Before the New
Year it's always nice to remember the past year and reflect. So how
was actually my 2015? I think all in all quite busy and it went by
very quickly, but when looking back on the blog, it seems that I
managed to post a decent amount of posts as well, some more
innovative than the others. Here are some of my favourite recipes,
travels and happenings from this year and I have linked back to the
old posts. I hope that you'll like this post.
This year I found
a passion for Lebanese cooking and it started directly in January
with a Lebanese dirty rice recipe. That dish has become a
standard in my cooking, but I also tried other Lebanese recipes
throughout the year. I really like the Roasted cauliflower in tahini sauce as well. This meant that I also cooked quite a lot
vegan this year without even necessarily noticing it.
In February I
cooked Sesame-roasted tofu with satay sauce and broccoli and
Lentil pancakes with chilli butter and really enjoyed both
interesting dishes. We also travelled to Bruges and what a
lovely town it was with excellent bars and veggie food. We took the
Eurostar, which is always a great experience. I'm only wondering when
can I go back!?
In March I shared
such recipes as Glamorgan sausages with potato mash and salad,
Blood orange, courgette and mozzarella salad and Irish Colcannon. I can't wait for the blood orange season again, what
will I cook with them now?
April was a busy
month of travelling for me, as I went for a couple of trips, first
to Copenhagen and Malmö with my partner over Easter and then
on my own to Finland to visit my family. Cauliflower nuggets, Potato pizza and Minestrone are among my
favourite recipes from this month.
May
was quite hedgehog themed. I drank Old Prickly beer, made Hedgehog shaped ravioli, baked Potato and rosemary focaccias and did
several local trips to New Forest,
Oxford and Isle of Purbeck. I also spent the
last days of this year in Oxford. It's always a pleasure visiting the
pubs and botanic gardens there and I'm going to write another Oxford
post as soon as I have time.
My
favourites from June are Couscous with red lentils and roasted carrots, Courgette Baba Ganoush, Onion squash quesadilla and Black bean and soya mince tacos with roasted peppers, cheese and tomato salsa.
I had
a tomato themed cooking week in July, The VegHog's Tomato Festival with many vegetarian
tomato recipes posted during that week, and that was a lot of fun. I
might repeat the event next year, but we'll see when the season
comes. In July I also cooked some Spicy veggie dogs
and Sea vegetable paella and
Mushroom and pearled spelt cabbage roulades.
I had a longer
summer holiday in August and headed to Finland again, where
else. I had a great time visiting family and different places.
Holiday also means Back to work at some point, and I started
sharing some of my work packed lunches with you, a post series that
I'm keen to continue in the New Year. I was really happy that I
finally managed to make Koshari, a very tasty Egyptian dish.
December was full
of Christmas preparations and I spent yet another family Christmas in Finland.
These posts are
very recent, so I'm only going to mention one interesting one:
Chestnut and shallot tarte tatin, which makes a very good
vegetarian Christmas centrepiece. Feel free to look back at the other
December posts, if you want.
Now my friends, I
would like to wish you a very happy New Year, may all your wishes
come true in 2016! I will now withdraw myself to my English sparkling
wine from Hattingley Valley, cheers! See you next year!
Your VegHog
