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  • Megan Young - Vegetarian, Home Cook, Photographer

    Megan is an Australian professional photographer who lives in Sydney.

    "I have been cooking since I can remember and a vegetarian almost as long. I was working in my aunt and cousin's restaurant by the age of 12 and spent many a summer holiday from school elbow deep in veg prep in kitchens around Hobart.

    Growing up in beautiful Tasmania, Australia, surrounded by nature, I couldn’t help but have a well-developed appreciation for fresh, wholesome and local produce. Over the years this love of fresh produce has awakened my interest in nutrition. I am currently studying nutrition and never cease to be amazed by the power of food."

    Loves: My crazy husband James, laughing till my face hurts, the feeling of warm sunshine on my back, cheesy pop country music, great Thai take away, trawling the aisles in health food stores.

    Wishes: There were more hours in the day, I had my own veggie garden, there were more good, healthy, vegetarian and vegan choices in restaurants.

Tasty Ten Winter: Flavour Explosion Vegetable and Tempeh Curry

The Healthy Weekday Menu Guide The guide is made up of ten tasty recipes that can be made from a list of 26 basicView full post »

Veggie Week – Quinoa Sushi

This coming week is National Vegetarian Week in Ireland. I am sending a huge shout out to my Irish friends and familyView full post »

Fennel and Red Cabbage Coleslaw

Heading out tonight to watch the Eurovision 2012 final with a group of friends at Danika’s house. As I will beView full post »

Potato and Veggie Gratin with Cashew Cream

As much as I do love potato it is not a vegetable I eat frequently as there are so many other less starchy veggieView full post »

Banana Protein Bread

I have baked home made protein bars before but this weekend wanted to try a healthier option of one of the naughty foodsView full post »

Versatile Chickpea and Veggie Salad

What is a great source of zinc, folate, protein and dietary fibre?… And is low is fat? The answer: chickpeas. I amView full post »

Protein Packed Post Workout Stir Fry

This morning I had the first of my very tough leg workouts as part of my 12 week program. My legs have already turned toView full post »

New Look Me – Personal Challenge

I guess this could be read as a sort of Manifesto or perhaps the public declaration of a personal challenge. With theView full post »

Vegan Apple and Blackberry Crumble

Just found this recipe berried in the my the archive from last year. I was thinking about vegan recipes after watchingView full post »

Weekend Lunch Caprese Bruschetta

This morning revealed another sucessful shopping trip to Eveleigh Farmers’ Market. This time I stocked up, bigView full post »

New Blog Design Launch Party

Thank you very much to all my beautiful friends who came for lunch today to help me celebrate the new look Veggies andView full post »

Easter Egg and Mushroom Omelette

Happy Easter everyone. I hope you have a lovely relaxing Easter Holiday planned. After a very successful trip to theView full post »

Best on show – Eveleigh Farmers Market

This weekend I went to check out Eveleigh Farmers’ Market which runs every Saturday, from 8am to 1pm in Darlington,View full post »

Grated radish makes a salad ROCK!

Grated radish is my new favourite salad ingredient. Try it out!View full post »

Real Tomato Ketchup

As you know I like to cook from scratch and keep things fresh and healthy. Occasionally though, store bought sauces haveView full post »

Follow Veggies and Me on Instagram

Good Morning Beautiful Veggies and Me People. Have you checked out my photo feed on Instagram? You can see newView full post »

Coeliac friendly Vegetarian Cooking

Coeliac Awareness Week 2012 from 13-20 March These days everyone knows a Coeliac or someone with wheat intolerance.View full post »

Weekend Vegetarian Breakfast and Lunch

These days I am living in Five Dock (Sydney) and my local bakery is the Habberfield institution, Pasticceria Papa. ThisView full post »

Tomato and Bean Soup

One of my favorite things about fruit and vegetable shopping is picking out the bags of in-season produce that are beingView full post »

Strawberry Salad as part of your Meatless Monday Menu

Defined on Wikipedia as an international campaign that encourages people to not eat meat on Mondays to improve theirView full post »

Posh Zucchini (Courgette) Bake

Today I am continuing on with the Zucchini theme as they continue to be in plentiful supply. I grew up eating this dishView full post »

Zucchini (Courgette) and Bean Soup

For those of us in the Southern Hemisphere you will notice that Zucchini is now in season. My Mum’s garden isView full post »

Lemon Myrtle Scones

Callington Mill, in Oatlands, has been one of the stops on our Tasmanian travels. I has been very interested to learnView full post »

Tasmanian Spiced Cherries

A great day out from Hobart is a drive down the Huon Valley. This is a wonderful experience in either winter or summerView full post »