Pizza

Here is my healthy, tasty homemade pizza. Even though I don't put cheese or a substitute on it, it is still yum, my 23 month old loves it! I love the fried tofu on it too.

The dough recipe is a half proportion from the recipe in my bread machine book, but I add some dried basil to the mix.

Ass for toppings, the choice is yours. I usually use some tomato paste for the sauce base then add pineapple, onion, capsicum, mushrooms, olives, sundried tomatoes, fresh basil leaves and baby spinach as well as fried tofu (slice it, freeze it, defrost it, squash the liquid out, drizzle a little soy sauce on it, then fry in some oil til light golden brown!). I add a swirl of BBQ sauce to my husband's, and top them with a drizzle of olive oil.

Feel free to add something like cheesly to to top if you like.

It usually takes about 1/2 an hour on 180C to cook.

Easy kebabs

Like kebabs? Well I made some the same way I used to with meat, but instead used tender pieces. It makes it very quick as you don't need to marinade the meat and the cooking time is greatly reduced too! You could brush them with a marinade or sauceprior to and whilst cooking. Yum!

Vegan turkey

I just finished watching the following video clip from about.com and after seeing how simple it is to make, I think I must have a go at making it myself!

Here is the video clip:

Quick Chick-pea Curry

This is a quick and delicious way to get some chick-peas in your diet!

I can only give approximates for measurments as I usually just eyeball what I put in.

Ingredients:

1 onion, peeled and chopped

1 carrot, peeled and chopped

half a capsicum, chopped

2/3 cupped pre prepared chickpeas (canned or made from dried. I make up big batches from dried and freeze them in portions so when I need some I just grab one out of the freezer!).

3 sliceds of pineapple, chopped into big chunks. I use fresh as you can cook it without it going really mushy

shallots, sliced

small bunch of parsley

1 tsp vege stock powder

Water

Seasonings: curry powder, cumin, cardamon, black pepper, basil

The seasonings are in order of how much you would use. I use about 3 tbs of curry powder, 1 tbs cumin, 2 tsp cardamon, 1 tsp each of pepper and dried basil.

Method:

Sautee the onion and carrot in a little oil until softened

Add capsicum, pineapple and chickpeas

add water, about 1-2 cups, but feel free to add any chickpea or pineapple juice instead of just water

add the seasonings and stock and bring to the boil

Add shallots and simmer till the sauce had reduced and the chickpeas and pineapple are soft.

If the sauce is too liquidy add a mix of cornflour and a little water to help thicken it up

Remove from heat and add some chopped parsley

Serve over rice