22 February 2011
Brussels Sprouts And Chestnuts With Maple Glaze - A Recipe
I have never liked brussels sprouts, feeling they were the devil's food rather than the fairy cabbages that friends have sought to con their children with. I have always dreaded Christmas lunch with the obligatory brussels sprouts or as in my case s...
Read more20 February 2011
My Dilemma With The Alternative Vote System
With the impending referendum on the Alternative Vote System, it seemed appropriate to rehash my thoughts on this area. I had my first foray into considering the election system during the General Election in May 2010, and having favoured the first-...
Read more18 January 2011
Recipe For Steak And Kidney Pudding
As I reviewed fellow bloggers December posts over last week, I realised how active everyone had been in early January, as if a new start has been made and like January joggers everyone is making the most of New Year's intentions so casually made duri...
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