Recent Posts – Veggie Runners

26.2 Miles Wiser – Amsterdam marathon, race report

Given my advanced age (I am now approaching 142) and the fact that I’ve been running for decades, you’d think I’d have ran a squillion marathons, wouldn’t you? I’ve ran hundreds of races and done many, many very long runs (including my now infamous 96-mile run along the West Highland Way). My longest runs tend…

Sesame Baked Tofu with Aromatic Stir Fry

Photos by Zsolt – www.zsoltsandor.com One of our favourite restaurants in the whole wide world is Rebar in Victoria, British Columbia. We haven’t actually been everywhere in the whole wide world, of course, but we have been to this restaurant many times, mainly because a) it is wonderful and b) we used to live just up…

Beetroot, Feta and Pumpkin Seed Salad

(Photo taken by my lovely friend Elaina of Copenhagen blog Fint & Dejlig when she came to visit me in London). Beetroot can seem a bit scary in a Lady Macbeth looks-like-blood-down-the-plughole kind of way. But a) there are ways around this and b) the benefits of beetroot, particularly for runners, are well worth a…

Tofu Pho – What the pho? It’s Vietnamese noodle soup.

All over North America, there are restaurants that serve Pho, a Vietnamese noodle soup. And more often than not, they have a puntastic name (it’s said like our naughtiest swearword, without the ‘ck’ on the end) – “What the Pho” “Pho Sho” “Pho Shizzle”. So far, so good. (Who doesn’t love puns?!) But did I…

Running in Fuerteventura

Bibi recently wrote a great guest post for the Canadian blog Pathways to Life, called ‘Running, Away from Home’ (see what she did there?) The post was full of her top tips for getting in good runs while you’re travelling so I had a quick read before I went to do some warm weather training like…

The Best Roasted Butternut Squash Ever

I wouldn’t say this is the best unless it were true. Mum and I ate this as part of our carbo-loading feast before the Blenheim Palace Half-Marathon last week and we were still going on about how good it was at about mile 10. Mum has begged me to get this posted asap so that…

Creamy Mushroom and Spinach Lasagne

This dish was invented by my good friend, Cathie, when she invited me for Sunday lunch one day. To be honest, she wasn’t planning on innovating. She rang me and said: ‘What time are you coming? The chicken’s nearly ready.’ ‘But I don’t eat chicken,’ I replied. ‘You do eat chicken!’ she said. ‘I’ve seen…

Stilton, Spinach and Quinoa Risotto

I used to have a bit of a problem with quinoa, bothered its unfamiliarity (we didn’t have quinoa in Middlesbrough when I was a girl) and its stupid pronunciation (I say that not in a xenophobic way; I just didn’t get it! Or is that what a xenophobe would say…?) Anyway, quinoa – ‘keen-wah’ –…

Aubergine and Spinach Curry

I’ve heard people say they don’t like aubergines but, on closer investigation (just call me Ace Detective Janey Dodge), it’s rarely the taste that they object to. It’s the texture that generally seems to be the problem. They’re either not soft enough and have a kind of rubbery, teeth-on-edge consistency, or they’re too mushy and…

Guest Post on Culture Vultures

What’s mum’s response to the incredibly rude chat “I just find running boring”? We don’t just blog here! Mum recently posted on Culture Vultures on “Art & Running: What’s the connection?”