Meal 3 Summary (TVP Veggie Burgers)

TVP Veggie Burgers

Time: 15 minutes

Serves: 3 hungry eaters

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 cup tvp (texturized vegetable protein)

1/4 oats

1/2 onion (diced)

2 cloves garlic (minced)

1 cup water (hot, almost boiling)

2 tbsp soy sauce

2 tbsp extra sauce (ketchup, sweet chili sauce, bbq sauce; optional)

1 tbsp peanut butter

1 tbsp nutritional yeast

Spices to taste (if you want a spicy flavour, try curry power and chili powder. If going for savoury, try oregano, rosemary, savoury)

Put water, spices, onion, garlic, oats and tvp in mixing bowl. Mix well and add soy sauce and peanut butter. Then add nutritional yeast and mix. Make into patties. The recipe should make 5-7 patties depending on how large you want to make them. If the consistency isn’t sticky enough, try adding a bit of flour or corn starch. Fry patties over medium heat in a pan. They should take about 5-10 minutes to cook, but it depends on what consistency you want. 

Adapted from here. 

Meal 2 Summary (Ginger Ale)

Ginger Ale (Adam 5/5 Alex 4/5)

What an adventure. So, we added a lot more yeast than was called for and had a nice surprise: some of the batches turned (we think) alcoholic. Yay! So, if you want Ginger 'Beer'/'We think it's beer,' just add more yeast! The theory (I think) is that after the yeast uses up the sugar, it begins producing alcohol. Enjoy!!

Ginger Ale

Ginger Ale

(adapted from here)

Time: 5 minutes

1” grated ginger

1 cup sugar

1/2tsp baker’s yeast*

2tbsp lime juice
2L water

optional:

1 apple, diced finely

1tsp cinnamon

Mix ingredients into a large bowl and dissolve sugar. Pour into Mason jars and screw on lid. Let sit at room temperature out of direct sunlight for 3 days. Enjoy. 

*In some of our batches, we added 1/2tbsp-1tbsp of yeast which made the ale taste (we think) alcoholic. Experiment! I personally liked having a 'hopsy' flavour, but having it simply sugary and 'poppy' is good too. 

Meal 1 Summary (Tofu Scramble, Peanut Sausages)

This is our veganized version of a classic American breakfast. We were short on the bacon, but maybe next time we'll find a recipe for that to add hilarity.

Tofu Scramble (Adam 3/5 Alex 3.5/5)


While easy and quick, the tofu didn't get firm like we were hoping. Perhaps too much milk was the problem. Regardless, they were still tasty. Make sure to have some bread to accompany them!

Peanut Sausages (Adam 4/5 Alex 5/5)


Yum yum yum. If you get the preportions of flour and water right (a tad tricky, but it will happen) they firm up quite nicely! These are very tasty with a nice texture and finished off the irony of our meal quite well.

Scrambled Tofu and Peanut Sausages

Scrambled Tofu

Time: 10 minutes

Serves: 2

2 tsp vegetable oil

1 pck soft tofu

1 tbsp soy milk

1 tbsp chili powder

Salt

Pepper

Put tofu in a bowl and break it apart with a knife. Add soy milk and ‘scramble’ the tofu. Heat oil in pan over medium heat. Add tofu mix to the pan, add chili powder and fry until desired consistency (extra water will have steamed off and the mixture is mushy, but not too watery). Top with salt and pepper to taste.




Peanut Sausages

Peanut Sausages 

Adapted from “Vegan cooking for One”-Leah Leneman

1/2cup peanuts, chopped finely

2 slices of bread, ripped into crumbs 

2 tbsp flour*

1tbsp tomato sauce

1tbsp soya sauce

1/2tbsp oregano (or any other herb)

1tbsp nutritional yeast

4 tbsp water*

*start with 2 tbsp of flour and 4tbsp of water and adjust to a consistency you like. 

Mix all ingredients in a medium bowl. Feel free to change the way they are spiced, but keep the soya sauce. Adjust the water and flour until the mixture can be formed into sausage like shapes and holds together. Cook on a pan with oil on medium, turning occasionally. 

Week 5: American

We dropped the ball a little bit on this one, with exams and all. But here are some recipes that we made for American week.

Scrambled Tofu
TVP Veggie Burgers
Ginger Ale
Peanut Sausages