Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by greco

Ok, I must get a vegetarian cook book...my spelt pasta came out pretty good...but my blended black beans? Well, lets just say it needs some work...smiling...still, it was good tasting beans again.

I added garlic, onions to the beans, blended...yes I had sauteed the garlic
and onions first and cooked the beans so the blend was hot, then I re-heated
for about a minute. Poured this over my spelt pasta, and had a salad (the biggest part of this meal), with red/yellow peppers, romaine lettuce, olives.

It was good, but something was missing from the bean blend...what I have no idea...so, if you have any suggestions for veggie cook books I could use them...and I feel very full...learning as I go, enjoy your week Veggie Lovers, Greco

It may not be possible to duplicate the mexi-bean flavor because they often put bacon grease/lard into their beans when they drill them or fry them in a little of this. You might try adding roasted garlic as this can add another dimension of flavor that is awfully good.