March 31, 2008: Tempeh Amongst A Lil' Less Buffalo

Buffalo tempeh "wings" in addition to nosotros were keen to plough over them a go. However, getting to a greater extent than or less fly sauce going hither inwards Commonwealth of Australia proved to hold upwards a chip of a challenge. It's composed of exclusively 3 ingredients - Louisana-style hot sauce, ketchup in addition to butter - in addition to hence it seemed of import to instruct all the components right. However, I've never seen such hot sauce on sale in addition to a chip of meshing question indicated that it wouldn't hold upwards realistic to endeavour to arrive myself. Instead I decided to brand our favourite Chinese manner barbeque sauce - it looked similar having the necessary consistency in addition to zing, if non the correct ingredients or origin.

Tempeh is a funny one. It has a substantial, nearly meaty, density to it but it's a chip dry. I had high hopes hither but fifty-fifty the sauce didn't furnish sufficient wet for me. We were rather taken yesteryear the crumbing though, in addition to Michael suggested that nosotros could endeavour it amongst tofu - afterward all, it plant corking for the 'fish' fingers. I'm foreseeing a sauce squabble too, amongst Michael voting Chinese-style in addition to me on Team Tartare.

If you'd straightaway at these wings (no buffalo or birds require hold upwards harmed!), caput over to 28 Cooks.

June 27, 2009: Apple Tree Quesadillas

I pulled this recipe out of our Moosewood cookbook terminal Saturday. As I sympathize it, queso way cheese but there's no cheese involved hither at all! Rather, these 'quesadillas' appear to survive named afterward the procedure of filling, folding together with frying tortillas. They're stuffed amongst a sugariness apple-cinnamon mixture, making them an tardily alternative to apple tree pie when you're inwards bespeak of comfort nutrient on a wintery nighttime in.

I forgot to add together the directed maple syrup to the apple tree mixture but didn't immature adult woman it at all. The apples are supposed to survive cooked inwards butter, but I bet margarine would brand a fine vegan alternative. And directly that I've mentioned cheese, I'd dear to attempt swapping out the cinnamon for unopen to abrupt cheddar for a to a greater extent than savoury snack.

Apple quesadillas
(based on a recipe from Moosewood Restaurant New Classics)

3 large apples
1 tablespoons lemon juice
1/1 teaspoon soil cinnamon
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 teaspoons maple syrup (optional)
3 large tortillas
oil spray

Peel together with meat the apples, slicing them into apartment pieces. Place the apple tree slices inwards a large bowl together with toss through the lemon juice together with cinnamon. Don't worry if the cinnamon is well-mixed, it volition survive past times the fourth dimension the apples are cooked!

Melt the butter/margarine inwards a large saucepan or frypan. Arrange the apples across the bottom of the pan together with encompass them, cooking them for 5-10 minutes. Rearrange them occasionally then that they're evenly cooked, removing them from the pan when they're tender but however theatre plenty to concur their shape. Stir through the maple syrup, if you're using it.

Heat a frypan together with lightly spray it amongst oil. Place a tortilla inwards the pan together with gear upwards it on 1 side for a infinitesimal or two, earlier flipping it over. Arrange 1 tertiary of the apples over one-half of the tortilla together with piece of employment out it all to gear upwards for unopen to other minute. Fold over the empty tortilla one-half together with transfer the quesadilla to a plate. Repeat amongst the remaining tortillas together with apple tree mixture.

April 20, 2009: Leftover Makeover - Thai Kokosnoot Soup

Vegan Indian Potluck knew non to fill upwards up on bland staples patch in that place was such an abundance of vibrant curries (and pastries!) on offer. So, at the cease of the night, nosotros establish ourselves amongst leftover curry to feed one, a large saucepan of dried-out rice, in addition to a final unopened bundle of roti. (There were also a position out of mushrooms, leftover from pizza, slumbering inward the fridge.) With a wisp of wintertime inward the air, I planned a large pot of soup filled out amongst rice; if I could rail downwards a Thai or Indian-inspired number, in addition to hence the roti would brand a perfect side!

Our Moosewood cookbook's been sitting neglected for a patch (Chinese-style bbq sauce recipe excepted), withal it most forthwith provided an answer when I opened it - a Thai-style soup amongst mushrooms, tofu, lemongrass stock in addition to kokosnoot milk. I took the author's advice in addition to doubled the quantity of stock, freezing one-half of it for later. I took about liberties, though, regarding rice in addition to spice. The recipe didn't include whatsoever rice but I happily up-ended 2-3 cups of it into the simmering soup. While Moosewood recipes are ofttimes verdant amongst herbs, they're a niggling timid amongst the spices; I increased their pinch of cayenne to several rigorous shakes.

The lawsuit was only was nosotros (and our over-burdened fridge) needed - smoothen in addition to filling, amongst that Thai squad of heat, sweetness, limey tang in addition to a impact of salt. But it's non quite a stand upwards for for Lucy's tofu inward lemongrass broth.


Thai kokosnoot soup
(based on a recipe inward Moosewood Restaurant New Classics)

lemongrass stock
6 cups water
3 fresh lemongrass stalks, coarsely chopped
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 leek or onion, coarsely chopped
1 large carrot, peeled in addition to chopped
6cm piece fresh ginger, sliced
1/4 teaspoon whole dark peppercorns
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon coriander seeds

soup
1 10 400mL tin kokosnoot milk
2 tablespoons lime juice
cayenne pepper, to taste
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
200g theater tofu, sliced into cubes
1 loving cup mushrooms, sliced
2-3 cups cooked basmati rice
1 tablespoon fresh coriander, chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt

For the stock, position all the ingredients inward a large saucepan, convey them to the boil, in addition to hence comprehend in addition to simmer them for 35 to 45 minutes. Drain the vegetables from the stock, squeezing them to larn equally much liquid equally possible.

For the soup, render the stock to the saucepan in addition to add together the kokosnoot milk, lime juice, cayenne in addition to turmeric. Bring it to a simmer earlier adding the tofu, mushrooms, rice, coriander in addition to common salt in addition to hence attain for three to five minutes.

Serve the soup garnished amongst extra coriander leaves.