Pictures of good vegan food you've eaten! (1)

[RainInStarlight]

started making pastry again this week, from scratch no frozen stuff for me (150g flour, 60g pure spread and 60ml water with a pinch of salt)
creamed spinach, onion, broccoli and sweetcorn pie

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs218.snc3/22539_514106731542_271100558_632332_2839092_n.jpg

pasty with the same filling as above
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs218.snc3/22539_514106736532_271100558_632333_8085542_n.jpg


Those look so cute! :D

[Enchantress]

From VCTOTW Golden Vanilla Cupcakes with Fluffy Buttercream Frosting.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/available_enchantress/022.jpg

[smallhelen]

I finally summoned up the courage (and collected the ingredients) to be able to make a lemon meringue pie!

The finished article

http://www.veganforum.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=88&pictureid=371

Finished article once I had taken out my piece.

http://www.veganforum.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=88&pictureid=372



http://www.veganforum.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=88&pictureid=373

The main ingredients, although I just kind of made it up as I went along. Tasted pretty good (not that I can remember what the real eggy version tasted like).
OH says 'mmmmmmm. That's alright.'

[Sluggie]

Ooh those cuocakes look gooood. And I didn't know vegan lemon meringue pie was even possible. Hm.

[Buddha Belly]

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh427/rosswat/008-1.jpg
Foccacia Bread made this week.


http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh427/rosswat/028.jpg

Banoffee pie made on Weds eaten last night (and tonight)

[Mr Flibble]

Recent Cocktails:

Mulled Cognac (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/mulled-cognac.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/cog400.JPG

Nougat Vodka (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/11/vegan-hazelnut-nougat-vodka.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/nougat5.JPG

Champagne Cocktails (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/champagne-cocktails.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/champagne3.JPG

Strawberry Basil Cocktails (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/strawberry-basil-cocktails.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/strawbasil6.JPG

Mojitos (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/perfect-mojitos.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/mojito1.JPG

More here: http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/search/label/Cocktail

[Mr Flibble]

Recent Food:

Rocky Road (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/rocky-road.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/chocbiscuit6.JPG

Chocolate Yule Log (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/chocolate-yule-log.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/log1.JPG

Stollen (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/stollen.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/stollen12.JPG

Chocolate Clementine Bread (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/clementine-chocolate-bread.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/clem1.JPG

Smoked Tofu & Puy Lentils in Pear Cider (link (http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2009/12/puy-lentils-in-pear-cider.html)):

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/puy1.JPG

More here: http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/search/label/food

[Mr Flibble]

Sluggie: Do you have a recipe?


http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh427/rosswat/008-1.jpg
Foccacia Bread made this week.

Yum! I love foccacia. I don't have the patience however to make it very often and the range of ones available in supermarkets at current is rather crap. Waitrose used to do an amazing trio of focaccia (1/3 sundried tomato, 1/3 olive, 1/3 herb), which they replaced by something uninspiring and unvegan.

[BlackCats]

OMG everything looks fantastic people.:satisfied:

[beanstew]

Vegetable lasagna fresh from the oven:

http://beanstew.co.uk/static/images/lasagna-whole-20100101.jpg

Generous portion with stringless beans (neatly presented as always :rolleyes:):

http://beanstew.co.uk/static/images/lasagna-beans-20100101.jpg

[Sluggie]

Mmm, I'm hungry now. Great photos too, Mr F. It always seems to be dark when I have food to photograph. Anyway, here's my florentine recipe:

5tbs caster sugar
75g margerine
3tbs plain flour
75g flaked almonds and chopped pecans
25g chopped mixed peel
25g sultanas, chopped
25g dried cherries (chopped)
100g chocolate


Heat oven to gas mark 4 / 160c.
Grease and flour a baking sheet.
Heat margerine and sugar in a large saucepan until sugar is completely dissolved.
Mix in the flour, then add the nuts, peel and fruit.
Place teaspoonfuls of the mixture, widely spaced on the baking sheet and flatten slightly. (Make 2 batches unless you have a huge oven.)
Bake for 10 minutes.
Leave to cool on the tray for 2 - 3 minutes, then slide a knife under them to lift them off and put them on a cooling rack. They tend to stick to the tray, so don't leave them too long. It also helps to gently push the edges in with a knife as soon as they come out of the oven.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of boiling water.
Spread the chocolate over the flat side of the florentines.
Traditional florentines use glace cherries, but all the ones I've seen have cochineal in them, so I used dried ones instead.

[Mr Flibble]

Thank you and thanks for the recipe - I'm not sure i've ever seen glace cherries with cochineal in :eek: The latest tesco list (http://www.gardenseeds.co.uk/Vegan%20Sept%202009.pdf) has their glace cherries down as being vegan.

I very rarely have the luxury of natural light in my photos. I have a 3-head studio lighting kit, but it's a pain in the ass to set up for kitchen snaps, so I rarely bother.

[Hemlock]

Rocky road? Cocktails? i'm on my way over to your house now :D

[Stig]

I just ate a meal but after looking at all these fantastic pictures i'm hungry again! :D

[Sluggie]

Thank you and thanks for the recipe - I'm not sure i've ever seen glace cherries with cochineal in :eek: The latest tesco list (http://www.gardenseeds.co.uk/Vegan%20Sept%202009.pdf) has their glace cherries down as being vegan.

I'll bear that in mind next time I visit Tesco. Whitworth's glace cherries have e120 listed. :mad:

[beanstew]

Fried brunch for Sunday:

http://beanstew.co.uk/static/images/fried-brunch-20100103.jpg

[Mr Flibble]

Mint & Strawberry Sorbet:

http://media.offline.org.uk/blog/sm4.JPG

Recipe: http://lustrousmusings.blogspot.com/2010/01/mint-strawberry-sorbet.html

[Est]

Mr Flibble, will you marry me?

:D :p

[beanstew]

Cottage Pie and greens tonight.

http://beanstew.co.uk/static/images/cottage-pie-20100104.jpg

[Sunkist]

This looks good Beanstew :) good seasonal Wintery food !

:)

[sandra]

I LOVE looking at this thread, everything looks so good! :)

I'm like Sluggie though, whenever I have anything to photograph it's always dark and when I take a photo the colour comes out wrong. :(

[RubyDuby]

How did I manage to miss a whole page? Wow, all these sweets look great! I'm also shocked by the meringue. very cool.


Why do I suddenly want a cocktail?

[Sunkist]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4253702163_74f19e14c9.jpg


Root Vegetable ( swede ,carrots, onion) and Seaweed Soup,


I made this today,-it was very good :) - But probably tasted better than it looks :D !

[Risker]

Cottage Pie and greens tonight.

http://beanstew.co.uk/static/images/cottage-pie-20100104.jpg

Those tomato slices look suspiciously blackened, you didn't cook them on top did you? :surprised_ani:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2210696.pies_the_limit_for_feuding_blackburn_broth ers/

[beanstew]

Those tomato slices look suspiciously blackened, you didn't cook them on top did you? :surprised_ani:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2210696.pies_the_limit_for_feuding_blackburn_broth ers/

:lol: at the solicitors debating what goes in/on a pie. My pies are normally topped with sliced tomato and sheese and filled with veggie mince, celery, mushrooms, carrots, tomato and anything else to hand. :)