One of the big challenges when you choose the vegan lifestyle is to eat at other people's houses or at restaurants.
We were invited to a BBQ Saturday night so I volunteered bring some snacks. I made a very quick batch of hummus and doctored it up to look impressive. I added a teaspoon of minced garlic to the center after putting it in a cute bowl and then I chopped some Roma tomato and placed it in the center as well. I serves with sea salt organic pita chips and everyone loved it plus it gave us something for us to snack on that we were sure was vegan :)
Enjoy!
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Sunday, July 3, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Vegan Veggie Paella
I love Seinfeld!! Love it! So on one older episode George mentions that his mother made 'all this paella' and what is she going to do with it! Jerrys parents had just cancelled on Estelle so she had a ton of paella and no one to eat it. So...this sparked my my curiosity and I decided to find out what paella was and to make it.
So I found this Quick Vegetarian (Vegan) Paella and it is yummy!! This make a huge batch and is good for left overs and may even be better warmed up the next day
Ingred:
2 T olive oil
2 c chopped onion
2 c chopped green pepper
1 c mushroom
2 garlic cloves minced
3 c uncooked quick cook brown rice
2 c vegetable broth
1 c water
1 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 c chopped tomato
1 c frozen green peas
1/2 c pimento stuffed olives chopped
2 T chopped flat leaf parsley
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1 can (14 oz) artichoke hearts drained and coarsely chopped
Heat olive oil over med-high heat and add onion, pepper, mushroom and garlic and sauté 5 min
Stir in rice and next 4 ingredient (through the thyme) and bring ton a boil
Cover, reduce heat and simmer 10 min
Stir in tomato, peas, olives, parsley, pepper and artichokes.
Cook 3 min or until rice Is tender and mixture is throughly heated
Garnish with parsley
I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!
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So I found this Quick Vegetarian (Vegan) Paella and it is yummy!! This make a huge batch and is good for left overs and may even be better warmed up the next day
Ingred:
2 T olive oil
2 c chopped onion
2 c chopped green pepper
1 c mushroom
2 garlic cloves minced
3 c uncooked quick cook brown rice
2 c vegetable broth
1 c water
1 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 c chopped tomato
1 c frozen green peas
1/2 c pimento stuffed olives chopped
2 T chopped flat leaf parsley
1/4 tsp ground pepper
1 can (14 oz) artichoke hearts drained and coarsely chopped
Heat olive oil over med-high heat and add onion, pepper, mushroom and garlic and sauté 5 min
Stir in rice and next 4 ingredient (through the thyme) and bring ton a boil
Cover, reduce heat and simmer 10 min
Stir in tomato, peas, olives, parsley, pepper and artichokes.
Cook 3 min or until rice Is tender and mixture is throughly heated
Garnish with parsley
I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Vegan applesauce cake
Tonight I tried a new recipe for an applesauce cake and it was great!
One of the things I have found about vegan cooking is that the baked items are not nearly as good as they were with real eggs. I have tried a ton of egg substitutes from flax seed to Ener-g. I know there is a ton of chemistry involved in cooking so I am still working on getting the baking down. But this applesauce cake is a recipe that was created for the regular population and I made it vegan by simply using soy butter. It was great warm right out of the oven. I added blueberries to mine because I had a ton from the grocery today but if I was going to make it on a regular day i would put raisins in it and you could always add nuts. I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Ingred:
1/2 c soy margarine
1 c sugar (I used 1/2 raw sugar, 1/2 white)
1 c applesauce
1tsp baking soda
2 c flour (I used whole wheat)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 c raisin
Cream the margarine and sugar, then add applesauce and mix well. Then stir in remaining ingredient and pour into a greased 8x8 pan.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 min and enjoy nice and warm!!
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One of the things I have found about vegan cooking is that the baked items are not nearly as good as they were with real eggs. I have tried a ton of egg substitutes from flax seed to Ener-g. I know there is a ton of chemistry involved in cooking so I am still working on getting the baking down. But this applesauce cake is a recipe that was created for the regular population and I made it vegan by simply using soy butter. It was great warm right out of the oven. I added blueberries to mine because I had a ton from the grocery today but if I was going to make it on a regular day i would put raisins in it and you could always add nuts. I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Ingred:
1/2 c soy margarine
1 c sugar (I used 1/2 raw sugar, 1/2 white)
1 c applesauce
1tsp baking soda
2 c flour (I used whole wheat)
1 tsp cinnamon
1 c raisin
Cream the margarine and sugar, then add applesauce and mix well. Then stir in remaining ingredient and pour into a greased 8x8 pan.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 40 min and enjoy nice and warm!!
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