Vegan Mofo 2014 #4: Robin Robertson Rocks - Quick-Fix Vegetarian

One of my favourite cookbooks ever is Quick-Fix Vegan, which I found out was a sequel to Quick-Fix Vegetarian. Although saying Vegetarian in the title, the recipes in this original book are actually completely vegan. Once I found this out, I of course ordered a copy. I must admit I haven't made a lot from this book yet, but let me share what I have made!

Peanut Butter and Tomato Quesadillas may seem like an unusual combination, but this simple recipe is delicious and unusual. When you actually stop and thing about it, is there anything that peanut butter wouldn't go with? I am yet to try it with something and be disappointed. This is a great quick and easy snack.
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Jasmine Rice Fantasy is a whimsical name for a quick dinner of jasmine rice, ginger, carrots, cashews, peas, coconut and delicious Thai basil. I found that I needed to add a little more water to the recipe than stated and cover it while cooking for the rice to cook through properly. I also added some Japanese-style flavoured tofu (purchased from the supermarket) to bulk it up a bit more.
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Quick Stove-Top Cassoulet is a fast version of one of my favourite casseroles. I love anything that includes sliced sausages! Not to mention white beans and vegetables. To give it that cassoulet crunch, breadcrumbs are toasted and sprinkled on top.
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Stir-Fried Tofu and Vegetable Teriyaki was the first thing I made from this book, I just can't say no to teriyaki! While you could use a bottled teriyaki sauce, this recipe provides a super quick way to whip up your own. I replaced capsicum with some red onion strips.
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Tempeh with Coconut Peanut Sauce is one of the best recipes from this book, the sauce is amazing! I served it over brown rice and with broccoli, and it was delicious. The only downside was that I found that it gave fairly smallish serves, but it is so amazing that I wanted to eat it all!
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Spaghetti with Red Lentil Sauce is a tried and true pasta combination. The recipe calls for 1lb spaghetti, and normally I would halve this, but for some reason I didn't and I ended up with way too much pasta for the sauce. I like my pasta really saucy!
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Beat-The-Clock Spinach Lasagna is from the oven-baked section. While these may take longer than 30 minutes to bake, they are included in the book because they have a quick prep time. This is a pretty classic combination of spinach and crumbled, seasoned tofu. While it takes just over an hour for baking, prep-wise this came together so quickly. I used a jar of marinara sauce that was a bit bigger than what was called for in the book, so mine was very saucy.
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Pecan Shortbread Cookies are a different twist on nut butter cookies. They have only 4 ingredients, and come together very quickly. However I did find I needed to bake them for a bit longer than 15 minutes to make them go dark enough (the ones in the photo are a bit pale), though that is likely an issue with my oven.
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Cute Kitty Photo of the Post



Sometimes our nurses hand raise tiny kittens, and then they get homes, and then you see them come back when they are big people! This handsome boy was hand raised by my friend Shelley, and I took this photo to show her when he came into the clinic for a vaccination.