Tag: vegetables

Chilli Sin Carne

Chilli Sin Carne

Preparation: 30 minutes Cooking: 40 minutes Ingredients: (for 4-6 persons) 250 g red kidney beans (uncooked) or 3 cans cooked red kidney beans 4 large chopped onions 3-4 cloves garlic 1 green pepper 3 red peppers 2 bay leaves 7 dl tomato sauce 1 can 

Pizza

Pizza

Ingredients: (for 2 large pizza’s) The dough: 20g fresh yeast (or 1 package dry yeast) 250 ml warm water 1 tbsp brown sugar 250g all purpose flour 200g whole wheat spelt flour 1 tbsp of salt 2 tbsp olive oil The sauce: 1 can of 

Vegan Spring Rolls

Vegan Spring Rolls

Ingredients: (for about 24 small spring rolls)

  • 20 – 25 rice paper wrappers
  • water
  • 1 small leek (60g)
  • 2 medium carrots (80g)
  • 1/4 cabbage (500g)
  • 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
  • 180g mungo beans (1 jar)
  • 50g soy granulat (before cooking soak in water)
  • black pepper, 4-6 tbsp soy sauce, 2 pinches turmeric (cayenne pepper if you like it spicy)

You don’t need salt, because soy sauce is usually salty enough 🙂

Finely chopp your ingredients and prepare for cooking

Method:

  1. Put 50g soy granulat in a small bowl and cover it with water – do not use too much water.
  2. Cut and slice all the vegetables thinly so you have everything ready.
  3. If you are using mungo beans from a jar, rinse well with water.
  4. Sautee leek and carrots in a pan with some oil (I used sesame oil – sunflower is also good) when they soften a little add cabbage and keep stirring.
  5. Add minced garlic, mix and keep cooking for about a minute, then add black pepper and mungo beans.
  6. Add soy granulat, turmeric and soy sauce (if you want it spicy use cayenne pepper or chili) and mix well.
  7. Keep sauteing for a few minutes if you have some water in a wok and taste if it is salty enough for you.
Add garlic to vegetables and mix.
Add pepper, turmeric and soy sauce.
Add soy granulat – without the water.. if there is any left 😉
Mix well and taste… Add some more soy sauce or pepper if needed

Roll it up: (I usually use option b) 🙂

  1. a) Fill a large shallow dish or pie plate with some water. Remove one rice paper wrapper from the package, and place it in the water to soak. Allow it to soak for about 10 to 15 seconds and then remove and place on a cutting board or countertop. The rice wrapper should still feel pretty firm at this point. It will soften as it sits and as you add the filling ingredients. (If you let it soak for too long it will tear more easily when rolled).
    1. b) Soak one clean kitchen cloth with water, wring it out and spread it over your countertop. Prepare one cup of water to soak the rice papers. Put one rice paper on wet kitchen cloth and soak it with your fingers.
  2. Add 1 full tbsp of filling. Layer everything on the 1/3 of the spring roll that is closest to you. 
  3. To wrap pick up the sides of the spring roll and fold them in over the toppings. Then pick up the edge closest to you and pull it up and snugly over the toppings. Continue rolling all the way up like a burrito.
  4. Wrap the filling tightly so that there is no space inside. The spring roll does not look good aesthetically if it is partially empty.  In addition, oil will seep in to fill this space during deep frying, which will make the spring roll taste oily.

If you don’t like to use too much oil you can eat them like this or you can fry them in a pan with sunflower oil.

Unfried, healthy version of spring rolls..
Fried spring rolls with sweet and sour chilly sauce
Vegan Vegetable Lasagna

Vegan Vegetable Lasagna

Recipe for 3 persons Ingredients: (for 20x30cm glass baking tray) 12 lasagna leaves 1 large leek (chopped) 2 cloves minced garlic 250g fresh mushrooms (champignon) 1-2 grated carrots 1 broccoli 1 pepper (I like green pepper, sometimes I use red) 1 can of red beans 

Lentil minestrone with buckwheat

Lentil minestrone with buckwheat

Ingredients: (for 4 persons) 250g brown lentils (soak overnight) 100g buckwheat 1 medium onion 3 cloves garlic 1 large leek 1/2 medium cauliflower (or broccoli) 3 medium carrots 1 cup frozen peas 2 bay leaves vegetable oil, salt, pepper, turmeric, a pinch of smoked paprika, 

Spelt “risotto” with zuchinni, green pepper and mushrooms

Spelt “risotto” with zuchinni, green pepper and mushrooms

Ingredients: (for 2 persons)

  • 200g spelt
  • 1 medium onion (chopped)
  • 2-3 cloves garlic (chopped)
  • 300g zuchinni
  • 1 green pepper
  • 200g mushrooms sliced thinly (champignons in this recipe)
  • fresh parsley and dill
  • salt and pepper, turmeric

Method:

  1. Rinse spelt with water and cook in hot and salted water for about 15-20 minutes.
  2. Clean and slice the mushrooms, pepper and zuchinni.
  3. Chopp onions and saute them in 3 tablespoons vegetable oil.
  4. Add chopped pepper, zuchinni and mushrooms and continue cooking for a few minutes until they soften.
  5. Add 2-3 cloves chopped garlic, chopped parsley, a pinch or two of dill and add salt and pepper to taste.
  6. If you like you can also add some smoked paprika powder or/and cayenne pepper if you like it spicier.
  7. Add cooked spelt and mix.
  8. Serve and enjoy! 🙂

It tastes amazing if you add some homemade parmesan or nutritional yeast 🙂

Pasta with soy “bolognese” sauce

Pasta with soy “bolognese” sauce

Ingredients: (for 4 persons) 400g whole wheat spaghetti (or any other pasta) 2 medium onions 2-3 large cloves garlic (minced) 2 medium sized carrots (grated) 1 green pepper (diced in small pieces) 700ml tomato puree 100g soy granulat 1 can peas (or frozen) – optional 

Fried rice with vegetables and tofu

Fried rice with vegetables and tofu

Ingredients: (for 4 persons) 200g firm tofu (tofu scramble) salt, black pepper, turmeric & 3 tbsp sesame oil 300g basmati rice 2 tbsp sesame oil, 2 tbsp peanut oil 1 large onion 2-3 large carrots (diced) 1 cup green peas 4-6 spoons light soy sauce 

Grilled vegetables

Grilled vegetables

Recipe for 2 persons

Ingredients:

  • 1 medium cauliflower
  • 2 potatoes (cut thinly)
  • 1 medium pepper (I preffer the green one)
  • 2 carrots
  • 1/2 leek
  • 5 mushrooms
  • olive oil
  • spices (salt, cayenne pepper, turmeric, dry garlic, dill)

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees celsious / 392 fahrenheit.
  2. Cut all the vegetables in small bites, make sure you cut potatoes thinly because they cook/bake longer.. Put everything in a large pan.
  3. Add spices and olive oil and mix well with your hands.
  4. Bake in the oven for about 30 – 40 minutes.
Before baking…
Szechuan tofu and vegetables with rice

Szechuan tofu and vegetables with rice

I am kind of obsessed with chinese food, so I was determined to make it at home as good as it is in our local chinese restaurant (but with more veggies…) and I think this is 100% success! 🙂 Ingredients: (for 4 persons) 200g dried,