Veganorama

 assume i snack on crackers, toast and soy chips every day, because i do.

sunday night i also had a dessert: cinnamon apple. 1 apple, preferably green, slice it into quarters then into about 4-6 pieces per quarter. put them in a bowl, and sprinkle 1 tsp of sugar over the top, and then lightly cover it in cinnamon, maybe 1/4 a tsp. microwave for about 3 minutes, and then eat with a spoon. nyomm! could maybe even do this with other fruits?

monday

assume i have toast, nuttelex, oj and chai tea for breakfast every day unless i say otherwise!

lunch: salad roll i made at home before work – grated carrot, onion, zucchini, sliced mushroom and tomato, pieces of lettuce or spinach. this varies a bit but it’s pretty much the same.

i also bought some hot chips from the lunch bar across the road – they were cooked in vegie oil, i checked, but they were only half cooked, so ew. never again. about the only thing vegan there that i could eat. so many fat tradies buying beef rolls full of gravy… *vom*

dinner:  Indian Bread and Potato Cutlets from vegan cooking for one

170g potatoes, 1-2 spring onions, 2 slices wholemeal bread, 1tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp lemon juice, pinch cayenne pepper or chilli powder, sea salt to taste, vegetable oil as required, chutney as required. (i didn’t use cayenne or chilli or chutney)

1. cook potatoes until tender, cool. (i nuked them for 5 minutes but they went a bit dry, so maybe boiling is a better idea. i was lazy and in a hurry)

2.  chop the spring onions finely.

3. soak the bread in cold water for a couple of minutes and then squeeze out the water.

4.  peel the potato and mash it. add the spring onions, bread, coriander, lemon juice, cayenne or chilli, and salt. knead into a dough and divide into 4 pieces, squish into patties.

5. heat oil in frying pan, shallow fry the patties until brown on both sides. (to make sure cooked right thru, can nuke for 30 seconds). serve with chutney. eats!

these stuck together really well, i think the bread helped, next time i make patties i’m adding bread. however they tasted pretty bland. they would have been better probably if i added the cayenne or chill but i don’t like those. so i think i will have them in a roll with onions or something next. still, good that i learnt that soaked bread helps stick together.

i had cinnamon apple again monday. tasteh sweetness.

Tuesday

lunch: salad roll, and an apple.

dinner: my usual easy pasta.

1/4 onion, 1 tomato, 2 mushrooms, 1-1.5 cups pasta, enough pasta sauce to cover the vegies, oregano.

1. put pasta on to cook

2. chop onion, put in pan with vegie oil to saute. chop everything else while onion cooks, then throw in vegies and put on pasta sauce and oregano in

3. keep checking the pasta and the sauce. the sauce is usually done 5-10 minutes before the pasta.

4. when ready, drain pasta, put in bowl and add sauce, voila! eats!

then i went out to retro betty’s in leederville with friends, they all ate but i knew i wouldn’t be able to there so that’s why i ate before. BUT i discovered, their syrup for their milkshakes is vegan, and they have soy milk, so i got a milkshake minus the icecream. it was basically shaken up syrup but it was TASTEH.

wednesday

lunch: reheated leftover pasta. woot. and an apple.

dinner: pizzzaaaaaargh!

pineapple, tomato, mushroom, spinach, onion, zucchini, tomato sauce, pizza base, olive oil, dried mixed herbs.

1. take out base to defrost. turn oven to 200 degrees celcius to preheat

2. chop vegies. put sauce all over base and spread with spoon

3. put vegies on. make sure plenty pineapple! sprinkle dried mixed herbs on top and plenty olive oil.

4. stick in oven til it smells good. usually when the onion starts to go brown at the edges.  eats!

nyommm. i ate 6/8 slices of this. mum ate the other two, she liked.

thursday:

lunch: salad roll and apple. and 3 chips from the lunch bar. they were covered in salt and i was starving and brad left them in the tx room, WE COULD NOT RESIST! they were actually cooked which was nice.

dinner:  nachos!

1/2 pack of doritos corn chips, 2 mushrooms, 1 tomato, 3 spring onions, 2 tbsp kidney beans, 2 tbsp butter beans, 1 jar salsa, maybe 2 tbsp tomato paste.

1. cut up all the vegies. put in pot on stove, add salsa and sauce. cook until all the vegies are hot.

2. put nachos in bowl, pour sauce over top. eat! with fingers or fork!

i have some indian patties photos but can’t get them onto puter atm. when iget some new batteries i’ll be better at this!