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

Spicy potato bake

Wanting to use up potatoes but having no ricemilk left, I took an old recipe that called for just potatoes and butter and updated it. The result, a yummy crunchy take on potato bake.

Ingredients:

2 medium potatoes, peeled and very thinly sliced
some melted vegan margerine
a little olive oil
a variety of seasonings and spices, I used cumin, pepper, some nutmeg and a little salt

Method:

Mix the oil, margerine and spices/seasonings together in a bowl
Brush a pie dish with some of the margeine mix
Put a layer of potato slices in the dish
Brush with more margerine mix
Keep layering til all the potato is gone and top with some of the margerine mix
I microwaved this covered with cling wrap on high for 10 mins to soften the potoatoes
Remove the wrap (careful of the steam!)
brush a little extra margering mix on top
Put in a hot oven (about 200C) for about 30mins or until golden on top

Onion herb bread

After my husband gave me an idea to make onion bread, I found a recipe in my bread maker recipe book for garlic bread. However, I wanted it to be onion and the only thing in the recipe that was non vegan was parmesan cheese. So I omitted it as well as the garlic and added grated onion. It turned out so well. If you don't have a bread maker you could still do it by hand, just make sure you prove it a few times and knead it well. (If you have dough hooks for your electric mixer they make the job easier).

Here is the recipe:

1 cup water

2 tbs olive oil

1 1/2 tsp salt

3 cups plain flour

2 tsp sugar

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp dried rosemary

1 tsp black ground peper

2 tsp yeast

3 tbs grated onion

Mix the dry indredients together

Add the wet

Mix together well and knead for about ten minutes until smooth and elastic

set aside in a warm place to rise for an hour.

Knock down and rise again for another hour

Bake in a 190c oven for about an hour. If you lightly tap the base it should sound hollow when its cooked. Serve warm with vegan margerine

(If you have a bread machine a basic programme should work well,but still bake it in the oven).

Lamingtons!

I accidently came across this recipe for lamingtons!

I have found in the past it very difficult to make lamingtons as I have not been able to come across a good enough vegan sponge recipe. However these onese turned out very very good!

Here is the link: http://www.transmog.com.au/vegan_recipes/aussie_lamingtons

I only put the cakes in the freezer for a few hours, but they still turned out fine.