Foodies Unite!

Welcome back to another sadly unimproved instalment of my travel blog. In the last three & a half weeks I've visited a lot of places (& yet still not enough), met a lot of people & most importantly, eaten a lot of food!

In my initial post I mentioned that this is the first time I have had to cook entirely for myself & my dear friend Kayler has also recently chosen to be a vegetarian, so I promised I would help her out with a few of my favourite recipes.


The first Saturday, on our coach tour of London, we stopped by St. Paul's Cathedral for coffee & biscuits in the crypt!

Close to campus there is a great pub called The Reach. We went there for drinks the first night I arrived, after 26 hours of travelling... & we've been there a few times since.

Last week, Maeve, Sydney, Hannah & I went to The Reach for dinner & it was great. We all ordered the same pesto pasta, just like home! Not having Casa's pasta leftovers in the fridge is what I'm missing the most.







Buying my own food, often means buying lots of snack food. I introduced Hannah to Camembert cheese & I've lost track of the amount we've eaten in the last week. Hummus has become another quick favourite.

Of course, living in London we all had to experience a full English breakfast, which in my opinion is not unlike a big Aussie brekky. We went to a pub in the city called The Punch, which is in a beautiful building with a fireplace and stained-glass windows.

Photo courtesy of Alicia!

So far we've been to the Camden markets twice, & the second time was specifically for food. We had Chinese take away followed by hot chips, gormet donuts, bubble tea & of course deep-fried Mars bars! Our front blue shop at home used to make these, so being reintroduced to the loves of my life after seven lonely years without them, was amazing.





Vegetarian Lasagna!

Step 1:  Soak the lasagna sheets in boiling water to soften them BEFORE you start... I have learnt from my mistakes.

Step 2:  Cook up two packets of Quorn* mince in a large saucepan with oil. When they have defrosted & softened add sauce of your choice. I usually use a combination of Worcestershire, Tomato & BBQ sauce, but I slightly changed this time because of the brands & products available here. Also add salt & pepper to your liking, chopped basil leaves & one finely diced onion.

Step 3:  Fry up some fresh veggies, you can also boil them if you prefer, but it's easier to fry them up & add in bits & pieces like sunflower & pumpkin seeds, & edamame beans. For this lasagne I used mushrooms, zucchini, green beans, edamame, pumpkin seeds, onion & broccoli.

This creates the next layer, on top of more lasagna sheets of course!

Step 4:  The final step is to top the veggies with more lasagna sheets, then a white/cheese sauce which can be bought in jars, or home-made. Then add as much or as little cheese of your choice & bake on medium heat for about half an hour. It shouldn't take too long - just until the cheese is brown on top, because the ingredients are already cooked.

Enjoy!
I also recently made a big batch of lentil curry, but didn't take photos, so maybe next time!





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Currently listening to & loving Paloma Faith's 2012 album Fall To Grace ♪  She performed at the Burberry show here in London yesterday! x
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