Review: Apricot, Beet and Cumin Soup
Dear Vegalicious Readers, this is a delicious soup we recently found at the “Daily Green” blog.
It has the earthy flavors of beets, with the mild sweetness of apricots and orange juice. Perked up with the flavors of onions, garlic and cumin. Altogether, this flavor packed soup that is really tasty. It can also be halved [...]
Red Cabbage and Beet Salad With Pears and Walnuts
This salad tastes lovely and is even better the second day.
Ingredients:
1/4 head red cabbage, thinly sliced
1 Tbs. salt
2 Tbs. vinegar
1 large beet, peeled and grated
1 pear, peeled and sliced
walnuts, chopped
2 Tbs. rice wine vinegar
3 Tbs. walnut oil
1 Tbs. agave or maple syrup
1 inch nob ginger, peeled and grated
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
To “wilt” the red [...]
Review: Edamame Salad
Chef Emeril Green has lots of healthy recipes and videos of how to make them. This is an especially tasty Asian Salad. It’s very easy to make and needs just a few ingredients – carrots, daikon radish, an apple and edamame beans. The dressing is delicious and the salad a real [...]
Irish Apple Parsnip Soup
Sweet and creamy, lightly spiced, this soup is very tasty.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 & 1/2 pounds parsnips, peeled and cut in chunks
1 large apple, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 cups vegetable bouillon
1/2 teaspoon sage
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4-1/3 cup soy cream
optional parsley chopped as [...]
Pumpkin, Avocado, Mango Salad with Thai Chili Vinaigrette
This light and refreshing salad really hit the spot tonight.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1/2 small hokkaido pumpkin, deseeded
1 avocado, peeled and sliced
1 mango, peeled and sliced or cubed
for the vinaigrette:
1 small red onion, minced
3 tablespoons sweet Thai chili sauce
2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons tomato juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
Directions:
If you have an organic pumpkin, there is n [...]
Roasted Plums filled with Orange Coconut
This coconut filling tastes wonderful on the roasted plums. Altogether it makes a very tasty treat.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup unsweetened coconut flakes
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
1 orange zest and juice
1 egg replacement equivalent
4 ripe plums halved and stone removed
Directions:
Mix the coconut, sugar and cardamom in a bowl.
Zest the orange and then juice it.
Mix the [...]
Tangerine Mini Tart
These light pastries were very nice. They’re easy to make and make a lovely treat on a cold winter’s day.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
4 tangerines
3 sheets frozen vegan puff pastry, thawed
cinnamon
allspice
1 tsp. cornstarch
2 Tbs. ground almonds (optional)
Directions:
Squeeze 2 of the tangerines for the juice.
Place in a small saucepan to heat.
Add the cinnamon and allspice.
Blend in the corn [...]
Review: Thai Black Rice Salad
This was a colorful and delicious salad, including the nutritious forbidden rice.
This salad from Closet Cooking was not only delicious, but very nutritious. It is easy to make and the instructions are simple to follow. The only thing different that I did was to make my own vegan “fish” sauce using 2 kinds of seaweed, [...]
Review: Sugared Plum Tarts
Sugar and spice and everything nice in these heart shaped tarts. The recipe was inspired by Joshua Ploeg’s book “In Search of the Lost Taste“.
I slightly adapted it by using store bought vegan puff pastry, and adding a sauce. The sauce is cinnamon-almond soy yogurt. Made from just a bit of plain soy yogurt, some [...]
Orange Pumpkin Soup
This cheerful soup brought lots of sunshine to our table on a cold winters day. The blends of orange and cardamom were a tasty compliment to the pumpkin.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
4 cups cubed pumpkin (med. hokkaido or red kuri)
2 cups vegetable broth
1 bay leave
2 teaspoons ground coriander
1 teaspoon [...]
Pumpkin and Chestnut Soup with Balsamic Sauteed Pears
What a wonderful blending of flavors this soup offers. Mildly spice and pleasantly sweet with a hint chestnuts.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 leek (white and light green parts only (or 1 med. onion)
2 tablespoons oil
1 med. red kuri pumpkin or 2 butternut squash, de-seeded and cut into large chunks
1-2 cup chestnuts, roasted or boiled, peeled
water to just [...]
Review: Pear Galettes with a Belgian Chocolate Sauce
We found these beautiful, tasty goodies at Waitrose. The are very easy to vegainize by leaving out the honey and using vegan, pure chocolate.
I used 1 sheet of puff pastry for each person. Using a small saucer, cut the puff pastry into a circle. Then 1 extra psheet of pufff pastry sliced in thin strips [...]
Beet Salad with Pear Chutney and Pomegranate
The pear chutney is what makes this tasty salad special. It tastes and lovely as it is to look at .
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
3 med. beets, cooked sliced with a spiralizer or 1 can shoestring beets
2 pears
1 small onion
1 tablespoon oil
splash vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ginger
small pinch salt
pomegranate seeds as garnish
Directions:
Peel the beets and cook whole, [...]
Lentil Croquettes with Mango Jalapeno Chutney
With the upcoming holiday season, having tapas ready on hand is a good idea. These were very tasty and also make a nice dinner as well.
Ingredients:
1 cup lentils (I used red)
1 vegetable bouillon cube
2 bay leaves
splash of lemon juice
2 tablespoons bread crumbs plus bread crumbs for rolling
2 tablespoons chick pea flour
dash garlic powder
oil for frying
for [...]
Apricots Filled with Almond and Cranberry Soy Ricotta
These lovely apricots would make a very nice addition to any party. The can be used as a vegan tapas, finger food or an appetizer.
Yield: 2 doz.
Ingredients:
1 pkg. dried apricots
1 cup soy yogurt
2 tablespoons cashew nut butter
2 tablespoons amaretto or almond extract
2 tablespoons ground or chopped almonds
1/8-1/4 cup dried cranberries or dried cherries, chopped
Sliced almonds [...]
Tagliatelle with Parsnips, Champignons and Grapes
Parsnip is a root vegetable with a long tradition, which is gaining popularity again lately. Together with home made tagliatelle, grapes and mushrooms it made a very tasty winter dish.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
2 lbs. parsnips,
2 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 lb. button mushrooms (champignons de paris), cut in half
pinch nutmeg (optional)
pinch paprika or [...]
Sunchoke and Chestnut Soup
This elegant soup is very tasty and filling.
Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
1 lb. of sunchokes (Jerusalem artichoke), well scrubbed and cut into slices
1/2 red bell pepper, deseeded and sauteed
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 leek, sliced
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic minced
1/2 apple, peeled and sliced
4 ounces roasted chestnuts, peeled and sliced
2 cups vegetable bouillon
1/4 cup white wine
2 sprigs [...]
Raspberry Rhubarb Pie
In celebration of the 3rd birthday of Vegalicious we are having pie again. This was a great year for all of the fruit in our garden. We froze a lot of our raspberries, and rhubarb and are looking forward to enjoying many tasty recipes through the winter.
Yield: 1 pie
Ingredients:
1 double pie crust
1& 3/4 cups sugar
1/3 [...]
Vegan apple cheesecake with caramel sauce
This elegant desert is much healthier than it looks or tastes, thankfully so. The fall flavors of apple and cinnamon enhance this lovely cheesecake while the caramel sauce lends its warm sweet flavor. A very tasty dish, especially in the fall.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
2 pieces frozen vegan puff pastry, thawed
For the cheesecake filling:
2 apple cut in [...]
Lentil & Spinach Quesadillas with Jalepeno Avacado Cream
This is a very tasty twist on traditional quesadillas or bean burritos. Lentils lend themselves to many various cultures.
Yield: 8 quesadillas
Ingredients:
1 cup lentils (brown or green Le Puy)
1 vegetable bouillon cube
2 bay leaves, crushed but whole
8 corn tortillas (flour tortillas are also fine)
1 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. spicy seasoning of choice, Cajun)
1 Tbs. tomato puree
4 cups [...]
Ground Cherry & Chamomile Jam
What a lovely mixture of flavors this tasty jam has. We offer a vegan version, without honey, yet full of the sweet sour flavor of the ground cherry and the mild aromatic flavor of chamomile. I think this has become our favorite jam, even over raspberry. Ground Cherries are known by various names like Cape [...]
Maple Almond Fig Galette with Vegan Maple Mascarpone
The flavors of fall. Maple syrups enhances the lovely tastes of figs and almonds with these simple galettes.
Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
3 sheets ready made frozen vegan puff pastry, thawed
3 tablespoons maple syrup
4 tablespoons almond meal (ground almonds)
3-4 figs, sliced
1/4 cup soy yogurt
2 tablespoons cashew nut butter
2 teaspoons maple syrup
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 200 C / [...]
Cinnamon Apple Biscuits
These are a variation to the All American Biscuits we posted last year. It’s the same basic recipe, with a bit of sugar, cinnamon and apples added, and as they will bring moisture, a bit more flour too.
Yield: 9 big biscuits
Ingredients:
2 & 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons flour (divided)
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cold [...]
Review: Apple Curry Rice
It’s really great how apples can lend themselves to savory recipes as well as sweet ones. We really enjoyed this curried rice recipe with apples and raisins.
We found this recipe at the Virginia Apples website. We did not do the microwave as we prefer to cook on the stove top. We cooked the rice traditionally [...]
