Archive for October, 2008
VEG TV: The Enlightened Kitchen: Tempeh Tostada_part two
Friday, October 31st, 2008Welcome back!
Healthy and Delicious Tempeh Tostada continues…. Download recipe:
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VEG TV: The Enlightened Kitchen: Tempeh Tostada_part one
Thursday, October 30th, 2008Marie makes Tempeh Tostadas that are hearty, healthy, and absolutely delicious! Download recipe: http://www.vegtv.com/203-1.html
Fat-Free Pumpkin Cookies
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Recipe courtesy of: The Fatfree Vegan Kitchen
1/2 cup whole wheat flour (I used white whole wheat flour)
1/2 cup unbleached flour
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup agave nectar
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2/3 cup okara (or 8 ounces firm tofu, blended in a food processor until smooth)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon turbinado sugar — or icing, below
Preheat oven to 375F.
Mix the flours, oats, baking soda, spices, and salt in a mixing bowl. Mix the agave nectar, pumpkin, okara (tofu), and vanilla in another bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir just until well-blended. Do not over-stir.
Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to drop rounded tablespoons of dough at least two inches apart on a baking sheet lined with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Flatten each cookie slightly with a fork. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar, if desired. Bake for 10-16 minutes or until edges are golden and middles seem done. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes before transferring each cookie to a wire rack. Allow to cool completely before serving.
Optional icing:
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons agave nectar
2 teaspoons non-dairy milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract or other extract (I used pecan)
food coloring (optional)
In a small mixing bowl, add the agave nectar, milk, and extract to the confectioners’ sugar. Add additional milk a half-teaspoon at a time, stirring constantly, until the icing is smooth and spreadable but not so thin that it runs off. If you add too much milk, add a little more sugar to balance it out. Add food coloring a drop at a time until the right color is achieved. Spread over cooled cookies and allow to dry.
Makes about 15 cookies. Per cookie (with sugar, no icing) : 76 Calories (kcal); trace Total Fat; (3% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 78mg Sodium; 1g Fiber. Weight Watchers: 1 Point.
With icing: 110 Calories (kcal); trace Total Fat; (2% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 27g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 78mg Sodium; 1g Fiber. Weight Watchers: 2 Points.
Nutritional information is approximate and is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. “Gluten-free” label is strictly a cataloging tag meant to be helpful for recipe searches and does not ensure that
the recipe is completely free of gluten. Always read ingredient labels carefully and contact manufacturers to make sure that products actually are vegan and/or gluten-free.
Curried Apple Soup
Monday, October 20th, 2008From The Vegan Chef
Ingredients:
1 cup shallots, finely diced
2 T. safflower oil
1 T. curry powder
2 t. ginger, minced
1/4 cup sherry
3 lbs. cooking apples of choice, peeled, cored, and diced
4 cups vegetable stock
1 cup apple juice
1 cup soy milk, Sweet Apple Cider-Nut Milk, or other non-dairy milk
1-2 T. lemon juice
salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
In a large pot, saute the shallots in oil for 5 minutes or until soft. Add the curry powder and ginger, and saute an additional minute. Add the sherry, and stir well to deglaze the pot. Add the diced apples, vegetable stock, and apple juice, and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until the apples are tender. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for 10 minutes. In a food processor or blender, in batches, puree the soup until smooth, and return the soup to the pot. Whisk in the soy milk, a little of the lemon juice, and season to taste with salt and pepper. If desired, add additional curry powder, apple juice, or lemon juice to the soup to adjust the sweetness or spicy flavor of the soup to your own personal taste. Serve hot or cold.
Serves 6-8
There’s A Vegan Food Pyramid?
Sunday, October 5th, 2008
By Rex Magnum
For many people, a vegan diet is beyond comprehension. If you don’t eat meat or animal products what is left? How can you cook without using eggs and dairy? These are the questions often asked of those who follow a vegan diet.
Vegans eat many different foods. The only foods that they don’t eat are meat and animal products. This leaves them with fruits, vegetables, grains, and many other great foods to eat and experiment with.
Healthy Eating with Vegan Food
For those struggling to find a health balanced vegan diet, the vegan food pyramid can be a great tool. Broken down like the regular food pyramid, it discusses the different food groups available to vegans, and the amount of each that should be consumed per day.
The bottom of the vegan food pyramid is made up of fruits and vegetables. This means that you should be eating these as the basis of your vegan diet. You should try to eat three to five servings of both per day.
The second largest level of the vegan food pyramid is made up of whole grains. These include many different things, such as oats, wheat bread, and oats. While breads and white flours do not count, as they aren’t as nutritious.
The third level of the vegan food pyramid is made includes beans and soy. You should be eating each of these groups two to three times a day. They include lentils, beans and seeds, and tempeh, tofu and soy milk.
At the top of the vegan food pyramid rests fats and sugars, just as in the regular food pyramid. This is an area that should only be eaten from sparingly, and it includes olive oil and processed candies and treats.
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