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Healthy Vegan - Caribbean Coconut Vegetable 'Rundown': Squash, Peppers, Sweetcorn and Greens

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I've read about 'Rundowns' in a number of my vegetarian cookbooks, to name a few:  Delicious Jamaica ;   Caribbean & African Cookery , and  The Rasta Cookbook ,  but never got round to making any of the recipes in these cookbooks at home.   But when I saw it on the menu at a restaurant in the big, bustling and diverse city of Bristol, England, I just had to have it.   We went there a couple of years back with friends from Brittany.  I had the Rastafari Rundown with butter beans, corn cob, greens carrot, sweet potato, herbs, coconut milk served with Rice'n'peas and fried dumplings.  It came in an oval shaped enamel pot.   It was my first time and it was really good.  However, the second time we went there, it was not so good - the rice was not good at all and sadly the dumplings were stale, we never went back again.  Anyway, a 'rundown' is a method of reducing coconut milk slowly to achieve a thick creamy sauce, it is usua...

Healthy Vegan - Not 'Corned Beef' and Cabbage

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Ah loving October so far, the changing colours of the dancing trees, the falling crisp leaves beneath my feet.  I like this weather as long as it stays dry, I  just don't want it to rain and feel like a soggy wet sock.  I am looking forward to wrapping up warm in my snugly jumpers, knitted and crochet scarves and hats, but right now its just blooming beautifully fresh and I am liking it.    Its been a day of house-cleaning, scrubbing, laundering and vacuum cleaning, but then it was time for a late, late brunch.   This  Not 'Corned Beef' and Cabbage is  adapted from    Caribbean Modern by Shivi Ramoutar ,     and made suitable for vegetarians  (and vegans if you omit the fried egg).  In place of the thick flakes of corned beef, I had reconstituted soy mince, I think it worked very well.    When I placed this plate in front of D I have to say, he didn't think much of it.  The cooked strands of cabb...