Wanted: Tasty Vegan Recipe

Last night I made quite a nice vegetable chilli:

Onion
Garlic
Red Chilli
Chopped Tomatoes
Carrot
Courgette
Kidney Beans
Baked Beans
Green Beans
Sweetcorn

Had it with some rice and a pita bread. It might not be vegan but to me it was. One thing I noticed is that although it tasted very nice. It was lacking something. Most vegan/veggie dishes I make seem to lack flavour. Also they're never delicate like meat/fish based dishes I make. They're always just a pile of stodge.

Does anyone have any delicate, flavoursome recipes they could dispense for me?

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have a look at caribean recipes and north (i think) indian food which is vegan.

Thanks for the tips. I shall investigate both.

im a big fan of rice and bean burritos. not too stodgy, and bloody tasty!

rice
kidney beans
spinach
red/yellow pepper (for a bit of sweetness)
lots of chili and salsa

gooooooood :)

p.s i add cheese, but then i aint vegan

lame lame, crusty hippy vegan tramp food.

How do you lot survive?

Id teach you all to cook out of concern, but im not local.

Tasty Vegan Recipe

take one large vegan cover in meat, cook on high for 45 mins
:)

tasty+vegan=oxymoron? :P

nope.. that would be gourmet vegan. plenty of tasty vegan food.. if its done well!

anything from Milldreds is good. (most is vegan)
but if you want to know about tasty breads / cookies etc., ask that imfamous courier chic on the pink bike (aka nhatt) she's been cooking some of the best vegan food in london for the past 4 years or so... ;)

lame lame, crusty hippy vegan tramp food.

How do you lot survive?

Id teach you all to cook out of concern, but im not local.

who said i was vegan.
oh and tasty vegans dont exist it's a myth. not enough meat on them to be tasty.

mac and yeast is my favorite vegan recipe ever. nutritional yeast is available from fresh & wild.

I love those all you can eat thai buffets so thai food would be a good one to learn about.

Two seasonal ones for you:

Broad beans at the minute are great. Broad bean risotto is simple and delicious, with really nice delicate flavour. Chop an onion finely and sweat very gently in olive oil. When it's gone translucent, add shelled broad beans and rice, stir to coat the rice and continue heating for a few minutes till the rice goes a little translucent. Add an optional half a glass of white wine, turn the heat up. Add vegan stock (dilute it more than it says on the packet, otherwise the flavour will overwhelm the beans). Cook/stir/add stock as per risotto to get the consistency right (google this if you haven't done it before!). Delicious!

Also, swiss chard is in season, or failing that, so too is spinach. Either works really well with black-eyed-beans. Soak the beans overnight. Next day boil them up for an hour or so. Drain most of the liquid, but not all (the liquid level should come about a third to halfway up the pan). While the beans are cooking, chop and gently fry and onion & garlic in a frying pan with olive oil. When this is cooked, throw in the chopped chard or spinach and cook for another 5 mins. Use lots of green! Chuck this lot into the partially drained beans. Add salt, pepper, and cumin. Cook further until the beans are well done. Add lots of lemon and lots of chopped flat-leaf parsley. Add some more, you probably haven't added enough! Serve with rice or flat bread. A middle eastern recipe, a lot of middle eastern cooking is very veggie friendly. I can highly recommend any of the books by Tess Mallos, Claudia Roden or Sonia Uvezian.

Enjoy!

Courant

Nice one Courant. I'll have to try that broad bean risotto. It sounds great.

Can anyone recommend a good Vegan breakfast recipe that my parents can serve at their B&B please?

This is them if you are interested.
http://www.greenacres-lindale.co.uk/

Something like those Broad Mushrooms (PortoBellos?)gently fried whole, over some fresh toasted proper bread (like a baguette) with tomatoes that are chopped, into a semi puree/ relish, salted and peppered, garnished with a sprig of oregano and basil- and get some garlic in there somehow....

actually maybe leave the garlic out.
And some steaming hot black coffee.

OR-
Make a Tofu Kedgerree?

-known as a Khichdi- the Indian version of a kedgeree:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Very-Tasty-Yellow-Moong-Dal-yellow-lentils-and-Rice-Khichdi-54546
chuck some proper tofu in there and i bet that'd be lovely for brekkie
the tofu that is liquidy and you get from specialist stores - so its gooey and replaces the egg contingent in the Kedgeree.

Is margerine Vegan? If so spread a bit of that on the bread in the first idea. That is my breakfast at home.

Sos mix sausages (optionally made with chilli flakes and paprika)

How about some dust, with an added pinch of dust and a tiny serving of dust on the side!

Cheers eyebrows, they love the sound of the mushrooms.

Can anyone recommend a good Vegan breakfast recipe that my parents can serve at their B&B please?

This is them if you are interested.
http://www.greenacres-lindale.co.uk/

Go for making a regular breakfast vegan--chances are vegans might just want a proper English fry-up (which of course I realise isn't anywhere near as nice as some of the other recipes being suggested). I find that mushrooms, fried tomatoes, bubble and squeak (if they do that in Cumbria), baked beans, and fried bread make for a substantial breakfast.

It's easy to make breakfast like this for everybody, too--the key is to go for vegan fats (i.e., Pure or Biona or Suma margarine or oil). If they want, they can also add processed vegan things like sausages or burgers--they'll more than adequately substitute for any meaty additions. Redwood Foods' VegiDeli range has lots to choose from:

http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/products/vegideli/index.html

Vegan food is inclusive and many vegans appreciate it if they can just order what other people would order, anyway.

Is that the sort of breakfast they're looking to provide, or would they want to go for a more elevated style of cooking?

Other simple things would include vegan pizza (made using vegan 'cheeses' like Cheezly or Scheese) or just burgers with salad. All easy to make vegan!

Go for making a regular breakfast vegan--chances are vegans might just want a proper English fry-up (which of course I realise isn't anywhere near as nice as some of the other recipes being suggested). I find that mushrooms, fried tomatoes, bubble and squeak (if they do that in Cumbria), baked beans, and fried bread make for a substantial breakfast.

It's easy to make breakfast like this for everybody, too--the key is to go for vegan fats (i.e., Pure or Biona or Suma margarine or oil). If they want, they can also add processed vegan things like sausages or burgers--they'll more than adequately substitute for any meaty additions. Redwood Foods' VegiDeli range has lots to choose from:

http://www.redwoodfoods.co.uk/products/vegideli/index.html

Vegan food is inclusive and many vegans appreciate it if they can just order what other people would order, anyway.

Is that the sort of breakfast they're looking to provide, or would they want to go for a more elevated style of cooking?

Other simple things would include vegan pizza (made using vegan 'cheeses' like Cheezly or Scheese) or just burgers with salad. All easy to make vegan!

+1 for this suggestion

I get really annoyed when the only options are portobello mushrooms/burger or risotto.
everywhere does this and it means you are just doing a token gesture it seems, If a small
amount of imagination is put in it's usually rewarded.

Other simple things would include vegan pizza (made using vegan 'cheeses' like Cheezly or Scheese) or just burgers with salad. All easy to make vegan!

Schick's scheese. Any relation?

Schick's sick* sticky scheese schtick.

*as in good.