Cassava and Jap (Kabocha squash) Pumpkin Stew

Serves 2 

Ingredients: 4 frozen rounds of Cassava found at speciality shops

1 medium Jap (Kabocha squash) Pumpkin, washed, peeled and dry air-oven roasted

2 medium Tomatoes, chopped

2 red Onions, peeled and diced

Olive or Grapeseed oil, 2-3 tbsp

10-15 fresh Curry leaves

1/2 tsp chilli and garlic paste

1/2 tsp ginger paste

1/2 tsp dried flaked chillies

1/2 tsp cumin…

Big day in Newtown. Lunch at Green's Enmore Road was a Mexican Burria vegan pie - the best! Tony Jones, the director, will be in attendance tonight for the premiere of 'Sentient'; Q and A's will be part of the program no doubt. Tony Jones is an Aussie. Known at 'Sundance' Film Festival. He asks "Can we justify harming animals in the name of science?". It's pegged as a moving journey into laboratory animals.  Runtime is 105minutes.

1 big bowl of roast organic vegetables in picante sauce

1 large mixed Breakfast Salad Bowl including organic baby green and purple lettuce leaves, spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes, chard, coral; a frilly sea lettuce, fresh garlic cloves, plant-based smoky mayonnaise, carrot, flecks of orange bell pepper, flat-leaf parsley, lemon juice. Seasoning to taste.

Rhubarb and Strawberry vegan Shortcake 

Loaded young Jackfruit Bourguignon with carrots and mashed potatoes in olive…

2 x organic 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…

Creamy Caesar Salad

Serves 4.

1 large Romaine (Cos) lettuce, chopped roughly or torn into bite size pieces. Use 8 leaves.

5-6 tbsp plant mayonnaise

1tsp Umeboshi vinegar for the salad

1 tsp rice vinegar or white vinegar for the Aioli

1 wedge of lemon juice for the aioli

Olive oil

12 slices of stale white bread for the croutons, cut crusts off

2-3 cloves of fresh garlic,crushed

1/4 tsp of vegan mushroom oyster sauce or…

The 12 tastes are useful to build a vegan pantry repertoire based on taste. They are: Bitter A.K.A. some lettuce leaves for salad, Sweet A.K.A. vegan cream and Sour A.K.A. balsamic and the vinegars, Astringent A.K.A. citrus, Spicy A.K.A. the spices, Salty A.K.A. miso, Hot A.K.A paprika powder, cayenne powder and chilli powder, Plum A.K.A. Japanese plum sauce, umeboshi plum, vegan plum wine etc, Pungent A.K.A. quinoa, mustard etc Tart A.K.A. tamarind, green tart apples, the Aromatic Herbs…

It's name is Pave – One Square Potato

You will need a sharp knife or a mandoline.

Find the largest potato you can find and wash it. I use a large Y-peeler to peel the potato and sit it on a cutting board. The objective is to make a square so cut all four corners then once you have a square shape cut finely into layers one at a time, not unlike hasselback style. Pave cuts the square side. I managed 9 layers from one large potato. Pull the layers together, one after another,  and…

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Foodies Love Food. Name 10 plus Ways the 'Foodie' Tag Benefits a Vegan

1. It can provide a broader canvas to work from.

2. It might create larger supermarket shelf space and some vegans believe this is where the future lies.

3. Everyday of our life, and our families lives, we eat to survive 3 times a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. We can't live without food or water. It pays to be a vegan foodie.

4. Foodies grow more food.

5. Foodies form lasting…

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 too.  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…

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…

This is a 5-day vegan meal plan as devised by myself.

Day 1.

Breakfast: 2 slices of wholemeal toast and a vegan spread which is Nooch (nutritional yeast)

Snack: 1 medium mango, 4 strawberries

Lunch: 1 large salad with lemon and olive oil dressing. One skillet flatbread with Spanish black olives and dried crushed chillies

Snack: 1 large bunch of grapes

Dinner: Air-ovened 3 blistered baby capsicums (red, orange and yellow) in olive oil stuffed with…

Spanish Gazpacho is a speciality cocktail drink that’s been drunk throughout the decades by a variety of well-known supporters of ‘Gazpacho’ itself. It is a regional spicy peppery tomato cocktail – different regions have their take on it. It’s iced for those sweltering hot days at the golf club etc. Ingredients include: fresh tomatoes; skinned and seeded, peppers, shallots, garlic, spring onions; chopped then choose a hot sauce from the devilishly diabolical heat range right through to a…

Here is a salsa for you. This one has cumin in it. Makes 2 cups. 

2 C Tomatoes

1/2 C Cucumbers, diced 

1/2 C Red Onion, diced

1 teaspoon Garlic, minced

1 green Capsicum,chopped 

1 teaspoon of ground cumin

1 splash of rice vinegar

Freshly chopped coriander

 Lime juice and zest

1/2 teaspoon cayenne or Tabasco sauce

Salt to taste.

Mix the tomatoes, cucumbers, red onion, green pepper, cumin and garlic together.…

Wild Tart Cranberries and Basmati Brown Rice With An Assortment Of Lemony Poached Vegetables

Simmer the cranberries until cooked then drain. This takes 20 minutes.

Ingredients:

20 Wild tart Cranberries 

Basmati Brown Rice ½ cup per person

Poaching vegetables include:

Baby carrots, one bunch trimmed and peeled. Marinate for 10 minutes beforehand in Umeboshi vinegar (non-salty version)

Asparagus spears, one bunch, cut into spears

Green…

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

Habernero hot sauce

2 tsp grated Ginger

1/2 Red Onion, diced

1 tsp castor sugar or your choice of sweetener

A splash of rice vinegar or wine vinegar

1/4 fresh Coriander, chopped finely

1 tsp Onion seeds

1 small pinch of Cayenne powder

1 small…

4 Roast Red Spanish Peppers and Beetroot Salsa – the Red Salsa

6 ‘witches hat down’ Spanish peppers

6 baby Beets, whole, cooked and cut in half. 

Serrano pepper

1 Red Spanish Onion, diced

Olive oil or Grapeseed oil

A splash of rice vinegar

½ tsp Cayenne powder

½ tsp Red Pepper powder

Salt and pepper to taste

½ bunch of fresh coriander, chopped to garnish

With a roasting pan air-oven 220C the 6 ‘witches hat down’…

A Posset of Flowering Courgettes with a faux Tune Mousse

A light batter consists of 2 cups of plain flour, 1 level tsp egg replacer,  1 level tsp Arrowroot powder 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 prepared batter. To avoid any dripping use the back of the clotted spoon with the courgette on…

Potato Song

1 large Potato, scrubbed and peeled, as big as you can

10-12 drops or a splash of Hickory (dependent on the manufacturer brand strength)

Serano chilli pepper

2 rashers of streaky plant bacon per serve

2 handfuls of green Beans, top and tailed

4 medium Country or Portabello Mushrooms, washed and trim the stork

4 cloves Garlic, crushed

Plant butter

2-3 tbsp Grapeseed or Olive Oil for roasting

Salt and lemon…

Cactus Jack: 7 Char-grilled Vegetables in 7 Days

Day 1: Strips of red pepper (2 large Bell peppers) marinated in Spanish spices (paprika, chilli powder, chipotle) and paint on the olive oil. Blister for 10-15 minutes, air-fried. Salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

Day 2. 1 large potato, cut finely. Air-fry in a crust of garlic granules firstly then dip the other side in nutritional yeast for the last 5 minutes of grilling. It takes 10-15 minutes air-ovened at 220C. Garnish with…