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One Taco - a favourite

White vegan 'fish' or vegan 'fish'bites

1/2 tsp cumin, ground

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

salt and pepper to taste

1 tbsp olive oil

Taco Toppings

1/2 small Spanish cabbage

2 medium avocados, sliced

2 tomatoes, diced

1/2 bunch of cilantro, chopped or to taste

4 limes, cut into quarters

1/2 c vegan Feta cheese or a vegan white chalky cheese

Add the seasonings: cumin, cayenne pepper,…

Here is a salsa for you. This one has cumin in it. Makes 4 cups. 

2 C Tomatoes

1/2 C Cucumbers, diced 

1/2 C Onions, diced

1 teaspoon Garlic, minced

1 green Capsicum 

1 teaspoon of  ground cumin

1 splash of rice vinegar

Freshly chopped cilantro

 Lime juice and zest

1/2 teaspoon cayenne or Tabasco sauce

Salt to taste.

Mix the tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green peppers, cumin and garlic together. Season with…

1.Tacos, all kinds 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 (2 chillis/2 paprikas)
8. a la Mexicana casserole with ezpozate and Mexican oregano
9. Almond Tortilla with Spanish rice, avocado and trimmings, Tortilla served with…

Sunday in Newtown for Chaymart's King Street speciality 'Mung Bean' and 'Red Bean' plantbased, dairy-free snack. Here are a few facts for your information F.Y.I. you might like to share.

1. Traditionally they have always been vegan

2. Fried sesame balls are great for getting away from chocolatey snacks for a while

3. They are a sweet pastry

4. The use of glutinous rice makes the dough chewy, light and crisp

5. They are GF, DF, V

6. Other ingredients…

The most recent bourguignons I have cooked was all served with mashed potatoes and carrots on the side. Most recent bourguignons of mine was a delicious fried tempeh triangles bourguignon and one of the originals was white chestnut ball bourguignon. I use two varieties of mushrooms for contrast e.g., Portobello and button mushrooms. Shitake or white capped mushrooms also if you choose to. The herb most associated with bourguignon is thyme. The red wine is vegan friendly. Guar bulks. I use…

Just out recently: Coconut Milk, Basil and Chia Seeds plantbased drink. Chia seeds are such a powerhouse. They are a great bulking agent like tabioca seeds, they produce a edible foam if left over-night in filtered water and they taste terrific too. There's also Coco Gen Magnesium one of the many coconut waters that's a cut above the rest and Plant Co 100% natural have an organic cashew milk from Brazil available in Sydney, Australia for the first time. 

For Us. For extra length. Allspice-Pimiento. To make your paella even better add in 1/2 cup of sliced pimiento stuffed green olives. Spanish peppers are called Padron peppers. I like Bullhorn peppers for paella dishes.  A pinch of Cayenne pepper can be added for extra heat. Allspice berry is the Spanish name for pimento. Chillies are hot peppers, red peppers and green peppers. They belong to the Capsicum species and F. Solanaceae. F means Family. Pimenton is paprika. Pimienta is Pepper…

Acorazados means armoured in Spanish. The tortilla is double to prevent any seepage. First add tomato rice. Next top with the chorizo, beans in white wine then wrap a second time. "Make mine a double". There are three steps to assembling your Tacos Acorazado. The three amigos are: Prepare the tomato rice, prepare the vegan chorizo and drunken beans and lastly assemble. Note: The apple and red onion salsa can go on top. I prefer mine on the side. Also when you are cooking the chorizo pour…

Acorazados means armoured in Spanish. The tortilla is double to prevent any seepage. First add rice. Next top with guisado (stew) then wrap a second time. "Make mine a double". There are three steps to assembling your Tacos Acorrazado. The three amigos are: Prepare rice, prepare guisado (the stew part, in this case chorizo) and lastly assemble.

Ingredients:

1/2 red pepper

1 Tbsp of vegetable oil

150g long grain white rice

250mls water

a pinch of…

Vegan Ceviche is a dish using white vegan meat like Hearts of Palm chopped up and marinated in lime juice. It is accompanied with diced tomatoes, 2 diced small cucumbers, cilantro and chilli. Raw onion rings too. Lightly toasted Nori flakes makes this a mariners dish. Salt and pepper to taste. It can be served as a cocktail in a shell-shaped lettuce leaf and a vegan Thousand Island dressing on the side. Crushed chilli flakes on top works. Chunks of vegan plant-based lobster and vegan…

1. Lemon All Purpose

1 spray bottle

3 C distilled water

3 Tbs castille soap

1 teaspoon lemon essential oil

2. Lemongrass All Purpose

1 spray bottle

3 C distilled water

3 Tbs castille soap

1 teaspoon lemongrass essential oil

3. Eucalyptus

1 spray bottle

baking soda

citrus acid

1 Tbsp eucalyptus

4.Tea Tree Bathroom

1 spray bottle

1 1/2 C distilled water

2 Tbsp castille…

Depending on who you talk with paellas are regional in Latin America, South America and Spain. My objective is to make each individual one as colourful as possible like a fiesta dish. Here are 5 of mine.

Paella One: 3 Chilli Paella

Spanish rice, oily plant-based sardines, turmeric for the rice, oil of choice such as olive oil or safflower oil, vegetables of choice including carrots, beans, corn, peas, onions, beetroot, garlic and broadbeans etc, smoky paprika and a pinch of…

Busy today and in Newtown, vegan extravaganza for some.  Lunch consisted of a BBQ vegan Chinese bun, a banana drink clearly labelled 'vegan' where it once was not the case and Made in Australia Butter Babe, Spread, Sizzle, Slay Barely Salted Dairy Free European-style Cultured Butter with another purchase its sister Made In Australia Butter Babe Truffle Tease Truffle Parmesan Dairy Free European-style Cultured Butter. The Vegan sign clearly showing at the back of the packet. Moving on....

Getting out of the sweltering heat. Lunch at Mama B's today. Cheezeburger loaded fries was the go made with crumbed beef like patty, pickles, bacon, onion, cheeze sauce and burger sauce. All washed down with a glass of pale ale.

2 x Kara Coconut milk

2x Arlington Tapioca pudding - plant-based Raspberry (GF)

2x Dulce de Leche cartons from Creme Creamery

Earth grown meat-free sausages for sausage rolls

2x pkt frozen plant-based Scrimp on Sugarcane

The Plant Pantry nutritional yeast/nooch

1x pkt Tempeh original

Earth Grown vegan tofu

Plant-based tuna for Paella

Plant-based sardines for Paella

99th Monkey plant-based Smoothie

1 pkt Vegan…

Playing with Bourguignon all week. Plant-based beef is the go however from 'Le Gourmand' takeaways their Bourguignon was made with button mushrooms, carrots and mashed potatoes and so is mine.

Lunch consisted of one peanut butter sandwich and two Ragi finger millet dosai's stuffed with CocoBell coconut yogurt and 'Indian hot' chilli achar. Emma and Tom supplied the apple juice and mango drink.

South East Asian "Moneybags!", Ashwaganda tea, Pastizzis, either sweet such as apple, cinnamon and chocolate or savoury, tomatillo and NZ seaweed Karengo pickle, Biryani, Vegan Bake with Porcini Bechamel sauce, Finnish Pyttipannu, Indonesian Gado Gado with vegan prawn flavoured chips or equivalent. Argentinian chimichurri, Chinese Dumblings, Polish Pierogi. Vegan Mulligatawny soup with chunks of fresh bread or a french roll cut on the diagonal.

This is from my own notes. Here are 10 favourite recipes I have cooked recently.

1. Cajan Moon mellow sweet potato nuggets with aduki mash. You can put the nuggets on a skewer or make like a totem.

2. Half Lentil and half Kidney Bean Supreme bake, serrated carrots, corn-on-the-cob, onions served with quinoa

3. Brown rice stuffed Bull-Horn peppers with herbs of your choice

4. A reviving Greek salad with vegan feta and oregano, olives and Lebanese…

1. The Artful Vegan: Fresh Flavors From The Millennium Restaurant by Eric Tucker, Bruce Enloe and Desserts by Amy Pearce

2. The Millennium Cookbook: Extraordinary Vegetarian Cuisine by Eric Tucker, John Westerdahl and Sascha Weiss

3. How It All Vegan: Irresistible Recipes for an animal free diet by Tanya Barnard, Sarah Kramer

4. The Garden of Vegan by Tanya Barnard, Sarah Kramer

5. The Kindness Vegan Community Eating Vegan Has Never Been Easier Cookbook collected…