Martini Food, Other Vegetables, Posts, Vegan, Vegetables

Crunchy Air Fryer Aubergine (Eggplant)

This is a really easy and very tasty way to prepare eggplant / aubergine using your air fryer. Continue reading Crunchy Air Fryer Aubergine (Eggplant)

themartinisocialistSeptember 12, 2023April 7, 20262 Comments

Corn, Martini Food, Posts, Vegan

Popcorn Recipes

These are some easy popcorn recipes to mix up your repertoire. Continue reading Popcorn Recipes

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Fruit, Martini Food, Posts, sweet, Vegan

Physalis – my (second) Favourite Martini Fruit

My favourite martini fruit will always be a good quality lemon. Let’s get that out of the way right now. Unless we’re talking about lemons, or the (let’s be honest: somewhat lower deck) world of fruity cocktails, martinis and fruit tend not to mix very often. Sometimes there’s grapefruit, lime or orange peel – the citrus world is certainly compatible as a garnish for gin. … Continue reading Physalis – my (second) Favourite Martini Fruit

themartinisocialistAugust 5, 2023April 4, 20262 Comments

Legumes, Martini Food, Posts, Vegan, Vegetables

A Martini with Wasabi Peas

A (non-scientific) experiment to deduce the quality of locally procured wasabi peas to accompany my martini. Pending academic peer review. Continue reading A Martini with Wasabi Peas

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Legumes, Martini Food, Posts, Vegan, Vegetables

Edamame for your Martini

Edamame or soy beans served lightly boiled and salted in their pods are a traditional drinking snack from Japan and they go beautifully with a martini. They’re even healthy! Continue reading Edamame for your Martini

themartinisocialistMay 21, 2023April 4, 20263 Comments

Martini Food, Posts, Sea Vegetables, Vegan

A Roasted Seaweed Snack

If you live somewhere around the UK coast, you may have access to gutweed (Ulva intestinalis), which you can harvest, wash and roast into a highly tasty snack. If the sea in your area is clean, head to a rocky beach and seek out rockpools, and/or areas where fresh water runs into the sea. Here you may find bright green, but somewhat unappetisingly named ‘gutweed’. … Continue reading A Roasted Seaweed Snack

themartinisocialistApril 12, 2022April 17, 20241 Comment

Martini Food, Salad, Vegan

Miso Cucumber Canapés

These are easy but tasty martini canapes using only cucumber and miso paste for a refreshing, healthy, salty-umami vegan bite. Continue reading Miso Cucumber Canapés

themartinisocialistMarch 19, 2022April 17, 20243 Comments

Martini Food, Nuts, Posts, Vegan

Hazelnut snacks

Hazelnuts have been consumed by humans for thousands of years. I am currently on the Island of Mull in the Hebrides. On the nearby island of Colonsay evidence suggests that local residents were consuming large amounts of the nut in 7000BC. The Hebrides can often feel very far from civilisation so the fact that people living here enjoyed this tasty snack several millennia before … Continue reading Hazelnut snacks

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