Vegan Sconefest 2010

Pardon my pictures; my camera is horrid for indoor food pictures in this house – everything seems to turn out a little orange and a little blurry (little better now after another round of color corrections – wonder what’s up with that?).  I made a gazillion batches of these, to separate into 30 containers of about 12-14 each for my coworkers.
Adapted from a recipe on vegweb.com

Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 T baking powder
1/4 t salt
2 T turbinado sugar (plus more for board)
1/4 C vegan margarine (soften if needed)
2/3-3/4 C soy milk

Add ons:
1/2 C raisins and 3 T cinnamon
1/2 C dried cranberries, 2 T orange zest, 1/2 orange juiced
1/2 C chocolate chips

Process
Mix dry ingredients.  Use a pastry cutter to cut in margarine until it forms crumbles in the flour.  Add flavorings and stir.  Add soy milk bit by bit until dough forms into a ball.  I use a stand mixer for this with a dough hook.  Cover a cutting board with a thin layer of turbinado sugar. Divide ball into 4-6 even pieces, place on  your sugared board, flatten to about 1/3 inch thick and sprinkle liberally with sugar.  Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut into pie shaped slices.  Bake at 425* (or just under) until slightly browned on the top.  This will take 10-15 minutes.



A Saturday Quickie – VeganMoFo 20

Yeah, I mean another quick recipe!

Taco Bowl

2 cups black beans
4 cups kidney beans
1 onion diced
1 tomato diced
1 hot pepper diced (or a few jarred rings)
1 T cumin
1 t chili powder
salt and pepper
1.5 C water
1.5 C quick rice
1 head romaine chopped
vegan sour cream
vegan cheese optional
2 cups crushed tortilla chips
hot sauce of your choice

Cook beans, onions, tomato, pepper, cumin, chili powder, water, salt, and pepper at high heat until boiling.  Lower heat and simmer with cover 15 minutes (until onions and peppers are soft).    Add rice and cook until done (adding additional water if needed).  Put taco mixture in bowl.  Top with soy cheese, romaine, crushed tortilla chips, soy sour cream, and hot sauce.

Quick and Easy Black Bean Burritos – VeganMoFo 18

Beans, beans the musical fruit
The more you eat the more you toot.
The more you toot, the better you feel
So let’s have beans for every meal.

Ok, so I have nothing to post today and no time to post. That being the case, I’m just going to give you the 5 minute meal recipe that I made for dinner for me and the daughter when we got back from yoga. Ready? OK! GO!

1 large can black beans (or 2 cups if you cooked your own)
1 can Rotel tomatoes
1t cumin
salt
pepper
4 t vegan cream cheese
4 whole wheat tortillas

Throw beans, rotel, cumin, salt, and pepper in a large skillet on high and stir violently ; )  Nuke the tortillas for 30 seconds.  Spread 1 t of vegan cream cheese down center of each tortilla.  Add several spoons of the bean mixture to each.  Wrap and stuff in your mouth with glee.

TADA!

L