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Cmac’s Crispy Tofu Bites
Posted by Cmac in Appetizers, Food, Main Course, Tofu on August 20, 2010
….Two words – Writers Block. My recent days in the kitchen have been full of new ideas and creations unfortunately I have been unable to motivate myself to one: Take a good picture and two: take it from a sticky note to a blog post. My life is still full of multiple distractions from cooking, and yet I have still managed to come up with 3-4 new creations waiting to be posted here. So bare with me as I try and knock off some blog posts. For now here is a simple creation I made with limited time, that actually turned out way better than I expected.
Duo Colored Pasta, a Tutorial.
Posted by Cmac in Food, Main Course, Pasta & Grains, Tips & Tricks on August 6, 2010
…..It was my wife and my 4 year wedding anniversary, and as for most special occasions I like to get a little crazy with food production (The Big Birthday Cake). I decided since I have recently mastered my new pasta maker it was time to take it up a notch and make duo colored pasta, and after a lot of googling the only methods I found seemed way to complicated. So I experimented with my own, and the result — Perfect. For the filling in the ravioli I decided to go with a mango, fresh mint, and ricotta combination, as for the measurements it was about a 2:1 ratio 2 Ricotta, and 1 of pureed mango, with a tablespooon of fresh chopped mint, as you will notice the pasta is egg free. Enjoy.
Homemade Sweet Potato and Ricotta Ravioli
Posted by Cmac in Food, Main Course, Pasta & Grains on July 21, 2010
This recipe is my second attempt at using the new pasta maker. From this experience I discovered my wife and I make a good Pasta production team. The original filling recipe came from the Vegetarian Comfort food cook book, and the ravioli recipe can be found here. I didn’t stray to much from the originals as they did a wonderful job as they were. Enjoy.
Vegan Zucchini Fritters
Posted by Cmac in Food, Main Course, Tofu on July 19, 2010
I have a bad habit, when i’m at the farmers market I almost always leave with 2 or 3 zucchini. I just can’t seem to resist buying them. The problem with this is the day before the next market I always find last weeks zucchini sitting in the bottom of the crisper waiting to be used. I usually end up just marinating and grilling the zucchini but this week I wanted a change. I found the original recipe for these fritters on Ruhlman’s blog, with some variations in herbs and a Veganization we have the final vegan zucchini fritter. This is a pretty simple recipe that requires little advance planning and pairs well with a Mango Slaw (recipe to follow). In the end I was pleasantly pleased, in fact I think this is a great reason to buy more zucchini. Enjoy.
Vegetarian Won-Tons
Posted by Cmac in Appetizers, Pasta & Grains, Tofu on July 12, 2010
….As a test for my new pasta maker and an upcoming potluck with an Asian theme I decided to have a go at making won-tons. They were originally planned to be gluten free but the gluten free pastry dough was a failure. During this experience I learned that one its worth the investment in buying a $7 press, and two these were more like dumplings than won-tons. I am still going to call them won-tons since all the ingredients were won-ton based, and i’m sure if i call them dumplings someone else will have another name for them. Most important point of all this is that they tasted great, and I would definitely make them again. The pasta maker I purchased after a lot of research, I was originally going to get the kitchen aid attachment for my stand mixer but I have read many mixed reviews. Finally I decided on the CucinaPro 150 which is actually made in Italy so I figured I couldn’t go wrong and has many great attachments available. Anyways on to the recipe.
Zesty Mexican Style Bean, Zucchini, and Cous Cous Casserole
Posted by Cmac in Beans, Food, Main Course, Pasta & Grains on July 6, 2010
.....I have been MIA for quite a while, busy with multiple emergency room visits for my daughter and a 3 day hospital stay to get her started on the Ketogenic Diet. When I wasn’t busy I had no motivation to be creative in the kitchen. I’m back, still with no motivation, instead I have decided to go through my binder of recipe ideas I’ve wanted to attempt but never gotten around to it. This dish was inspired by a recipe for Zesty Mexican Zucchini Casserole, with about 15% of the recipe being from the original the other 95% came from the ingredients I had on hand, and a little bit of this and that as I felt the need to add it. Enjoy.
Sweet Quinoa with Garbanzo and peppers
Posted by Cmac in Food, Main Course, Pasta & Grains on June 17, 2010
I think I am feeling my long lost creative spark in the kitchen once again, suddenly I am thinking of more recipes ideas than I have the time to actually create. The inspiration for this dish amazingly came from something I smelled at the doctors office (yes the doctors office). On the counter next to the check-in desk they had large foil containers with steaming hot food ready for lunch — this is where my inspiration came from, the smell instantly triggered the watering of my mouth and a rumbling in my stomach. I had no idea what was in these containers that was making me so hungry, all I knew was that it smelled delicious and I had to go home and create something like that. In the end I had a delicious dish probably nothing like the inspiration but it filled the craving that I had for whatever was in that container at the doctors office. I think next time I make this I will add fresh pineapple chunks, for some reason as I was eating it that was all I could think about.
Cmac’s 100th Post — Tofu Kabobs
Posted by Cmac in Food, Main Course, Tofu on June 1, 2010
…..It’s been a crazy year or so since I started this blog both geographically and with life in general. The blog started in Ithaca, and is now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, it went from a little bit of carnivorous recipes to a nearly Vegan blog. In the beginning I was using it as an outlet to post recipes I occasionally came up with, and now I am posting 2-3 times a week, and if I miss a few days I hear about it from my readers. Anyways my 100th post is a simple one that I came up with while driving to Lowe’s, though the simplicity is far overcome by the mouthwatering results. The inspiration came from a deep discussion about Lebanese cooking and ended with a fusion of Lebanese and plain ol’ Test kitchen style. Enjoy.
Cmac’s TGIF Farmers Market Pizza — Vegan Delight
Posted by Cmac in Food, Main Course, Pizza, Tempeh on May 28, 2010
……Since I didn’t make it to the farmers market this week I was left using the stragglers from last weeks market spree. To make it more interesting I tried my second attempt at a previously unsuccessful vegan pizza cheese, this time it was a true success. I used left over sauce from last weeks pizza, and the crust is the same aside from substituting the Parmesan for nutritional yeast flakes. Now lets get to the recipe.
On a side note: Yes, even though I have not posted a recipe all week I am still eating well, it has just been a busy week full of meals unworthy of a blog post.
Cmac’s TGIF Farmers Market Pizza
Posted by Cmac in Bread, Main Course on May 21, 2010
….This is not only a recipe but a new addition to the blog that I will be doing weekly. In order to make shopping at the local farmers markets more interesting I’m going to make a weekly pizza featuring as many ingredients as I can purchased from the farmers market. I will seek out the most interesting produce, and cheeses and try to have a different variety on the pizza every week. So here is the first one, not too many additions from the farmers market since the season is still warming up and the produce is limited but you’ll get the idea. For next weeks pizza I am going to try my hand at home made vegan cheese for the topping. Enjoy.
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