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Impatient Fairies!

The No-Bake Fairy Cakes 2 1/4-1/2 cups puffed, crisp rice 1/2 cup oat flour 1/2 cup protein powder 1/4 tsp salt 1/8 cup rainbow sprinkles 1/8 cup mini chocolate sprinkles* 1/2 cup baking molasses 1 tsp vanilla* 1/2 cup nut butter In wax paper in pan, in fridge or freezer then cut. Can be cut into lots of little one-inch squares for many mouths, very rich and hits the spot! *optional

Impatient to Clean the Freezer Out Before Fall (Vegan Muffins, Vegan Shwarma meat, Goulash, Stuffed Mushrooms, Black Bean Burgers)

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7/26 Muffins 1 1/2 cups frozen cherries (second time was strawberries) 2 2/3 cups flour (*-1/3) 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 cup sugar (*- 3 tbsp) 1/2 cup oil (I may try to reduce this to 1/4 cup) (*use only 1/3 cup oil) 1 cup almond milk 1 tsp vanilla 2 tsp apple cider vinegar 350 F for about 35 minutes, or until golden. I got 15 muffins out of my batch. (Still made 16 even with reducing flour, sugar, and oil) ** These seem highly unstable depending on humidity. I live in the desert but it rained last night and batter was way too wet, added more flour this third time. *Also sprinkled half with the coarse sugar on top. Have to make about 5 more batches to finish off fruit in freezer, freeze for tea. 7/27 Black Bean Burgers Smashed and mixed 1/2 cup black beans with 1/3 cup tvp that had been rehydrated with 2/3 cup broth 1/2 cup of bread crumbs Made 3, 1/2 cup serving burgers. Will try tomorrow! *Edit, they looked great, tasted grea...

Impatient Fried Tofu Nuggets, French Toast, Tandoori. Tofu Tofu Tofu

Tofu Nuggets Tofu (extra firm, drained, cut into about 15 nuggets, dividing the bar into 3 slabs) 3 tbsp flour 1 tbsp nutritional yeast 8 tbsp water 1 cup bread crumbs Chicken Seasoning Blend 1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika 1 1/2 tsp garlic 1 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1/4 tsp black pepper 1/2 tsp sage Mix up seasoning and put half in the crumbs, and half in the wet batter. Coat nuggets in batter, then in bread crumbs, then shallow fry until very dark, 5-7 minutes each side. These were good, but definitely make them smaller than you think you want, because the smaller, the better, the breading is all the flavor. Fried Fish Tacos Spouse thought it was amazingly like fried fish in our tacos. So when I do try to make them like fried fish, I will replace the sage with dill, and probably -1/2 tsp of the smoked paprika, too. ToFrench toast So after doing this, I realize I want to try making french toast-flavored tofu slices by doing the same as above but only mak...

Impatient Parmesan

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Vegan Parmesan Cheeze So, something that tasted like parmesan cheese was needed. People are using nuts, seasoning, and nutritional yeast. I used salted cashew pieces and nutritional yeast. Placed my coffee grinder lid o the scale, threw in a couple small handfuls of nuts and a couple spoons of nutritional yeast. It still made more than what the little container could hold, so next time I will half the recipe to this: Grind in coffee grinder: 45 grams of salted cashew pieces + 4.5 grams nutritional yeast. I also plan to add garlic, parsley, and oil to make a spread when  doing garlic bread, bruschetta, or stuffing into ravioli.

Impatient Brownies and French Toast

Brownies 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp baking powder    1 tsp salt 1/2 cup boiling water 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 cup chocolate chips 350F, on lowest rack, for 30 minutes, in a greased pan. Then turn heat off and leave in oven for 5 minutes longer. Remove pan onto cooling rack, allow to cool an hour before cutting. Makes about 16 squares. *This was a cross between ATK vegan brownie recipe and my own. Theirs used water in place of my chia eggs, more sugar, and more chocolate. The Aquafaba French Toast Test. 3/4 cup aquafaba 1/4 cup almond milk 2 tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp cinnamon dash salt 5-8 pieces of bread It was edible, I would eat it again in a heartbeat, but I would also prefer to make it better. Some recipes called for half and half aquafaba and a non-dairy milk, others called for 2 to 1 part ratios. I went with about 3/4 cup aquafaba (what I drained out of a can of prepa...

Impatiently Salsa and Mac and Cheeze

Last night, The salsa. Diced about 6 cherry tomatoes, 1/2 a medium onion, 2 wedges of the pickled watermelon rind, added oregano, garlic, cumin, coriander, salt, hatch pepper. He liked it, it went on a spinach flatbread with farro patty, spinach, and sriracha. The mac and cheese sauce with tomatoes . This would be an easy bbq side dish no one would expect Bob's Red Mill recipe is a bit thick, but super easy. I changed the order to how it is made. I reserved 2 1/4 cups pasta cooking water (If you get more, save it to thin out sauce more, or just use plain water). In a sauce pot, I poured in 1/4 cup oil , 1 cup diced tomatoes , let that get nice and hot. Added a whisked mixture of 1/2 cup nutritional yeast flakes , 1/2 cup flour (which I plan to change to arrowroot i the future-using 1/3 what I would of flour), 1 tsp salt , 1 tsp mustard powder . Added dry mixture, stirring, so it became moist and tomatoes well coated. Then add in pasta water and stir until smooth. When ...

English Breakfast for the Impatient

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The whole process only took about 15-20 minutes*. Started off by pre-cooking two small potatoes (in the microwave), and the baking and making of the faux strips (sopping mix of oil, smoked paprika, nutritional yeast flakes, water, amino soy). While that was going on I grabbed a can of navy beans, drained them, added some bbq sauce, more salt and pepper, and 3 diced cherry tomatoes. In a pan, I added oil, handful of cherry tomatoes, and handful of quartered mushrooms. Then, to the middle of the pan, added the potatoes (cut into about inch pieces). Rolled everyone around in oil, added some course salt and pepper to potatoes only. After 8 minutes, I take the strips out of the oven, turn them over, and rearrange limp and hard, set timer for 2-3 more minutes. Cook items in pan quick, hot and thoroughly, place on plates and quickly fry up bread pieces, adding them to the plate, along with the beans, and then the strips when they come out. *Haven't worked on the egg replaceme...