Experiments in Living
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 23rd, 2008
A few weeks ago I went crazy and bought my first vegan cookbook - Vegan with a Vengeance by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. Of all the vegan cookbooks, this one seemed to have a happy band of followers, recipes for all occasions and had the word “cheap” mentioned somewhere on the cover.
So far I have [...]
Posted in Vegetarian and Vegan stuff, vegan mofo on Oct 22nd, 2008
Tonight I cooked quinoa for the first time in ages. I had forgotten how good it tastes. Apparently quinoa isn’t a grain at all but seeds of a pseudocereal. No I didn’t make that up, it’s in Wikipedia, so it must be true! The origins and history of this little seed are quite fascinating, [...]
Posted in Favourite Recipes, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff, vegan mofo on Oct 16th, 2008
This one’s for Half Pint Pixie. Happy now are we?
Ingredients:
1 white onion, sliced
1 tin of chick peas
2 large handfuls of spinach (or kale if you prefer)
1 butternut squash
100ml water
2 teaspoons chat masala powder
1 tablespoon oil (any veg oil that has a mild flavour will do)
Method:
Slice the onion so that you have long strips. [...]
Posted in Favourite Recipes, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff, vegan mofo on Oct 14th, 2008
A classic favourite of mine. The recipe just kind of evolved, so I couldn’t tell you exactly how to do it as each time it’s slightly different. This should produce something like, feel free to adapt!
Ingredients:
500g mixed mushrooms, sliced
200g risotto (arborio) rice
500ml water
1 tablespoon olive oil
50g pine nuts
1 vegetable stock cube
1 stick celery
1 medium white [...]
Posted in Favourite Recipes, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff, vegan mofo on Oct 13th, 2008
Perfect for Halloween!
These are the proper kind of “roll out” biccies that I love. I froze half the dough for another day, so what you see there is half of what this recipe actually makes. I was so happy my mum had kept those cute cutters of the cat, moon and stars from when I [...]
