Favorite vegan breakfast?

[Jara]

Sometimes l make an omelette with chickpea flower (edited: flour, of course!, l just live like this, l quite like it), add some spring onions or mushrooms. If you mix it with margarine it gives a very soft texture and is yummy. I have it on toast. Always wholmeal.

[Blueberries]

Sometimes l make an omelette with chickpea flower, add some spring onions or mushrooms. If you mix it with margarine it gives a very soft texture and is yummy. I have it on toast. Always wholmeal.

I like chickpea flour omelettes too, Jara :). I always add a little bit of black salt to mine.

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[Blueberries]

Blended raspberries, sliced banana, Alpro vanilla pudding, more sliced banana, topped with Alpro plain yoghurt mixed with oats. Sprinkled with chocolate

Wow, that sounds very nice indeed! You defiantely know how to breakfast! :)

[VampireJack]

I've been meaning to check out chickpea flour omelettes for a while now - how "convincing" are they?

[Blueberries]

I've been meaning to check out chickpea flour omelettes for a while now - how "convincing" are they?

Emm I've been vegan for a while so I'm not sure how like egg omelettes they are, but they are really nice in their own right. :)

[tickled onion]

Melon, any type except honeydew, then for second breakfast an hour or two later datorade :)

[Paragon]

Jumbo organic porridge oats with ground flax and more recently a few sultanas.

[Tabbycat]

Current strange favorite is Hummus with Tortilla chips. Very very bad Tabbycat. Yes, I know. But... some days you just gotta have a few bad things because they taste so good.

And I've caught yet another cold (which hopefully won't hang around long), so my appetite is next to nil.

[Jara]

I've been meaning to check out chickpea flour omelettes for a while now - how "convincing" are they?

For me they are really "convincing", l even make spanish omelettes (with potatoes) with it. Apparently in Spain they used to use chickpea flower (edited: flour:o) after the civil war, when they hadn't got eggs. So, it isn't new!

And, Blueberries, yes, l add some salt and, sometimes, some seasoning mix!

[deniselynn]

For me they are really "convincing", l even make spanish omelettes (with potatoes) with it.

Anyone have a recipe?

[Blueberries]

Current strange favorite is Hummus with Tortilla chips. Very very bad Tabbycat. Yes, I know. But... some days you just gotta have a few bad things because they taste so good.

I hate when people say that food is 'good' or 'bad'! It's just food, some of it has different nutritional value than others but that doesn't give it a moral value! :)

[Blueberries]

Anyone have a recipe?

Em, I usually just kind of throw chickpea flour and unsweetened soya milk together until it looks like a batter and then add seasonings... next time I make it I will take proper notes and measurments!

[deniselynn]

Thanks! Just wondered if you were doing anything special. I looked up some recipes online and have the general idea now, looks easy peasy!

[Barry]

This thread inspired me to pick up some gram flour this evening so I could have an omelette for breakfast tomorrow. Surprised to hear that you put soya milk in yours though Blueberries. I tried that a few years ago and thought it tasted really weird.

[Tabbycat]

I hate when people say that food is 'good' or 'bad'! It's just food, some of it has different nutritional value than others but that doesn't give it a moral value! :)

The Hummus is certainly very healthy but the tortilla chips are borderline junk food. That's why I said it's bad. Doesn't stop me from eating it.

[Jara]

Anyone have a recipe?

For a simple omelette I add sometimes olive oil and another times margarine. The idea of the olive oil comes from a tipical food from Nice, like a hard pankace made in the oven with gram flowe (and again: flour!:lol2:): (it's yummy)


https://sites.google.com/site/marchedimancherecipes/socca-nicoise


For the spanish omelette I prefer margarine, it softens it but also l've used coconut milk. I can't tell you about cantities as l do it by hand. You have to fry the potatoes, very thin sliced, or if you prefer, you can just boil them and finish frying them in a little oil. Mix with the batter, add salt and -this is the most triky part-; add the mix to a pan with some oil in a high hit and then turn the hit dawn, like this is going to be crispier outside. Turn it with the help of a plate, and that's it.
Good luck!:-)

[deniselynn]

Thanks!

[Blueberries]

This thread inspired me to pick up some gram flour this evening so I could have an omelette for breakfast tomorrow. Surprised to hear that you put soya milk in yours though Blueberries. I tried that a few years ago and thought it tasted really weird.

It probably depends on the brand, soya milks can vary quite surprisingly. I use an unsweeted soya milk that is literally just soya beans and water (a cheap Spanish supermarket own-brand that is much nicer than some of the other more expensive soya milks here).

[Barry]

Fair enough, I'll give it another go! I have a MASSIVE bag of gram flour to get through now, so I think it'll be omelettes everyday for the next while... Does anyone have a way to make them fluffier? I really like the taste, but the texture is a bit too hard.

EDIT: Maybe some silken tofu would improve the texture?

[rwa]

I love Melons!:heart::thumbsup:


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[The Mighty Bosh]

Honey Dew Melon when I can get them, and Bannana's when I can't.

[Blueberries]

Fair enough, I'll give it another go! I have a MASSIVE bag of gram flour to get through now, so I think it'll be omelettes everyday for the next while... Does anyone have a way to make them fluffier? I really like the taste, but the texture is a bit too hard.

EDIT: Maybe some silken tofu would improve the texture?

I don't add tofu to mine but I have seen recipes that are a mixture of chickpea flour and blended tofu.

[Robinwomb]

Buckwheat granola (with buckwheat groats, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, ground flaxseed, almond butter, applesauce, maple syrup (or agave), almond extract. Probably the easiest granola I have ever made and it keeps for a long time (I brought it when camping a week not long ago). Very crunchy and makes a nice homemade cold cereal with plant milk.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3705/8994456397_0e4c2d8121_s.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elainevv/8994456397/)

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Oat Groats with fresh fruit, spices (cinammon, orange zest etc), seeds and/or nuts if you wish, sweetener if you wish. Very filling for a long period of time, and oat groats are quite nutty, chewy and flavorful compared to the more creamy steel cut or oatmeal variety for something different. I make a big batchof oat graots and keep it in the refrigerator and add it to dishes throughout the week because it takes a long time to cook for one meal.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/8994456249_e40b3efd9a_s.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/elainevv/8994456249/)

[Barry]

I don't add tofu to mine but I have seen recipes that are a mixture of chickpea flour and blended tofu.

I totally nailed my gram-flour omelette recipe not long after I posted that. No tofu was needed in the end, it's all about how long you cook it for. I ended up having them for breakfast every day for about a month. I'm pretty sick of them now!

[Blueberries]

I totally nailed my gram-flour omelette recipe not long after I posted that....I'm pretty sick of them now!

Haha! If you want something slightly different to do with it you could make chickpea scamble. I just made up the omelette mixture, put it in the microwave for about 3 minutes and then mash it with a bit of extra soya milk until it looks scambled. :)