Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[Hollylane]

My buddy at work, Matt, keeps promising to send me a recipe for a pizza crust made from cauliflower. It has been weeks, and I'm still waiting. Now, I want it now!!!!

[always2late]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

My buddy at work, Matt, keeps promising to send me a recipe for a pizza crust made from cauliflower. It has been weeks, and I'm still waiting. Now, I want it now!!!!

Ok, I'm not Matt, obviously! Lol But here is a link for cauliflower pizza crust.....enjoy!
http://www.eat-drink-smile.com/2011/...ust-pizza.html

[Kelt]

I ran into 'woman who feeds me' again at the beach. She and I often talk about healthy eating and this morning was no different. She told me about something she makes for her husband for breakfast as an alternative to oatmeal when he is going to the gym and wants something light.

It's kind of soymilk pudding. She heats up 2 Qts Soy milk and adds about a tsp of agar disolved in hot water, simmers for a minute or two and then cools about 2 hours or overnight. They like it with cinnamon on it. I asked a couple of questions about variations and of course she insisted I stop by and have one on my way home, their house is across from the beach. I found out she had made it with vanilla soy milk, it was quite mild and very good, not too sweet, she said some folks make it with honey or sugar added. I think it would also be good as a desert with a little sliced fruit. Sample below;



It is green because she puts 'a leaf' in it while cooking that is fragrant. This is where it gets tricky, they are Vietnamese and while they have been here 30 years, some things don't translate or have not needed to be yet. I will update if I can get a useable name. It isn't needed but would be fun to know.

Only the beginning. We had gone out for lunch a couple of weeks ago and I said that the miso soup was good and she wanted to make sure I knew the good things to get for it. Sooo, I show up today and she has a packet of the seaweed she uses in it for me;



And gave me about a pound of the paste she uses from her fridge, brand and package TBD. I broke it up into small containers for the freezer, a good supply. I am thinking it will be a switch for breakfast as the weather gets warmer and I want something lighter.

But wait! There's more! We also had something I had never had before; a soursap fruit. It was fabulous! Kind of a cross between papaya/pineapple/pear. Of course, I must take another with me to go. They naturally come all spiny, so this had been trimmed.



This is the same person who showed me the other way to dry bananas I posted about yesterday. Yep, got to take some more home with me today AND she had just gotten a package from a friend in Vietnam who had a bumper crop of the little short plantains and dried them whole to send to her, just smashed flat and dried. They are great too, and I have some of those for home also.



Regular bananas on the right, short plantains on the left.

Stopping off for a quick post-walk soy pudding turned into a whole bag of goodies to go. She is a sweetheart, I like hanging out with her, and not just for the food.

[nycfem]

Okay... I'm officially obsessed with needing to know what that Vietnamese leaf is. I want to make it exactly like in the picture!

Originally Posted by Kelt

I ran into 'woman who feeds me' again at the beach. She and I often talk about healthy eating and this morning was no different. She told me about something she makes for her husband for breakfast as an alternative to oatmeal when he is going to the gym and wants something light.

It's kind of soymilk pudding. She heats up 2 Qts Soy milk and adds about a tsp of agar disolved in hot water, simmers for a minute or two and then cools about 2 hours or overnight. They like it with cinnamon on it. I asked a couple of questions about variations and of course she insisted I stop by and have one on my way home, their house is across from the beach. I found out she had made it with vanilla soy milk, it was quite mild and very good, not too sweet, she said some folks make it with honey or sugar added. I think it would also be good as a desert with a little sliced fruit. Sample below;



It is green because she puts 'a leaf' in it while cooking that is fragrant. This is where it gets tricky, they are Vietnamese and while they have been here 30 years, some things don't translate or have not needed to be yet. I will update if I can get a useable name. It isn't needed but would be fun to know.

Only the beginning. We had gone out for lunch a couple of weeks ago and I said that the miso soup was good and she wanted to make sure I knew the good things to get for it. Sooo, I show up today and she has a packet of the seaweed she uses in it for me;



And gave me about a pound of the paste she uses from her fridge, brand and package TBD. I broke it up into small containers for the freezer, a good supply. I am thinking it will be a switch for breakfast as the weather gets warmer and I want something lighter.

But wait! There's more! We also had something I had never had before; a soursap fruit. It was fabulous! Kind of a cross between papaya/pineapple/pear. Of course, I must take another with me to go. They naturally come all spiny, so this had been trimmed.



This is the same person who showed me the other way to dry bananas I posted about yesterday. Yep, got to take some more home with me today AND she had just gotten a package from a friend in Vietnam who had a bumper crop of the little short plantains and dried them whole to send to her, just smashed flat and dried. They are great too, and I have some of those for home also.



Regular bananas on the right, short plantains on the left.

Stopping off for a quick post-walk soy pudding turned into a whole bag of goodies to go. She is a sweetheart, I like hanging out with her, and not just for the food.

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

...baked riced cauliflower with cheese, and cilantro in it..

I posted this in the "dinner" thread...But I changed it up. When I riced the 1/2 head of cauliflower, I added red pepper, egg, garlic, salt, and onion. I'm pressed it into a greased casserole dish and I'm baking it now. This idea came from the cauliflower pizza crust recipe, but it should turn out more like fine rice. Keeping my fingers crossed!

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

I posted this in the "dinner" thread...But I changed it up. When I riced the 1/2 head of cauliflower, I added red pepper, egg, garlic, salt, and onion. I pressed it into a greased casserole dish and I'm baking it now. This idea came from the cauliflower pizza crust recipe, but it should turn out more like fine rice. Keeping my fingers crossed!

It worked! I just tasted it, it is yum!

[nycfem]

Sounds really good. Can you post the recipe?
I love cauliflower.

Originally Posted by Hollylane

It worked! I just tasted it, it is yum!

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by always2late

Ok, I'm not Matt, obviously! Lol But here is a link for cauliflower pizza crust.....enjoy!
http://www.eat-drink-smile.com/2011/...ust-pizza.html

I guess I thought he came up with it on his own, so I didn't think to search the net. Thank you!!