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Going vegan......old style?!

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  • vixtress
    vixtress Posts: 1,153 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    this is lovely (obviously made with oil not ghee)
    its needs quite a bt more salt than the recipe i found
    http://www.toomanychefs.com/archives/001808.php

    hope that helps someone
    - prior planning prevents poor performance!

    May Grocery challenge £150 136/150
  • VeganClaire
    VeganClaire Posts: 92 Forumite
    sparklewing wrote: »
    I bought the book vegan with a vengeance which is full of 'delicious cheap animal free recipes'. Unfortunately they all seems to involve tofu or something called tempeh.

    I' more scared of tofu than I am of mooncups lol. I've never tried it before it looks..... wrong. But I'm going to go and purchase my first lot on Monday any suggestions for best type? And this tempeh stuff I've googled it and it looks a lot like tofu. Would I get it in Holland & Barret? Sainsburys deny the existence of it :D



    You could try tofu in a stir fry - drain it slice it maybe marinade it in soy sauce first.
    Health food shops sometimes sell ready marinaded tofu - not as cheap though. :)
  • O.W.E.I
    O.W.E.I Posts: 413 Forumite
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    Dobie wrote: »
    Hi O.W.E.I. I'm not ignoring you :D - he's out this morning but I'll ask him when he's back & post it. I'm like you, I've tried but it's never quite the same when I do it.

    LOl - no probs, I've only just got back from the football!:eek:
  • kim_ley
    kim_ley Posts: 1,538 Forumite
    any suggestions on what to do with asparagus... I've never had it before it just doesn't look edible but i dared myself to buy some today...

    no development on the mooncup!!!
    didn't find one (get it mail order)
    I'm an MSE SLACKER!!!! Slap my bum.

    Been a long time but i'm back.     :o
  • Patchwork_Quilt
    Patchwork_Quilt Posts: 1,839 Forumite
    Asparagus Risotto

    18 oz asparagus tips
    1 T olive oil
    1 onion, peeled and sliced
    12 oz risotto rice
    1 1/2 pt hot stock

    Saute onion in oil. Take off asparagus tips and set aside. Cut tender parts of stalks into 1 cm chunks and add to the pan to cook. Saute 1 minute. Add rice and saute a further 2 mins. Add stock little by little, keeping it hot while it waits to be added. Put in asparagus tops with the last of the stock.

    Serve with a beany salad

    Non vegans can grate cheese on top
  • fernliebee
    fernliebee Posts: 1,803 Forumite
    kim_ley wrote: »
    so how do you know how much to trim off?

    Justamum... its so true needless to say I can't quite look at him now.
    By quite I mean does the floor count?

    Trial and error! :D I kept a bit on at first as I was scared I would lose it, but after a while I just cut the whole thing off.
  • fernliebee
    fernliebee Posts: 1,803 Forumite
    kim_ley wrote: »
    any suggestions on what to do with asparagus... I've never had it before it just doesn't look edible but i dared myself to buy some today...

    no development on the mooncup!!!
    didn't find one (get it mail order)

    I love it so much! My fave vegetable. However think it's a bit of a marmite situation ie you'll love or hate it! I tend to steam it then just drizzle a bit of olive oil or dressing on it, or use it to top pizza is a good one, with some avocado, or cut up and used in salad, or if you have a george foreman grill it, or if not fry/roast it and it goes soft and crispy. Yummmy!!
  • kim_ley
    kim_ley Posts: 1,538 Forumite
    http://www.earthbalancenatural.com/#/great-taste/recipe-17/
    I'm an MSE SLACKER!!!! Slap my bum.

    Been a long time but i'm back.     :o
  • kim_ley
    kim_ley Posts: 1,538 Forumite
    think I'll try the risotto as i have everything i need but think I'll add garlic and chili!!!
    I'm an MSE SLACKER!!!! Slap my bum.

    Been a long time but i'm back.     :o
  • kim_ley
    kim_ley Posts: 1,538 Forumite
    Oh by the way guys i tried this today http://www.chewthecud.co.uk/creamy_mint_chocolate_delight_vegan_tofu.html
    I was right it tasted even better than it looks!!!!

    And I made too much of the choc tofu stuff so i made a pudding with the extra.

    I crushed chocolate cookies mixed with a little soya butter and put it in a circle cutter pushed it down.

    Then I mixed the chocolate tofu mix with 3table spoons of my home made liquor.
    1 can coconut milk
    2 tbs brown sugar
    2 tbs chocolate syrup
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 tsp ground cinnamon
    3/4 cup whisky (or more/less!)
    Whack em all in whisk but don't let it froth. Keep it in the fridge in a brown/green bottle if you have one.

    Then I put this inside the ring on top of the biscuit mix.

    I finished it off with a cherry compote.
    I make this using sugar water and frozen cherries with a pinch of cinnamon.

    It was good enough to serve in a restaurant. :D

    To make it really posh you could add half a cherry a drizzle of chocolate and a light dusting of cinnamon.

    I challenge anyone to eat it and say vegan food is boring!
    I'm an MSE SLACKER!!!! Slap my bum.

    Been a long time but i'm back.     :o
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