the Happy Vegetarian

Bill’s Incredible… and yes, they were edible… Pumpkin Cookies

the Happy Vegetarian — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:45:46 +0000

Bill’s scrumptious cookies are easy to prepare and what I love about them is that they are not too sweet. Perfect to enjoy with a friend and a warm cup of tea.

The key to this recipe is to use an old pumpkin that has been kicking around since Halloween and then leave the dough in the fridge long enough to (almost) fester

400 gr. flour
150 gr. butter
150 gr. brown sugar
100 gr. cooked, mashed pumpkin
1 egg
dash of salt
nutmeg and cinnamon to taste

Knead everything together until you have a nice thick mass. Then simply toss the dough in the back of your fridge and forget about it for a week to allow the flavours to incorporate. After a week, if you see anything green in the dough — you may have waited too long. Place spoonfuls of dough on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 15 minutes at 200 degrees.

Vegetarian Cook-a-Thon

the Happy Vegetarian — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:59:12 +0000

There is almost nothing better in life, then to get together with 10 friends to cook yummy vegan and vegetarian food together, enjoy conversation and drink wine.

We all picked a dish to make, brought our ingredients and cooked like mad and ate until we were popping out from all sides. Surprisingly, there were very little leftovers.

I will post more pictures, recipes and stories from the event, but enjoy the small sampling below of the mouth watering food that we made.

Shown above, Esther, Alejandra, Elena and Jim preparing stuff for the feast.

Seitan Pot-pie

the Happy Vegetarian — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:42:03 +0000

Jim treated us to a delicious Seitan Pot-Pie, recipe from Vegan Chicks Rock. It reminded us of the frozen meat pies we used to eat as kids. I wish I had more room in my belly to have eaten more of this.

We made homemade seitan for this, using the recipe from Veganomicon.