Introduction to the vegetable patch diaries

My story starts with 'a guy', Freddo. He’s a vegetarian. After spending a lot of time with him in 2012, I found myself eating only vegetarian food around him (I don’t really know why or how that came about – but it did). A year later, and still spending a lot of time with him, I found myself making a 2013 commitment – to try vegetarianism.

I had given this a lot of consideration for several months beforehand, and like anyone I had concerns; “can I do it?” and “how will I manage without nandos and burger king?!”. I wondered if I would cope, and today, still wonder (i’m only 19 days into my new food lifestyle!). To go from eating meat every day to suddenly go cold turkey – pun intended. And i’m not sure if you’ve ever picked up a menu but most restaurants I went to in 2012 with Freddo didn’t have a generous or great selection of vegetarian food.

Now I’ve obviously gone to the wrong places to find good vegetarian food. There are approx 3.6m vegetarians in the UK (google was my “source”) so where do they eat? I’m on the search for delicious food – that’s vegetarian. I’ll blog about places that serve exciting vegetarian food, and along the way also attempt to cook some tasty meals. I know there is interesting vegetarian food out there and I am determined to find it (and eat it). I also invite you to tell me about your experiences and recommend some great vegetarian places to eat at, and recipes to try.