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Another long working week and I am so glad its Friday. Let the weekend begin.   I made this vegan Beetroot and Soy Lambless Curry last week with one of the beetroots that was bestowed upon me by a friend of a friend who has an allotment.  I made Beetroot Chutney with one of it and the other, I made this Pakistani Beetroot Curry. I've had beetroot in a curry before,  Sri Lankan Beetroot Curry and Red Onion, Red Cabbage and Beetroot Curry In some South Asians home cooking beetroot with lamb known as Chukhandar Gosht  is quite popular, I have to admit it was not smoothing I grew up eating, but when I saw the recipe a few years back on blogosphere, I bookmarked to make a vegetarian version of it with faux meat.  Well here it is, the 'lamb' is replaced with vegamigo  Soy Schnetzel  which I used for my Ethiopian Tibs recipe.  I have found  Soy Schnetzel  so much nicer than supermarket brand faux soy pieces. The curry is a t...

The past month, I have been making, baking and eating some variation of Plum Cake, but this is one  of the most delicious cakes I have made in a while.  As much as D likes chocolate, he is not really a fan of chocolate flavoured things but he also adored this too. The sponge was almost fondant like, perhaps my whipping and whisking made a difference this time. I am sharing this follow the recipe here , but reduce the flour by 50grams and replace it with 50grams cocoa powder. 

Even though I had a busy week at work and was looking forward to a low action chilled weekend, we had already unknowingly made plans for the weekend and there was no lazing around. First there was Saturday: there was the annual  Elvis Festival in Porthcawl and then Sunday I wanted to go the first Vegan Welsh Festival in Cardiff.  A few years ago we were excited to find out about the  Elvis Festival in Porthcawl .  Apparently it the world largest Elvis festival.  Its now in its 12th year and of course, D as an Elvis Presley fan just had to attend (and for those of you curious, no there was no Elvis quiff).   For those of you who have not heard it this event, every September thousands of Elvis Presley fans and impersonators mostly from around the U.K descend upon the Welsh seaside town of Porthcawl in South Wales. During the annual Elvis Festival Porthcawl gets dubbed at Porth Vegas! Here is when we went to the  Elvis Festival in 2014 ....

Wow, what a jam packed weekend I have had.   Yesterday we went to the annual  Elvis Festival in Porthcawl  and this morning to the first Vegan Welsh Vegan Festival in Cardiff.  I apologise in advance, I know my photographs are not great, but one reason this time that is legitimate is that the venue The Tramshed which is a theatre was a dark venue. I did my best for the stall holders there to showcase their vegan offerings.   I have to kick start with Cafe Atma which is based in Cardiff.  Here are three burgers Chakra Burger, Babu Burger and The Nutty One.    Falafel Wrap and Kofta Wrap Gav and his colleague are from Tandoori Q  .  On my wish list is one of their Tandoori Ovens, my father would be pleased.     Mex It Up cooking up some Jackfruit on twitter .   A brand of Elephants Jackfruit new to me   Fair Foods Catering    Sharaf Natural Foods Vegetarian Food Studi...