June 4-5, 2011: Haute Breakfast

Recently I had a lilliputian breakthrough on the facon front, in addition to I've been looking forrad to sharing it amongst friends. The chance came when i of them suggested a DIY degustation to celebrate her birthday - each invitee signed upwards to ready a unlike course, in addition to nosotros all took it inward turns to cater to the grouping inward a sprawling afternoon banquet (which I tweeted equally #diydegust).

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Inspired yesteryear our recent fine dining experience, I took the degustation topic to a greater extent than seriously than the birthday gal intended. I spent many days, on in addition to off, pondering what fanciful dish would best showcase this facon. And I settled on breakfast; a miniature, vegan, gluten-free in addition to garlic-less breakfast. It featured:

• herb omelette: based on the Vegan Brunch recipe, without the garlic, adding chives in addition to parsley, in addition to thus fried pikelet-sized
• facon pieces: beancurd pieces marinated inward my park tempeh bacon concoction amongst allergy-friendly subs (soy sauce → tamari, garlic pulverization → onion powder) for nigh one-half an hour, thus fried inward a lilliputian crude oil until tender in addition to slightly charred
• hash browns: also cheers to Vegan Brunch, in addition to baked inward a muffin tray
• tomato jam: my colleague's recipe, sans garlic
• a miserly mimosa: served inward a shot glass, amongst soda H2O inward lieu of expensive vegan-friendly champagne.

It was a chip of endeavour to innovation in addition to prepare, but surprisingly tardily to transport, reheat in addition to plate upwards for a tabular array of ten. The DIY degustation was a raging success all circular - every class different, all of them delicious, in addition to non a foam to live on found.

Elvis Waffles

August 26, 2012

This breakfast is basically a dare. Michael joked that I could materials closed to leftover coconut bacon into waffles, I was reminded of an Elvis cake that Lisa made before this yr and, equally if to spite Michael in addition to mutual decency itself, I vowed to brand Elvis waffles.

The formula wasn't all that complicated. I made the peanut butter waffle batter from coconut bacon, made an unholy mess amongst the waffle iron, in addition to thus topped my waffle amongst a banana in addition to slosh of maple syrup.

And it was... fine. Not amazing, non awful. It tasted similar the things it was made of; they didn't clash revoltingly, they didn't meld into something new. While the concept was expert for a laugh, the flavor of this dish was slightly less than the total of its parts. That is, I intend waffles in addition to kokosnoot bacon tin rank the sack both create thus much to a greater extent than inward other split upwardly incarnations.

Pesto-Scrambled Tofu Amongst Crimson Tomatoes

December 12, 2015

Cindy's birthday festival wasn't over subsequently our fancy Brae dinner - nosotros had speedy dumplings at Shanghai Street on Fri nighttime as well as and then I got swell on a Sat morning time breakfast. I returned to muffin-tray hash browns combined amongst something new: pesto-tofu scramble amongst ruddy tomatoes.

I'm certain y'all could accept the piece of cake alternative as well as purchase about pesto, but Isa's recipe is super uncomplicated as well as adds only the correct sum of oily basil goodness to the scram. Even a tomato-hater similar me institute the cooked-down ruddy tomatoes added dainty bursts of coloring fabric as well as flavour. We had a Green Park's offering, this dish proves them correct - nobody's selling scrambled tofu this good, thus remain domicile 1 Lord's Day morning time as well as whip this up. You won't last disappointed.

Pesto scrambled tofu amongst ruddy tomatoes
(based on a recipe from Isa Chandra's Vegan Brunch)

pesto

1 garlic clove, peeled
1/3 loving cup pino nuts, lightly toasted
1 bunch basil leaves ( ii loosely packed cups)
1 teaspoon salt
three tablespoons olive oil
ii tablespoons water
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

scramble
ii tablespoons olive oil
1 modest dark-brown onion, thinly sliced
1 loving cup ruddy tomatoes, halved
ii garlic cloves, minced
500g theater tofu, wet squeezed out every bit best y'all can
tabular array salt as well as pepper

Whiz upwards the pino nuts, garlic, basil as well as tabular array salt inward a nutrient processor until everything is chopped finely.

With the nutrient processor running, slow pour inward the oil, H2O as well as vinegar. Keep blending until you've got a dainty polish pesto.

Gently oestrus the remaining stone oil inward a large frying pan upwards as well as slow-fry the onion for 5-10 minutes until it's dainty as well as soft.

Add the tomatoes as well as stimulate for about other five minutes, until they larn all crinkly as well as firstly giving upwards their juices. Stir inward the garlic as well as stimulate for about other thirty seconds.

Crumble the tofu correct into the pan inward chunky pieces. Cook for x minutes, stirring regularly. 

Stir inward the pesto, flavour amongst tabular array salt as well as pepper as well as stimulate for about other dyad of minutes.

Serve, ideally amongst hash browns you've had baking the whole time.

Curry Cauliflower Frittata

October 28-29, 2011

To avoid the frustrating boundary carnival hoopla that overtakes Melbourne this fourth dimension every year, nosotros got together amongst a bunch of regular vegan potluckers together with booked inward a weekend out of town. In Warburton to endure precise. Soak upward some of the serenity:

We had a houseful of fantabulous cooks, all taking turns to endeavour to feed 8 people together with nearly equally many dietary restrictions (the fundamental three: vegan, gluten-free together with garlic-free). Cindy together with I drew the breakfast roster, opting for a massive pile of tempeh bacon on the Dominicus forenoon together with pre-preparing this giant cauliflower frittata for Saturday. The recipe (based on i from Vegan Brunch) tally the mouth perfectly - it was substantial plenty to feed a large group, could endure taken upward basically completed and, most importantly, it was a gustation sensation.

Cauliflower together with tofu brand upward the mass of the frittata, amongst carrot together with spinach adding a flake of coloring to the mix. The fundamental to the whole affair is having a decent curry pulverization - nosotros realised equally nosotros were making this that we'd run out, together with then I ad-libbed something out of the spices nosotros had around. It worked okay - I'd endure keen to endeavour this i time again amongst a proper spice mix though. As delicious equally it was, a whole plate would in all probability larn a flake samey without a few accompaniments - Cindy's pickled radishes provided the perfect acidity kick, piece stir-fried greens offered something a flake colourful on the plate.

This was a dandy outset to our Saturday, filling us amongst the unloose energy we'd postulate to sit down around eating chips, playing cards together with drinking wine.

Curry cauliflower frittata
(adapted from a recipe inward Vegan Brunch)

home-made curry powder
1 tablespoon cumin powder
1 tablespoon coriander powder
1 tablespoon cardamom powder
1/2 tablespoon mustard powder
1/2 tablespoon turmeric powder
1/2 tablespoon chilli powder
1/2 tabelspoon garam masala

the rest
3 tablespoons sunflower oil
1 onion, finely chopped
vi cups finely chopped cauliflower (as modest equally you lot can!)
3 cups finely chopped spinach
900g theatre tofu, pressed together with crumbled
3 tablespoons gf soy sauce
Juice of a lemon
3/4 loving cup nutritional yeast
2 smallish carrots, grated
common salt to taste
3 egg replacers (we used the Orgran stuff)

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.

In a large frying pan (or 2 medium ones inward our case), tyke the onion together with the cauliflower inward the stone oil for virtually 10 minutes, until it's softened together with started to chocolate-brown up. Add the spinach together with tyke for some other duet of minutes, until it wilts together with tin scope the sack endure easily stirred through.

While the cauliflower is cooking combine the tofu amongst the soy sauce, lemon juice, nooch, grated carrot, curry powder, common salt together with egg replacers inward a large mixing bowl.

When the frying is all done, stir the cauliflower/onion/spinach mix into the tofu mix together with adjust the seasoning if necessary.

Press the mix firmly into a large, lightly greased cooking tray together with gear upward until it's warm through together with lightly browned on occur (about forty minutes). The recipe suggests flipping the tray over to serve, but nosotros weren't brave plenty together with only cutting slices out.

Sunday Brunch

March 11, 2012

OMG omelettes. This consider got fifty-fifty to a greater extent than kitchen-friendly when I browsed the suggested omelette fillings in addition to spied a combination of roast tomatoes (in the vege box), basil (on the balcony) in addition to cashew ricotta (previously made here). Roasting Irish Gaelic patato cubes in addition to sautéing mushrooms on the side cleared the vege box farther nonetheless in addition to alone added to the delicousness.

Honestly, I mean value was a petty likewise much tofu for me - it dominates both the omelette mixture in addition to the ricotta - but the plate was nonetheless very, really satisfying. I've enjoyed peachy the leftover ricotta, basil leaves in addition to tomatoes over breadstuff since.