Veganorama

ok so i’m going to try to use this blog to write in all my vegan doings. it will mostly be about food, but anything else i can think of that is specifically vegan and/or alternative i’ll put in too. i’ll try to take photos of what i make as well. i only cook for myself, unless i’m having a special dinner, so consider most of the recipes as serving 1 only. that said, some of them end up being plentiful for leftover loving. i don’t always eat breakfast or lunch, and i don’t eat at set times really either, but i’ll order things as for those 3 main meals anyway.

if i’ve already put the recipe for something in an entry, i won’t type it out again. hopefully the tags will help you find stuff if you need to. all the measurements should be in metric because… because! that’s how i work.

so today!

breakfast: nada. i got up at 11.30am so i just went straight to..

lunch: pasta and vegies.

1 onion, 1 tomato, 1 medium mushroom, ~ 100g firm tofu, ~1.5 cups pasta, vegie oil, water, plain tomato pasta sauce, oregano.
- i put some vegeroni (you know the stuff that’s green and yellow and red coloured, it has a bit of vegie in it to colour it apparently) in water to cook on the stove.

- chopped 1 onion and put them in a bit of vegie oil in a pan to saute until brown

- chopped tomato and mushrooms and tofu, put in with onions. add enough sauce to have all the ingredients coated but not so much as they are swimming in it. add herbs if you want (i put in about 4 small leaves of oregano)

- keep checking the pasta to see if it’s soft enough and that it has enough water. keep checking the sauce to make sure it doesnt boil all the sauce away. usually the sauce is ready first and i just turn it off and wait for the pasta.

- when they’re both ready, drain the pasta, pour the sauce over the top and mix it up. eat!

dinner: potato yahni, from Leah Leneman’s “easy vegan cooking”

i’m an idiot and forgot that this book is not made for servings of one, so i actually cooked HEAPS. but that’s lunch tomoro

1125g potatoes, 455g onions, 455g tomatoes, 1tbs raw sugar, 140mL or 2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, 1 bay leaf, sea salt and fresh ground black pepper as required.

- peel potatoes and cut into uniform size, i get about 12 pieces per spud. (i recommend nuking (microwaving) them for about 4-5 minutes as well, otherwise it takes forever to cook at the end)

- chop onions fine and peel and chop tomatoes (pour boiling water over, leave to sit for a few minutes, then peeling is easy)

- heat the oil and fry the onions til golden brown

- add tomatoes and simmer with sugar and bay leaf until soft

- add potatoes, seasoning, and enough water to half cover them

- cook until potatoes are soft and sauce is thick. or you’re dying of hunger. eat!

snacks: i ate some xxx peppermints, and some salada plain crackers.

drinks: chai tea, oj, water.

- chai tea – 1 liptons chai tea bag, 2 spoons brown raw sugar, 2 spoons golden syrup, little bit of soy milk. it’s so sweet you can’t taste the tea, but i like the other spices in the tea so yeah

- orange juice. not the stuff with the bits in it, i think it’s brownes or harvey oj.

- water – yeah i’m tough i drink water from the tap. i usually have about 5 x 400mL bottles in the fridge staying cold, and rotate thru them during the day, drinking maybe 2 or 3 a day.