Me Be VeG » recipe http://blog.sheppystories.com no other vegans in sight... Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:48:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 My first Peanut Sesame Noodle http://blog.sheppystories.com/2009/10/27/my-first-peanut-sesame-noodle/ http://blog.sheppystories.com/2009/10/27/my-first-peanut-sesame-noodle/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:22:10 +0000 Weez http://blog.sheppystories.com/?p=71

I spent the weekend (or at least a good few hours) watching online vegan cooking shows. There is no cable TV in my house, and even if there was, I don’t know of any vegan cooking shows. So I like to watch them online. I found a great website, EverydayDish.com, which has a number of fantastic cooking episodes with a few different hosts. Great stuff with totally yummy food.

So about this peanut sauce. There was a great episode with a very easy and tasty sounding recipe that you can find here. I made a few changes, like using rice noodles, cauliflower, carrots and peas. This is my lunch for the week, and first day conclusion: delicious!

Bonus photo: Doc, my love.

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Today, I have to do my own cooking, so whatever possessed me to want to make a dish I’ve never actually eaten, I don’t know. Maybe because it was cold for a few days and felt like Fall, a time to make warm soups and bread and comfort foods all snuggled up on the couch.

So I happened upon a recipe that looked promising and thought “why not?” and got the ingredients. Everything in the chili I liked (or at least LIKE when mixed together), and it turned out quite well. I mean, I have nothing to compare it to, but the fact that I ate it says something.

I used this recipe as a starter, and also added some peppers, cherry tomatoes and quinoa to make it my own. The quinoa made it thicker, which I really liked (rice would probably also work), and the pepper and cherry tomatoes were used because I have a plethora in my garden I wanted to use them fresh.

I took it to work last week and ate with crackers. It was really good! For my first attempt at chili, I’d say it wasn’t too shabby.

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I was flipping through my catalog of recipes, looking for tofu scramble, and came upon this recipe. Now, I haven’t made pancakes in (probably) years, so whatever possessed me to whip this up be beyond me. Well, I tried it and I CONQUERED IT!

Batter:

Making the first pancake…

Yes, even the FIRST pancake turned out edible.

My stack, with pure maple syrup… YUM YUM YUM. 

The “after” shot. 

This recipe made 6 very descent sized pancakes, so I’m saving the other 4 for breakfast (and maybe lunch, or a treat for Doc) for tomorrow, maybe with some sliced banana on top. Yeah, that sounds good.

Oh, and I still need to find that tofu scramble recipe…

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