Tuesday, August 23, 2011

vegan brats

These are a summertime favorite at our house. They are great grilled and served with potato salad and baked beans.
http://partyinmykitchen.blogspot.com/2009/01/vegan-bratwurst.html

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Lemon Cake with Strawberry jel topping

The cake: (adapted from How it All Vegan by Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer, I highly recommend this cookbook btw)

3c flour
4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 c cane juice crystals
1 1/2 c soy milk
2 tsp lemon extract
4 tsp lemon juice
1/2 c oil
2 flax eggs ( 2 Tbsp flax meal mixed with 6 Tbsp hot water)

Preheat oven to 350*F. In a large bowl combine all ingredients until mixed. Pour into a greased cake pan and bake for 30-35 minutes. Check with a toothpick for doneness. Cool.

Strawberry jel topping:
1 quart frozen strawberries
1/2 -2/3 c cane juice crystals
1/4 c arrowroot powder

Place all in a medium sauce pan and heat until berries break down and can be mixed together and thickened. Pour over cooled lemon cake. Refridgerate and serve.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Please stand by...

The recipe for the lemon cake with strawberry topping will be up by Wednesday.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Vegan Chik'n like lunch neat

I found the basis for this recipe at the vegan dad blog site.

http://vegandad.blogspot.com/2008/06/veggie-lunch-meat.html

the things I changed:
I omitted the paprika, turmeric, fennel seed, and soy sauce.
I added two heaping tablespoons of chick it seasoning and two heaping tablespoons of another chick'n like seasoning to the mix.

This has turned out really well. I was thinking of the worthington meatless chicken slices for sandwiches and it is pretty close, and the best part is it is vegan and contains no artificial yucky-ness :) We are taking this with us to campmeeting to eat for our noon meals. you could slice it up and freeze it. I have made the original from the blog site and then made reuben sandwiches with it. So yummy.

for the reubens
prepared veggie lunch meat
loaf of good artisan or rye bread
sauerkraut
vegan swiss cheeze
vegenaise or vegan thousand island dressing
vegan margarine

slice the lunch meat, butter the bread on one side and place it margarine side down in a hot skillet, carefully spread bread with vegenaise or dressing, add meat, kraut, and cheeze, top with a buttered slice of bread and cook as you would a grilled cheeze sandwich flipping to brown both sides.

I do not like thousand island dressing or rye bread so I use a good artisan bread and vegenaise.

our favorite chocolate cake....

http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/4754/Black-Magic-Cake.aspx

Here are the substitutions to make it vegan:
use 1c soymilk with 1 Tbsp lemon juice or vinegar for the sour milk
use 2 Tbsp flax meal with 6 Tbsp hot water for the eggs
use 1c boiling water and 2tsp Roma for the coffee
use carob powder for the cocoa

This is the best chocolate cake recipe we have ever found, it is so light and fluffy.
we also use aluminum free baking powder and golden white whole wheat flour when we make it.

this is an interesting looking recipe

http://chowvegan.com/2008/05/28/bbq-pulled-jackfruit-sandwich/

Ive never used jackfruit before but I will be looking for it at the asian market next time I go there so I can try this recipe.