Miso is a fermented paste made of various grains and sometimes soybeans, originating in Japan. It’s popularly used for a soup, simple to make but complex in taste. The vegan dish often is eaten for breakfast. Here, it’s a quick lunch that can be made in the microwave oven in the break room at work, […]
Category: Main Courses
Comprise dishes that include the main protein component. So you’ll see soups, stews, whole-meal salads — items in standard cookery that would have their own category.
Lunch Flask Kitchari
It’s hard to find time rushing in the morning before work and school, but if you can make a few moments to throw together sandwiches to brown-bag for lunch, then there’s enough time for an incredibly filling, nutritious soup. This is an ayurvedic (ancient Indian system of health) take-to-work lunch, a single serving so large […]
Fried Soup – Veganized
After consideration, here is a major revision of my 2010 vegetarian burger recipe, Fried Soup. While dropping the egg from the ingredients was a factor, the instructions needed further fluffing. Besides simple editing, feedback from students at my three-part October 2013 class “Vegan – As Easy as You Want,” showed a need to elaborate. Fried […]
Hearty Har Har Lentil Soup – Vegan
During the cooler months, I make this vegan soup for us at least monthly. It’s a big recipe, for taking to lunch several days etc. (Amounts updated February 2020) 4 cups hot water (start heating in the kettle while getting everything ready), to start 1 cup brown, green or black lentils, checked for foreign matter, […]
Breakfast Taco-dillas
Along with stylish cupcakes and food trucks, there’s been a trend in breakfast tacos. Wraps long have been popular. My vegan version of the handheld meal can be made in either form, but I like the toasty accent of quesadillas, and it’s only another five minutes. Plus, a folded-once tortilla can hold more fillings than […]
Pan of Vegan Sausage
The Web didn’t give me exactly what I wanted: A recipe for a quick, from-scratch skillet full of vegan sausage patties. Fat free. Cheap. Pantry ingredients. Well, my pantry, at least. The goal was a healthy version of the memory of sausage, mild and from the supermarket. While these brown, you can put together pancake […]