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Stuffed Zucchini

Serves 4

Preheat air-oven to 200C.

Take 4 large Zucchini. Prepare by washing the Zucchini and taking out any dark spots on the surface of the Zucchini. Trim by topping and tailing then cut each Zucchini in half widthways. Using a vegetable knife gut the insides. Discard the insides. You can use an apple-corer for this.  This has created the cavity to stuff your Zucchini.

Prepare the vegetable stuffing. Choose any seasonal vegetables that can be…

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Cherry Tomato, Portabello Mushrooms and Cauliflower

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a la Mexicana hot chilli

Sweet Potato, spiced masala potato and baby spinach

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Feisty Aubergine, Mushrooms and Potato sambal

Mixed Vegetable stew including…

Chinese Fried Rice vegan-style

Serves 3

1 ½ C brown rice, cooked rice

3 Tomatoes, medium

1 bunch of baby scallions, washed, trimmed and cut on the diagonal

1 fresh red chilli, cut on the diagonal

I can of baby corn, drained

2-3 cloves garlic, sliced

1 tsp garlic paste

1 tsp of ginger paste

1 tsp chilli paste

1 tsp cumin seeds

½ tsp onion powder

1 tsp onion seeds

Salt and pepper, to…

Salsa 3: Tart Granny Smith green Apple, Tomato and English Cucumber and Mango.Lime.

My Go-To Salsa

Salsa 1

Ingredients:

6 Granny Smith or tart Green Apples, washed, cut into quarters and thinly sliced

1 large Red Onion, washed and diced

1 bag of Red Seedless Grapes, a handful

A splash of rice vinegar, to taste

1 teaspoon Date Sugar Powder or any sugar

2 small limes, juice and zest

1 small pinch of Cayenne powder to…

A Posset of Flowering Courgettes with a faux Tune Mousse

A light batter consists of 2 cups of plain flour and enough filtered water to make a light runny batter, add a pinch of salt. Whisk until the batter is smooth.

Prepare the flowering tops of the Courgette by washing and trimming each individually. Dip one at a time into the batter. To avoid any run-off lift the spoon with the Courgette on over the prep dish. Dip one at a time into the hot oil with a clotted spoon. After 5…

On A Chilly Evening Lentil And Coconut Stew

Serves 4

4 cans brown Lentils

2 large tomatoes, chopped

1 red Chilli, cut on the diagonal

8 Cobettes Corn, previously air-ovened for the kernals

3 tbsps fresh Coconut, grated

2 teaspoons Chipotle powder or 2 Chipotles in Adobo sauce

1 tsp dried Thyme

1 tsp dried Coriander leaf

1 tsp Cumin

1 tsp Turmeric

1 tsp red Chilli paste

1 tsp Garlic paste

2 tsp…

This is a formula on salsa. It is not unlike what 'Do Re Mi' is to music. The base ingredients in salsa are what notes are to song. e.g., Red Onion, Cilantro and Lemon or Lime quarters are the base and that is what we build on. All salsas should be chilled.

Choose 2 from this category

Vegetables and Fruits for the salsa:

Tomato, English Cucumber, Capsicum;all colours, Red Chillies, Green Chillies, Habanero, Serrano, Jalapeno, Mango, Pineapple, Spring Onion, Shallots, Red…

Air-Ovened 'Stand Up Little Soldiers' Zucchini Roll-Ups

Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 large Zucchini, wash and peel. I use a large Y-vegetable peeler

Grapeseed or Olive oil

My Spice mix today is:

Thyme, dried

Cumin, powdered

Pepper (white), to taste

Salt, to taste

Cayenne, powdered

Garlic paste or garlic granules

Sumac, ground spice

Dukka, store-bought

Wedges of lemon to serve. Pomegranate molasses to…

1.Tacos, vegan allsorts of plant-based tacos served with sweet potato fries.

2. Enchilada

3. Mexi Chilli Bowl

4. Mexican Street Corn with lime and cilantro
5. Macho Nachos and Nachos Fruit Salad with dusting powder
6. All the mojos
7. Vegetables with Mexican Molcajete sauce
8. a la Mexicana casserole with ezpozate and Mexican oregano
9. Almond Tortilla with Spanish rice, avocado and trimmings, Tortilla served…

Pimento-stuffed Herby Olives, Baby Scallions and Tomato Salsa

2 large tomatoes per person

1 bunch of baby Scallions, 5 per person, finely chopped like you would chives or left ás is’ after top and tailing them

3 slices long red fresh Chilli, cut on the diagonal

2 cloves of grated fresh Garlic, crushed

¼ bunch of Coriander, finely chopped up

A splash of Rice vinegar

½ teaspoon of Chipotle powder or Paprika for a smoky effect

1 small…

Some Marinades

The Marinades are important to vegan cooking. Here are some of mine. Also, some pointers on marinades include: Where soy is mentioned, coconut aminos seasoning can substitute. There are some food items that suit marinades including tofu, pears and mushrooms for their ability to ‘suck up’ ,as it were, the liquid marinade. There are 20 minute marinades through to overnight (in the fridge) marinades. The longer the better for a more intense flavour some say although 20…

This delicious salsa with capers is with a difference. 

One Tomato Salsa with Capers: 4 large tomatoes; diced, 4 cloves garlic; chopped, 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 4 tbsp flat leaf parsley, 1-2 tsps capers, drained, 1 tbsp lemon juice and zest, 1/4 tsp salt to taste. 

Trade-name Bellini's Tomatoes are also recommended for this salsa.

VIXENs FIX-INs

 Make your own burritos DIY with family and friends. This Mexican feast is for all!

NEXT LEVEL BURRITOS: include

VEGETABLES: Iceberg lettuce, strips of red capsicum, green capsicum, orange and yellow capsicum, slaw with carrot, sprouts.

BEANS: Black beans, Red Kidney beans, Lentils, Chickpeas, White beans.

THE BEEF: A selection of plant-based meat or meat-less 'meatballs', plant-based streaky bacon, marinated and BBQ-ed tempeh, TVP spicy…

Tropical Papaya and Avocado Salsa

Ingredients for two:

1 whole Papaya, washed, peel, deseed, cut lengthways, melon-ball or curl

2 ripe Avocado, peel, melon-ball or curl

2 tsp grated Ginger

1/2 Red Onion, diced

1 tsp Date Powder sugar or your choice of sweetener

A splash of rice vinegar or wine vinegar

1/4 fresh Coriander, chopped finely

a few Onion seeds

1 small pinch of Cayenne powder

1 small pinch of red chilli,…

Hot Salsa: Pineapple and Red Chilli Salsa with Red Pepper

Serves 2

1 med Pineapple, peeled, cut lengthways, cut the spine out and cut into chunks. Retain leftover pulp and juice

½ fresh red Chilli, diced then mulched

2 cloves of grated garlic

½ large Red Onion, diced

3 small Scallions, cut on the diagonal

1 teaspoon Black Sesame seeds

2 heaped teaspoons Date powdered sugar or sweetener of choice

A splash of Rice Vinegar

½…

SALSA ZING: 'New Salsa' Chop up a medley of 6-8 cherry tomatoes, 1 large Spanish red onion; diced, 1/4 bunch of coriander, ¼ bunch flat leaf parsley and 1/5 bunch mint (3 aromatics combined), chopped up small and ½ lime or lemon zest and juice. Variations: Loaded spicy Kimchi or Kraut. Use a splash of umeboshi vinegar, brown rice or wine vinegar. A few chopped green olives to make your salsa dance.

A few drops of oil doesn’t go amiss.

The Vinegars for the salsa:

All wine vinegars, Red Wine vinegar, White Wine vinegar, Rice wine vinegar, Umeboshi vinegar, Sherry wine vinegar, Balsamic vinegar

The Seasonings for the salsa:

Salt and Pepper

Paprika

Sumac

The Oils for the salsa:

Olive oil

Grapeseed oil

Canola oil

Safflower oil

Sunflower oil

All-purpose oil

The Olives for the salsa:

Spanish black

Kalamata

Spanish…

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Acorazados means 'armoured' in Spanish. The tortilla is double to prevent any seepage. There are three steps to assembling your Tacos Acorazado. The three amigos are: Prepare the tomato rice, prepare the vegan chorizo in a sausage shape and  thirdly add the green beans cooked in a vegan friendly alcohol. Wrap a second time. "Make mine a double".  Assemble the same as before. Note: The apple and red onion salsa goes as a side. Pour half the oil in a pan and set it over a medium to high heat…

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