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Vegan Recipes

May 2008

Spring vegetable tart

  • 1 leek, chopped (first chop up the white part into strips and soak in water to get sand and grit off!)
  • 1-2 tbl olive oil
  • 1 small red onion, chopped
  • 1 small white onion, chopped
  • 1 clove of garlic, chopped
  • veggies (e.g., 1 zucchini and some mushrooms)
  • 1 square of puff pastry, thawed (you can find this in the frozen section at any supermarket)
  • Sea salt, fresh herbs, fresh ground pepper
  • Sliced tomatoes
  1. Sautee leek in the olive oil for about 10 minutes
  2. Add chopped onions. Once the onions and leeks become translucent, add garlic and cook a minute or two more
  3. Add any veggies you like, I used 1 zucchini and some mushrooms
  4. Spread cooked vegetables on the puff pastry square. Sprinkle with see salt, any fresh herbs you like, fresh ground pepper. lay some thin sliced tomatoes over the top.
  5. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until browned.

Mock Tuna Salad

  • 30 oz. drained chickpeas (2 cans)
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped dill pickles
  • 3/4 cup vegannaise (you can find this in the refridgerated section in most health food stores, maybe supermarkets)
  • 1/2 tbl lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • Secret ingredient (optional, if you can find it): Nori flakes or other seaweed flakes (these are found with condiments like seasalt, again in the health food store and maybe at your supermarket)
  1. Mash chickpeas with potato masher
  2. Add remaining ingredients; stir to combine
  3. Serve on fresh, whole-grain bread with tomato and lettuce

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