NOTE:I am doing a terrible job of following my posted menu - I know! - but I hope the menu deviations provide lots of delicious detours!
I headed out to my parents' house on Friday to celebrate my Bday. My mom made this delicious rice casserole...Carrot, Rice and Coconut Milk Gratin. The recipe is from AllRecipes.com. Unfortunately, the recipe was not real accurate - it listed things in the ingredients that were never mentioned in the instructions and listed ingredients in the instructions that weren't listed in the ingredient list! We made do and it is easily veganized - the recipe calls for milk but then never mentions it in the instructions! So, we used 1 cup coconut milk and about 3/4 cup water. You can do a search for the recipe if you would like to try it. Keith (my 5 yr old) enjoyed it quite well. The basmati rice totally made the dish! Yum!
I wanted to try VeganDad's Crispy Tofu recipe the other night. Unfortunately, I didn't follow the recipe...or fortunately as the case may be! I created a pretty yummy rendition of this recipe! VeganDad doesn't like his recipe to be replicated or copied anywhere so if you want the recipe, you will have to visit his site! Instead of having the flour and panko separate, I mixed them together and I also chose to bake the tofu instead of fry it. I hardly ever fry anything anymore - I went through a phase of vegan cooking where several dishes were fried, simply because I figured I could make vegan meals that were sure to taste good if they had enough fat in them. This is a crazy concept since low fat vegan meals that taste delicious are easy to come by. We enjoyed these chewy tofu strips - even my 5 yr old enjoyed them and had seconds - he is a big fan of Tofu Fingers which are fried but I wasn't sure he would like these. I was thrilled that he did! I made up a tasty carrot dish to go with this meal too. I took about a pound of carrots, sliced and steamed them. When they were cooked, I tossed them with 2 t vegan butter, 2 t lemon juice and 3 t capers. Very yummy!
A couple weeks ago, I was out at my folks' house and my dad, hubby and my 5 yr old went camping while Braedon and I stayed with my mom. My mom made this fantastic Indian meal that was just incredible - Vegetable Biryani (can be found at AllRecipes.com - veganize it by leaving out the yogurt) and Pau Baji (spelling??) which is a mashed veggie dish served on toasted buns. It was so good! The Pau Baji is super spicy but delicious! I need to get the recipe from her but havne't yet!
I headed out to my parents' house on Friday to celebrate my Bday. My mom made this delicious rice casserole...Carrot, Rice and Coconut Milk Gratin. The recipe is from AllRecipes.com. Unfortunately, the recipe was not real accurate - it listed things in the ingredients that were never mentioned in the instructions and listed ingredients in the instructions that weren't listed in the ingredient list! We made do and it is easily veganized - the recipe calls for milk but then never mentions it in the instructions! So, we used 1 cup coconut milk and about 3/4 cup water. You can do a search for the recipe if you would like to try it. Keith (my 5 yr old) enjoyed it quite well. The basmati rice totally made the dish! Yum!
I wanted to try VeganDad's Crispy Tofu recipe the other night. Unfortunately, I didn't follow the recipe...or fortunately as the case may be! I created a pretty yummy rendition of this recipe! VeganDad doesn't like his recipe to be replicated or copied anywhere so if you want the recipe, you will have to visit his site! Instead of having the flour and panko separate, I mixed them together and I also chose to bake the tofu instead of fry it. I hardly ever fry anything anymore - I went through a phase of vegan cooking where several dishes were fried, simply because I figured I could make vegan meals that were sure to taste good if they had enough fat in them. This is a crazy concept since low fat vegan meals that taste delicious are easy to come by. We enjoyed these chewy tofu strips - even my 5 yr old enjoyed them and had seconds - he is a big fan of Tofu Fingers which are fried but I wasn't sure he would like these. I was thrilled that he did! I made up a tasty carrot dish to go with this meal too. I took about a pound of carrots, sliced and steamed them. When they were cooked, I tossed them with 2 t vegan butter, 2 t lemon juice and 3 t capers. Very yummy!
A couple weeks ago, I was out at my folks' house and my dad, hubby and my 5 yr old went camping while Braedon and I stayed with my mom. My mom made this fantastic Indian meal that was just incredible - Vegetable Biryani (can be found at AllRecipes.com - veganize it by leaving out the yogurt) and Pau Baji (spelling??) which is a mashed veggie dish served on toasted buns. It was so good! The Pau Baji is super spicy but delicious! I need to get the recipe from her but havne't yet!
Pav-Bhaji. Pav is the bread and Bhaji is the curry. Originally a street food from Bombay!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the info!!! Absolutely delicious! My parents have good friends who are from India who originally taught my mom how to cook it!
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