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Tempura, Chickpea, Potato and Pineapple Coconut Curry

Serves 4

1pkt Tempura, cut into triangles and pan-fry in olive or neutral oil until golden. Put aside.

4 large Potatoes, washed, peeled and diced

2 handfuls Green Beans

½ medium Cauliflower cut into florets

1 can of Chickpeas

4 cloves Garlic, crushed

1 can crushed Pineapple with ½ juice

1 can Coconut milk

2 green Chillies, cut on the diagonal

2-3tbsp desiccated…

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 it 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…

1. Matcha Sponge cake with vegan whipped cream

2. BBQed sweet Pineapple slices cut into wedges with dairy-free cream

3. Marble vegan cheesecake

4. Madeira sodden sponge cake with orange icing

5. Raw Caramel slice with a Universal crust

6. Orange and chocolate Jaffa slice

7. Peppermint slice

8 Fresh fruit

9. Sticky date pudding and sticky toffee pudding

10. Red Velvet Whoppie pies

Buffalo Purple Cauliflower Steaks with Ranch Sauce

Eat Your Greens (and purples too)

Organic where possible. Serves 2

Do The Prep:

1 Head Purple Cauliflower

1 bunch of English Spinach

1 bunch of Purple Broccolini, trimmed

1 medium Purple Cabbage, shredded finely

1 large Purple or Red Onion, diced finely

1 bunch of Purple carrots, cut in rounds

1-2 fresh Green long Chillies, cut on the diagonal

2 tsp Ginger…

Wasabi Crème Cauliflower Scallops Seared and Encrusted In Sesame Seeds

Serves 2

1 whole medium Cauliflower, washed, trimmed and the woody spine removed

Wasabi Crème; enough to cover the scallops or small wings

1C sesame seeds

5tbp Olive oil

Flat leaf Parsley to garnish

Red Chilli Powder to garnish

Salt and Pepper to taste

Wedges of Lemon to serve

Air-oven the individual cauliflower scallops (wings) in 1 tbsp of olive oil…

South East Asian Moneybags (sometimes known as Gold Bags), Ashwaganda tea, Greek Pastizzis, either sweet such as apple, cinnamon and chocolate or savoury, New Zealand seaweed Karengo and Tomatillos pickle ou d'oeuvres, Indian Biryani, Vegan Bake with Porcini Mushroom sauce,Scottish Cock-a-Leekie soup, Finnish Pyttipannu, Indonesian Gado Gado with vegan vegetable chips or equivalent e.g., rice crackers. Argentinian chimichurri, Chinese Dumblings, Polish Pierogi. Vegan Mulligatawny soup…

Breakfast Salad 1:

Ingredients: Gourmet mixed leaf salad selection  including Gem and loose mustardy Rocket leaves mix.  1 large avocado, umeboshi or white wine vinegar, a medley of cooked mushrooms, vegan mayonnaise, ½ diced red onion, 1 tbsp nutritional yeast, 2 tsp mushroom water, 3 cloves crushed garlic salt and white pepper to taste. Combine.

Breakfast Salad 2: 1 large mixed Breakfast Salad Bowl including organic baby green and purple lettuce leaves, spinach leaves, cherry…

Mexican Spiced Tomato Sticky Rice and SE Asian Green Vegetable Curry

Serves 2

Ingredients:

2 medium Zucchini, washed and cut into rounds

8 medium Button Mushrooms, washed and cut

1 C Green Beans, washed and cut on the diagonal

2 fresh long Green Chillies

1 tsp powdered Cumin

1-2 tsp Keffir Lime Leaves

1-2 tsp Thai Green Curry Paste

2 large cloves of Garlic, crushed

8 leaves of fresh Thai Basil, 4 cut finely and 4…

Vegan Hot Dogs

Serves 4

Ingredients for the Marinade:

1tsp grated Ginger, 1ts crushed Garlic, ½ tsp powdered Turmeric, 3tsp Sweet Chilli sauce, 1tsp Soy sauce,1tsp Olive oil or Grapeseed oil, Salt to taste

1 packet of Tempeh, 2 ribs per ‘dog’

1 large Onion, chopped and diced

2-3 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar

1 tbsp raw sugar

4 slit sideways, Hot Dog Buns, warmed

6 large fresh Shiitake mushrooms, French-style cut in quarters

Extra…

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, onions, garlic, broccolini, eggplant, tomatoes, spring onions.

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

THE BEEF: A selection of plant-based meat including…

Air-Ovened Char-Grilled Bell Peppers, Habanero Hot Sauce and Spring Onions

Serves 4

Ingredients:

4 Orange and Green marble Bell Peppers, wash, trim and cut in half lengthways

1 tsp Sage, fresh or dried

Habanero hot sauce

Olive oil or Grapeseed oil

8 Spring onions, wash and trim

Salt and Pepper

Instructions:

Preheat the air-oven to 250C. Place the 8 shells of Orange-Green Bell Pepper and the 8 Spring Onions in the oiled…

I'd like to hear from you with your expressions from the plant and vegan kingdom.

 Of Cabbages and Kings

Brussel Sprouts with Clout

Orange Renaissance/Orange Blancmange

Hoisin Boursin

Love and Peas

Blazin Raison Balsamic

Lemon Pepper Pot/Lemon Bad Boy/Lemon Pepper

Native Swede with cousin Turnip

Lettuce Show You Around/Lettuce Entertain You

Red Alert/Red Slaw/Kale Ale/Cauliflower Contrivance

Gutter Tactic Spud…

Air-ovened Corn-On-The-Cob with Green Cayenne and Corn Sauce

Prepare 4 ears of corn. Wash the corn throughly. Leave the husk on and disregard the silky bit. Trim the tip of the corn and prepare and trim the pulled back foliage of the husk to fit the roaster pan keeping the husk intact with the corn which will eventually give a smoky effect. We are not looking to remove the husk.  Add a thin film of canola oil or olive oil for the ears of corn to roast at 250C degrees for 15 minutes.…

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 thin slices 

1 large Red Onion, washed and diced

1 dozen Red Seedless Grapes, a handful

A splash of rice vinegar, to taste

1 teaspoon Date Sugar Powder or any sweetener

2 small limes, juice and zest

1 small pinch of Cayenne powder to garnish

¼…

Soured Red Cabbage, Shiitake Mushrooms and Brown Lentil Bolognese

Serves 4

½ medium red cabbage, finely cut

2 cans brown lentils

1 large red onion, diced

6 small garlic cloves, crushed

¼ Lemon juice (the acid) to sour the red cabbage

Extra virgin olive oil or grapeseed oil

8 fresh shiitake mushrooms

3 tbsp tomato paste

1 cup of textured soy protein

1 tsp powder chilli powder

1 tsp cayenne powder

1 tsp…

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…

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…