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April 28, 2006
Recipe Inspiration
I turn to you, bloggiefriends, when I lack recipe inspiration. Usually, my little red head is so full of cooking ideas that I barely have time to chop all the vegetables necessary to create my fabulous creations. But with all I've been doing lately, I've found myself devoid of that spark. Used to be, I could just glance into the fridge and think of a million things I'd like to make. Today, I stare at a caulliflower and all I can think of is "mashed."
Here is the basic idea of what we eat around here:
-- main protein source is eggwhites. MR eats meat only once a month.
-- non-fat dairy, including yogurt, cottage cheese, and fat free ricotta is all good
-- all non-startchy veggies are fair game
-- gotta have oil, but added only after removing from heat, since oils oxidize if cooked
-- hazelnuts and almonds are good
-- fruits are fine, but not in huge amounts as they tend to be calorie dense and less nutritious per calorie than vegetables.
So provide me with some inspiration, bloggiefriends. What are YOU cooking these days?
Posted by april at April 28, 2006 8:34 PM
Comments
To be quite honest, what I'm cooking at least part of the time these days are your fabulous recipes! However, if you've hit a dry spot in the creative cuisine department, we must provide. Hmmm.... I'm going to e-mail you a couple of old favourites and if you think they're worthy, you can post them to the blog. One is Chicken Cacciatore. That could be very easily adapted for your use with Quorn fake chicken "tenders". The other that comes immediately to mind is RGR's Chili. Again, simply substitute Quorn fake ground beef. BTW, as a variation on a theme by April, we find your own Shrimp & Mango 625 works wonderfully with chicken breast, so subsituting Quorn tenders would give you a delicious alternate. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know. JD :-)
Posted by: Judith at April 28, 2006 10:13 PM
Break cauliflower into florets. Steam Cauliflower and a large chopped leek, plus chopped carrots if you are really hungry. Meanwhile gently poach one chopped onion, quorn pieces and chopped mushrooms in a bit of water in a frying pan. Add tumeric, herbs (particularly fresh rosemary or basil) and a tomato base sauce (canned chopped tomatoes and generous sundried tomato puree will do if you have no CR conforming sauce) and cook for a few minutes until the quorn is done. Remove from heat. Stir in hazelnut oil (and fat free ricotta if you eat it - I don't). Pour over cooked cauliflower/leeks/carrots. Serves 2. Yummy.
Posted by: Lindsay at April 29, 2006 11:35 AM
Dessert:
Take 1 large butternut squash (or 2 small ones), peel, remove seeds and chop roughly. Steam for 10 minutes with large handful (about 10) prunes or 4 large chopped plums and a handful of raisins.
Once cooked, add teaspoon cimmanon + half teaspoon ground mixed spice. Add 3 tablesppons egg whites. Put everything in food processor and blend until smooth.
Pop in glass dish and bake in oven for roughly 1 hour at 170 degrees centigrade (325 Fahrenheit) .
This has about 8 -10 servings. It is very rich, and can be covered and stored in the fridge for up to 5 days. It is very glycemic, so you should only serve a small portion.
Sorry, I haven't figured out how to transfer DWIDP to this blog yet, so I can't include the crunch.
I serve with half to one small teaspoon manuka honey. Do NOT use commercial honey, as this is beyond dreadful. Must be active manuka honey 16+ UMF to get benefit, or if you have hayfever, then use local honey. I'll not get into benefit of Manuka honey here, as this is very non-CR conforming, but if you have tummy problems, it really does work.
Posted by: Lindsay at April 29, 2006 12:28 PM
Cabbage-based soup with Agar Agar, Poria Cocos, mustard greens, Whole Foods Nutritional Yeast (costs much less than other brands!) and other various and assorted veggies.
Chocolate Treat Experiment: 1 serving Soy Protein Powder (Trader Joe's, costs much less than other choices, excellently fortified) AND 1 TBS cocoa powder (OR 1 TBS Carob Powder) AND add water to make thick but smooth AND add a few drops of 100% pure Sucralose (sweetzfree.com). Optional: 1 to 2 ml (= 0.2 to 0.4 tsp) of Almond Extract or Vanilla Extract (or both)! = A high-protein chocolate treat with virtually no fat, no sugar and only 125 calories.
CRWilliam
Vegan CR, For long life and all life!
RE "So provide me with some inspiration, bloggiefriends. What are YOU cooking these days?" - April Smith, April 28, 2006
Posted by: CRWilliam at May 9, 2006 2:35 PM