Recipe Round-Up: Vegan Without Borders

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Now, on to business! Everyone knows I am a big fan of Robin Robertson (and her kitties), and I am a big fan of her cookbook Vegan Without Borders. It is a very beautiful book! With lots of very lovely food inside. I have blogged previous things I've made from this book here.

White Bean Goulash (Eastern Europe): This recipe calls for a 16 oz tin of sauerkraut, drained, which I feel would be a bit too much. I only had it in a 32 oz jar, and using half of that would have been so much sauerkraut... and I love sauerkraut. Probably just use one cup, unless you are a sauerkraut fiend.
Rating: :)



Migas Burritos (Mexico): These were good, though I thought needed a bit more flavour in the tofu mix. This recipe says it serves 4, and while you do get 4 burritos, I ate two. I skipped the jalapeno in this recipe, and added extra fresh coriander.
Rating: :)



Black Bean Caldillo (Mexico): This is a tasty potato and tomato based stew. My potatoes ended up a little on the al dente side, so I would cook for a bit longer next time. Fire-roasted tinned tomatoes are super expensive here, so I used my faux method of regular tomatoes and a little sprinkle of liquid smoke. This says serves 4-6, I say serves 3-4.
Rating: :)



Panang Vegetable Curry (Thailand): This was a hit for the household. Rather than using a food processor to make the sauce in stages, I just put it all into my blender and whizzed it up to smooth perfection, using a sprinkle of chili powder rather than dried chiles. This uses jackfruit as the base, and also has mushrooms and peas, and I used a carrot instead of capsicum. Highly yum.
Rating: :D



Eggplant Kabayaki (Japan): This was very yummy. I used only half the amount of eggplants (1 pound, which was about 5 small eggplants... the recipe calls for 3 small Japanese eggplants or 2 pounds... that seems a little off) but the full amount of sauce, which ended up being even a little bit too saucy! A half recipe of sauce would have been fine. It was super tasty, though. Served here with some sushi rice, Japanese marinade tofu (from the shops) and sesame spinach (from Robin's other book 1000 Vegan Recipes).
Rating: :)



Sesame-Spinach Donburi (Japan): I got to use our donburi bowls for this! This has a coconut based sauce, and I used a blend of half light coconut milk and half water for it. It calls for 10 ounces of chopped spinach, I used 320g of baby spinach, and I used dried shiitakes instead of fresh because I couldn't find anything else that day at the shop.
Rating: :)



Yakisoba (Japan): I love this noodle dish. I shredded my cabbage in the food processor, which I think ended up a bit too fine for this dish, think next time I would slice it thinly. It also has carrots and tofu in it (I used the baked tamari togy from 1000 Vegan Recipes). A very satisfying dinner.
Rating: :)



Sizzling Saigon Crepes (Vietnam): So... my crepes didn't work. The batter ended up really thick, and then just kind of crumbled when I was cooking it and tried to fold it over. So these were kind of deconstructed. They were filled with mushrooms, tofu, bean sprouts and herbs. I left out the chiles.
Rating: :|.... need to work out the batter situation.



Vietnamese Noodle Salad (Vietnam): I made this during summer, and it is perfect for hot nights. I used tofu instead of seitan, which was super yum, and 190g of thin rice stick noodles. It made three big serves with left over salad, and was very refreshing.
Rating: :)



Singapore Mei Fun (Southeast Asia Islands): I do enjoy Singapore Noodles. I left the capsicum out of these, and used small rice stick noodles, and kept the curry powder mild and low. It is full of onion, carrots, snow peas and tofu.
Rating: :)



Cute Kitty Photo of the Post



We had a few unseasonably warm winter nights the other week, and I took the blanket off my bed. I didn't put it away though, because nights were due to get cold again (and they did, it is now back on my bed). Of course, Sahara couldn't let this opportunity to sit on a giant balled up blanket pass her by!