Supper/Dinner Time! What's on the menu ?

[silva]

A reuben sandwich with my rye bread & corned beef seitan. My favorite sandwich ever!

It finally hit me that all the words I use to define meat and cheese subs are totally meaningless. I'd been wanting to replicate corned beef taste for so long, but I don't know what that is anymore. I'm looking to create a memory I don't remember
Like sour creme--I never buy vegan sour cremes but I'll use things like soy yogurt to sub. It wasn't long ago that I had a taste of dairy sour creme and it so disgusting! Now I don't even want to say 'sour creme'

 

[HappyRoxy]

Last night I had 2 vegan chicken tenders with steamed broccoli and carrots and mushroom gravy.

 

[Emma JC]

I've made some delicious jackfruit seitain brisket! I imagine much easier than homemade tortillas! Interesting to note a tortilla press wasn't easier. I still recall seeing one at a thrift store, heavy too, and not knowing what it was until later and being disappointed I didn't get it!

yeah, don't get one - you have to put wax paper or we used ziploc bags on the press itself otherwise the tortillas just stick to it and they also stick to the ziploc until they're 'seasoned' or dry enough and as we don't have a huge grill you can only do one at a time (maybe two if you have two pans and aren't cooking anything else) and then there is all the separating them and keeping them warm in the specifically bought warmer...

rolling them out will make larger ones so that should cut down on the time so maybe we will try that as we still have a lot of the corn flour left

last night we had Gardein fillets for dinner with a large salad and some air fried potatoes/sweet potatoes

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

 

[KLS52]

Late dinner for me, at 7:15 pm. Whole wheat rotini with lentils.

 

[SuicideBlonde]

Spaghetti squash with cannelloni beans, blistered tomatoes, peppers, spinach, arugula, onions, garlic, and lots of spices.

 

[silva]

I made a French onion soup with the broth I simmered my seitan in--which was mostly beef flavored Telma cubes, the parve ones. They are so flavorful, and I found pretty fatty from hydrogenated fats I skimmed off when it cooled. I had a lot of onions so carmelized them for like 45 minutes before adding. Today I had a bowl with TJ's cashew mozz and some Aldi special croutons added at serving> I just microwaved a bowl as I didn't waant to bother with the whole broiler thing

 

[shyvas]

A bowl of leftover 3 bean & sweet potato chilli with added fresh spinach/red roast peppers and a sprinkle of Tajin.
A granary roll with spread.
Chocolate mousse made with aquafaba.
An orange.

 

[Emma JC]

bean burrito made from canned pinto beans, w/w tortilla, onions/bell peppers/jalapeno sauted in pickled pepper juice, cheez shreds, pico (green onions, cherry tomatoes, black olives), shredded greens, square of chocolate for dessert

I could eat pinto beans every day...

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

 

[Lou]

I revisted my Cuban Black Beans recipe. I ended up taking one idea from one recipe and adding it to the basic recipe I make. Ended up using twice the number of bell peppers and onions and less beans and more spices.
The main thing is that I used a roasted pepper and onion garnish on the black beans which I had over rice.

I think I will write it up and share it in a future post.

I'm not into spicy stuff so I don't usually make chili. but this is, for me, a very doable and tasty black bean recipe.

 

[Lou]

It finally hit me that all the words I use to define meat and cheese subs are totally meaningless. I'd been wanting to replicate corned beef taste for so long, but I don't know what that is anymore. I'm looking to create a memory I don't remember

That is sort of what I think plant based food companies need to figure out. They don't need to imitate the taste of familiar food. they just need to make good tasting food.

BTW, how do you make P-B corned beef?

 

[silva]

That is sort of what I think plant based food companies need to figure out. They don't need to imitate the taste of familiar food. they just need to make good tasting food.

BTW, how do you make P-B corned beef?

We need better food names! It takes forever for people to accept new descriptors, and new foods. I always use the comparison of the low fat craze in the -80's?- and turkey took over bacon, burgers and ham. People weren't having that either!
It ticks me off that the things people have long used to flavor meat have hijacked them to identify with meat. Bacon doesn't taste like pig, it tastes like smokey, salty, fattiness. While vegan bac'n may be lacking in delivery, they crush the taste!

But speaking of taste, I don't' know corned beef. I only know I always looked forward to making it this time of year, but I don't recall what made the taste, and recipes haven't seemed to fill that memory
I just went with this recipe, as it's the way I make most sliced seitans, but I only used the spices in the seitan and slow cooked (in Instant Pot) with a Telma parve beef cubes (and used that broth to make killer French onion soup!)

Vegan Corned Beef — 86 Eats

Homemade vegan corned beef. Beef seitan simmered in corned beef spices, slicing thin for the perfect vegan sandwich.

www.86eats.com

 

[Brian W]

Bacon doesn't taste like pig, it tastes like smokey, salty, fattiness.

It's been a long time since you tasted it. Or are you just trying to convince yourself?

 

[silva]

It's been a long time since you tasted it. Or are you just trying to convince yourself?

....
All my life I liked Baco's-those crunchy soy imitation bacon bits. I wasn't a bacon fan, neither were my kids.

 

[KLS52]

White chik'n chili. I had cooking class today and as always, tweaked the recipe to make it vegan. I used Quorn chik'n pieces, white beans an no chicken broth. It came out really good!

I made cookies again...this time peanut butter chocolate chip. I added two scoops of pb2 powder to the dough. I had some mini sunflower butter cups that I cut in half and wrapped the cookie dough around each piece. The cookies were a hit!

 

[PTree15]

I had a wrap with a Boca chik'n patty, lettuce, red onion, pesto, a dash of mayo, a drizzle of buffalo sauce and blue cheese crumbles. This might be my new favorite wrap. I had potato chips as well.

 

[shyvas]

A bowl of organic whole wheat pasta swirls with melted cheeze, smoked chilli flakes, evo and a huge sprinkle
of Nurishh parmesan style powder. I never thought that pasta would be a luxury item and this particular brand
is really a once in a while treat.

Apple puree with soya yogurt and sweetener.

 

[Emma JC]

It ticks me off that the things people have long used to flavor meat have hijacked them to identify with meat. Bacon doesn't taste like pig, it tastes like smokey, salty, fattiness.

^^^^^ this... yes, I have been saying this for a while - it isn't the base it's what you add to it to make it tasty!!

last night I had Field Roast Apple Sage sausage, not on a bun, sauerkraut, spicy banana peppers and a side of potato chips

Emma JC
Find your vegan soulmate or just a friend. www.spiritualmatchmaking.com

 

[shyvas]

Leek and soya curls in Dijon mustard/white wine/cream sauce served with wholegrain shortgrain (made in IP) organic rice
plus a sprinkle of lemon pepper.

An orange.

 

[Raven]

I just looked at the best before date and I have to eat two Vivera steaks by today and my husband is out for dinner. They aren't that big but I will have to eat them with veggies so I can eat them both.

 

[shyvas]

I just looked at the best before date and I have to eat two Vivera steaks by today and my husband is out for dinner. They aren't that big but I will have to eat them with veggies so I can eat them both.

It's only a best before date and you can eat them after another few days.