Archive for ‘Meat Substitutes’

It's not all in a name, not here at least "Chicken Ball" sounds very unappetising, a name more capable of winning a playground name calling contest than impressing dinner guests*. I am undecided regarding which scenario fits the name better: Scenario 1: "What's for dinner tonight?" "Chicken Balls" Scenario 2: "Oi, Chicken Ball, gimme your lunch money!" What do you think?...

Spinach is my BFF I crave it, sometimes irrationally, and I cannot rest until I've had my fill of this luscious green. I am convinced people who say they hate spinach have simply been served the frozen variety during their childhood, and frozen spinach really is enough to scar a person for life. I think a palak or saag is the perfect way to convince a person that spinach ...

Looking for a quick and easy okara recipe? Try these veggie meatloaves on for size (or eat them at least). What's this okara stuff? Okara is the soy pulp you are left with in the process of making soy milk. To make soy milk, soaked soy beans are ground with water. The water then filters out to make the "milk" and the pulp left in the ...

The mandatory inclusion of seafood-related treats such as fish sauce, oyster sauce, and shrimp paste often make eating in Southeast Asia a little difficult for a veggie (to say the least). And it's not something worth trying to trick yourself into believing you can get around, either. Here is an example conversation a vegetarian might have with restaurant waitstaff: "...but I'm vegetarian. I ...

I have terrible recipe-keeping habits. When I'm in the mood to create in the kitchen, I usually grab a scrap of paper and a pen, and take very vague notes during the cooking process. This practise is not so bad if I go immediately to the computer after dinner to properly type it out, but who does that? The ...

I'm afraid I'm going to have to hold back on the recipe for this one, since it's not my own. Want it? Subscribe to Bryanna Clark Grogan's Vegan Feast newsletter and get the Jul/Aug/Sep 2006 issue. It's not Bryanna's own recipe (it's one of the fabulous Debbie from Spice Island Vegan). I topped it with onions, parsley, and tomato....

This one's dead easy, folks, and tastes great to boot! This recipe will serve two comfortably as an appetiser. Miso Soup with Faux Chix and Spinach Serves 2 Ingredients: 3 cups of your choice of stock (mushroom works great!) 1 or 2 tbsp miso paste 1 Quorn chicken filet, cut into very thin slivers 1/4" cubes of firm tofu a ...