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Just finished an enormous plateful of Caponata + Greek salad (substituting vegan feta for dairy version). I made the caponata last night and the flavours had really matured by lunchtime today. So filling, I didn't need any starchy element.

I like the Tofoo brand available in Sainsbury's because it is firmer than Cauldron. I cook with the plain variety but often eat the smoked as it is, in salads or on a (low carb bread) sandwich - TLT is good! (tofu, lettuce and tomato)

I make my own too - much nicer and a lot cheaper than the stuff you can buy. Good that it freezes well - I'm a fan of batch cooking.

Sorry to hear you are feeling de-motivated, ShellyDubs - join the club! I'm having (?unrelated) health issues at the moment and having a hard time keeping going with the healthy lifestyle, especially exercise. However, as a veteran T2 of 12 years' standing, I know that I will start to feel...

Just tried Vivera 'feta' cheese which wasn't bad but not punchy enough for my liking. I'm now marinating the rest of the pack in olive oil, garlic and oregano and will see what that is like. I put Vivera by mistake - it was really Violife! The marinated version did taste much better so will do...

12 years so far on low carb and exercise with occasional lapses (don't we all?) Never been on medication but did drop about 25 kilos when first diagnosed which I have kept off, although it would be good to lose more!

I went back to trying to eat vegan again this January and am currently managing about 95% (sometimes need to compromise on cheese when eating out). I would love to maintain a keto vegan regime but I get so hungry! And I couldn't survive without beans which I eat as my main source of carbs as...

It's been a while since I was there but I remember lots of wonderful salads, cooked and raw, served up as part of a mezze spread. Of course, If you eat dead stuff, Essouira is famed for its seafood. Have a great time!

I had severe scalp psoriasis for 4 years which was definitely related to stress. After trying the conventional medical route of stronger and stronger topical applications, I asked the consultant dermatologist if he was hopeful of ever curing it. When he said 'No', I discharged myself from...

This time, deciding how to vote is a total nightmare because I'm not happy about any of the parties. I don't think I will know who I'm voting for until I get to the polling station. The only thing I am sure of is that it WON'T be Conservative. Don't understand how anyone can ever think how they...

Was it Ghandhi who said if everyone took an eye for an eye, we would all be blind?

I had been eating low carb, mainly veggie for about six months and then a friend sent me a link to a vegan activist talk which stopped me in my tracks and I went vegan overnight. Not only overnight, but the day before a week's holiday on Lake Garda! Can you imagine trying to eat vegan AND...

I'm 67 and devastated about the Leave vote. All my oldie friends are also depressed. We are European and proud of it. What I don't appreciate is young people blaming my generation for the actions of a cross-section of the voting public. Things are never that simple, as they'll learn when they...

I enjoy a square of very dark chocolate occasionally but the best I've had this year was some amazingly delicious hand-made, raw 90% no sugar chocolate which I found in Seville in January and which I eked out to last 3 months (honest!) Now kicking myself that I didn't bring back a lot more. Not...

In my home, we make milk kefir (husband) and also coconut kefir (me). I bought my original kefir grains from Happy Kombucha http://happykombucha.co.uk/collections/all-kefir-grains-and-kits because this site had been recommended as selling high quality grains. They also have useful video...

Yesterday I had: B: Avocado/tomatoes/cucumber + red pepper hummus with 2 slices of my nut bread. 2 freshly brewed coffee with soya milk and one small glass of home-made coconut kefir L: 2 egg mushroom omelette + salad D: Pork chop on a bed of braised leeks and garlic with stir-fried sprouts...

I got the book (well, the Kindle version) after reading about it on this forum but realise it won't work for me because it requires too much attention to detail. Having a mildly obsessive personality, I know I would spend all day measuring, weighing and recording, leaving no time for anything...

Since starting a low carb diet regime, this has improved a lot: down from 4 or 5 visits to the loo per night to 1 or 2 (sometimes none!) And I drink lots of water...

Faith in Nature and Dr Bronner's pure castille liquid soap are also good. Get them from health food shops. A little goes a long way.

Planning to stay dairy free for the foreseeable future since I have found decent substitutes for most things and my cheese craving is definitely diminishing now. I'm trying out lots of things at the moment, including giving up alcohol for a year (nearly 4 months so far) - I think my improved...