Rice

Review: Apple Curry Rice

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 [...]


Classic Italian Rice Salad

Classic Italian Rice Salad

This recipe makes a lot. We enjoyed it as a main meal salad on a warm summer night. It was delicious! We enjoyed it accompanied with a whole grain baguette and a lovely vegan bio wine.

Serving Size: 8
Ingredients:

1 cup mixed wild and white rice
1 eggplant, cut in small pieces and sauteed
1 zucchini, cut into matchstick [...]


Vegetable Sushi

Vegetable Sushi

These sushi rolls were delicious, and surprisingly very filling. They’re a bit tricky to make the first time, but once you get used to it, they’re not hard to make, and well worth the effort. They were delicious.

Yield: 30- 40
Ingredients:
for the rice:

2 cups sushi rice
2 cups water
4 tablespoons rice vinegar
3 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons [...]


Review: Sri Wasano’s Infamous Indonesian Rice Salad

Review: Sri Wasano’s Infamous Indonesian Rice Salad

This is a really delicious salad. We enjoyed it as a “main meal salad” on a warm, muggy summer night.

There are many versions of the salad. This one comes from I love the finger lakes. Everything about it was delicious, I wouldn’t change a thing. It makes a lot, so we are looking forward to [...]


Cinnamon Rice Pudding

Cinnamon Rice Pudding

This is a quick and tasty pudding that can be made at any time. The cinnamon gives a very nice flavor, and it really tastes great with chocolate vinegar sauce.

Ingredients:

1 cup risotto rice
2 cups vanilla soy milk
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4-1/2 cup sugar

Directions:

Cook the rice in the soy milk and sugar, stirring.
When the rice has absorbed the [...]


Zucchini and Pesto Rice Timbale

Zucchini and Pesto Rice Timbale

These tasty towers are great as a salad or they can also be used as an appetizer. They’re colorful and quick and easy to make.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

200 grams white rice, cooked
1 med. zucchini, cut in very thin slices
1/4 cup vegan pesto
tomato and chives as garnish

Directions:

Cook the rice and allow to slightly cool.
Make the pesto (I [...]


Pumpkin and Apple Risotto with Tofu Pieces

Pumpkin and Apple Risotto with Tofu Pieces

This year we had a lot of good apples and many pumpkins in our garden. This recipe combines them both to a great meal.

Servings: 4-6
Ingredients:

2 cups pumpkin, cut into bite sized chunks
2 cups apple cider or apple Juice
2 tbs. olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cups Arborio rice
3 apples, peeled and diced
1 red bell pepper, seeded and [...]


Beet risotto salad with pineapple and peas

Beet risotto salad with pineapple and peas

This is very colorful salad and also tasty. It’s one that you can make ahead of time and take to a pot luck dinner or make early in the morning and enjoy in the evening.

Servings: 4
Ingredients:

1 med. beet, cooked and pureed
1 cup risotto rice
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
1 small can pineapple pieces, drained

salad dressing

2 Tbs. [...]


Review: Pumpkin curry with tofu, brown rice, baby spinach and coconut ginger sauce

Review: Pumpkin curry with tofu, brown rice, baby spinach and coconut ginger sauce

This was a really delicious meal. It comes from the Wagamama cookbook and has been online on the Wagamama site years ago (archive.org still has the recipe page). Wagamama is a restaurant serving mostly noodle dishes. The restaurant chain is popular in many European cities and always has some vegetarian and vegan dishes. I would [...]


Mapo Tofu

Mapo Tofu

A protein packed meal that is as pleasant to the tummy as to the eye.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

1 block tofu, cut into 1 inch cubes
4 ounces t.v.p.
3 tablespoons chili bean paste
1 teaspoon Szechwan pepper
dried whole chilies (optional, how much is up to you)
1 tablespoon fermented black beans or [...]


Chocolate rice pudding with rhubarb coulis

Chocolate rice pudding with rhubarb coulis

This is so easy to make and very tasty.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

200 g pure vegan chocolate, broken into pieces
1 liter soy milk
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 capful vanilla
1 cup risotto rice

for the rhubarb coulis:

1 cup rhubarb pieces
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup water

Directions:

Heat the soy milk in [...]


Lemon risotto with tempeh

Lemon risotto with tempeh

Soy and lemon are so nice together, they give this recipe a nice fresh springy flavor.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

4 ounces soy tempeh, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
2 cups vegetable bouillon
1 1/2 tablespoons soy margarine
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/3 cup shallots, finely chopped
1 cup Arborio rice
1/2 cup dry white wine
2 [...]


Review: Mexican Green Rice

Review: Mexican Green Rice

This is a great way to enjoy rice, especially on a chilly winter’s evening.

The cilantro pesto is very easy to make, and smells wonderful while cooking. The insturctions are very easy to follow and offer a very nice dish.
via http://www.deliciouslivingmag.com


Vegetable korma curry with pilaf

Vegetable korma curry with pilaf

We celebrated Diwali tonight by enjoying a traditional Indian meal. Korma curry is not a hot spicy curry, but distinctivly Indian. We served the meal with mango chutney and a nice fresh fruit raita.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
for the vegetable korma curry

1 small pumpkin, cut in bite sized pieces
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic
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Tofu, sugar snap peas and banana risotto

Tofu, sugar snap peas and banana risotto

Lovely colors of bright yellow and green, make a tasty combination for vegetables with fruit and rice.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

150 grams tofu , cut in bite sized chunks
1 cup risotto rice
1 onion, chopped
2 bananas, peeled and cut in bite sized chunks
2 tsp. Sambal Oelek
1&1/2 cups water
1 tsp. [...]


Coconut rice pudding with raspberry sauce

Coconut rice pudding with raspberry sauce

This is such an easy dessert, and looks so pretty. It is soy free and of course vegan.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:
For the coconut rice pudding

2 cups coconut cream
6 tbs. risotto rice
3 tbs. sugar
4-5 heaping tbs. coconut flakes

for the raspberry sauce

1 cup raspberries
1-2 tbs. sugar
1 tsp. corn starch
1/4 [...]


Beet, pineapple and tofu risotto

Beet, pineapple and tofu risotto

This sweet/sour risotto looks incredible and tastes as great. The mixture of beets with the pineapple is lovely.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

1 cup risotto rice
3-4 med. beets, peeled and cooked
1 med. can pineapple pieces
150 grams tofu
1 tbs. cooking oil
1 lemon, juiced
1 tbs. brown sugar
pinch cinnamon
cayenne pepper
salt to taste

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Bengali risotto

Bengali risotto

Eggplant, spinach, mint and tamarind risotto with tofu.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

1 tbs. oil
1 onion, thinly sliced
2 eggplants cut into cubes
150 grams tofu, cut in bite sized pieces
1 red chili, deseeded and thinly sliced
2 tbs. tamarind paste
1 tbs. brown sugar
250 grams risotto rice
10 g fresh mint [...]


Broccoli and rice casserole

Broccoli and rice casserole

This really tastes yummy and doesn’t even need to have (soy) cheese.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

1 head broccoli
1 cup brown rice
1 cup soy yogurt
2 tsp. vegetable bouillon powder
2 tsp. grainy mustard
splash lemon juice (optional)

Directions:

Wash the broccoli and cut the stem into small pieces and the head into [...]


Rice pudding with rhubarb raisin sauce

Rice pudding with rhubarb raisin sauce

The sweet sour mixture of the rhubarb raisin sauce is a lovely compliment to this rice pudding.

Serving Size: 2
Ingredients:
for the rice pudding

1/2 cup white rice
1&1/4 cup natural or vanilla soy milk
1 tbs. sugar
2 cap full vanilla

for the rhubarb raisin sauce

2 cups fresh rhubarb , cut in small pieces
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Vegan paella

Vegan paella

Paella comes originally from Valencia where it used to be eaten on Sundays. Now it’s a favorite around the world and of course it can be vegan as well.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

1 cup rice (white or brown)
350 grams frozen mixed vegetables
100 grams black olives
1 can (240 grams) artichoke hearts
1 [...]


Minty pea and rice salad with apples

Minty pea and rice salad with apples

This salad is so nice and light, and quick and easy to make too! It also travels well so can be brought to a pot luck super or on a picnic.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

1 cup rice, cooked
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
1 apple, cut into small pieces
fresh mint leaves
light dressing
4 [...]


Orange Risotto with Tofu, Pumpkin and Apricot

Orange Risotto with Tofu, Pumpkin and Apricot

We have enjoyed mixing the flavors of fruit with vegetables for a few years now. This is one of our favorites especially during the fall and winter months when the bright yellows and oranges of the meal cheer up the often grey and wet days.

Serving Size: 4
Ingredients:

150 grams tofu, cut in slices
100 [...]


Rice and Pea Salad

Rice and Pea Salad

Ingredients:

1 cup rice, cooked
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
1/4 cup soy yogurt
salt & pepper
1/2 tsp. curry

Directions:

Cook the rice until fluffy.
Cool the rice and add the thawed peas.
Make a sauce using the soy yogurt and curry with a dash of salt and pepper.
Pour over the rice and peas and chill.
Serve garnished with tomatoes or can [...]