{"id":20521,"date":"2026-05-12T10:55:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/?p=22334"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:44:52","slug":"make-meat-free-mouth-watering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/bloemfontein\/blog\/2026\/05\/12\/make-meat-free-mouth-watering\/","title":{"rendered":"Make meat-free marvellous!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Plant based doesn\u2019t mean boring. And it defs doesn\u2019t mean boring if you\u2019re making one of the gloriously delicious dishes from Neked Food Gourmet Edition Plant-Based by award winning vegan chef and restaurateur Vanessa Jarvis-Findlay. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Her vegan restaurant, Neked Food, is in Clarens in the Free State \u2026 and if she can get the folk there \u2013 who\u2019re as meat loving as you can get \u2013 to enjoy her vegan dishes, you know they\u2019re tasty. The book, which has loads of photos of Vanessa and friends as well as the dishes, kicks off with a recipe for vegan butter \u2013 butter, she says, that spreads like gossip in a small town, and follows with page after page of canap\u00e9s and starters, mains (which she calls the Carnivore Redemption \u2026 lamb rack, ribs, Wellington \u2013 or a jolly good impression of them!).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22337\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Attachment3-324x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are recipes for the braai, not-quite-seafood, and desserts, sorbets, even palate cleansers. All without harming an animal. Because, she says, kindness has never tasted this good. 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