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

[bradders]

according to a friend of mine it is possible to travel from England to New York state fairly easily by cargo vessel and costs about £400 each way (including food but unlikely to be vegan, though there is often the possibility of having stuff veganized and if you bring canned marinated tofu and the like you'd be set) Accommodation is apparently quite comfortable in the guest cabins too, though it takes about a week to get there.
Personally, a 7 hour flight from Heathrow to JFK has got to be better than a week in a very comfortable prison.

[xwitchymagicx]

I agree Bradders, I think i'll take the 7 hour flight...rather than a 7 day boat...once they make a speed boat that gets there in 7 hours I'm sorted. lol Or when apparition becomes possible.

[emzy1985]

You weren't looking very hard

There are cruise ships between the UK and US, including the QM2. There was a deal recently for £699 per person - UK to NY by air, returning by sea on QM2.

Nuff said!

[emzy1985]

according to a friend of mine it is possible to travel from England to New York state fairly easily by cargo vessel and costs about £400 each way (including food but unlikely to be vegan, though there is often the possibility of having stuff veganized and if you bring canned marinated tofu and the like you'd be set) Accommodation is apparently quite comfortable in the guest cabins too, though it takes about a week to get there.
Personally, a 7 hour flight from Heathrow to JFK has got to be better than a week in a very comfortable prison.

Depends if you actually need prescription drugs to go anywhere near an airport or not.....

[BlackCats]

I agree Bradders, I think i'll take the 7 hour flight...rather than a 7 day boat...once they make a speed boat that gets there in 7 hours I'm sorted. lol Or when apparition becomes possible.

[Mr Flibble]

You're just being picky

My post proved that there are passenger boats operating between the UK and US, with the pricing illustrative of how cheap it can be. A quick google search only found list price of of the return trip by sea, which is around £1600.

[Gwydion]

marrers- that food looked like art!!

Are there any London-based restaurants that make dishes that look that grand? The 'fanciest' veggie restaurant I've been to is Demuths (in Bath).

Saf probably being your best bet?

http://www.safrestaurant.co.uk/

[Buddha Belly]

^ What a charmer.

[DiaShel]

Marrers knows how to do NYC right!!

[Est]

Great piccies Marrers x

[Buddha Belly]

Dinner tonight was pizza and garlic pizza/ bread. The above is the garlic pizza with slices of melting cheesly stuff. Olive oil with crushed garlic on a rosemary base



Before I put the spinach and cheesly on. This is so I can show it to Pizza Hut to show them what an acceptable amount of toppings look like.
Olives, onions, orange peppers, sweetcorn, peas, spinach and a tomato base with mexican fajita flavouring mixed in. I pre-cooked the toppings.



All cooked and chopped. Nom nom



Helen's quick slow cooker stew. TVP, veg, spuds and gravy

[pavotrouge]

the stew looks amazing, just the right thing for this kinda weather!

[helen105281]

Why thank you. Am making it again tomorrow to cook while we are out at a group meeting. I put ketchup in with the gravy too.

[beanstew]

Those pizzas look wonderful Helen and BB.

Tonight I had pasta with veggie (tomato, celery, green and red sweet pepper, courgette, mushroom, onion, sweetcorn, garlic, spices and herbs) sauce.

[Mr Flibble]

Porcini Risotto (recipe)



Sweet Pepper and Sundried Tomato Focaccia (recipe)



Black Olive Marbled Focaccia (recipe)

[Marrers]

Yum!

[Kitteh]

Oops, just saw the new pictures thread!

[Kitteh]

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[Kitteh]

I haven't been here in aggggges! Hi everyone!

Gingerbread French Toast


Gf Amaretti cookies


Christmas lunch - mini pot pies, stuffed zucchini bites, steamed broccoli & green beans

Roasted Tomato Soup

[Kitteh]

Picadillo


Fideo

[Buddha Belly]

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[Buddha Belly]

Cupcakes made tonight by Helen. Paenut butter and chocolate





Bread by me. Garlic and Rosemary

[Sunkist]

Cupcakes made tonight by Helen. Paenut butter and chocolate

Helen,- Those cup-cakes look fab! My daughter wants me to make some cupcakes,- she will love these pics

[helen105281]

Thanks Sunkist, BB decorated them though. They were really easy to make too and didn't use loads on ingredients.

[sandra]

Delicious looking cupcakes Helen and the garlic and rosemary bread looks so good I can even smell it!

[Marrers]

Looks like Heinz tinned spaghetti!

[Kitteh]

I imagine it tastes similar but the fideo is probably a lot better, I've never had tinned spaghetti - yuck!

[beanstew]

Tinned spaghetti is yum! That's the second time it's been mentioned on the forum today (breakfast thread)

[Marrers]

I was raised on tinned spaghetti!

eta When I first ate real spaghetti as an adult I thought it was horrible, a complete disappointment! I still think of them as two different foods, a bit like white bread and really nice heavy wholemeal bread.

[Mr Flibble]

Peshwari Naan (recipe):

[Est]

Mr F, when you've figured out the keema naan, my OH will be eternally grateful!

Lovely pics everyone, and Helen those cupcakes are lush

[emzy1985]

Tinned spaghetti FTW!

[karmafunk]

Thanks It didn't take long to make,- I just made the coleslaw using shredded red cabbage, grated carrots and onions,-and then mixed it all together with some Plamil mayonaisse and some paprika. I steamed the sweet potato and green beans .

Your pickled cabbage sounds interesting,

I pickled red cabbage with green beans, peppers and chillis in pickling vinegar. It's give the vinegar a bit of a kick. I didn't soak anything in brine first so I should probably eat it within a few weeks. Looks great though.

[Daffodil]

on the subject of Naan, is it vegan from the indian restaurants does anyone know?

[Korn]

No, naan is usually not vegan at Indian restaurants - although making vegan naan would be simple.

[cedarblue]

although making vegan naan would be simple.

ahem....you haven't seen my attempts

imo, homemade ones are rarely light and fluffy and frequently doughy and undercooked - at my house anyway!

[beanstew]

Soup (onion, red onion, celery, green pepper, mushroom, potato, sweetcorn, cannellini beans, garlic, herbs) tonight:

[Marrers]

I really want to put that in the blender beanstew!

[Mr Flibble]

Mr F, when you've figured out the keema naan, my OH will be eternally grateful!

Keema Naan (recipe):

imo, homemade ones are rarely light and fluffy and frequently doughy and undercooked

Have you tried the method i detailed? I'd agree with you if using an oven/grill, but cooking directly over a flame gives way better results - assumeably because it's a closer temperature to that in a tandoor.

[Korn]

ahem....you haven't seen my attempts

True. Maybe I should have written "although making the naans at Indian restaurants vegan would be simple" instead.

I googled vegan naan, and there are some recipes out there, but I haven't tried them. I posted some of the links here: Naan recipe needed.

[Spud Addict]

Do you have a recipe for that bread, BB? It looks really really nice

[Est]

Thanks Mr F. I tried leaving a comment but it kept saying it hadn't worked, so I'll say here instead: wow, that looks amazing! Will be trying to make it very soon.

[Mr Flibble]

Cool

no idea what's up with blogspot, will just have to imagine thousands of people have tried to leave comments

[Daffodil]

Just having a curry for dinner (with home made coleslaw)



this started life as a cauliflower cheese then i got carried away adding to it and ended up chucking in some curry powder and now it's a curry lol

[bradders]

interpretation of naan with spicy onion and mushroom
based on my other recipe

[RubyDuby]

Aloo Gobi




Baked Tofu Sandwich (covered with nooch)
with avocado and vegan bacon.




Cookie Avalanche Milkshake (purely decedent)




Sweet Potato Skillet on whole grain toasted roll




Tempeh Crab Cakes

[Roxy]

Delicious Ruby! I could have that tofu sandwich for lunch and the milkshake for dessert

[DiaShel]

Mmmmm Ruby. That's a serious sandwich!!

[RubyDuby]

thanks ladies. the sandwich was bomb... had to take a pic.

[beanstew]

Bean stew ( 9 types of bean ) and dumplings tonight.