Tuesday, 29 December 2020

Open face, lazy enchiladas

modified by Corina from The First Mess


Filling
Roast the potatoes in olive oil and cumin as in the recipe above

Sauce
1 can tomatoes
1 jalapeno (can come from a glass where they are already cut and pickled)
Blend in a blender, pour into a pot that has...

3T olive oil
1 stock cube
1T chili powder
1T coriander powder
Mix together on medium heat, add...

Vegan cheese
Mix until the cheese is melted

Tortillas
1 bag corn tortillas
Or, if they aren't available in your area, make them using Dieter's recipe

Put it together
Warm the tortillas if they haven't come straight from the oven
Add the potatoes and...
Beans (chili, black, or BBQ baked)

Pour sauce on top and sprinkle...
Nutritional yeast

Monday, 21 December 2020

Fresh summer salad with a hint of Styria

 by Claudia


Tomatoes / Tomaten
Basil (torn) / Basilikum (gerissen)
Tofu (cubed / in Würfel geschnitten)
Balsamico cream / creme

Dressing / Salatsoße
Original Styrian Pumpkinseed oil / Kürbisöl
1t Mustard (mild) / Senf
2T Cider vinegar / Essig
Pinch Salt / Salz
Pinch Pepper / Pfeffer

Put ingredients in a serving bowl (in the relative amounts to your taste). Mix the dressing thoroughly. Add dressing and balsamico to taste.

Die Zutaten in eine Schüssel stellen (in den relativen Mengen nach deinem Geschmack). Mischen die Salatsoße sehr gut. Hinzufügen Salatsoße und Balsamico darüber träufeln zu dein eigene geschmack

Corina's favorite version: omit tofu and dressing
Corina's lieblings version: ohne Tofu und Salatsoße

Monday, 14 December 2020

Peanut butter chocolate bars

from Kathy who probably found the recipe somewhere online years ago, and modified by Corina


1C margarine (melted)
2C graham cracker/cookie crumbs
1/4C sugar
1 3/4C powdered sugar
1C peanut butter
1/2 t vanilla
1 bag / 1 bar chocolate/chocolate chipe (melted)

  • Combine all ingredients, except chocolate, in a medium sized bowl. Stir until is smooth and creamy.
  • Melt chocolate and pour over peanut butter mixture
  • Optional: Refrigerate for 1 hour. Cut bars while it is cold.

Saturday, 28 November 2020

Fall Fest Feast / Herbst Fest Essen

Below is our favorite combination of recipes for a great fall/winter feast!

Try sweet potato stuffed with stuffing https://www.forksoverknives.com/recipes/vegan-baked-stuffed/stuffing-stuffed-sweet-potatoes/

But first, check out…

Homemade Tofurky-like product = Dieter's Bacon

Gravy modified by Dieter from AllRecipes

1/3 C safflower oil
1/3 C flour
Mix together on low heat until fully dissolved

1 stock cube
Hot water or soy milk or Oatley cream
Add to pan, using enough water to dissolve the stock cube and adding more after it starts to thicken to maintain a creamy consistency

3T Soy sauce
3T Nutritional yeast
Black pepper (to taste)
Mix in until creamy


Stuffing recipe by Andrew

Adjust quantities to taste.
  • 1 large onion
  • a load of mushrooms (if you can get wild ones...)
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 12-ish stalks of celery
  • ~ a loaf of bread, cut into cubes
  • ~1/2 cup wild rice (cook it al dente so that it doesn't explode)
  • Cranberries (added by Corina)
  • ~1 cup nuts (chopped, roasted almonds are good)
  • herbs (sage is the classic, but rosemary's good, and oregano is my favourite, herbs de province)
  • pepper
  • 2-4 Tbsp miso paste (this avoids the need for additional salt, and adds an umami "savoury" taste)
  • ~1/4 cup olive oil (use your better judgement - the goal is to simulate the fat that comes out of a turkey... it carries the flavours)
Instructions:
  • Fry the onion, mushroom, and celery together, adding garlic at the end so it doesn't burn
  • Throw in the wild rice and bread
  • Combine the miso paste and olive oil with an equal part of warm water and pour over the bread+veggies (stir as you go - you want things to be evenly moist but not sloppy - adjust oil/water as needed)
  • Mix in herbs, pepper
  • Add nuts and wrap in alumin(i)um foil or put in a tightly lidded casserole dish and bake for a while (30 min-1 hour?).

For more adventure, you could add lots of things: coriander, fennel (in place of/addition to celery), roasted garlic, roasted squash, star anise, Chinese five spice, chilis, apple....

Stuffing with gravy!

Homemade tofurky is done!


Sweet potato mash with caramelized pecans recipe by Kelsey


This is an original recipe that was inspired during a field season in Florida where we had a crazy oven (hence the microwave) and leftover sweet potatoes.

Microwave 2 sweet potatoes on a plate and stab them with a fork. Microwave 15 min, rotating every 5 min. Mash with a fork and add butter so it is creamier. 

Topping
  • Chop pecans and toast alone in skillet until brown
  • Add cinnamon, salt, and agave to skillet and stir
  • Cook on low for a little bit to harden the sugar onto the pecans
  • Taste and add more of desired flavor
  • Sprinkle on top of sweet potato mash 

Cranberry sauce recipe modified by Kelsey


12oz/0.75lb fresh cranberries
3/4C sugar
1C fresh squeezed orange juice
1/4t cinnamon
Optional: add a chopped up orange which increases sweetness so you can use less sugar. 

Mix juice and sugar in a pan on medium heat, add cinnamon, stir in cranberries and cook until they pop. Add the orange at the end. 

Pumpkin pie recipe at our blog or a sweet potato pie recipe

Wednesday, 18 November 2020

Peach cinnamon doughnut cake

by Ljerka


Peaches

  • 1 can / 820g peaches (peeled and cut into pieces)
  • 1T brown sugar (if using fresh peaches)
  • A little bit of water
Boil together until soft, but not so soft that they fall apart. Pour the water out of the pan and into a mug. Keep the peaches in the pan, add some sugar, and cook-fry until additional water/sugar mass is released. Turn heat off. 


Cake 

  • approx 200g/1C brown sugar
  • 3T margarine
  • 200g/1.6C self-rising flour
  • a bit of rum
  • 1t baking powder
  • 2t cinnamon
  • the water from the initial cooking stage of the peaches
  • soy milk (if extra liquid is needed)
 - Mix the sugar and margarine together
 - Add the rest of the ingredients and stir
 - Add peaches by lifting them from the pan with fork so the concentrated peach-sugar-liquid stays in the pan where you cooked the peaches as you'll want to use it for the frosting

 - Bake for 50 min @ 200 C

Frosting

  • approx 55g/0.25C margarine
  • 200g/1C icing sugar
  • 1t cinnamon
  • the peach-sugar-liquid-thing
  • 2T soy milk (amount depends on how much of the peach thingy is left, so put that in first and stir to see how much milk you might need)

Put it over boiling water and stir to create nice shiny frosting.


Saturday, 7 November 2020

Peanut butter chocolate balls

recipe by the Portland Co-op and modified by Corina

The peanut part: 

  • 1/3 to ½ C vegan margarine
  • ~1/2 C Peanut butter
  • ¾ C Flour
  • 1 C sugar
  • Cookie crumbs (optional)

Melt margarine, add peanut butter and melt together. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until it becomes kind of doughy. 


Place pieces of the dough on pieces of chocolate (like the chocolate is a mini plate) and refrigerate until firm - OR - drop balls on a plate and drizzle melted chocolate dripped over the top (melt margarine, stir in chocolate chips until melted).


Friday, 30 October 2020

Banoffee

By Dieter

2 bananas / 2 Bananen
6 vegan butter cookies / 6 vegane Butterkekse
1 handful cashew nuts/ 1 handvoll Cashew-Nüsse
  • Die Bananen und Kekse in kleine Stücke brechen und mit den Cashew Nüssen vermischen.
  • Break the bananas and cookies into small pieces and mix with the cashew nuts.
2 tablespoons margarine / 2 Esslöffel Margarine
2 tablespoons brown sugar / 2 Esslöffel brauner Zucker
1 tablespoon almond butter / 1 Esslöffel Mandelbutter
  • Verrühre die Margarine und Zucker auf mittler Hitze bis es karamelisiert. Misch die Mandelbutter unter bis es eine Paste formt. Kombiniere diese mit den übrigen Zutaten.
  • Melt the margarine and sugar at medium heat until it starts to caramelize, stir throughout. Mix in the almond butter until it is a smooth paste. Combine with the previous ingredients.
2 tablespoons coconut cream / 2 Esslöffel Kokusnussmilch
  • Giesse die Kokosnussmilch über alle Zutaten.
  • Pour the coconut cream over the ingredients.