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1 Tbsp olive oil
2 cups rolled oats
1/3 cup butter
2 Tbsp maple syrup
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts or seeds
1/3 cup dried fruit
Heat oil in a skillet, then mix in oats to coat, cooking until oats begin to brown. Remove from heat an spread on a cookie sheet to cool.
Melt butter in the skillet, then stir in syrup and sugar, cooking constantly until bubbly. Add oats, nuts and fruit, cook and stir for 5 minutes. Spread mixture on a cookie sheet and cool. Break into pieces and store in an airtight container.
Tofu Bacon
(yeah, I'm going there)
1/3 block of firm tofu
1/2 tsp liquid smoke
1/2 tsp kosher salt
Bragg's Liquid Aminos (like soy sauce, but more nutritious) or soy sauce
Oil for pan
Slice tofu into 1/4 inch slices (or a little thinner if you like very crisp bacon), then lay slices on half of a clean kitchen towel, then fold the other half of the towel over to cover. Put something heavy over the towel (like a large glass baking dish) and let sit for a good 15 minutes (this will press the moisture out of the tofu). Heat a tablespoon or two of oil in a large skillet (preferably cast iron, but any non-stick pan will do), keeping the flame somewhere between medium and low. Sprinkle tops tofu slices with kosher salt, then lay each slice in the pan. Sprinkle slices with liquid smoke. When the bottoms begin to brown, flip the slices over and give them a goodly squirt of Bragg's or soy sauce; roughly 1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons. When this side gets nicely browned, give the slices another flip. Cook them until they *just* begin to crisp, then remove from the pan and serve. This will give you enough bacon for 2 generous "T"LTs or as a side-dish for 2 or 3 people.
Ingredients:
2 cups rolled oats
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup wheat germ
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 cup all-purpose flour (less if you use whole wheat flour)
1 cup unsweetened cranberries. You can use whatever though. You could use chocolate chips, raisins, golden raisins, apricots, anything.
1/2 slivered almonds
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup honey (less for raw honey, obviously)
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large pan (I used an aluminum cookie type sheet)
2. In a large bowl, mix together the oats, brown sugar, wheat germ, cinnamon, flour, cranberries, almonds, and salt. Make a well in the center, and pour in the honey, egg, applesauce and vanilla. Mix well. Pat the mixture evenly into the prepared pan.
3. Bake for 30 to 35 (for crispy) or 15-20 (for soft) minutes in the preheated oven, until the bars begin to turn golden at the edges. Cool for a bit, then cut before completely cooled off.
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup cooking oil
1/3 up soy sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
All mixed together.
Use that as the medium to cook the steaks in a frying pan, brush it on the steaks on the grill, or put the salmon in aluminum foil packets in that in the oven.
Equal amounts of
Yellow squash diced
Zucchini diced
Tomato diced
Onion dice
Cooked in a frying pan in equal amounts of butter and olive oil, seasoned with garlic-salt and basil.
This is excellent served with steamed white rice.
Melt some butter and then add an equal amount of lemon juice, use it in a baking dish to broil tilapia fillets or chicken pieces, with basil sprinkled on top.
Cook equal amounts of yellow squash and zucchini (and you can add onion to that too) in equal amounts of butter and soy sauce. Season lightly with salt to taste.
Mushrooms and onions to top steaks get pan fried in butter and worchestershire (can't say it and can't spell it) sauce with a few drops of liquid smoke, lightly salt and peppered to taste.
Heat a small amount of light olive oil and minced garlic in a frying pan to medium heat. Add fresh spinach leaves, use tongs to stir and move the leaves around. They are done cooking when they have just begun to go slightly limp and that goes FAST.
Sorry I can't give ya'll any good measurements. I just don't cook by measurement, I cook by smelling it as it goes along and for the most part nothing I cook comes out the exact same way twice. But those recipes get my kids to eat all their veggies, and that's no small feat!
Ok, this is kind of lame as far as "recipes" go... but for folks who love real steel-cut oats but don't have time to cook it in the morning, this is a great one.
In a small-sized slower cooker, mix 1 cup of steel cut oats and 4.5 cups of water (or, part water, part milk, if you want it creamier, but I don't think it's needed). You can add a handful of raisins or a sprinkle of cinnamon if you like. I keep it plain. Put it on at night, about 10:30 p.m., on low, and it'll be ready to eat in the morning!
For barter, I will you give you my stew recipe, which everyone I know who's eaten it has liked:
You need:
- London broil or stew meat (however much you want, usually about 1lbs)
- Carrots (to taste...I use about 4)
- 2 small onions
- Oil
- Garlic or garlic powder, salt, pepper, to taste
- Potatoes (I use red)
- Egg noodles
- Corn starch, flour, beef bullion cubes/powder, red cooking wine (about 1/2 cup)
- Green beans (if you like them -I usually don't put them in)
To do:
1. Use a big cooking pot, cover bottom with oil. Chop onions and sautee on med. heat.
2. While onions are cooking, clean/cut beef, add to pot.
3. Cook beef til browned, add about 1tbsp of flour to onions/beef, and mix.
4. Add red wine, stir, let boil.
5. Peel/cut carrots (bigger chunks are better, smaller gets too mushy in stew), add to pot.
6. Use about 5 bullion cubes (or to taste...I use anywhere from 4-8, depending on how much other stuff is in the stew, but 5 is average) to HOT water, mix until partially disintegrated, add to stew. Mix about 3tbsps of cornstarch to COLD water, pour into pot SLOWLY, and stir while pouring. Add salt/pepper/garlic to taste. I can't even estimate here, it varies every time.
7. Let cook for at least 1 hour (more if you want), covered, on low (bring to boil, then turn down heat and cover).
8. After at least an hour, add cubed potatoes to stew, let cook at least another 30-40 minutes.
9. Add egg noodles to pot. Stir every 5 minutes or so, until noodles are tender.
done. Best.Stew.Ever. 4 generations in my family, never use a crockpot, and I amended it to include the red wine b/c it tastes better lol I'm sure there's a way to do it without the bullion cubes, but I'm lazy.
^^Ooo, I have to try that! We're big into steel cut oats, but who has 35 minutes to spare to cook them , kwim?
They come out great - nice and creamy! On a side note, I was doing some stocking up in Costco today (I'm not sure if they have those where you are, like a Price Club or Sam's Club in the US I think?) and I got a MASSIVE box of steel cut oats for $6.99. It was as big as a box of kitty litter (gross comparison) ... I've paid 6.99 for a box smaller than a package of tampons (wow, another gross size comparison when talking about food, lol) so I was stoked to see such a good price.
Steel cut oats are, in my opinion, one of the best things anyone could add to their diet!
They come out great - nice and creamy! On a side note, I was doing some stocking up in Costco today (I'm not sure if they have those where you are, like a Price Club or Sam's Club in the US I think?) and I got a MASSIVE box of steel cut oats for $6.99. It was as big as a box of kitty litter (gross comparison) ... I've paid 6.99 for a box smaller than a package of tampons (wow, another gross size comparison when talking about food, lol) so I was stoked to see such a good price.
Steel cut oats are, in my opinion, one of the best things anyone could add to their diet!
Okay - but IME they aren't always that easy for cleanup - any tips on how to clean the crock pot after???
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Okay - but IME they aren't always that easy for cleanup - any tips on how to clean the crock pot after???
I transfer the left-overs to a container (it's usually enough to feed DH, DS and myself for two mornings - heated up by microwve the second day). And then I fill the crock with water, leave it in the sink for the day (or a couple hours) and by the time I get to it, it cleans up quick and easy.
Let me put it to you this way- not only have I been vegetarian since January, we started back into bodybuilding in May. Getting protein isn't THAT hard, but I had been doing fish off and on but am determined to cut it out if possible too. I still have some shrimp in the freezer we bought in big amounts at Sams, so I'll cook that till it's gone, but eating for me is like a massive puzzle.
I have to get the right amount of WHOLE carbs, whole wheat or non-refined and that's not a big deal, even at fast food places. Tons of fast food joints sell baked potato's, so I'm good there, or I can just bring an apple or so on
It's Veggie Protein and on the go protein at that.
I'm a Lacto-Ovo Veggie. There isn't any other way for me yet to get 150 grams of protein throughout the day without eggs and cheese. I'm trying to get to cage free eggs, but those are a bodybuilders NIGHTMARE. I go through 6-8 eggs a day. At $4 a carton, that's alot of money. Egg Beaters are horrible to me.
But all dairy, that is in some way cultivated using animal processes, especially whey protein.
I bought and am actively cooking at this very moment some "chicken" seitan, to make stir fry.
So any veggie recipes!!??
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The kids and I looovvvve chickpea nuggets. Just drain a can of chickpeas, mash the hell out of them, mix in an egg and enough bread crumbs to hold it all together, then shape into little nuggets and fry them until golden. I eat them plain, but the kids like to dunk them in catsup.
Chickpea salad (which is like a mock tuna salad): Mash up a can of chickpeas (take them out of the can first, of course), then mix in 1 Tbsp mayo, 1Tbsp mustard, and some diced celery or pickle. If you happen to have some dried nori leaves laying around (don't we all?), crush up enough to make about 1/4 tsp and mix it into the salad. Nori isn't essential, but it does add a nice kick. Mix it all together, then let it sit in the fridge for an hour or so before spreading on bread. This is enough salad to make 3 generous sandwiches. ETA: I just remembered, something cheaper and easier to find than nori leaves is kelp powder; you can get a big 8oz container for like $5.00. Anyway, a 1/2 teaspoon is plenty enough to give it that tuna-like taste, and its also loaded with calcium, magnesium and iodine.
Quinoa salad: cook up 1/4-1/2 cup quinoa, then cool. Mix in some olive oil and lemon juice (or red wine vinegar), whichever herbs strike your fancy, and mix in 1 diced cucumber, some diced red bell pepper, or diced tomatoes; whatever you've got on hand. Chill before serving.
Mix some leftover quinoa into eggs before you scramble them; they add bulk without being obtrusive.
Oh, speaking of seitan, if you're ever feeling adventurous, this recipe is in-friggin-sane. Its what won me over to seitan. I make a batch a few times a year, and use up the leftovers in quesadillas or on a bed of rice with the leftover au jus http://aveganfordinner.blogspot.com/...ad-period.html
Lauren, have you seen the cookbook Skinny ***** in the Kitch? I love love love this book; the recipes are all vegan, but totally "normal" foods that you can easily de-veganize by substituting real dairy for the soy dairy in the recipe. The mac n' cheese and the brownies are amazing!
Last edited by Tofu Bacon; June 3rd, 2010 at 04:22 PM.
The kids and I looovvvve chickpea nuggets. Just drain a can of chickpeas, mash the hell out of them, mix in an egg and enough bread crumbs to hold it all together, then shape into little nuggets and fry them until golden. I eat them plain, but the kids like to dunk them in catsup.
Currently frying these. (Instead of bread crumbs I used my grinder on some oatmeal.) I just mixed some Maple Syrup and soy sauce for some "sweet and sour" dip.
I'm gonna try those chickpea recipes. I've seen someone make chickpea burgers once and didn't know what they did, but I bet it's the same as those nuggets.
