A breakfast Fry Up

I don't post many breakfast foods. It's not because I hate breakfast, it's just I don't eat much breakfast foods, besides the occasional waffle or bowl of cereal when I'm running late/out of other food. It's just never really been my thing. I make pasta with peas for breakfast, but I can't do that when people are around... I get weird looks.

But today I made something which is the closest thing to breakfast foods that I make, and it's delicious and very filling!

Breakfast Fry Up
Ingredients:
1 Smallish Potato, cut into chunks
1/2 a carrot, thinly sliced
3/4 cup broccoli slaw, or coleslaw mix
3 mushrooms, cut into chunks
a slice of tofu, cut into chunks (it comes to about 1/3 cup tofu)
1 tsp minced garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
salt, pepper, and a sprinkle of Rosemary

Directions:
Place the potato chunks into the microwave, nuke for a minute or two.
Heat the oil, and add in the mushroom and garlic, cooking until fragrant.
Add in the other vegetables, tofu,  and the potatoes (when they're done in the microwave) and cook for a few minutes.
Salt, Pepper, and Sprinkle in some Rosemary. Cook for about 30 seconds more.
Transfer to a plate, and eat up! :)

Some very special Pancake Style Foodstuffs

So I recently became obsessed with Aebelskivers. What are Aebelskivers, you ask? They are round puffy pancake balls, cooked in a special pan. I, of course, did not have that pan, until recently! My wonderful cousin Amelia and her husband Mark got me one for an engagement present, mostly because Mark's family has been making them for years, and he didn't know anyone else who knew what they were!

So I haven't quite gotten the hang of making them perfectly yet, but I keep trying! (I get better every day!) I'm not very good at turning them over, so they aren't quite as spherical as they're supposed to be, but they do taste good.

I have been slightly ill lately (really really bad cold!) and have not had much of an appetite, but I woke up this morning with a huge craving for some aebelskivers. Alas, I did not have much in the way of flours! However, I try not to let that take me down.

So, using my spice mill, I blended up some gluten free oats, and voila, oat flour! I had already had some white rice flour, so we were good to go!)

Oatmeal Style Aebelskivers

Ingredients:

1 cup oat flour

1 cup white rice flour

1/2 cup rice bran
3 tbsp ground flax seeds
1 tsp xanthan gum (or guar)
2 tsp baking soda
a dash of salt
3 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp canola oil
Enough water to make it the consistancy of pancake batter (I forgot to measure as I was making it, sorry! Just add it a bit at a time until it's pancakey)

Directions:
Mix together all of dry ingredients (all except the oil and water) Whisk until well combined.
Slowly add in water and the oil, mixing until well combined.
Heat your aebelskiver pan to med-high heat, putting a bit of vegan margarine into each of the wells.
Once the margarine is melted and bubbling, pour in batter to each of the wells, almost to the top.
Cook until the sides look like they're kinda cooked, and then, using a chopstick, turn them over. This is really difficult to do (I sort of suck at it, haha) So feel free to go look for videos on youtube, because I'm not much help on that front!
I dip them in maple syrup, and they're like regular pancakes that way! Nom nom nom!

You can even add fillings like jams, or maraschino cherries like I did! 

Vegan Breakfast with Extra Breakfast

And kudos to anyone who knows where I stole my title from...

I must preface this by saying I do not often eat breakfast foods, at least not at breakfast time. This was no exception, as I ate it at night, and encourage people to mix up their food eating habits to break the rut every now and again. Curry for breakfast is delicious, and pancakes for dinner is divine!

On this sunday early evening, I bring you something which many vegans may feel they can no longer have... a delightful scrambled egg breakfast, with potatoes and sausage.

I am here to tell you "Stop being so silly!"

While you might not be able to have EXACTLY that, you can get something which fills the same craving for breakfast foods, without the cholesterol and sad animals! There are many recipes similar to this that you can find, this is just how I make em!

Without further ado:

Vegan Breakfast with extra Breakfast


This is a three part meal, so I give you 3 different recipes!

Simple Fried Potatoes (For 2 People)
Ingredients:
4-5 smallish potatoes, cut into cubes, about 3/4 inch in size
1 tbsp vegan margarine
Freshly ground salt and pepper

Directions:
In a frying pan on medium, melt the margarine.
Toss the potatoes in, and stir around to coat them in the melted margarine.
Fry, stirring occasionally, until cooked through and crispy on some sides.
Grind some salt and pepper on top of them, and toss.
Eat :)

Tempeh Sausage Patties
Ingredients:
A few slices of tempeh, cut about 1/4-1/2 inch thick (enough for 2 people!) (You can also use tofu if you want, but tempeh just has something... amazing about it)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp Maple Syrup
1 tsp Tamari
a dash of liquid smoke

Directions:
Mix the oil, maple syrup, tamari, and liquid smoke.
Toss the tempeh or tofu in it, coating evenly.
In a smallish frying pan (nonstick works nicely) fry the tempeh on medium heat, flipping every minute or so until the outsides are nice and crispy.
Nom!

Slightly Spicy Tofu "Eggs" With Peppers, Mushrooms, and Onion
Ingredients:
1 block medium or firm tofu, crumbled into tiny pieces (I like medium usually, because I liked my eggs slightly runny, however I used firm when I made it last night)
1/2 pepper, cut into chunks
1 medium onion, diced
1/2 cup chopped mushrooms
4-5 tbsp nutritional yeast
1/2 tbsp turmeric (to make it all yellow and egg looking)
1 tsp red pepper flakes
Salt and Pepper
Olive oil (for frying)

Directions:
In a frying pan (I use a wok, I find it easiest to make this in), heat some olive oil, and fry the onion, peppers, and mushrooms, for about 5 minutes.
Add in the nutritional yeast and turmeric, to evenly coat.
Add in the tofu, and toss everything together, coating the tofu crumbles with the veggies and spices.
Cook for about 5 more minutes, heating everything together.
Spice with the salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
If the tofu gets really dry, add in a bit of olive oil to stop it from sticking.
Eat!

Enjoy!

Peanut Butter Covered Banana Waffles

So I'm at my mums. It's beautiful here, as she seems to live in some idyllic country-side manor. (All is great but for the bugs! Always the bugs!)

Check out this idyllic shot of what I get to look at as I eat my meals. What you can't see is that behind the deck is not one, but two gorgeous ponds, beautiful rolling green fields, and a forest in the background.

All my mums. Her place is gorgeous.

As I mentioned before, this often means that my food selections are limited at best. However, I managed to scrape together enough stuff to make me some delicious waffles!

I found a bag of pre-made gluten free mix (including Xanthan in it) so use a pre-made mix with xanthan, as I'm not sure how much you should use.

This makes enough for one big-ol belgian waffle, which was more than plenty for me.

I also used much more peanut butter than a normal person would. Use caution in your peanut butter saucing

Banana Waffle with Peanut Butter Maple Sauce

Ingredients:

Waffle:

1/2 Cup GF flour mix (or normal flour if not gluten free!)

1/4 tsp baking powder

1/2 cup water

1/2 banana, mashed

1/2 tsp vanilla

2 tbsp oil

1 tbsp sugar

dash of salt

Peanut Butter Spread

2 tbsp peanut butter

3-4 tbsp maple syrup

3-4 tbsp water (for viscosity)

Directions:

First, mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar together in a bowl to combine well. 

Add in the water, banana, oil and vanilla, and stir until everything is nice and combined. 

Heat up your waffle iron, and spray with some non-stick spray, pouring the mixture on and spreading it out a bit, so that it forms roughly a circle (I'm terrible at making circular waffles!)

While that cooks, mix together your maple syrup, peanut butter, and water in a bowl. 

Nuke in the microwave for 30 seconds or so, and then take it out and mix it up. It should get nice and creamy while you mix it!

When the waffle is done, plop it onto a plate, and spread or squeeze the sauce on top. Then eat. EAT!

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On Vacation with some Pancakes

It's rather nice being on vacation, and as I write my very first post for this new blog I'm starting, all of my family is down at the beach enjoying themselves.

Well, to be accurate, not all of my family, as I'm vacationing with my mother, the sister closest to my age (Krista), her fiance (Corey), and my fella. You can see Corey and Matthew chatting while soaking up some rays. (See above!)

Being on vacation, especially with a group of non-GFVs can present a bit of a problem.

However, with a big of pre-planning, and the grit to say "Sorry, I'm going to cook for myself!", you can enjoy some delicious foodstuffs, for me today namely GFV pancakes drizzled with melted chocolate and peanut butter.