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Canned Impatience

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Usually I veer away from canned items but hominy is a good thing to have in the cabinet. Cream it in a food processor, add it to half a pack of sliced mushrooms that have been sauteed in peanut oil, salt, cayenne, garlic. Let it thicken a bit then serve on top of whatever. Here it is on buckwheat noodles, could easily be a potato, rice, shredded steamed veggies, beans...

Salsburyish Impatience (Some Non-Vegan Recipes/Ingredients)

Mixed up about a cup of freshly-cooked black and red beans with teaspoon of dehydrated vegetables, 1/2 cup walnuts, garlic, cumin, parsley, salt, cayenne and couple teaspoons : worschestshire, brags aminos, or other soy or steak sauce-puree together well. Fry in grapeseed oil about 3-4 loose burgers. Make some vegan gravy, serve on top of rice, quinoa, or other vegetable. Ate it too quick to remember a photo! Will be nice with fresh items such as minced onions, carrot, mushrooms!

I always thought avocado was impatient (Some Non-Vegan Recipes/Ingredients)

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Before Cooked As in, without treating, figured it would go brown and if attempted to cook, just get disgusting but I decided to test it out. Had 2 organic avocados, huge that needed to have something done to them. So made chocolate pudding out of one (blend well with honey/agave/syrup, cocoa, and some coffee). The other is going in a pizza. Herbed up the crust, made it thick. Tomato and red bell pepper diced, sprinkle on salt and red pepper flakes, add cubed avocado, shredded cheddar. Thirty minutes @425. Cooked and cut! Yes I made a mound, less of a pizza and I guess more of a bread tostada. I consider it a satisfactory cross between the bruscetta I wanted and the pizza I wanted to test. It worked but would have been better had I added a protein. This would  be good with facon added, chicken, probably even salmon! Normally I have 3 slices but one if filling me up.

Even Seitan is Impatient

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So I tried wheat meat in several varieties and ways a decade ago, wasn't impressed, trying again, and making it easier. Bought a box of your typical Hodgen Mill Vital Wheat Gluten (6 1/2 oz), mine had vitamin c added, small town, only one to be found. Add 1/4 teaspoon each: paprika, pepper, garlic granules, combine well. Add 1 cup water, combine well, knead it for 3 minutes, it becomes spongy and springs back pretty quick. Cover it in water for 5 minutes, knead for a minute, cover in very warm water a few minutes, knead a minute again. You are doing this just to make sure get the excess starch is rinsed out, probably not necessary in this case but I wanted a very stiff consistency. Heat up 3 cups water to boiling, add 1 tablespoon braggs amino acids or soy or something for a salt, and 1 tablespoon dried vegetables (or use broth cube or powder). My dried vegetable powder was one of my dehydrated concoctions of carrot, asparagus, green onion, celery, sage, and possibly a couple o

Middle East and Surrounding Area of Impatience (Some Non-Vegan Recipes/Ingredients)

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 Doing recipe and taste tests before a party I plan to throw on June 1st. Sfouf test- 2 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 2 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp turmeric, 1/2 cup grapeseed oil, 1 cup milk, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp lemon. mix very well. 1/4 cup slivered blanched almonds in bottom of greased and floured 9 inch round. 375-35 minutes. Cut into about 25 pieces. I LOVED it. Initially I had considered using honey, no lemon, yogurt instead of milk. Normally it is made with semolina flour but that is not easy for me to come by. Egyptian Green Falafel- Mix together: 1 cup diced green onions, 1/4 cup parsley, 1/2 tsp cumin, 1/2 tsp cardamom, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, l can smashed fava beans. 12 balls on greased sheet. Bake about 40 minutes at 400. First test didn't come out right because I had to rehydrate some white onion flakes since there were no green onions. Also had to use dry parsley not fresh-using fresh- double. These were still very good if you like beans, I'll b