Showing posts with label simple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label simple. Show all posts

Thursday, 31 May 2012

Tofu & Zuchini Fritatta

Feeling like I've been missing out on a few of my old favourites lately, I decided to have a crack at making a vegan fritatta. 
"Wooooooooah crazy" You say, "You can't do that! Friatta is an egg based dish".
Well, time to shake shit up a bit, I say. The tofu gave it all the 'frittata' texture it needed and the tahini and nutritional yeast gave it that 'eggy' taste y'all crave. 
All in all, very chuffed with myself. 10 life points.




Tofu & Zuchini Frittata

Ingredients:

1 tbs olive oil
1 red onion, diced
5 small potatoes, sliced
1 zuchini, grated
half a bunch of green onion, chopped
small handful of chives, diced
500g Silkin tofu
1 tbs tahini
2 tbs nutritional yeast
1 tbs soy sauce
1 tsp smoked paprika
salt and pepper

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and grease a 20 x 30cm dish.
Cut the potatoes into thin circles and boil in water until tender but not too soft. Drain the potatoes and set aside. Heat a frying pan with 1 tbs olive oil, add the cooked potatoes and onion and fry until just golden. 
In a large bowl mash the tofu with a fork, then add all other ingredients and mix together.
Place the fried potatoes and onions evenly on the bottom of the greased dish, add the tofu mixture on top and press down firmly.
Bake for 40-45 minutes until firm and golden on top.

Easy, simple and healthy.

Monday, 9 April 2012

The easiest recipe I've ever had the pleasure to meet

Blueberry Muffins. Nom nom. And so simple to make.
I have a confession, when I'm looking for a good recipe I look at two things, firstly, do I have all or most of the ingredients in my house and secondly, how easy is the recipe. Do I have to soak half the ingredients or stand on my head and say the alphabet backwards to make the muffins rise?
And so, when I met my new favourite recipe on http://www.livevegan.org, I knew we would get on immediately. Simple, cheap and fancy free. Enjoy.

Ingredients:


1/4 cup margarine, softened 
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce 
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar 
2 cups flour
1 Tbs. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla 
1/2 cup soy or rice milk 
2 cups blueberries (frozen is fine)

How to:

Preheat oven to 170 degrees. Line muffin cups with paper liners
Mix all ingredients together until moistened. Seriously. That's it. Just mix them all.
Spoon the mixture into muffin cups, and bake for 35 minutes.