September 26, 2007: Orange-Scented Cashew Ice

candied rinds told me to discard the saccharide syrup later I'd sweetened as well as softened upwards those orangish bits. Nuh-uh! That's sweet, fragrant saccharide H2O we've got there, why would I throw that out? The orangish flavor was quite frail as well as I was later something that would allow that to shine through. My demand heed turned to the subtle as well as summery vice cream that I tried dorsum inwards Jan - I've never teamed cashews as well as oranges before, but I idea it was worth a shot.

It was. With a fleck of extra oomph from a few drops of orangish essence, the 2 flavours shared the spotlight nicely. However, the texture only didn't run out for me this time. I tried soaking the cashews beforehand as well as they were looking pretty soft, but I estimate I only didn't give them long plenty inwards the nutrient processor. Once inwards the ice-cream maker, this mixture was looking super-thick later exclusively xv minutes (this typically takes 30-40 minutes alongside a criterion ice-cream recipe) hence I took it out. Perhaps a fleck of extra fourth dimension churning would stimulate got improved the texture, but I suspect it all goes dorsum to the processing phase.

So, this rendition of orange-scented cashew H2O ice was a fleck besides big on the ice. But teamed alongside the blueberries sitting inwards the freezer, I'm certain we'll hold upwards able to smooth off this slightly fruity number.

Orange-scented cashew ice

1 loving cup cashews
1 loving cup orange-infused saccharide syrup
1 loving cup water
a few drops of orangish essence

Soak the cashews inwards the saccharide syrup as well as H2O for at to the lowest degree an hr (or upwards to a day) inwards the fridge. Add the orangish marrow as well as blitz the mixture inwards the nutrient processor until the cashews are every bit liquified every bit possible. (It may aid to drain around of the liquid away as well as hence re-introduce it later the cashews are completely blended.) Return the mixture to the refrigerator until it's super-cold, hence churn it inwards an ice-cream maker according to the manufacturer's instructions.

October 6, 2007: Burger Culture

beauties), together with these weren't an exception. Still, they were decent plenty together with the salad together with trimmings were fresh together with delicious, equally were the wholemeal buns. The chips were cooked perfectly together with the 'Mayo Culture' that nosotros chose to dip them inwards was a existent winner - together with free! Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 fine example for other burger shops to follow.

I'm non certain when we'll hold out dorsum inwards Williamstown, but equally jump gradually creeps upwardly on us, it wouldn't surprise me if nosotros ended upwardly munching on to a greater extent than or less of Burger Culture's fare earlier equally good many sunny afternoons overstep us by.

Address: iii Cole St, Williamstown
Ph: 9397 7156
Price: $7 - $9.50
Website: www.burgerculture.com.au

October 7, 2007: Nila Urban Kernel Ii

Update, 31/12/2014: Nila City has been unopen for a spell now, replaced yesteryear a Brunswick branch is defunct every bit well, but there's a Nila Restaurant trading inward Coburg that is in all likelihood a related operation.

Here's to a greater extent than or less other sample from the Nila menu: pizza roti ($7.95). This is a large roti bread, crisp on the bottom similar a pizza base, topped amongst a chickpea as well as murphy curry, fresh tomato plant as well as capsicum slices, as well as finely chopped steamed mixed veges (most probable sourced from McCain or Birds Eye). Evidently this isn't gourmet course of report but it's a tasty as well as filling plateful - its charm lies inward the fresh, flaky bread.

My 1 Nila grumble: inward my 3 visits I convey ever asked for a lentil doughnut as well as they've never been available! Perhaps it's fourth dimension they're stricken from the menu...?

(You tin rank the axe too read virtually our previous visits to Nila City as well as Nila Junction.)

October 8, 2007: The Organic Nutrient Too Vino Deli

lunch at Nila, nosotros ducked our heads into The Organic Food as well as Wine Deli (TOFWD) to banking concern gibe out what they had to offer. While the stock isn't strictly vegetarian, at that topographic point was a broad hit of well-marked vego, gluten complimentary as well as vegan treats to consume inward or takeaway. We selected 2 vego pies: 1 filled alongside a mushroom as well as tofu mix (vegan) as well as the other alongside a cheesy mexican edible bean mush ($4.80 each).

Cindy's homemade efforts). The fact that it mixed as well as then good alongside my preferred condiment (Worcestershire sauce) belike helped. The Mexican pie was tasty every minute well, but a trivial less similar a traditional pie as well as thence non quite every minute exciting (at to the lowest degree for me).

It's rare that nosotros opt for the lazy premade dinner selection (although I've been important to examine something from the Brunswick Street Alimentari for a piece now), but these were a inexpensive as well as delicious selection - it mightn't last a bad consider to stock the freezer alongside a few for days when cooking is also much trouble.

Address: 28 Degraves Street, Melbourne
Phone: 9654 5157
Licensed
Price: Veg pies - $4.80

October 8, 2007: Creamy Cabbage

Williamstown, I gamely invested inwards a novel cookbook. I enjoin 'gamely' because, dissimilar many nutrient bloggers, I'm trying non to amass likewise large a collection of cookbooks. (I'm a rebel inwards a long menage unit of measurement describe of piece of occupation of hoarders too experience guilty nearly owning anything that I don't truly brand purpose of.) Besides, you lot may bring noticed that the novel dishes nosotros develop at habitation are to a greater extent than oftentimes inspired past times TOFWD. This creamy cabbage was fifty-fifty tastier than I hoped - the gentle cooking toned downwards a texture that tin survive rubbery when raw, too the flavor was really savoury too buttery. Michael too I enjoyed this therefore much that nosotros ate the leftovers alongside unproblematic former toast the dark after.

Creamy cabbage

1 tablespoon oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 teaspoons dark mustard seeds
2 leeks, sliced thinly
500g cabbage, sliced thinly
juice of one-half a lemon
5 tablespoons cream or creme fraiche
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
salt too pepper

In a large frypan, oestrus the crude too butter, therefore add together the mustard seeds too laid until they pop. Add the leeks too laid them until softened, nearly five minutes. Add the cabbage, plough the oestrus downwards to low, too laid for a farther iv minutes until it, too, has softened.

Season the mix alongside common salt too pepper, add together the lemon juice too cream, therefore laid for a infinitesimal more. Finally, add together the parsley too serve.

October 10, 2007: My Healthiest, Vegan-Est Muffins Yet

written before nearly my postulate for mid-afternoon run snacks too of late I accept fallen dorsum into my bad, bad habit of buying chips or chocolate from the store close my office. In a bid to remedy this, I retrieved this recipe for full repast muffins. They were developed past times Jennifer McCann - the super-mum behind Vegan Lunch Box - amongst much case too mistake along the way, thus I was confident that the terminal recipe she shared amongst the Blue Planet would hold upward appetising every bit good every bit scrupulously healthy.

October 14, 2007: Cafe Plum

Update 31/12/2014: Cafe Plum is closed.

Cindy continues to devour the combined output of Melbourne's 8 1000000 nutrient bloggers, in addition to so when the weekend rolls roughly in addition to I'm looking for somewhere novel to larn for breakfast, she's ever develop amongst a recommendation. This calendar week it was Cafe Plum, thank yous to the rave review from Agnes at Off the Spork.

I was a niggling worried every bit nosotros approached - at that topographic point were no other cafes nearby in addition to from the exterior Cafe Plum didn't await also exciting. But I was incorrect to doubtfulness - the within was fashionable in addition to welcoming in addition to the carte du jour was amount of delicious sounding breakfasts. After much agonising (the mushroom bruschetta in addition to Castro's Cuban eggs both tempted me), I settled on the masala potatoes, amongst poached free-range eggs, spinach, herb mushrooms in addition to tomato plant chutney ($13.50). As if that doesn't audio adept enough, the chef apologetically informed me that they were all out of spinach in addition to offered upward asparagus instead. Winner!

We'll larn the negatives out of the means first: the eggs were perchance a tiny combat overcooked. Otherwise, this was a joy - perfectly cooked spuds good covered past times a subtle but delicious spice mix, mushrooms fried upward amongst a bunch of delicious herbs (including something twiggy, which the chef later on informed me was lemon thyme), a homemade chutney for flavouring in addition to some fresh, in-season asparagus but to cap things off. Tremendous.

I mean value every bit before long every bit the give-and-take marscapone appears on a menu, Cindy's determination is made for her. In this instance it was huckleberry pancakes amongst marscapone ($14.90). Another fine selection - the pancakes were stuffed amount of fresh berries, dusted amongst icing carbohydrate in addition to served amongst a big, fatty dollop of marscapone on top. I alone got a tiny taste, but they were at to the lowest degree every bit adept every bit they look.

The service was friendly in addition to efficient throughout and, every bit nosotros were finishing up, the chef came out for a combat of a chat. He was a larger than life character, filling us both amongst fifty-fifty to a greater extent than enthusiasm for our morn meal. H5N1 niggling query in i lawsuit nosotros got dwelling household revealed that the chef at Cafe Plum is Franco Italy - something of a celebrity inwards the Melbourne nutrient scene having been caput chef at Cafe e Cucina in addition to Sud. We'd never heard of him before. Regardless he's a chatty, friendly guy in addition to he runs a wonderful cafe that volition for sure satisfy your breakfast needs.

Address: 193 Flemington Rd, North Melbourne
Ph: 9329 8867
Price: veg breakfasts $4-15

October 13-15, 2007: Peanut Butter As Well As Jelly Drops

I made end month. Perhaps their peanut buttery goodness volition produce meliorate amongst an fifty-fifty shorter bake.

Some other nutrient together with film pairings from the night? Enjoy Chinese-style barbeque sauce to cutting the grease. Bagels or pancakes accommodate this weblog effect held end August past times Susan from The Well-Seasoned Cook.

Peanut butter together with jelly drops

125g butter, softened
150g castor sugar
125g dark-brown sugar
200g smoothen peanut butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
300g patently flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
about 2/3 loving cup carmine berry jam

Using an electrical mixer, cream together the butter together with sugars; add together the peanut butter together with mix until combined, together with then mix inwards the eggs together with vanilla.

Sift the flour, baking pulverization together with tabular array salt together, together with then gradually innovate together with then to the butter mix. Cover the bowl together with refrigerate for close an hour. (I refrigerated leftover mixture for a couplet of days together with it was perfectly fine.)

Preheat the oven to 180 deg C together with grease a baking tray. Roll tablespoons of the biscuit dough into balls, house them on the baking sheet, together with role a circular cause got terminate of a spoon to brand an indentation inwards the midpoint of each biscuit. (Nigella suggests a theatre thumbprint.) Although Nigella bakes these jamless, I propose adding it earlier baking: dab it into the indentations using ii teaspoons.

Bake the biscuits for 10-15 minutes (my best ones were exclusively inwards for 10 minutes). Make certain the base of operations holds together, but don't worry that most of the dough is all the same soft - these volition move deliciously chewy in i trial cooled. Transfer to a cooling rack spell y'all repeat amongst the remaining biscuit dough.

October 14, 2007: Spinach Kofta Together With Eggplant Raita

baked spinach kofta come from SusanV's Fatfree Vegan Kitchen as well as Recipes index, because we're all vegetarian all the fourth dimension as well as nosotros convey lots of tasty dishes to share.

October 16, 2007: Gertrude Street Grub - Made A Mano Gertrude Street Organic Bakery

revisiting old favourites. This week, I lastly got unopen to to dropping into the Made H5N1 Mano bakery together with grabbing a mucilaginous to takeaway together with eat. Made H5N1 Mano is an organic bakery, amongst a broad make of breads together with a heap of delicious looking luncheon options (focaccias, pastries, muffins etc). It was impossible to become by the vegetarian mucilaginous selection ($5): a huge slab of pastry, filled amongst potato, peas, onion, celery together with a dash of curry flavouring. The pastry was crisp together with flaky together with the filling was rich, tasty together with vegie-licious. I constitute myself a dainty commons to sit down inwards together with savoured every mouthful. Tremendous.

Address: 228 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
Ph: 9417 5998
Price: $5 for pastries

October 20, 2007: A1 Bakery

Ray or something, but Cindy suggested nosotros in conclusion view i of the raved-about Lebanese bakeries at the northern halt of the strip. In the halt this worked out for the best - I was ravenous yesteryear the fourth dimension nosotros met upwards together with A1 Bakery was the perfect house to satisfy my well-earned hunger for less than 10 bucks.

A1 started out equally a pita breadstuff manufacturing companionship a brace of decades agone together with developed into a retail outlet alongside a broad gain of Lebanese groceries together with a bakery shopfront churning out breads, pastries together with pizzas. The house is bustling on a Sabbatum morning, but nosotros managed a window spot together with loaded upwards on fresh-baked delights: a cheese pie ($4.80) for Cindy together with a spinach together with cheese pastry ($2.80) summation a herb breadstuff ($1.20) for me.

The spinach together with cheese pastry was the star of the demo - crumbly Bulgarian feta, fresh spinach together with deliciously cooked pastry. And it was huge - it was actually 3 footling triangles inwards one. The herb breadstuff was fresh together with warm together with sprinkled alongside a mix of herbs together with spices. It did the undertaking of filling me up, but was likely a footling dry out - it'd last improve separate betwixt 2 than eaten solely yesteryear i greedy individual.

Cindy's cheese pie was to a greater extent than delicious pastry wrapped around some slightly melty haloumi. It was likely a footling to a greater extent than bready than my spinach together with cheese pastry, but was nonetheless a fine morning time meal.

We had a quick browse through the groceries on offering together with headed out into the hubbub of Sydney Road amount to the gills, having spent only a tick over $10. Not equally good shabby.

Address: 645-645 Sydney Road, Brunswick
Ph: 9386 0440
Website: http://www.a1bakery.com.au/
Price: Veg pastries/pizzas $1-5

October 20, 2007: White Chocolate Kulfi As Well As A Flake Of Bollywood

day-trip to Brunswick nosotros stopped past times the Indian grocery for a few supplies. I was real pleased to detect at that topographic point Lay's latest foray into Irish Gaelic patato chips for the Indian market: a packet of Masala Magic chips resplendent amongst Indian World Cup Cricket logos. Even better, it was bundled upwards amongst a bonus pocket-sized sample of Mint Mischief chips. With Taj Mahal beers inward the fridge, pre-dinner nibbles were all sorted out.

jumbo samosas, piece Michael prepared our favourite spiced chickpeas together with steamed unopen to rice. Raita together with ii kinds of pickle guaranteed that everyone could accommodate the spiciness to their liking.

I can't larn out a subject lone without planning something for dessert, together with I was keen for kulfi. I already convey a favourite recipe, but instead I tried a non-traditional together with eye-catching version past times Mridula Baljekar which includes white chocolate. Although kulfi doesn't require an ice-cream maker together with is ordinarily rather trouble solid when frozen, I elected to popular it inward the machine for a lighter, airier version. I likewise couldn't resist adding a dyad of pinches of solid seat down cardamom to the mix. Unfortunately I didn't larn out plenty fourth dimension for the mixture to freeze fully, together with nosotros ended upwards amongst bowls of sugariness cream solely slightly firmer than slush! Never mind, it all the same tasted great, together with the leftovers were fifty-fifty better, topped amongst unopen to canned passionfruit pulp.

While this white chocolate kulfi is far from traditional, I mean value it's real much inward the spirit of an Indian dessert: milky together with real sweet, it's the ideal cooling complete to a fiery meal.


White chocolate kulfi

1 10 375mL tin evaporated milk
300mL double cream
1/4 loving cup castor sugar
180g block white chocolate (I won't enjoin if yous swallow 1 or ii pieces)
two pinches of solid seat down cardamom
1 pocket-sized tin of passionfruit pulp to serve (optional)

Combine the evaporated milk, cream together with saccharide over depression heat, stirring until the saccharide has dissolved. Remove from the oestrus - it involve solely travel lukewarm.

Melt the chocolate gently inward a double boiler (or your ain preferred set-up). Stir it into the milk-cream mixture until good combined. Add the cardamom together with stir through.

If you're non using an ice-cream maker, pour the mixture straight into a pretty mould or other container together with freeze for at to the lowest degree v hours. If yous are using an ice-cream maker, refrigerate the mixture until it is real cold, hence churn it according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Serve the kulfi inward slices or scoops topped amongst passionfruit pulp.

October 21, 2007: Baked Zucchini Flowers

visit to Brunswick on Sabbatum morn also yielded to a greater extent than or less zucchini flowers. Michael noticed them at the large fruit & veg store in addition to pointed them out. I automatically whirred through my mental catalogue of recipes in addition to remembered 1 for baked in addition to stuffed zucchini flowers. Unfortunately I didn't accept the correct weblog mention neurologically attached, nor did I bookmark it when I initially constitute it. Even so, it exclusively took a fleck of fourth dimension sifting through my weblog aggregator to honor the has remarked on the differences betwixt manlike someone in addition to woman someone zucchini flowers, in addition to I tin retrospectively lay mine equally female, the ameliorate for stuffing. Lucky, 'cause I had no sentiment most their sex issues at the time. (I wonder if Jules had whatever surprises during her life is likewise brusque to materials a mushroom, but my fuse is definitely likewise brusque to piping anything. I'll pay another patient schmuck for my delicately-iced cupcakes.

If you're willing to brave the piping (it's belike worth it, I must admit), grab the recipe from stonesoup.

24 October, 2007: Houndstooth

recent standards, but they were nonetheless quite proficient - a prissy hint of spice without anything also overwhelming. Throw inwards roughly deliciously fresh asparagus as well as enjoyable stuffed peppers as well as nosotros had a ridiculously proficient repast for the price. And, without wanting to gloat, it looked a lot nicer than the core selection that roughly of the surrounding customers went for.

Los Amates or Fitz Curry Cafe every 2d fallbacks).

Address: 36 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
Ph: 0411 404 374
Licensed
Price: $10 for 2 courses, $15 for three

October 27, 2007: The Boathouse

the Breakfast Blog, in addition to was no dubiousness excited past times the prospect of pesto hollandaise over poached eggs. Actually the menu looks to stimulate got changed substantially since Jamie's watch in addition to although most items start alongside the criterion fruit, muesli, toast or eggs, the amount descriptions tend to include an interesting petty twist. The muesli in addition to granola stimulate got carefully chosen fruit in addition to nut accompaniments, cheese on toast inwards prepared alongside corn breadstuff in addition to gruyere, in addition to there's fifty-fifty a breakfast pizza! It's a shame that the breakfast card runs then short, at eleven items, in addition to includes exclusively i meat-free fry-up for Michael.

That fry-up sounded pretty expert nonetheless: a white zucchini, bell pepper in addition to Bulgarian fetta omelette alongside spinach ($16.80). The photograph below doesn't quite exercise judge to the enormity of it - it close overhung the sides of an already super-sized dinner plate, dwarfing the standard-sized slice of toast perched atop. Rather than beingness mixed through the egg, the generous furnish of zucchini, capsicum in addition to fetta set inwards hold back inwards the centre, bursting across the plate equally Michael delved in. I couldn't imagine that Michael would complete it all, but he couldn't help himself. It was a good omelette.

There wasn't whatever detail dish that jumped out at me, then I decided to consume lightly alongside the melon in addition to seasonal berry salad alongside passionfruit in addition to lime syrup ($13.50). The fruit were fresh in addition to flavoursome, peculiarly the strawberries, in addition to the tangy-sweet syrup prevented my involvement from waning equally a worked my agency through. I actually tried to larn every drib of that syrup soaked into the watermelon!

The Boathouse deck is a rattling pleasant agency to sentinel the weekend activeness along the Maribyrnong River - or at to the lowest degree it volition be, when it's finished. We were unlucky to hitting a forenoon that involved an earthmover in addition to a lot of dust. The card is small, peculiarly for vegos, in addition to on the pricey side. But if you're willing to stimulate got your chances on the choice in addition to fork out a pair extra dollars, your breakfast volition last impeccably prepared alongside a chip of originality. There's too the added bonus of a stroll along the river in addition to through Pipemakers Park. Here's the History of the Land Garden....

Address: vii The Boulevard, Moonee Ponds
Ph: 9375 2456
Price: veg breakfasts $8-$16.50
Website: www.theboat-house.com.au

October 28, 2007: Chipotle Maple Tofu Scramble

Despite enjoying an absurdly large cooked breakfast on Saturday, for some argue I got it into my caput that it'd last a proficient stance to laid upward breakfast for ourselves on Sunday. I'm non sure why I didn't simply teach dorsum to cereal equally usual, but that's hardly the signal of this post.

The signal of this postal service is this:

Cindy had bookmarked Vanessa's vegan breakfast recipe as well as had been waiting for a risk to sample it - my enthusiasm for cooking breakfast was the perfect opportunity. I started the solar daytime amongst a pre-breakfast wander approximately the Merri Creek Trail as well as swung yesteryear Filou's Patisserie on the agency dwelling identify to grab some staff of life to accompany our scrambled tofu. We've lived hither for over a twelvemonth forthwith as well as somehow never bothered to poke our heads into this piffling bakery sitting on Lygon Street across from the cemetery. It's in all likelihood been for the best - it's sure as shooting reduced the amount of delicious pastries we'd otherwise accept eaten. Anyway, they provided me amongst a fresh loaf of roast capsicum as well as herb staff of life to convey dwelling identify amongst me.

The balance of breakfast turned out to last pretty easy. Vanessa's recipe is quick as well as slowly as well as results inwards a frying pan total to alluvion amongst egg-looking vegan breakfast. My solely suggested modification would last to cutting downwardly a piffling on the chilli - nosotros solely seat inwards three peppers as well as a teaspoon of the sauce, but that was all the same a piffling on the hot side. Maybe chipotles are less fiery inwards Brooklyn. Or perchance Vanessa's simply tougher than nosotros are. You could sure as shooting encounter why some peppers are necessary - combining chilli as well as maple syrup is a fine idea, as well as i that added a bright flavor to our sun brekkie. And given it was scrambled tofu as well as non eggs, I could fifty-fifty convince myself that it was healthy!


Edit 03/06/09: I'm adding the recipe, since vanesscipes has sadly disappeared. Thanks to the anonymous commenter below for pointing us to an archived version!

Chipotle-Maple Tofu Scramble

3 canned chipotle chillis + 1 teaspoon adobo sauce
1/4 loving cup maple syrup
oil, for frying
500g extra delineate solid tofu
1 light-green capsicum, diced
2 tomatoes, seeds removed as well as diced
2 bunches light-green onions, sliced
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
salt

Use a nutrient processor to blend together the chipotle chillis, adobo sauce as well as maple syrup.

Heat upward a piffling crude oil inwards a frypan. Fry the light-green capsicum for a duet minutes, as well as so add together the tofu, blended chipotle-maple syrup, tomatoes, light-green onion, turmeric as well as tabular array salt to taste. Stir it amongst a wooden spoon as well as smush upward the tofu a bit, cooking until it's all hot, tender as well as whatever liquid has dried up.

November 3, 2007: The Galleon Cafe

own blog. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 farther search revealed that Jamie the old-school cred a nod. All skillful signs, but I decided to delay my take in past times a farther calendar week together with thence that the excursion would coincide amongst the just shifted her breakfasting loyalties to the Galleon to fit amongst a shift from her favourite Las Chicas staff. Given how much I liked Las Chicas, this tin exclusively live on skillful tidings for the Galleon. But I didn't bespeak to know that to live on impressed - equally nosotros wandered over to the market, I suggested to Michael inward a most roundabout agency that if nosotros stayed inward St Kilda for a span of hours nosotros could e'er teach dorsum at that topographic point for lunch. I had my pith on the pikelets. And I'll devour them yet, dammit!

So, teach forth together with breakfast at the Galleon. It has everything the Boathouse didn't offering (a vegetarian) at footling to a greater extent than than one-half the price. Just teach upwards before than the hungover hipsters to ensure a tabular array indoors.

Address: nine Carlisle St, St Kilda
Ph: 9534 8934
Price: veg breakfasts $3-13

November 3, 2007: Asparagus Ravioli

filling ravioli. The filling is bulked upwards amongst protein-rich tofu, has its flavor filled out amongst grated cheese, in addition to gets that saltation sass from, y'all guessed it, lemon zest. Only I subbed out the lemon zest for finely chopped preserved lemons.

Heidi's love apple tree sauce recipe over these ravioli but the markets provided an alternative: 28 Cooks.

November 4, 2007: Banana Walnut Muffins

muffins from Dayna, the Vegan Visitor. They are non 100% guilt-free, amongst crude oil in addition to brownish saccharide inward the mix in addition to caramelised walnuts perched on top, but the bananas, wholemeal flour in addition to rolled oats are the justification I involve to brand these my afternoon snack throughout the week. I fifty-fifty managed to excogitation ahead in addition to purchase the walnuts fresh inward their shells from the markets on Saturday.

What I specially similar most this vegan recipe is that at that topographic point aren't whatever of those weird ingredients similar 'egg replacer' - 3 mashed bananas create the binding chore real good on their own! They fifty-fifty popped out of the tray easily in addition to neatly afterwards a 5-minute rest. The effect is a fairly solid in addition to not-too-sweet muffin amongst extra chew-and-crunch entertainment on top. Unfortunately my walnut pieces had a style to autumn off at this stage, in addition to therefore if you're going to plough over this a go, brand an endeavor to smoosh them into the muffin tops firmly earlier baking.

For the recipe, caput to Vegan Visitor - I followed it to the letter.

November 5, 2007: Tempeh Chips

maple syrup marinade. The chips were only perfect here!

November 6, 2007: Leek, Mushroom In Addition To Asparagus Pie

ravioli together with cannelloni together with a hankering for something a chip special, merely for me. Pastry. Cream sauce. chicken pie alongside morels together with asaparagus, together with alongside leeks inwards season, it's non hard to beef upward the mushroom quotient together with brand a vegetarian version.

This recipe makes plenty for a solid unit of measurement repast or inwards my case, plenty to repackage the leftover filling inwards fresh pastry together with portion alongside Michael 2 days later.

Leek, mushroom together with asparagus pie

15g dried porcini mushrooms (more if yous tin afford them)
40g butter
i leek, sliced
i clove garlic, minced
200g portobello mushrooms, sliced into meaty chunks
i heaped tablespoon flour
2/3 loving cup "chicken" stock
100mL cream
10 stalks asparagus, sliced into i inch lengths
i tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
tabular array salt together with pepper
i canvass frozen puff pastry
a piddling milk, for brushing the pastry

Rehydrate the dried mushrooms inwards hot water. Melt one-half the butter inwards a frypan together with gently gear upward the leek together with garlic until the leek is soft. Drain the rehydrated mushrooms together with reserve the liquid. Finely spell the mushrooms together with add together them to the frypan, along alongside the fresh mushrooms.

In a assort modest to medium saucepan, melt the remaining butter. Add the flour together with stir to combine, allowing a infinitesimal or 2 to cook. Whisk inwards the stock together with mushroom water, thus the cream. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.

Add the cream sauce, asparagus together with parsley to the frypan together with flavor to taste. (I distributed the pepper generously but needed no to a greater extent than salt.) Turn the rut off after a farther minute.

Thaw out the pastry. When it's flexible, spoon the filling into a casserole dish, cutting the pastry to size, together with house it carefully on top. Try to seal upward the sides, but poke a few air holes inwards the pastry. Decorate alongside the leftover scraps, it's a law-breaking to waste materials delicious pastry! Brush alongside a chip of milk.

Bake inwards the oven at 220 deg C for nigh twenty minutes, or until the elevation is golden brown.

November 4-6, 2007: Leftover Makeover - Fruity Tiramisu Together With Other Sundaes

orange tiramisu as well as dipping into dessert pesto. The bundle was well-sealed then they were nevertheless perfectly fine for softening inwards a slosh of Coitreau as well as layering into merely about to a greater extent than fruity tiramisu. I popped mascarpone on my shopping list, but truly picked upward something else when I hitting the supermarket...

blueberries as well as canned passionfruit pulp.

bananas, walnuts as well as maple syrup on hand! It's the prettiest 1 pictured upward top, as well as indulged inwards during daylight hours.

November 7, 2007: Ginger Chocolate Clusters

crunchy chewy chocolate clusters I cobbled together as well as and thence I laid upward nearly creating a novel flavor combination: night chocolate amongst cashews, glace ginger, shredded coconut, a pocket-size slosh of Cointreau as well as a pinch of salt. (Thanks to Mary/Beppo for the Cointreau idea!)

These were at to the lowest degree every 2d addictive every 2d the cherry-pistachio version. I in all likelihood added a niggling also much salt, as well as this ramped upward my compulsion to consume cluster later cluster later cluster. Michael shared this compulsion, though I'm non certain that had anything to produce amongst the common salt quotient.

If you'd similar to rate yourself at run a peril of a chocolate frenzy, but follow the crude oil quantities I used previously as well as seek your ain crunchy-chewy combination.

November 10, 2007: Filou's Patisserie

a twain of weeks ago, I was keen to provide in addition to sample some of their pastry-based delights. The nearby commons every bit a sunny, warm eating venue was an added bonus.

My eyes widened inwards the shop: at that spot are dozens of pastry-based choices in addition to I had to endeavour at to the lowest degree i savoury in addition to i sweetness option. The savoury selection was the spinach spell - a lightly toasted pastry wrapped around a spinach in addition to cheese mixture. The mixture was slap-up - heavy on the spinach, amongst only a smattering of feta-y cheese smooshed through. I polished it off inwards no time.

specialty it seems). The pastry was perfect - soft in addition to flaky, amongst a smear of custard in addition to slightly sour berries. Despite my savoury headstart, I could convey eaten two.

Cindy skipped conduct to sweets: a wodge of sugary pastry wrapped around a selection of fruity goodness. I didn't instruct a bite, but Cindy was pretty positive - it tasted every bit skilful every bit it looked apparently.

It's difficult to believe that it took us then long to view a house that is mayhap v minutes walk from our household in addition to is then total of wondrous goodies. We've made ii visits inwards ii weeks now, in addition to I imagine we'll hold out dorsum in i lawsuit to a greater extent than in addition to again.

Address: Cnr Fenwick in addition to Lygon Street, Carlton North
Ph: 9347 4029
Price: $20 for iii pastries, 2 juices in addition to a coffee

November 11, 2007: Paneer Koftas Inward Creamy Saffron Gravy

baked spinach kofta balls for Vegetarian Awareness Month. As I browsed through the other entries on cheesy kofta looked much to a greater extent than similar the ones I've grown to dearest from Indian restaurants everywhere as well as I was swell to plough over them a try.