rolling veggie swag 2011: veg[etari]ans unite and cook the tastiest food imaginable (omnis u shd get in on this, too)

i have to sleep with a bodyguard because of this

tbh the only reason I invited you over that one time was bcz I wanted to harvest you for sugar. You didn't even wake up or anything, too.

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typing anything so that is not my bookmark

my apple pie was delish!!!!! i fucked up the crust somehow - it cracked and crumbled so it was really hard to roll out to the right size and there were no edges to fold over the top, but it still tasted ~~amazing~~. and the best thing about making your own apple pie? --- no fucking stupid cinnamon in it!!! or nutmeg!!! or allspice!!! gross!!! just lots of brown sugar and earth balance.

also: the cashew cream
i got it wrong up thread - it's thick cashew cream, add agave and vanilla essence and (a lot) of coconut oil. it was pretty delish, v coconut-y, and super rich. i think i will make it with less coconut oil next time.

lol m bison got me thinking and i have started a vegan food blog ^_^

LINK

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http://vegantester.wordpress.com/

:)

ottolenghi's plenty is sick
― cozen, Sunday, January 16, 2011 3:58 PM (1 week ago)

this book is ridiculous. everything in it is so delicious. the onion tart is worth the health problems its gonna give u
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seriously. my main (only?) crit would be that it's maybe a bit too /ingredient-y/ for everyday use

oh

my

god

tomato bisque

If this isn't the best soup I've ever had in my life, it's easily top 5.

the tal ronnen bisque?

yes. it is God bisque.

i posted your gravy recipe and gave you a shout out, steve ^_^

hey veggies i need to make a fancy v-day dinner for a vegetarian lady, halp

you are a better cook than i, probably by a 1000x, but that tal ronnen youtube for 'chicken' scallopine upthread is fucking delish and also super simple. you can sub out the sake - if you don't have any - for mirin and dry white wine, and you can sub out the udon noodle cake for mashed potato or roasted fingerling potatoes, and you can sub out the pea shoots for just about any green you can sautee.

u are a better cook than i, probably by a 1000x

i doubt this! esp in the world of vegan foods

unlikely that i'll find that gardein stuff at the coop, so i'm gonna make chickpea cutlets from the veganomnomnomicon and then do that recipe. cept i dont have sake or white whine, and probably not enough mirin :-/

thinking: cutlets w/sauce, garlic mash, roast asparagus, ~hot tub~

sounds awesome tbh

dry sherry is a pretty good sub for mirin, in my experience.
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Damn I always forget abt those cutlets, I should make some tonight

they were a real hit

does anyone know where to get vital wheat gluten in the UK? or is it called something else here?

haha they have everything on ebay : )

holland and barret?

i have been wondering if there's a uk equiv of health balance, or if the best option is like sojade or w/e it's called.

For Valentine's Eve, I made sweet potato and black bean quesadillas with cilantro pesto (along with a spicy slaw and a jicama-and-orange salad). The ridiculous amount of garlic I put in the pesto was delicious but perhaps not the best idea for Valentine's Eve.

NB: I put a bit of cheddar cheese in the quesadillas, but the meal was otherwise vegan. (And I think the cheese could easily be omitted since the flavor of the sweet potatoes dominates.)

i have to try making those cutlets again, since i still have a bunch of VWG left - but the first time was sooooo disastrous!

also: i found those marshmallows m bison mentioned and there is a groupon available right now ($7 for $15 of there stuff)

I just realized I ate veggie for the past 3 days without even trying! :O

Also I amxcited to read Justin3's vegan blogg!

GUYS I MASTERED VEGAN BROWNIES, YES!!!

http://images.nitrosell.com/product_images/7/1683/WORLD%20OF%20GIRLS%20BROWNIE%20AWARD.jpg
brownie awards for you

please tell me they don't have applesauce in them

But they do :( do you hate applesauce? Or have an allergy?

i just hate the flavour it gives brownies/anything vegan-chocolate-cakey, it tastes like medicine to me.

the thing is, i LOVE applesauce (but not the kind with cinnamon), just not in chocolate things

Well, the original recipe called for 3/4c unsweetened applesauce, and it was *okay* but not amazing. So the second time I made it I filled up a liquid measuring cup with a little less than 1/2c, and then filled the rest with melted organic Smart Balance til it hit the 3/4 line. Also it's got a cup of chocolate chips, it is SO RICH and good.

you guys have me googling tomato bisque. i have no idea who tal ronnen is.

just popped in to review a couple of mini vegan triumphs, lately:

- moussaka, out of veganomicon, with this weird tofu scramble in place of the kind of white source you'd use in lasagne, etc. someone with veganomicon mentioned the degree of trust you have to put in their weird ingredient combos, which is totally true. cinnamon in the tomato sauce, etc.

& secondly, THIS GUMBO.
would recommend trying to find the okra, which was great in it. i think it's out of season atm?, so i bought some tinned, which is weird because okra is generally a nice, tactile vegetable, and seeing it all slimy and pickled is sorta distressing. i also went kinda easy on the extreme observance of making roux/simmering for at least three days etc, but it still came out real good.

cinnamon in tomato sauce is not just a veganomicon thing, that's how moussaka is, i thought

the tomato bisque recipe is a little further upthread

Britishes who want wheat gluten could do a lot worse than visit their local Chinese supermarket, where mock duck and other pressed gluten comes in cans for about £1-£1.50. If I am entertaining vegetarians, I sautee the mock duck in oil until it gets a little bit crunchy, add a splash of soy sauce, mirin and a squirt of hoisin, cook through and serve as crispy fried mock duck in pancakes with julienned cucumber and spring onions and tons more hoisin.

these look good, but i havent made them yet - http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/19/walnut-black-cherry-cookies-recipe

hey thanks justine, i just caught up. the cashew cream is also. i have basically never had patience to soak anything overnight so this is a new chapter for me.

cinnamon/tomato seemed kinda outre to me, who knew. it was also made w/weird tofu scramble rather than white sauce.

it is kind of a pain but totally worth it! i make big batches of the cream and freeze it into 1/2 c containers.

my favorite thing with cinnamon/tomato is koshary, egyptian food with pasta, rice, lentils, chick peas, tomato sauce and carmelized onions

also this http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/health/nutrition/05recipehealth.html

best flavorz

hey guys how realistic can tofu get? i rarely eat it so when i had some take-out the other day w/ tofu, it seemed just, well, like it might as well have been chicken. the treat of poverty meant i had to finish it but it creeped me out enough to not enjoy it. of course it could and most probably was just tofu and maybe i should just stay away from flesh substitutes if i makes me wig out.

lol most ppl have the opposite problem! that is some pretty good tofu if it tasted/felt like chicken.