{"id":10543,"date":"2015-12-04T17:04:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T17:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=10543"},"modified":"2015-12-04T17:04:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T17:04:39","slug":"making-vegetarianism-attractive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/making-vegetarianism-attractive","title":{"rendered":"Making Vegetarianism Attractive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ever wondered if grain-free vegetarian food could be appealing as well as enjoyable? That\u2019s what Lucy Robinson has been doing since the last thirty years: making vegetarianism the new attraction.<\/h2>\n<p>For Lucy Robinson vegetables are the love of her life. Be it artichokes, beetroot or spinach, Lucy can create a delicious recipe out of any vegetable, even the ones you hate. From the appealing kebabs or to the tortillas, everything she makes is vegetarian as well as grain-free.<br \/>\nVegetarian and grain-free, that\u2019s unheard of, isn\u2019t it? But, for Lucy that was there was no other option. In her 20s while living in the beautiful city of Paris, working on her PhD sounds, she pretty much seemed to have the ideal life but that wasn\u2019t the case. \u201cI became increasingly became depressed. I could do my research but I couldn\u2019t hold it in my head,\u201d she says. On a friend\u2019s suggestion she got tested for wheat allergy and turned out she was severely allergic to wheat.<\/p>\n<p>As her condition worsened, another friend suggested to go to a naturopath. It was diagnosed that Lucy is deeply intolerant to meat and all kinds of grain, including sugar derived from sugar cane which is a grain. \u201cHe said if I became vegetarian, I would be fine. And four days later I felt like a six year old. Ever since, I haven\u2019t touched grains and meat.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Fighting Spirit<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">With the kind of food restrictions Lucy had to live with it could have easily turned her everyday diet into bland, unexciting food for the rest of her life. But instead, she saw this has an opportunity to be creative and experiment. \u201cThis might have been a culinary life-sentence but I\u2019ve always been an adventurous eater and saw this as an exciting new challenge to experiment with palette of tastes,\u201d she says.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10631\" style=\"width: 638px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Musician-and-a-cook.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10631\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Musician-and-a-cook.jpg\" alt=\"A musician and a chef.\" width=\"638\" height=\"359\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10631\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Musician-and-a-cook.jpg\" alt=\"A musician and a chef.\" width=\"638\" height=\"359\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> A musician and a chef.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>From a Chef to an Author<\/h4>\n<p>Lucy has come a long way ever since. A musician by profession, Lucy Robinson was the Head of Postgraduate Studies and Research in Royal Welsh School of Music in Cardiff where she now teaches part-time. She plays the viola da gamba and has performed in various places such as Wigmore Hall in London and Sydney Opera House. This year he released her first book, The Grain-Free Vegetarian which is a repertoire of innovative recipes over the decades<\/p>\n<p>.\u201cI never planned on writing the book. It just happened,\u201d Lucy says. It all started with one simple gesture. One of her teachers, Wieland Kuijiken would invite all the international students to his home for lunch with his 7 children. So when Lucy started teaching, she followed his tradition. \u201cMy students enjoyed my cooking very much. At first they said: \u2018why don\u2019t you write a cookery book?\u2019 And once I agreed, their question changed to: \u2018when is your cookery book coming out?\u2019 It all happened because of them,\u201d she says with a broad smile.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10644\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Grain-Free-Vegetarian.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10644\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Grain-Free-Vegetarian.jpg\" alt=\"The Grain-Free Vegetarian by Lucy Robinson\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Grain-Free-Vegetarian.jpg 337w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Grain-Free-Vegetarian-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10644\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Grain-Free-Vegetarian.jpg\" alt=\"The Grain-Free Vegetarian by Lucy Robinson\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Grain-Free-Vegetarian.jpg 337w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Grain-Free-Vegetarian-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Grain-Free Vegetarian by Lucy Robinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Through this fascinating journey, she found her four most important men, her husband and her three sons, constantly by her side. \u201cI brought up my sons as vegetarians and everything was grain-free but they could have bread. And it was noticeable how healthy they were,\u201d say the proud mother. An ideal Christmas day special at her home is the Mock Goose which has everything except goose.<\/p>\n<h4>Know what you eat<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Lucy believes in organic food, buys vegetables only from the Farmer\u2019s Market and off the shelf is a big no for her. She grows vegetables such as pumpkins, asparagus, herbs and artichokes in her backyard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">She goes on to say, \u201cAlex (middle son) who came home asked me if I was buying Peruvian asparagus. Well, I wasn\u2019t because of the air miles. And apparently the Westerners grow the asparagus in Peru, damming up the main rivers leaving no water for the local people to grow their crop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just about what\u2019s healthy for her, it\u2019s about the planet. We should always know the where we are getting our food from. The food we eat shouldn\u2019t has left someone starving,\u201d she adds as a last piece of advice.<br \/>\nLucy Robinson has made vegetarianism fun, creative and most importantly absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10649\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Baked-Apples.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10649\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Baked-Apples.jpg\" alt=\"Lucy's Baked Apples\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10649\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Baked-Apples.jpg\" alt=\"Lucy's Baked Apples\" width=\"639\" height=\"360\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Lucy&#8217;s Baked Apples<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Check out the recipe for Lucy&#8217;s Baked Apples:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Lucy Robinson vegetables are the love of her life. 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