WELCOME TO SPLASH OF TASTE
I’m Mandy, and it’s great to meet you!
I’m thrilled to have you here at Splash of Taste. It’s my little corner of the web filled with vegetarian recipes that I hope will spark your creativity and inspire your next kitchen adventure.
I’ve made it my mission to demystify meat-free cooking and help you whip up delicious recipes with ease.
Let’s get inspired and cook up something delicious together!
A veteran vegetarian of over 45 years, I turned veggie by choice at a time when vegetarian options were few and far between, and you’d get strange looks when you said you didn’t eat meat.
I quickly learned to cook for myself and mastered my kitchen and cooking skills to create tasty, nutritious, and varied food that was easy to make with a busy lifestyle.
Nowadays, we’re fortunate enough to live in a time when vegetarian foods are more accessible, so together, we can create amazing dishes for ourselves, our friends, and our family. I love to take the mystery out of dishes and make the recipes accessible to all levels of home cooks.
On Splash of Taste, you’ll find my favorite recipes that will appeal to the most devout meat eater, the flexitarian, the vegetarian, or vegan.
I’ve got you covered with hundreds of tasty dishes to suit everyone, and I’m so excited to share these vegetarian recipes with you.
What You’ll Find on Splash of Taste
You’ll find a broad mix of my favorite recipes, from appetizers to desserts; they are all suitable for lacto-ovo vegetarians. Not sure what type of vegetarian you’re cooking for, I’ve got a great post on different types of vegetarians; you should check it out. Check out all of my recipes, which are easy to follow with step-by-step instructions, including photographs.
You’ll find my favorite Stuffed Mushroom Appetizer, Hashbrown Casserole, delicious Nut Roast, right up to the impossible-to-resist Apple Pie Stuffed Cheesecake, and many more new favorites.
Fun Facts!
I’m an advanced Padi Scuba diver and have had the privilege of diving with the Thresher sharks in the Philippines, Manta Rays in the Maldives, and dolphins in Jamaica.
I’ve traveled to many different countries and tasted delicious foods; amongst my favorite countries for catering for vegetarians was India – the food is out of this world. Don’t go to fancy restaurants; go to the street vendors; they’ve got the flavors nailed.
Vietnam they really surprised me with the variety and the way they cared about cooking delicious vegetarian food for you. Europe, in general, is gearing up for vegetarians, slowly but surely, but the UK, I think, takes the lead.
My top tip to make sure your food is vegetarian-friendly is to ask your tour guide, your hotel concierge, or a trusted local person who understands to write in the local language that you are a vegetarian.
I found this out the hard way when I ate at a Buddhist vegetarian restaurant in Bejing, only to find that they used fish sauce in their dishes; not only do I not eat fish, but I’m allergic to the fish sauce – needless to say, I was very ill, and now I always get a note written.
Countries that weren’t so great for vegetarians were China and France, both of which don’t really embrace the concept of vegetarianism yet; hopefully, they’ll get there one day.
