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Re: Let Me Reccomend A Food Thread
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bittersweet
Sigh...all full of onions as usual...
I wouldn't worry, I was excited when I found them fresh about a year ago, but the novelty soon wore off. They are sold in quite a lot places I've been frozen if not fresh. The pasty is very brown and short, and I'm not a major fan of the fillings. They're okish, but I know I/you could cook better. The company does some nice looking puddings, but all are non vegan.
My recommended food for the day is balsamic reduction. Easily nicer than champagne. All you need is some good quality 6% acidity dark balsamic (such as sainsburys taste the difference vintage balsamic de modena in the uk) and a saucepan that you reduce it in over a low heat, till the sugar content sweetens and it becomes viscous enough to coat the back of a spoon. Just had some marinated large mushrooms on cibatta with balsamic reduction and basil to celebrate the start of the weekend. :D
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Does anyone remember mushroom and tofu Pukka pies, now they used to be vegan. We used to get them in our local health food shop years ago :0) I Haven't seen them for a long long time, and don't know if they still make them :0/ Although I know pukka pies are still in existance, sadly meat infested. But the tofu and mushroom pies were nice hehehe!! nothing like a little bit of junk food in your diet but saying that they were good for junk hehehe!!
Clives pies (the ones that are vegan) are ok I had one a while back. Ok for an easy dinner hehehe!!
Love and light
Xxxx Stormy xxxX
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Re: Let Me Reccomend A Food Thread
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Mr Flibble
I wouldn't worry, I was excited when I found them fresh about a year ago, but the novelty soon wore off. They are sold in quite a lot places I've been frozen if not fresh. The pasty is very brown and short, and I'm not a major fan of the fillings. They're okish, but I know I/you could cook better. The company does some nice looking puddings, but all are non vegan.
My recommended food for the day is balsamic reduction. Easily nicer than champagne. All you need is some good quality 6% acidity dark balsamic (such as sainsburys taste the difference vintage balsamic de modena in the uk) and a saucepan that you reduce it in over a low heat, till the sugar content sweetens and it becomes viscous enough to coat the back of a spoon. Just had some marinated large mushrooms on cibatta with balsamic reduction and basil to celebrate the start of the weekend. :D
Something similar that I used to make.......but haven't done so for ages.
Cut a few Roma tomatoes in half. Drizzle with a bit of balsamic vinegar and sprinkle with a bit of brown sugar and then roast them in the oven. Yum!!!
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In terms of recommendations:
lunnnnna bars and larabars.
food for life seven grain srpouted bread..sooo good
banana's dahl recipes (they are really good)
I also love amy's brown rice and veg, bowls (right on Foxy)
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Re: Let Me Reccomend A Food Thread
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Mr Flibble
I wouldn't worry, I was excited when I found them fresh about a year ago, but the novelty soon wore off. They are sold in quite a lot places I've been frozen if not fresh. The pasty is very brown and short, and I'm not a major fan of the fillings. They're okish, but I know I/you could cook better. The company does some nice looking puddings, but all are non vegan.
Oh Mr Snuffleuppacus do not be so glum I am just sharing with some enthusiasm for those that may be interested, yes you can make better yourself and I do often but for quick and easy food in the week when I have been at the gym for two hours they are great.
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sorry, didn't mean to sound too gloomy, my post was in reply to bittersweet to say that all is not lost. I would recomend anyone to try them and see if they like them, they make a pretty good meal for zero effort ocassions
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Has anyone tried Ambrosian (I think) frozen 'cheese' pasties? - you can buy them with onion, chive or baked beans - the baked bean ones are GREAT - all organic too....! They are in my local health food shop, though there never seem to be enough, they are always running out....
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yea, have been buying them for the past year, not bad at all. They also also ok cold (after cooking) when I'm uber lazy and can't think of anything more imaginative to prepare to take into work with me.
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Today's recomendation is Thai Boy Green Thai Curry Paste, which i've seen in various thai/chinese supermarkets (I got it from Wing Tai in south London) costing under 1 uk pound but only got round to using tonight (it's imported from thailand and has an american style listing of nutrician so is probably available in other countries too). A few years ago when i first started getting interested in thai food I went on a mission to find curry paste without seafood in it (too lazy to make it myself), and initially failed. Since then I've found various brands of red, yellow and green around the place and am working my way through them to see what I like best.
The best Thai I've ever had was at a work christmas do at The Mango Tree at Grosvener Place in London, but as it came to about 80-100 quid per head (inc booze) I don't think i'll be returning when paying myself! Tonight I've just made a green curry in 10 mins flat to match it thou, and it cost under a fiver for 2 portions.
I generally experiment with various ingrediants to get the taste just right, but after frying 15g of paste (about 10p worth) in some oil (it recomends 50g, but 15g is about as hot as I like my curries!), adding 100g peanut butter and 400ml coconut milk it didn't need any more ingrediants. A pack of Taifun smoked tofu (with almonds and sesame seeds) and 150g cooked whole wheat soba/udon noodles mixed in and I'd happy pay far too much for it in a resturant. Delicious :D
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I used to love the Clives mushroom pies though I don't live near anywhere that sells them now. I never heated them up, just scoffed them on the way back from the shop, usually.
I've recommended Winner Swedish Soft (philadelphia style soya cream cheese) on another thread, but I'm going to put in a good word for it here too. Last time it was available for about 99p a tub from several supermarkets, beating Tofutti cream cheese on price, taste, and actual availability in supermarkets - then it wasn't available for a while, but they seem to be relaunching it this month.
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I used to love the Clives mushroom pies though I don't live near anywhere that sells them now
They sell them in Coventry (25 miles from Leicester - walkable!) if you ever get desperate. I live about 150 yards from a good health food store, 200 from a Holland and Barratt :)
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Let me recommend........This cheesecake recipe:D very very easy. YOU DONT HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL UR DOING TO MAKE THIS RECIPE;)
Base:
Take one packet of arnotts nice biscuits/oreos and blend in a blender with a couple of tablespoons of Nuttlex. Press into cake tin/dish and set in the fridge whilst you make the mix.
Filling: 2 tubs of kingland soy creamcheese
vanilla or other flavour custard powder (185g)
1/2 bottle cadbury's caramello ice cream topping (or other flavour)
1/4 cup soy milk, or more depending on desired consistency.
Method:
using an electric beater blend the cream cheese and pudding mix together (just throw the mix in dry dont make it up), blend in caramello topping until smooth. Add soy milk until consistentcy is smooth but not too heavy, not too runny.
pour into base & set in fridge for an hour (or freezer overnight, then defrost, I find it tends to make the cheesey bit a bit firmer)
cut & eat.
you can use other flavours other than caramel, add fruit etc
Hope you enjoy!
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Nut Butters/Spreads.. which are most nutritional/which do you prefer?
I usually just eat all natural peanut butter, but i've always noticed the different kinds of nut butters/spreads in the health food isles. I am curious what your favorite is or which has the most health benefits.. i.e there are a few soynut butters that have very little fat, but the fat in peanut butter is good fat..[right?:confused:] Thanks for any input- I really appreciate it!
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Yep. The fat in peanutbutter is the good fat. :)
I like the brand Adams. It's natural and pretty easy to find where I live. :)
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I buy peanut butter at the local health store where they put the peanuts through the blender to produce either smooth or chunky while I wait. Nothing added, and after eating their peanut butter for quite some time, I couldn't go back to commercially produced stuff.
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I tend to use peanut butter in cooking (satay, cookies etc) and cashew butter on toast/with a spoon/my fingers.
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Stormypagan
Does anyone remember mushroom and tofu Pukka pies, now they used to be vegan. We used to get them in our local health food shop years ago :0) I Haven't seen them for a long long time, and don't know if they still make them :0/ Although I know pukka pies are still in existance, sadly meat infested. But the tofu and mushroom pies were nice hehehe!! nothing like a little bit of junk food in your diet but saying that they were good for junk hehehe!!
Yes, I remember those! They sold them at our local chip shop in the late 1980s. Mr Spiral and me used to treat ourselves occasionally to a very healthy meal of Pukka pie and chips :D I've not seen them for years now though.
Thumbs up to Alpro Raspberry and Vanilla yoghurts.
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Re: Favourite vegan food / meal
My new currents faves:
Mango
sushi
curry rice noodles and tofu from Noodle Box
Avacado
Crunchola cereal
prunes
Oasis drink *always*
Mushroom
corn
Leda Luxuries
Chewy cookies
cheesecake
donuts
Veggie pies
blueberry muffins
pancakes with icecream and maple syrup
gosh im so healthy arent i? :o
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i just started making cornbread and walnut biscuits and i have to say i think those are some of my new favs. i also love cereal soooo much, and TOFUTOFUTOFU, not to mention all the things i can't think of right now and all the things i haven't tried yet :p
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At the moment it's all those lovely winter vegetables: Brussels sprouts, swede, parsnips, sweet potatoes. In any possible variation. Oh, I love winter!
I also LOVE Lebkuchen - that is, the proper, homemade stuff, traditional recipe from my grandma (we have a great history of making the most amazing Christmasy biscuits in Germany), not the nasty dry supermarket ones.
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i just started making cornbread and walnut biscuits and i have to say i think those are some of my new favs. i also love cereal soooo much, and TOFUTOFUTOFU, not to mention all the things i can't think of right now and all the things i haven't tried yet :p
Oh my gosh. Whose recipe is that (the cornbread-walnut biscuits)? They sound sooo good.
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lol, it's 2 different things, the cornbread (WHICH IS SOOO GOOD) is from Nava Atlas, and the Wlanut Biscuits are from Veggie Life, they are just too good too! i could post the recipes if you'd like :)
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The most recent Veggie Life? I think I may have that one.
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I just love all these food threads. I love food :)
My lists of favourites would be endlessly long. My current favourite vegetables are:
aubergines,
artichokes,
asparagus,
avocados, (maybe I just like 'a's?)
potatoes,
raw baby spinach
red pepper
corn on the cob ....or off it
My favourite non-vegetables are:
Chocolate cake
Chocolate cherry muffins
Ice cream with chocolate sauce
Walnuts
Peanut butter or chocolate chip cookies
Firm tofu - preferably flavoured
Realeat sausages
Anything else with chocolate :)
I'm going through a not-much-fruit-phase, but am really into clementines. The ones that are really hard to peel taste best I think :)
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All the above sounds lovely (well except avocardo:) ) I am yet to make some Muffins but keep saying i will make some. I used to eat loads of fruit but just cant face that much at the moment. I always crave fruit in the summer :)
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This made me SO hungry reading this! Thanks for linking up to the recipes too...I have to try them.
I'm currently addicted to:
1. Hummus
2. Garlic (on anything! almost...)
3. Lentil soup
4. Rice milk
5. More Hummus
6. Olives
7. Almonds
8. Blueberries
9. Cranberries
10. More Hummus
I have to dig up a recipe for stuffed eggplant that I found. It's so good! I think it was from The Garden of Vegan cookbook but I'm not sure! I loved it though and will post as soon as I can find it! *runs to go eat now*
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jillian
The most recent Veggie Life? I think I may have that one.
it's the one for the fall... it's the one with the homemade pumpkin pie crust in it and everything...let me know if that's the one you have :)
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Zandi
I have to dig up a recipe for stuffed eggplant that I found. It's so good! I think it was from The Garden of Vegan cookbook but I'm not sure! I loved it though and will post as soon as I can find it!
Mmmmmmm Sounds good.
Hi Puffin. I realised when I said I wasn't into fruit at the moment, that today I have actually eaten 2 plums, a banana, a pear and several clementines!! Lol.
I eat more fruit in Summer too. I suppose I meant that I haven't been really craving fruit recently like I sometimes do.
Blueberries - there's always room for those :) And strawberries. And raspberries.
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I love berries. I wish it was summer again :D
I just find fruit so expensive. I buy Bananas, pears, grapes and apples for the kids and eat some of that. I also buy dried fruit but have gone of them at the moment.
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my dad got me some cherries today, and i haven't had them in forever and i'm looking forward to them, i LOOOOVE cherries!
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some of my favorite meals:
-homemade vegan tacos
-bowl of brown rice w/ a little vegan butter and tamari
-salads
-smoothies
-split pea soup
-breakfasts (hashbrowns, scrambled tofu, toast)
-holiday dinners (nut roast, gravy, potatoes, and all sorts of other stuff)
-fries and salad when i go out to eat
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i love stuffed pita, i make it all the time with almost anything :D
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My favourite vegan meal at the moment is also pita - but stuffed w/ falafel, tabbouli, hummus and garlic tahini.
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Oooh yum!
Tina, how do you make your vegan tacos? I never even tried them! Since they made your top ten, I'd love to know how you make yours!!
I kept seeing recipes for Nut Loaf at Thanksgiving. I may try one for Christmas! Any tips?
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zandi, they definitely make my top ten list. theyre delicious. im making them tommorow as my meal of choice for celebrating my 2 year vegan anniversary.
heres the recipe:
http://veganforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4535
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zandi, heres the nut roast recipe i use all the time. its DELICIOUS.
http://www.boutell.com/vegetarian/nut-roast.html
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Awww Tina! Thanks SO much!
Congratulations on your 2 year vegan anniversary!! I'm still in my first year...but I love your idea of celebrating! :)
I'll go print those recipes now! I appreciate that very much!!
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Mmmmm - I've just written the ingredients on my shopping list. I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow, and plan to have these one night over the holidays! :D
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mashed potato with soya butter ans spaghetti hoops. (yum!)
crisps
swedish glaze icecream with cherries.
green and blacks chocolate.