The Vegan Thread

I find a lot of "pulled pork" stuff tastes overly sweet and artificial. Not had those though!

true. easy to make shit. but done well can be really damn good!

had these today fried in a little coconut oil. v nice.

Just in case anyone missed it, the ragu here is one of the best things I've ever eaten. Made a lasagne out if it today, simmering a portion of ragu with some canned tomatoes to bulk it out a bit.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/nov/16/yotam-ottolenghi-mushroo-recipes-ragu-aioli-lasagne

The recipe there for lasagne is also incredible, but veganisation would need you to make a vegan bechamel, probably with some nootch, to replace the pecorino and parmesan and assemble it more traditionally

Looks good, dried porcini aint cheap though!

Better if you forage them yourself ;)

I did cut down on them a little and supplemented with shiitake for extra umph

Very true, though I'd probably pick the wrong thing and end up poisoning myself.

You can’t go wrong with Boletus mushrooms (like porcini).
There’s only one poisonous kind and it stinks. All the rest are edible

So go foraging (next autumn)

There’s no denying this ingredients list is a bit on the long side

Applies to every Ottolenghi recipe ever.

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Does anyone know of a source for bulk buying nuts, cashew in particular?

We've been making our own cashew milk for a while now, but can't help noticing that it costs about twice as much as just buying it pre made in a plastic bottle. I don't mind it costing a small amount more but double is beginning to sting.

Is there anywhere better than sainsburys or Holland and Barrett for bulk buying nuts?

Cashews are 8.60/kg at lidl, cheapest I've found them.
But you have to buy little 200g packs

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Have been making a lot from Nigel Slater's Greenfeast Autumn book. This by far is the best thing. It's bloody awesome, I changed the Yoghurt to Alpro and butter to vitalite then added roasted chickpeas for extra crunch.

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Gado gado is a fucking winner

Another "butter chicken" fan here. Delicious! I followed the recipe near enough, with some substitutions for convenience (garam masala for curry powder, ketchup for tomato paste, soy sauce for tamari) and added some cooking time before adding the coconut milk to let the tomato cook down a bit. Served with home made daal (yellow split peas, onion, turmeric, coriander leaf), home made chapatis, and brown rice.

Leftovers not enough for another meal for two, so I'm tempted to fry off some tofu in the recipe's spices and see how that works in the blend.

The ragu is in the oven and smelling good!

Same!

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Seems like a nice little action on Tower Bridge today:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/02/joaquin-phoenix-urges-people-to-go-vegan-in-london

(Picture from a different source.)

yass ragu

Made the lasagne, really fucking tasty, is super mushroomy which is fine by me, cheers for posting

Yeah, it's amazingly intense! Need to make it again soon

Vegan McMuffin anyone?

https://thehappypear.ie/recipes/vegan_egg_mcmuffin/

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