November 28, 2009 – 16:37
This was a quick and easy Saturday lunch I cooked in half an hour. I’ve blogged about chipotle black-eyed peas before, but this time the dish was a lot simpler and not a bit less yummy! I don’t know if canned whole chipotles are available in Finland – we’re lucky to get them from a [...]
Simply prepared vegetables and cooked grains are what we’ve mostly been eating this fall. We still get a lot of kale from our little allotment garden plot – I can’t believe it yields crop until December in Finland! It was especially surprising ot find out since kale is pretty expensive and very hard to find [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged beetroot, burger, lemon juice, liquid smoke, main course, nutritional yeast, onion, sandwich, sauerkraut, soy sauce, tahini, tofu
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We’ve been having a little bit of an unintentional summer vacation from blogging – busy times but in a totally good way: we’ve been spending a lot of time in summer cottages and not that much time in the kitchen, and that’s about to continue for a while. Anyhow, this is a simple recipe that [...]
We’ve been eating a lot of cabbage all through the winter, and the arrival of Hungarian new crop cabbage has been a real celebration for us. It’s so soft and green and sweet, perfect to be used in stir-fries and salads of any kind – an indulgence while we wait for the local cabbage crop. [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged agave syrup, arugula, bell pepper, black pepper, brown rice vinegar, cabbage, easy, gomasio, lemon juice, lunch, olive oil, sage, salad, smoked paprika, tamari, tarragon, thyme, tofu, tomato
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It’s not like I’ve spent the last 10+ years of my life in pursuit of a good imitation of meaty bacon, but now I almost wonder why I haven’t – these soy bacon bits were just so crunchy and chewy and smokey and salty. If I was challenged to fool someone into eating fake meaty [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged bacon, carbonara, chives, lemon juice, liquid smoke, lunch, main course, nutritional yeast, onion, rice wine vinegar, soy bacon, soy cream, soy flakes, spaghetti, syrup, tamari
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This might look like just another salad, but it was so good that I had to snap a quick photo and write down the recipe. Soba noodles are probably my favorite kind – they are so slurpy and readily absorb all the flavors in a sauce. I’m pretty sure I’ll be coming back to this [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged bell pepper, brown rice vinegar, edamame, ginger, lunch, mirin, miso, noodle, roman lettuce, salad, shiro miso, soba, soba noodle, soy sauce
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This was a quick dinner that we weren’t planning to blog about, but it turned out so great we wanted to share the recipe. I had some vegetable stock I had made a few days before in our pressure cooker, which definitely added to the yumminess, but I’m sure this will work well with store-bought [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged chick pea, coriander, cumin, easy, onion, potato, quick, smoked paprika, soup, tahini, turmeric, vegetable stock
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February 25, 2009 – 20:34
Cashews and tofu got mashed with lemon grass, fresh mint and a hint of chili, then fried until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside – no wonder these were gone in mere seconds!
This batch serves 2 people as a snack or a starter – I have a feeling that next time we [...]
November 28, 2008 – 11:41
I have a love-hate relationship with pickled vegetables. I absolutely love pickles when they’ve been made by fermenting in brine, but I can’t bring myself to like pickles that have been preserved with vinegar. For example, when I was a kid in school, we’d often have slices of pickled beet as part of our school [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged beet, beetroot, chili powder, chinese cabbage, ginger, kimchi, Korean, pickled, recipe, red onion, vegan, vegetarian
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November 17, 2008 – 23:48
This soup has typical Finnish fall produce and North African spices. We thought that the earthy and sweet rutabaga combined really well with the rich and complex flavors of ras-el-hanout, the fava beans providing a mild backdrop to it all. Our soup’s enchanting fragrance complemented its taste in an elegant manner.
Soup ingredients:
olive oil for frying
2 [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged carrot, chili, fava bean, harissa, main course, onion, ras el hanout, recipe, rice wine vinegar, rutabaga, soup, soy yogurt, vegan, vegetarian
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This is just a simple and quick lunch pasta I whipped up, but it came out surprisingly nicely for two reasons I suppose. Firstly, I cut the eggplant in small cubes and fried it until very brown and soft, which added a lot of flavor, and a lovely texture contrast to the lentils. Secondly, I [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged capers, easy, eggplant, green lentils, lemon, lunch, main course, pasta, recipe, rosemary, vegan, vegetarian
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There had been two ingredients sitting in our pantry for many weeks, demanding my attention: cow peas and crushed hemp seeds. Couple of days ago I finally made some burgers using both the peas and the seeds. Cow peas are brownish red, but otherwise they look just like black-eyed peas. They are actually the same [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged baked, burger, coriander, cow pea, cumin, garam masala, gluten flour, hemp seed, lemon juice, main course, onion, recipe, turmeric, vegan, vegetarian
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September 22, 2008 – 21:15
The cracker madness doesn’t seem to come to an end, so I may as well post another recipe. These are the crunchiest, crispiest crackers I’ve managed to produce so far, and their secret ingredient is quite surprising: finely ground rolled oats! I added a few dried herbs for a new flavor, but the texture is [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged baking, cayenne, crackers, easy, ground oats, herb crackers, nutritional yeast, recipe, rosemary, snack, thyme, vegan, vegetarian
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September 12, 2008 – 17:36
I’ve been seeing salty cracker recipes here and there and they have accumulatively fed my cracker cravings. This week I finally started to bake my own, and how yummy they are! Now I am completely hooked – the triangular shape is just perfect for scooping up baba ghannouj, tsatsiki, or hummus, and these are nice [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged Add new tag, baking, cayenne, crackers, easy, lemon juice, mustard, nutritional yeast, recipe, snack, vegan, vegetarian
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This curry is definitely comfort food at its finest! I wanted a really spicy dish and added some red hot curry powder before serving, but it could be omitted for a milder version. Cubed tomatoes didn’t just add a nice contrasting color for the photo shoot, but also contributed fresh bursts in the midst of [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged cauliflower, chick pea, chili, coconut milk, curry, ginger, green pea, Indian, main course, potato, vegan, vegetarian
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This potato salad derives from a family recipe I’ve learnt from my step-mom. The original version is just as vegan as this, but I added some chick peas this time to make it a little heartier, and the dressing of course is my own making. The basic concept is the perfect union between capers, Russian [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged apple, caper, chick pea, leek, mustard, paprika, picnic, potato, salad, salted cucumber, side dish
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After reading Kittee’s vegan meatball recipe, I was hungering for something similar. We hadn’t made anything resembling meatballs since the Lion’s heads way back in October. Also, because we were going to go on a picnic on May Day, we thought it would be nice to have them there. May Day, among other things, is [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged chili, gluten flour, leek, marjoram, meatball, picnic, recipe, sesame oil, side dish, soy sauce, textured soy protein, thyme, tsp, tsp granules, vegan, vegetarian
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The idea for this dish came from Antonio Tabucchi’s book Requiem. In one scene, the protagonist dines with a dead friend of his in a restaurant, and they are having sarrabulho, a traditional Portuguese meat dish. While eating, they are discussing how the meat is marinated in some white wine, caraway, garlic, and olive oil. [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged black pepper, caraway, chili, easy, main course, paprika, potato, side dish, smoked paprika, tofu, white wine
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When I finally tried making my own peanut sauce, I couldn’t believe how easy it is to prepare, and to tweak according to what’s at hand. Sometimes I add lime juice, or leave out lemon grass if we don’t have it, or use coconut milk instead of veggie stock to thin the sauce, and it [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged asian, easy, ginger, lemon grass, main course, noodle, peanut butter, peanut sauce, recipe, sauce, stir-fry, vegan, vegetarian
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This dish gets its name (má là = numbing and spicy) from two types of pepper, the numbingly hot aroma of sichuan pepper and the fiery hot flavour of chili pepper. This combination is great even if you’re not that fond of super-spicy food. The tongue-numbing effect of sichuan pepper is felt only after consuming [...]
I have visited the US a few times, and one of the things I miss most is that the supermarkets carry hummus and baba ghannouj in a number of flavors – my favorite being the roasted red bell pepper. Lately the bigger supermarkets in Finland have started carrying one brand of Swedish hummus that is [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged chick pea, cumin, easy, hummus, lime, recipe, red bell pepper, roasted bell pepper, snack, spread, sunflower seeds, vegan, vegetarian
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Rösti is a Swiss potato pancake, and in its most simple form, a rösti recipe only has grated potatoes as an ingredient. I added a little flour to keep my rösti together and a sweet apple to counterbalance the spiciness of chili, onion, garlic, and thyme. Delicious!
As a side dish, this recipe makes plenty for [...]
February 21, 2008 – 09:58
These croquettes were made with simple ingredients that we almost always have around the house. Black beans, sunflower seeds, and pink peppercorns were the main components here, but lemon juice, sesame seeds, and ground coriander added a lot of flavor as well. Pink peppercorns and coriander are both fragrant and delicate seasonings, and they paired [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged bean, black bean, black bean croquettes, croquette, lemon, main course, recipe, sage, sauce, sunflower seeds, tomato, vegan, vegetarian
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February 17, 2008 – 20:54
I fried this tempeh for lunch one day, and didn’t have time to marinate it more than an hour. It was very delicious, which made me realize that tempeh absorbs flavors even more readily than tofu does! Actually, the marinade I used is pretty close to the one we often use for tofu, but I [...]
February 13, 2008 – 20:55
The simple act of adding balsamic vinegar to vegetables before roasting takes their flavors to a completely new dimension. The vinegar loses its acidity in the oven, and enhances the sweet flavors of the root vegetables.
We got our monthly supply of organic flours and vegetables on Friday evening, delivered to our door by my [...]
February 11, 2008 – 22:45
Palak is an Indian spinach dish that everyone knows from Palak Paneer, in which it is served with Indian cheese. I do not think that I ever tasted that dish before going vegan, but I’ve witnessed friends devour it in restaurants numerous times, and have become curious. Palak is delicious on its own, but tofu [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged chili, curry, ginger, Indian, lemon, main course, onion, palak paneer, palak tofu, recipe, spinach, tofu, vegan, vegetarian
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We had a weekday dinner at its best on Wednesday: delicious five-spiced tofu, slightly sweet and sour stir-fried veggies, and a bowl of brown rice. Yumminess can’t be exaggerated, it was all very delicious. It happened to be the Chinese New Year’s eve as well – everyone was wishing happy new year for each other [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged carrot, chinese, five spice, ginger, main course, marinade, onion, recipe, sesame oil, sherry, soy sauce, stir-fry, tofu, vegan, vegetarian
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This was a late Sunday lunch that we made quickly. Preparation time is heavily dependent on your chopping skills, since everything needs to be sliced into thin strips or matchsticks. I’m not that quick on the chopping block, but luckily I had Anni to help me. This is an easy recipe to tweak, and indeed, [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged cabbage, carrot, cashew, chinese, ginger, main course, noodle, sesame oil, soy sauce, stir-fry, tofu
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We baked this pie Sunday evening, when neither of us felt like having real dinner. I often make savory pies that are based on a puréed tofu filling, but haven’t thought about walnuts in this context before. Their deep flavor paired perfectly with the sweetness of the fried onions and the tangy lemon juice.
The ingredients [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged baking, lemon, onion, pie, quiche, recipe, savoury, sesame oil, tofu, tofu quiche, uncheese, vegan, vegetarian, walnut, walnut quiche
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This soy and cashew loaf has many specialty ingredients in it, but I’m pretty sure that the recipe can be tweaked according to what’s on hand and it’ll be just as good. We both really enjoyed the texture that this loaf got from the chewy soy protein bits and the creamy cashews. I think this [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged cashew, gluten flour, loaf, main course, meatless loaf, onion, recipe, sesame oil, soy protein granules, vegan, vegan meat loaf, vegetarian
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This is a great simple soup that I discovered when I was in Fez a few years back. We stayed in the old town, medina, and close to our hotel was a hole-in-a-wall type of breakfast place, serving freshly baked bread and chickpea soup. The soup was so delicious that we went there every morning, [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged appetizer, arab, chick pea, cumin, Habeeb Salloum, leek, main course, paprika, potato, pressure cooking, recipe, soup, vegan, vegetarian
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Rendang is definitely my favourite Indonesian dish. I’ve been meaning to make a veganized version of it for a while, but since the cooking takes so long, I’ve been putting it off. Christmas at the cottage was the perfect place to make it. We cooked this on the day before Christmas Eve, while heating up [...]
Moth beans are yet another new legume in our kitchen. They are very tiny, and look something like small, brown mung beans. Moth beans cook really fast, are creamy in texture, and have a nutty flavor that paired really well with the sharp dressing.
Beans:
200 g dried moth beans, soaked overnight
2 cloves garlic
vegetable broth
1 bay [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged balsamic vinegar, cilantro, easy, lime, lunch, moth beans, pressure cooking, recipe, salad, vegan, vegetarian
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This is something that we cooked for a quick dinner. Since we got a pressure cooker, we’ve started using much more dried pulses. It’s great not having to plan in advance, and just quickly cook up some beans when you feel like it. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, this isn’t as fast to [...]
This was a quick lunch I made for myself on a day when I had to use up three carrots, since we’d got our organic veggie delivery the day before, and the old ones had to go. We froze a bunch of leeks after the previous organic delivery, so now I could just take one [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged appetizer, carrot, cashew, easy, leek, lemon, lunch, recipe, soup, vegan, vegetarian
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When me and Heikki were travelling in Cuba, black bean soup was one of our favorite vegan foods. Staying at casas particulares, renting extra rooms from people’s homes, we had the advantage of sampling Cuban home cooking the vegan way. We could always explain what vegan food was, and could be sure that our [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged appetizer, bean, black bean, chili, christmas, cuban, onion, recipe, red bell pepper, smoked paprika, soup, vegan, vegetarian
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This was our vegan take on the traditional Finnish Christmas ham, although its similarities to a ham are very minor. We coated our roast with Dijon mustard that’s seasoned with garlic and red bell pepper – I am not a great mustard lover, but that particular mustard is delicious. We used pink peppercorns for decoration [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged christmas, gluten flour, lemon, main course, marinade, recipe, red bell pepper, roast, seitan, soy sauce, tofu, vegan, vegan roast, vegetarian
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This is a simple tofu marinade we used as a base for our Christmas Roast. After making the roast, we fried the rest of the tofu in some olive oil, and had it on sandwiches.
Here’s what we used:
500 g firm tofu
4 cloves of garlic
3 and ½ dl vegetable stock
1 and ½ dl red wine
½ dl [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged basil, christmas, main course, marinade, recipe, rosemary, soy sauce, thyme, tofu, vegan, vegetarian
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December 19, 2007 – 09:59
These vegan cutlets were mainly inspired by the Chickpea Cutlets from the Veganomicon cookbook. We made those cutlets a few weeks ago and they were really good. I liked the idea of mixing beans and gluten flour, since gluten can be too glutinous on its own, and the cutlets were really easy to prepare. Another [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged basil, black eyed pea, cutlet, gluten flour, lemon, main course, recipe, soy sauce, tofu, vegan, vegetarian
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December 19, 2007 – 09:54
This was a simple sauce I made to go with the wonderful Black Eyed Pea Cutlets, served with pan fried potatoes. Thanks to cashew nuts, the texture is smooth and really creamy, and this is a good all-purpose gravy that would go with just about anything, I imagine.
Here’s what I used for the sauce:
1 onion, [...]
December 13, 2007 – 17:53
We had a triangular-themed dinner on Monday; these tempeh triangles were served with triangular carrots, and the accompanying black bean salad was surrounded by cucumber triangles. The tempeh was first cooked, then marinated, and finally baked in a hot oven, and it ended up being very juicy and delicious.
Heikki has successfully taught me to eat [...]
This was a tasty dinner; crumbled seitan and mixed beans in a smokey chipotle tomato stew, wrapped in a soft corn tortilla along with garlicky cumin soy yogurt sauce and cubed cucumber.
It’s pretty hard to find smoked chipotle chilis in Helsinki, in fact I’ve never seen them, so I just used a cheap Pirkka-brand sauce [...]
Following in the footsteps of Susan’s veggeroni, and a number of other similar recipes I’ve seen floating around the Internet, this is my own version of oven baked gluten. This makes a dense, sort of dry salami-like wheat gluten log, ideal for crumbling for further use.
This seitan has some tiny air bubbles in it, as [...]
This tofu “cheese” has a consistency resembling cottage cheese, or a little like feta cheese, and is really tasty. It doesn’t taste like cheese, however, which for me is a good thing: I outgrew my cheese addiction about 7 years ago – it took a few vegan years to combat my cravings. Tofu marinated this [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged easy, lime, recipe, rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, spread, tofu, uncheese, vegan, vegan cheese, vegetarian
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This is the latest attempt of my ongoing mission to master the seasoning of textured soy protein (TSP). Usually I’m lazy and just boil the TSP chunks in a broth made from vegetable stock cubes, but this time I tried something fancier. We thought that the result was really good.
For the soy strips:
100 g [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged chili, cooking, main course, recipe, rice vinegar, sherry, soy sauce, textured soy protein, tsp, vegan, vegetarian
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November 30, 2007 – 12:50
We had these tofu patties for lunch two days in a row: first day served with cous cous and some leftover gravy, and the next day with olive mashed potatoes and basil yogurt sauce. We thought the patties tasted even better the next day, and thus would be perfect to have in the freezer for [...]
November 28, 2007 – 22:24
Last week I found a post by Mihl from Seitan is my motor through Vegalicious. Mihl had developed a recipe for sunflower seed spread, and reading about it, I instantly got a feeling that this would be a new favorite at our house. First batch I made was the plain version that Mihl posted, only [...]
November 19, 2007 – 15:46
Fava beans, also known as broad beans, are very delicious, but there’s one problem: they have thick skin, and every bean needs to be peeled separately. Especially dried fava beans are a little difficult to work with. I was very happily surprised when we found dried split fava beans at a local shop, Al Marwan. [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged bean dip, bondbönor, chick pea, dip, fava beans, ful medames, lemon, onion, parsley, puree, recipe, snack, spread, vegan, vegetarian
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November 19, 2007 – 15:46
This is a really salty spread, nice for snacking with crackers or fresh bread, and maybe a glass of red wine.
What I used:
1 and 1/2 dl olives (we had Kalamata and some leftover green ones)
3 teaspoons capers
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon lemon juice
pinch of sugar
1 teaspoon dried basil
freshly ground black pepper to taste
2-3 tablespoons olive oil
I [...]
November 16, 2007 – 09:55
I’ve eaten kangkung or morning glory often when travelling in Southeast Asia. Our local Asian food store (Aseanic Trading on Kolmas linja) has this in stock every now and then, but this is the first time we’ve tried it.
200g morning glory (also known as kangkung or water spinach)
2 cloves of garlic
1-2 tablespoons canola oil for [...]
This is a green dip we had as a Friday night snack with some carrots, rutabaga (Swedish turnip), and corn chips. Arugula dip is great with any kind of chips and veggies, and we also serve this as a sauce with potatoes, or in a bun with a veggie burger.
Ingredients:
1,5 dl plain (Alpro) soy yogurt
1 [...]
