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

[fondducoeur]

Chick'n fried seitan, mashed potatoes and gravy, collard greens


Coconut cupcakes (VWAV)


Israeli couscous salad (fatfreevegan.com), coconut lime tofu (Vegan Yum Yum cookbook)


Gumbo with Tofurkey Italian sausage (Vegan Lunchbox From Around the World)


Cuban black beans and fried sweet plantains (Urban Vegan)

[cedarblue]

mmm that gumbo and beans with plantain looks very yummo.

did you follow a recipe?

[fondducoeur]

Cedarblue, I will PM them to as soon as I get a chance.

[cedarblue]

yum yum, thanks!

[beanstew]

Veggie stew and dumplings tonight.

[DiaShel]

Cedarblue, I will PM them to as soon as I get a chance.

Um... while you're at it would you mind cc-ing me in?

[powder]

Hoisin-drenched garlic seitan with baby bok choy and toasted sesame seeds (aka dinner 8/29/2010)

[Kitteh]

FdC - I want some chick'n seitan and a cupcake, please!

Gf tomato rosemary focaccia


Gf chickpea nuggets w/ hot sauce


We had another bake sale on the weekend, we raised $1180 and that will go to 2 shelters/rescues

I made my usual cupcakes plus gf agave vanilla cupcakes w/ cashew cream & strawberries


And chocolate kittehs and gingerbread donkeys (that look a bit like donkey-rabbits!)

[smallhelen]

^ Hi Kitteh! Am currently trying to be GF to support my other half, and your photos look delicious (as usual). Any chance of PMing the recipes for the focaccia and chickpea nuggets (or letting me know where you got them from)? Thanks.

[Kitteh]

^ Hi Kitteh! Am currently trying to be GF to support my other half, and your photos look delicious (as usual). Any chance of PMing the recipes for the focaccia and chickpea nuggets (or letting me know where you got them from)? Thanks.

Click on the titles of the photos, they're linked to the blogs the recipes came from! Any other questions or recipe help, just ask!

[Jivattatva]

I want to share what I made recently. The recipes are on my website.

Curry




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Strawberry Lassi



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[beanstew]

I had butter beans and cous cous last night:

[beanstew]

Big roast tonight:

[cedarblue]

that looks a greaat roast!

[sandra]

Everyone's food looks lovely. When I try to photograph my food it doesn't look as good as it does in real life.............what am I doing wrong...........is it the lighting?

p.s. Or maybe my food is just plain horrible looking!

[beanstew]

that looks a greaat roast!

Thanks! It was yum.

Chicory in Sheese sauce, corn-on-the-cob, steamed potatoes and veggieburgers for dinner tonight.

[sandra]

^ See what I mean

That looks lovely Beanstew. Are they homemade veggie burgers?
The chicory sounds intriguing..........I've never tried that.

[beanstew]

That looks lovely Beanstew. Are they homemade veggie burgers?

They are from a dry mix.

The chicory sounds intriguing..........I've never tried that.

You should! Chicory is delicious.

[sandra]

Thanks, packet mix is best............at least anytime I've tried to make homemade burgers they always fall apart!
I'll have a look out for chicory tomorrow and give it a go.

[Melanie]

Made some vanilla light sponge fruit cupcakes with vanilla frosting for my Dad and Gran (who are both big time meat-eaters). They loved them! Yay! ^_^
Here's a rubbish camera phone picture of the cupcakes:



Love Melanie
~xx

[DiaShel]

Thanks, packet mix is best............at least anytime I've tried to make homemade burgers they always fall apart!

I use vital wheat gluten in when and it really binds it together.

[sandra]

They look so good Melanie...........I LOVE cupcakes!

I must try that DiaShel.........I've tried a few times to make my own veggie burgers but so far they break up when I fry them.

[cedarblue]

other peoples dinners and baking always looks so yummy....i must get round to downloading my photos onto the old comp!

i've a good picture of my pineapple upside down cake hanging around waiting to be admired!

[Kitteh]

Everyone's food looks lovely. When I try to photograph my food it doesn't look as good as it does in real life.............what am I doing wrong...........is it the lighting?

p.s. Or maybe my food is just plain horrible looking!

Daylight is best, Sandra

[sandra]

Thanks Kitteh for helping me out. xxx

That's were I've been going wrong.............it's always night time when I take a photo of what I've made and it just comes out a sort of uniform yellow colour..........not very appetising at all!

[beanstew]

My kitchen is really dark so I use a flash with a diffuser.

[sandra]

I've taken some of mine using the flash................I don't know what a diffuser is though...............is it built into the camera or something external?

[Risker]

Stuffed Jalapeno with guacamole and salsa from Saf (although it's clearly not a jalapeno)



Chocolate torte

[rainbow]

Thanks Risker. This looks very pretty, but kind of confirms my fears about Saf, which is that it's arty-farty nouvelle cuisine with small portions that leave you hungry. I'd love to be wrong - am I?

[beanstew]

I've taken some of mine using the flash................I don't know what a diffuser is though...............is it built into the camera or something external?

It spreads the light out a bit and is built into the flash. It's an external flash. If your pictures are coming out yellow the white balance may be wrong. Do you have a setting on your camera for that?

[Risker]

Thanks Risker. This looks very pretty, but kind of confirms my fears about Saf, which is that it's arty-farty nouvelle cuisine with small portions that leave you hungry. I'd love to be wrong - am I?

The portions aren't massive but if they were any bigger I would have struggled to eat 3 courses, some of it is quite calorie dense too like the cashew cheeses and quiche. I was stuffed by the end of the meal.

[beanstew]

The portions aren't massive but if they were any bigger I would have struggled to eat 3 courses, some of it is quite calorie dense too like the cashew cheeses and quiche. I was stuffed by the end of the meal.

I was surprised when I went to Saf about how filling the small looking portions were. Tasty too! Too expensive for regular visits though.

Tonight's chilli:

[lastx]

Re: Pictures of good vegan food (5)
I've taken some of mine using the flash................I don't know what a diffuser is though...............is it built into the camera or something external?

You can buy diffusers from companies like Speedgraphic http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/flash_...tc/187_0c.html if you are using an accessory flash gun with something like an SLR. The Sto-fen Omnibounce is a low-cost option. A softbox is even better (though dearer) and is what a professional product photographer would use in a studio. If you only have a built-in flash on your camera, a (clean) paper tissue or a white cloth held over the flash when you take a picture gives a similar effect at no extra cost. You might need to experiment with doubling the tissue to over to get more thickness and extra diffusion - but that is all part of the fun of photography.

[beanstew]

A Rizla works pretty well as a cheap diffuser too.

[rainbow]

Many thanks for confirming about Saf. I may well eat there some day; from everything I've heard, the food is good. But methinks I am more attracted to Beanstew's picture of chilli. Ah, the many and varied joys of vegan food!
Am currently on the road; look forward to new cake pictures and some very yummy photos of food eaten in D.C. once I get back online properly..

[DiaShel]

Everytime I open this thread the first thing I see is Kitteh's donuts. I think we need to post more so we're on a new page before I fly over then a gorge myself baked goods.

[lastx]

I agree. That cream doughnut makes my mouth water. Maybe she could drop you one round. It's not far - only two inches on my map.

[lastx]

Did I mention it makes my mouth water?

[DiaShel]

I agree. Come on Kitteh... two inches!

[Korn]

Would a similar thread, with images of good vegan food - but which also contained the actual recipe - be a good idea? If no specific recipe has been used, or more or less detailed description of how the meal/food was could be added instead.

Some recipes (most of those in recipe books, I guess) are copyrighted, but in such cases, it would be enough to mentioned which book/recipe is called. What do you think?

[lastx]

Excellent idea Korn. Don't think there would be much of a problem with copyright as most people (if they're anything like me) adapt recipes anyway so they differ from the original. I think it would be great to know how they're done. Especially Kitteh's cream doughnuts!

[lastx]

Actually Korn. Had another thought. Would it be worth making a searchable database, perhaps freeform. that people could post into? I haven't actually seen one for vegans anywhere else.

[Kitteh]

Everytime I open this thread the first thing I see is Kitteh's donuts. I think we need to post more so we're on a new page before I fly over then a gorge myself baked goods.

:P Are you still coming to Aus?

Would a similar thread, with images of good vegan food - but which also contained the actual recipe - be a good idea? If no specific recipe has been used, or more or less detailed description of how the meal/food was could be added instead.

Some recipes (most of those in recipe books, I guess) are copyrighted, but in such cases, it would be enough to mentioned which book/recipe is called. What do you think?

I think most people link to the recipe if it's online or mention which cookbook it's from and we do have a recipe sub-forum.

More photos (in the hope that we move onto page 10 with no more donuts!)

Black Bean slider with mango sauce & guac on a gf bun



Gf spaghetti with roasted mushie, zucchini, oregano and lentil marinara sauce (I'll blog the recipe soon)


Pecan Pie with a gf almond crust (I'll blog the recipe soon)


Leek, pea & roasted mushroom risotto (I'll blog recipe soon)


Gf Quinoa PB Cookies (modified from VCIYCJ)

[Kitteh]

Green Posole Jackfruit Stew from Viva Vegan


Yellow rice with garlic from Viva Vegan


Homestyle Refried Beans from Viva Vegan


Both on a corn tortilla with guac!


Falafel, hummus, tahini, pickles, salad etc in a pita from Sabbaba

[Korn]

I think most people link to the recipe if it's online or mention which cookbook it's from and we do have a recipe sub-forum.

Sure - I still think it's a goo idea to have the kind of thread I suggested... We have five long food picture threads already, and a separate thread (recipe sub-forum) where pictures and recipe links always appear in the same post would eg. be useful for people who needs a quick recommendation for a good looking meal - or good cookbook - without spending time on trying to figure out where that recipe is from, or what t's called (in order to search for it somewhere).

There's of course nothing wrong whatsoever with also having threads with food pictures without references.

I just think the other solution is more useful, for more people - especially vegan newbies.

[Kitteh]

Here's a brand new photo thread as #5 is now closed.

Black bean slider with mango sauce & guac, on a gf bun


Gf pasta with roasted mushroom, zucchini, lentils and oregano marinara sauce


Leek, pea, roasted mushroom risotto (I'll be blogging the recipe soon)


Pecan Pie (I'll be blogging the recipe soon)


Gf Quinoa PB Cookies (modified from VCIYCJ)


Green Posole Jackfruit Stew from Viva Vegan!


Yellow rice with garlic from Viva Vegan!

[Kitteh]

Homestyle refried beans from Viva Vegan!


Both on a corn tortilla with guac!


Falafel, hummus, tahini, pickles, salad on a pita

[Korn]

Actually Korn. Had another thought. Would it be worth making a searchable database, perhaps freeform. that people could post into? I haven't actually seen one for vegans anywhere else.

Sorry, I missed this post before the thread was closed (again: use start a new one!)....
Yes, we could have a separate section for recipes - but it would have to be searchable using the normal standard search feature, otherwise, people would have to search different places. Right now it seems that a separate thread (maybe even a subforum? hmmm....) called 'Recipes with pictures' would be just as useful. But thanks for the suggestion. Let's think about it....

PS - before anything else, the vBUlletin team needs to improve the Search function here. vB4 search has some improvements, but the old (pre vB4) version was a lot easier to use.

[rainbow]

As promised! I am back from the road and have three sets of pictures. The first are some simple dishes I made in August. The second are some cakes I made before going away (for my Mum's birthday, a neighbour's birthday and a hen night (batchelorette party)). The third are from a restaurant in DC. I'll put the second and third batches in subsequent posts.

Home-made lentil and tomato soup with home-made bread:


Home-made bread with olives, sun-dried tomatoes and herbs:

[rainbow]

Silken chocolate mousse cake for my Mum's birthday (recipe adapted from My Sweet Vegan by Hannah Kaminsky):


Slice of chocolate mousse cake (this tasted so good!):


Chocolate cake for neighbour's birthday:


Pink sparkly cupcakes (strawberries and cream flavour) - I don't usually do pink, but they were for a hen night:


And again, but with some colourful sprinkles: