Im not mad crazy on fake cheese either, but in my meat eating days cheese was my "thing", so I suppose I need the fix. I have to disguise it very well. I love coriander at the moment.
they sell them in my local health food shop, but these have dairy in them....seems bit of a contradiciton to me that! but they do.i did try them once before i realised, and yes i liked them...grr...lol
I've found one brand of truly vegan cheese.. and i believe it was called "vegan cheese".. it was rrealllly good.. but other than that brand [which of course, just HAS to be on the other side of town now that i am car-less ] all the other faux cheese i've come across either have casein in them or lactic acid. Thumbs down!
Being car-less (or car-free) is one of the best things we can do to help save our beautiful planet and get and keep ourselves fit. It is also more sociable as we are not cocooned in our little (or not so little in some cases) metal boxes. Also fewer small creatures killed on the windscreen and under the tyres.
Anyyne else without our own car other than me and TAB? Can we have a separate thread on our transport styles?
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fortunately that has always been my favourite as its the only sandwich from my meateating days that is vegan (egg mayo, tuna mayo, chicken and stuffing)
favourite vegan fillings: fake chicken fillets
also good - fake sausages, burgers, beanie burgers, mexican bean burgers, falafel and hommous (cant remember how you spell hommous!)
I think there are various spellings as it is an arabic word meaning chick peas, translations of foriegn words into english often have more than one spelling. http://www.cliffordawright.com/recipes/hummus.html
has good background on the word hummus as westerners use it (plus a recipe).
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This avocado reuben is a favorite with me and my husband:
Take two slices of firm bread ( I like to use either italian or whole wheat).
Spread one side of each piece of bread with earth balance. Spread inside of one piece with mustard (either regular yellow or spicy brown works well). Spread inside of other piece of bread with 1000 island dressing (I use Nasoya).
Layer side that has mustard on it with sauerkraut that is well drained.
Layer side that has 1000 island dressing on it with mashed avocado.
Place pieces of bread together (earth balance sides out) and grill them in a frying pan.
This can be pretty messy to eat but it is delicious!
I've recently become addicted to eating brown bread, hummous, sliced carrot, red pepper and cucumber with grated Scheese (cheddar and chive flavour) mmmm it's so good, it's been my lunch for the past few days and i'm off down the shop to get more hummous tomorrow!
"We ourselves may be loved only for a brief time...Even so, that will suffice...There is a land for the living and there is a land for the dead"
i have a new favorite. at work, they sell GORGEOUS sundried tomato humous, so i slap some of that on brown bread, then put on real sundried tomatoes (in some kind of oil & everything, mmm) then put a good bit of red onions & finally lettuce. bit of salt & pepper. lovely.
i sometimes like it toasted, but very rarely cos we grill bacon & sausage on our sandwhich toaster machine.
I like to blend ripe avocados with lemon juice and salt then use it as a spread for tomato sandwiches. Of course, I use Ezekiel 4:9 bread for my tomato sandwiches.
And, oh, how I wish I had read through this thread before lunch - you all have great ideas!
I'm on an avocado, mayo (veganaise), tomato, black pepper, sprouts and raw spinch on whole wheat pita kick. But also love hummus.....(it's why I haven't lost any lbs since become vegan nearly a year ago!)
I was eating hummus and guacamole sandwiches for a while...that was yummy [I think maybe poppy seed was saying the avocado kept her from losing weight as they have a lot of fat--though they help with cholesterol]
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I got some organic lettuce seeds this week which I must sow out soon, they're really easy to grow in hanging baskets, keeps the slugs off. Hoping to eat lots of summer salads to reduce my ever expanding butt. My herb pot (strawberry pot) is coming back to life, the mint has taken over, I must think of a way to use it this year, think I'll try drying or freezing it... wonder if it'd would be good in a tortilla wrap with hummus & shredded carrot... hmmm must try that soon.
i have a new favorite. at work, they sell GORGEOUS sundried tomato humous, so i slap some of that on brown bread, then put on real sundried tomatoes (in some kind of oil & everything, mmm) then put a good bit of red onions & finally lettuce. bit of salt & pepper. lovely.
Oh yeah! Sundried tomatoes + hummus = a perfect combo.
I’ve just realised I’ve been reading loads of food threads tonight. But why not? I do love my food!
Today I had a peanut butter/shredded organic carroty/raisin/cinnamon/brown bread sandwich.To be honest actually I was out of raisins so I used veganmallow instead, which was not nearly as good =(
I also sometimes make morningstar chickenstyle tenders with barbeque and cooked greens in a sandwich. That is very yummy =)
it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble
the whole concept of putting edibles between two slices of badass bread is incredible. I love sandwhiches. Just about anything can go on toast.
Today i had some pureed dates with some ground flaxseed spread on toast. it was pretty good.. considering i'm trying to use up the last of my groceries!
I dont mind Nuts about Chocolate spread which is vegan to my knowledge...its like nutella mixed with peanut butter
I tried that for the first time and I thought it was awful! So did my fiancee. Yay I love using the word fiancee Anyway, you HAVE to try the Sweet William chocolate spread. It is awsome. I use it as icing on chocolate cake as well.
Just now I took 2 1/4 inch slices of tofu, covered them in coconut milk, teriaki sauce, oregano, and cracked black pepper. Then microwaved them in a covered dish for 4 minutes.
Slid it between two slices of toasted bread and put some ketchup in there too.
Wanted to put a veg in but couldn't think of what would go well.
Really good, had kind of an egg sandwich type thing in a non-sulfur/non-disgusting sort of way.
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I gotta jar of the sweet william spread at the Sydney Vegan Expo, you can buy it from Jessica at the cruelty free shop online. It's pretty chocolaty. I haven't tried it with anything except to get a spoon and eat it from the jar but I can imagine it will be nice on things other than a spoon
I gotta jar of the sweet william spread at the Sydney Vegan Expo, you can buy it from Jessica at the cruelty free shop online. It's pretty chocolaty. I haven't tried it with anything except to get a spoon and eat it from the jar but I can imagine it will be nice on things other than a spoon
We found vegan butter a few days ago in Morrisons. It tastes so good and exactly like butter. It's organic and has the vegan label on it. It's called Pure, you can get 3 kinds. We got the blue one.
My favourite at the minute is Redwood sage and onion slices with black olive hummus and mixed salad on wholemeal bread. I might grate a bit of black pepper over the filling or add some sliced tomato.
try pesto or hummus. also almond butter is great as mentioned below. try to avoid prepackaged vegan cheese as it's very processed and not very healthy. i also enjoy pumpkin butter...very tasty! in reference to the vegan butter post, i would check it out to see what the ingredients are. most things like that seem to be very processed and contain unwanted added chemicals. i bet if you look into it, it's prob not too hard to make yr own even.
i am thinking that pumpkin hummus can be made with using pumpkin butter instead of tahini or maybe pumpkin instead of chickpeas?
Vegan Caviar
This is one of my favorite staple recipes. I have had guests come to dinner that had decided to become vegans without letting me know and they spent a lovely evening eating a lot of this spread as I had not prepared a vegan menu for dinner. They didn't seem to mind. This spread has a lovely garlic-olive-eggplant flavor that is excellent when served on toast rounds or pita bread. Why is this in the Halloween recipe section now? Because it has a marvelous black color that is perfect for Halloween, especially when served beside Orange Roasted Pepper Spread. Yummm.
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 minced cloves garlic
1 cup finely chopped eggplant
2 tablespoons water
1 1/2 cups pitted black olives
3 tablespoons chopped pine nuts
2 teaspoons chopped capers
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
pinch salt
Heat a small heavy skillet over medium high heat. Add the olive oil, garlic, and eggplant and saute for three minutes. Add the water and saute for an additional three minutes, or until the eggplant is tender. Place the eggplant mixture with the remaining ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Serve warm or chilled.
This is one of my favorite staple recipes. I have had guests come to dinner that had decided to become vegans without letting me know and they spent a lovely evening eating a lot of this spread as I had not prepared a vegan menu for dinner. They didn't seem to mind. This spread has a lovely garlic-olive-eggplant flavor that is excellent when served on toast rounds or pita bread. Why is this in the Halloween recipe section now? Because it has a marvelous black color that is perfect for Halloween, especially when served beside Orange Roasted Pepper Spread. Yummm.
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 minced cloves garlic
1 cup finely chopped eggplant
2 tablespoons water
1 1/2 cups pitted black olives
3 tablespoons chopped pine nuts
2 teaspoons chopped capers
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
pinch salt
Heat a small heavy skillet over medium high heat. Add the olive oil, garlic, and eggplant and saute for three minutes. Add the water and saute for an additional three minutes, or until the eggplant is tender. Place the eggplant mixture with the remaining ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth. Serve warm or chilled.
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i did try them once before i realised, and yes i liked them...grr...lol
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