Vegan Store Cupboard Challenge

candygirl

Pyxis said:

candygirl said:

You girls have just given me a good giggle 😂😂Talking about startled dogs; I choked on a crisp last night, n Bon who was asleep at the time, jumped up, pinned me down and licked my face for ages .We need to train them to ring 999 😂😂😂

Now, now......don't diss the dog! He was obviously trying to give you the kiss of life! 
Or maybe jumping on you was the canine version of the Heimlich Manoeuvre! 😂

Haha yea She needs to get a job for the St Dogs Ambulance 🤣🤣🤣

Pyxis

Wednesday2000 said:

My stomach felt upset yesterday. I had some brown rice in the evening and that seemed to settle it. 

That rang a bit of a bell. Am I right in thinking that barley water is good for upset tums? Ie, the water you cook barley in?

I suppose it's the starch that somehow settles things down, do you think?

I'm very partial to pearl barley. I wonder if it would work with that?
I'll go and google......... 



.............Edit

Hmm, yes, pearl barley. Plus it does seem to have several health benefits:-

• Helps in Digestion Related Problems. ...
• Can help with weight loss;
• Helps control blood sugar levels and improve insulin response, reducing risk of type 2 diabetes;
• Helps reduce blood pressure;
• Improves lipid profile and reduces cholesterol, which reduces risk of cardiovascular disease;
• Aids in Detoxification. Regular usage of barley waterhelps flush out toxins from the body and the intestines through the urinary tract. ...
• Home Remedy for Urinary Tract Infections. 

A basic recipe is:

"The British version is made by boiling washed pearl barley, straining, and adding fruit juice and sugar to taste.[3] The fruit rind may also be boiled with the barley. It is commonly associated with the summer season and served at The Championships, Wimbledon."


I've got pearl barley...I might try making some.

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Chuck it in food made today - butternut squash, red onion, garlic, sweet potatoes, couple of carrots, new potatoes, basil, olive oil and a tin of cherry tomatoes thrown together and put in a low oven - tastes fab 😊 
I also had about 3/4 of a large tin of pineapple which I opened for pizza at the weekend so I have made some pineapple vinegar (thanks for the idea toastlady!) and then a pineapple jam/chutney with the removed pineapple, sugar, water, a finely chopped red chilli and chocolate mint. Hopefully it will set (still really hot at the moment) as it tastes amazing! 

Wednesday2000

I was just watching Avantgardevegan (Gaz) on YT and he was making vegan fish and chips with banana blossom, it looked absolutely lush! He did it in beer batter.

Pyxis

Wednesday2000 said:

I was just watching Avantgardevegan (Gaz) on YT and he was making vegan fish and chips with banana blossom, it looked absolutely lush! He did it in beer batter.

I haven't tried mine yet. I need to be in the mood to brave making a batter!😂

Wednesday2000

You should watch his Youtube channel Pyxis.

He is young enough to be my son but Gaz is pretty fit as well as being a good chef.

Pyxis

Wednesday2000 said:

You should watch his Youtube channel Pyxis.

He is young enough to be my son but Gaz is pretty fit as well as being a good chef.

Maybe it doesn't matter how good a chef he is then? 😂



edit......just had a quick peek.........nah......I can't abide beards! shudder

I suppose,  though, that it means I'm more likely to concentrate on the recipe! 😉

Wednesday2000

Pyxis said:

Wednesday2000 said:

You should watch his Youtube channel Pyxis.

He is young enough to be my son but Gaz is pretty fit as well as being a good chef.

Maybe it doesn't matter how good a chef he is then? 😂



edit......just had a quick peak.........nah......I can't abide beards! shudder

I suppose,  though, that it means I'm more likely to concentrate on the recipe! 😉

I don't usually like beards either, weirdly.

Living_proof

Ideas please for vegan meals for two which can be pre-cooked, vacuum packed, frozen and then used in a camper van which has just a three ring hob and a poor grill. We have been re-heating the vac-pacs like sous vide and up to now have cooked curries, spag bog and other pasta dishes and I wondered whether any of you have any favourites which would stand being frozen, vac'd and re-heated. We do, by the way, use the vacuum bags several times so the environmental aspect is balanced by the lack of waste and fuel. Thank you in advance!

joedenise

Have at look at the Jack Monroe website (www.cookingonabootstrap.com ), loads of vegan recipes which would work like that.  One recipe which I use regularly is her mixed bean goulash which uses tinned beans (she uses washed baked beans and kidney beans as they are the cheapest but I much prefer to use mixed beans!), tinned tomatoes, some stock, paprika, onion & garlic so it's also very cheap.

Mushroom rogan josh, chickpea and peach curry, Keralan aubergine curry are other recipes which might be worth a try.

I wonder whether it would be possible to borrow her tin can cook book from the library when they reopen which might have recipes that would work in a camper van.  I use quite a lot of can when we travel in ours as they are quick and easy to reheat.  We can't too much frozen food as we only have quite a small icebox across the fridge so can only get about 3 or 4 meals in it plus a bag of ice cubes for the G&Ts (got to get our priorities right, LOL!).