No recipe in this post I am afraid! Just an update on where I am in my cooking journey. We have relocated to the UK. I did a few posts from our temporary residence in a flat in London. Earlier this year (in April) we moved to Wiltshire where we have bought a boat! It …
Vegan Short Crust Pastry
I much prefer making my own pastry, and this vegan short crust pastry is easy – and the recipe works. I found it here. Thanks to Veganlovlie. Check out their blog and website. I have just used this recipe to make a quiche. Ingredients: 2 ¼ C flour (I used wholewheat flour – nice nutty …
Madame Renoir’s Sauted Chicken
This vegan version of Madame Renoir’s Sauted Chicken was just what I needed to hone my seitan making skills. And as we are stuck in lockdown at the moment I am trying all sorts of recipes. I had never heard of Madame Renoir and her chicken till it popped up in one of Rick Stein’s …
Malva Pudding
Malva Pudding is (and I quote direct from our friend google) – Malva pudding is a sweet pudding of South African origin. It contains apricot jam and has a spongy caramelized texture. A cream sauce is often poured over it while it is hot, and it is usually served hot with custard and/or ice-cream. The recipe inspiration came from Loving …
Sago Panna Cotta
Panna Cotta is an Italian dessert usually made with cream. The name means cooked cream. I made this vegan version using sago pearls. A very easy recipe. Ingredients: 100 grms sago pearls 1 1/2 Cups soaking liquid – (50/50 plant milk and water) 1/2 C plant milk 1/3 C sugar (I used 50/50 sugar and …
Gluten Free Bread
I am not sure why, but I have never made bread before – let alone Gluten Free Vegan Bread!! Karen made this one recently for one of our Green and Vegan pop up dinners. I thought I would also give it a try. The recipe came from Elavegan. Thank you! And it worked perfectly again. …
Crème Caramel
Crème Caramel is another of these classic French desserts. Having perfected Crème Brulee, I thought this would be easy. Not so – had a few unsuccessful attempts but finally came up with this one. Check out the notes at the end of the post. Here at Green and Vegan we try to make food that …
Vegan Rice Paper Bacon
This Vegan Rice Paper Bacon makes a great tasty snack. And pretty easy to make. I found several videos on You Tube with vegan bacon recipes, and my recipe is based on the one by Brett Cobley. Check out his video. A couple of differences – Instead of soy sauce I used Bragg’s Aminos as …
Vegan Eggs
I have been wanting to try making vegan eggs for a long time now! It look so impossible that I kept putting it off. I found this recipe on the “exceedingly vegan” blog. It was actually very easy, and worked! So often I find a recipe on line and it actually does not work. So …
Orange and Almond Cake
I have to say I much prefer being in the kitchen making wonderful vegan food than writing about it! But I do like to share the recipes. This dessert has gone down so well at a couple of our pop-up dinners (check out our FB page here), and if you happen to be in Cape …