This is a great snack and tea companion. Crunchy puff pastry filled with vegetarian sausage and cheese, baked for perfection. If you like borek, or spanakopita you will love this. Ingredients: 1 box of frozen Puff Pastry Sheets (includes 2 ready-to-bake sheets), thawed but still cool 1 t olive oil 6 oz crimini mushrooms, chopped […]
One day, Deniz and I had some extra broccoli and decided to make the classic Chinese-American beef with broccoli dish. We vegetarian-ized a recipe from Wei-Chuan’s Chinese Cooking cookbook and were happy with the results. We’ve continued to modify it to further enhance it. Here’s our latest and favorite version. Ingredients: 6 oz Morningstar vegetarian Grilers […]
We decided to take a long overdue trip to Chinatown last weekend. It was great to find some hard to find items, including pickled mustard green. Here’s an incredibly addictive Sichuan recipe from Wei-Chuan’s Chinese Cooking cookbook, modified to be vegetarian. The ginger and pickled mustard green are the stars in this recipe, and pair perfectly […]
This Russian dish is classic in America, commonly found in TV dinners, but is never available in a vegetarian version. We’ve updated it for our vegetarian diet, and have replaced the traditional sour cream with yogurt for a healthier dish. Enjoy! Ingredients: 1 pack egg noodles, cooked to package instructions fresh oregano for garnish (optional) […]
This dish has rich five-spice savory flavors, creamy thin bean-curd noodles, with crispy water chestnuts for texture. It’s low carb and packed full of protein. We adapted from Wei-Chuan’s Singaporean, Malaysian & Indonesian Cuisine cookbook for our vegetarian diet and available ingredients. The original recipe called for rolling the meat in the sheets to make […]
One important aspect of visiting other countries is to buy different spices and food helpers that you cannot buy back at home. In our recent trip to Turkey we bought several different spice mixes one of which happened to be a helper for one of my favorite meatball dishes: Inegol Kofte. The original plan was to […]
We were blesssed to get a private cooking lesson from Gülevren last night. It was a unique treat watching superwoman. She cook 5 dishes for a 10 person dinner, while teaching us and watching the kids. Here’s her Ali Nazik Kebab dish, with its bold tangy meaty topping and cool, smooth eggplant base. Ingredients: Yogurt Eggplant […]
We’ve been on a bit of a sandwich kick lately, and thought we’d try Peking VegPork in a sandwich instead of on top of rice. The results were delicious. Below is the recipe, adapted from Wei-Chuan’s Szechwan Style cookbook for our vegetarian diet and tastes. The Peking VegPork goes over rice by itself well too. […]
Panang curry is my favorite Thai curry. It’s got that sweet creamy spiciness that I love. Here’s our vegetarianized version of it, adapated from Wei-Chuan’s Thai Cookbook for our vegetarian diet. We’ve tried and tweeked this recipe several times to get it just right. We’re really happy with the final result. Ingredients: 4 Morningstar Vegetarian Sausage […]
Everytime I see musubi in a Hawaiian market or potluck, I get so jealous. Looks so yummy with its sweet soy fatty topping wrapped in a cute nori package. So I decided to make a vegetarian version! Below is what Deniz and I created over the weekend, turned out tasting great! Enjoy! Ingredients: 2 c sushi […]
Deniz loves meatloaf. There’s something so wholesome and American about it. We’ve made it a couple of times using different recipes and have found this one to be the best (so far). It’s modified from Michael Chiarello’s Italian Meatloaf recipe, and adapted for our vegetarian diet and taste. We really like the combination of the Morningstar […]
There’s something so satisfying about soy-pickled cucumbers combined with meaty flavors and textures. We were excited to find this Taiwanese dish in Wei-Chuan’s Chinese Cuisine cookbook, and adapted for our vegetarian diet. It’s so simple to make. Salty and perfect on rice. Ingredients: 12 Morningstar Original Vegetarian Sausage Patties 2 green onions, chopped in 1-inch […]
This dish has a five spice and fennel soy taste that makes it a unique treat different from traditional Chinese dishes. It’s salty on its own, and goes great on plain white rice. This recipe is adapted from Wei-Chuan’s Rice cookbook, for our vegetarian diet. Ingredients: 12 Morningstar Original Vegetarian Sausage Patties Spices: 6 medium-sized shallots, […]
Deniz and I were doing Mexican taco/burrito this week and saw beautiful baby sweet bell peppers on sale in the grocery store. We decided on a whim to also make stuffed peppers. The turned out so delicious, we had to add a post so we remember the recipe. We gobbled up 6 peppers in the span […]
I love tamales, and wish vegetarian versions were more commonly available. Below is Tyler Florence’s recipe adapted for our vegetarian diet. Takes a while to make, but is totally worth it. Has that perfect blend of chilies, vegetarian beef, and sweet corn. This version is very mild, with just a touch of heat. Ingredients: 1 […]