I made my great return to the Asian Supermarket after a year and a half. And they got some new stock, including a myriad of veggie meats. I also bought some ramen packages with nothing other than a picture of a wizard* on the front. But I will save that for another time. Today, IContinue reading “Big Gluten Ball stir fry”
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TVP Rendang
I soaked some TVP in warm water with a dash of soy sauce for about 20 minutes.I stir fried them with peppers and onions and padang (a spicy peanut) sauce until it cooked down. Viola! I used to be really scared of peanut sauce and veggies. It just seemed wrong. But, I’m expanding my palateContinue reading “TVP Rendang”
Bibimbap
My first real taste of Korean food, from a Korean restaurant.I had Bibimbap, minus egg and meat.It comes out super hot, and you have to stir all the stuff around in the bowl before the rice sticks to the sides. So the rice gets kinda crunchy and good with all this other stuff mixed in.Continue reading “Bibimbap”
Japanese food
Two seasonal autumn packages. Tofu salad. Cold grilled eggplant sushi with ginger on top.
THE lasagna
From top to bottom: topless, top on, sliced Make it yourself, there is no going back!Sometimes I will even just make the cheez to use on other things it’s so amazing. I usually up the ‘butter’, ‘mayo’ and nutritional yeast. It just makes it tastier!! Silken tofu does work best texture-wise, but regular style isContinue reading “THE lasagna”
Vegan Japan
I’ll (try to) spare the talk and get on with the pretty pictures! Mr. Young MenKyoto (Teramachi & Shijo)Okonomiyaki Tofu Okonomiyaki(shown with miso soup with fried tofu) Osaka is the famous place to get this cuisine, but Mr Young Men is accomidating and has a ton of options. Just ask for no eggs, mayo, orContinue reading “Vegan Japan”
Fish and Chips
Made VGML‘s Fish and Chips for my British omni monkey and my mom. Success!
Chana Masala
Indian chick pea curry and rice! Also made some more jalebi to make it a whole dinner!
Japanese Tofu Burgers
(Recipe coming soon) This is a Japanese tofu burger (ganmodoki) which is vegan, and it is moist as well! It has tofu, oil, carrots, potatoes, burdock (a root), and Jews ear are the basic things in it. It was made for Buddhist vegan cuisine, although recipes I have seen online all contain egg =/ Ps-JewsContinue reading “Japanese Tofu Burgers”
MizuYokan
These are sweets from Japan called mizu-yokan. They are made from sweet beans, but agar agar is used to give it a slightly jiggly gelatin texture. Most are just reddish, these a fancy pants ones!The one on the left is coffee flavored, and the other one just tasted like sweet beans. I only bought itContinue reading “MizuYokan”
Ronin Dining 