Scrambled tofu

Pretty easy and yummy stuff to make, and you can use whatever vegetables and spices you have or want to use =p

Here i used about 50-75g tofu (where i squeezed as much water as possible out of it first before i ripped it into small pieces).

First i sauted onion, garlic, carrot and green bell pepper, then i added tofu and spices and soy sauce. The spices i normally use are something like black salt (gives a bit eggy taste), turmeric (yellow ftw), paprika, coriander, cumin, chili, pepper and normal salt if needed.

Then i serve on bread with margarine =p

Perfect breakfast! =D

Cooking book project week 7

New week new testings =p

First i started off with some kinda mashed potatoes and brussel sprouts with some mushroom, sun dried tomatoes and walnuts. In my opinion, the recipe has too much potatoes compared to other stuff (i would like it more green and more mushrooms =p). But other than that it was good =p

Then i continued with oven roasted vegetables with polenta-balls, which was also yummy (but dunno if i will make it again, i guess roasted vegetables arent my favorite xD polenta i like though =D) This is also my first (known) meeting with fennel, and its kinda cool taste on it =D

Further i failed to cover my filled bread with bread dough, so i think i would go for more dough next time (i doubt there will be a next time even if the bread didnt taste bad =p)

Then i had nut roast, which was also good but i prefer the one i normally make. It was smart having lentils in it though i think, but the leek and celery in it was a bit annoying xD

Then i had paella de verduras, replacing the asparagus with brussel sprouts =p and using turmeric instead of safran >.> This one was yummy as well =p

Then to my favorite this week =D Spring rolls!! =D Though mine looks more like spring packages >.> But they were really yummy!! This is the first time i make spring rolls myself =p I did them in a pan instead of frying them though, they would probably be even better fried =p I served them with some sweet chili sauce that fitted perfectly! =D

This week i wont be doing cooking book project since i'm leaving back to Bergen, Norway tomorrow so my bf can study a bit better with less to worry about, and so i can hopefully find a job. If anyone has a job for me in Bergen, feel free to tell =p

So ye, this week has mostly been trying to eat all of the fresh food that wont last too long, and i also tried to clean the freezer a bit by eating smoothies =p Now no more half year old frozen bananas or so hiding in the freezer xD Tomorrow i will make spring rolls for having on the plane trying to use the remaining ingredients that are lurking around in the fridge. Hope they will be yummy too even if there will be other ingredients in them (i'm out of soy sauce @_@!!).

Will be nice to see family and friends again and having people actually enjoying my cooking and not just complaining about it smelling or tasting bad =p And i somehow miss the mountains even if i never really went on many mountain trips =p (they only got hills here in Leuven, or not even that xD).

But i will miss Leuven too! Everything i want/need (except liquid smoke, nutritional yeast, sour cream, holiday dipmix, and ground cloves) are closeby to my apartment and it's pretty cheap here too compared to Norway =p

I will miss my bf and his family too, but i guess i will see them again in the summer. And i will miss that it is almost never raining here, unlike in Bergen where it is raining a lot more >.>

I will try to continue the cooking book project in Norway from next week =p Still a lot of recipes in my books to be tasted! xD

Cooking book project week 6

This week was more yummy foods =p And one bad lol =p

First i started of with carbonara with sundried tomatoes, which was yummy =p My bf agreed to eat it too so i made for him also.. but he didnt like it because of the mustard sauce (he never told me he doesnt like mustard >.>) so i ate everything which was a bit too much for 1 day =s But ye, i liked it xD

Then i made mushroom cannelloni with leeks sauce =D This one was very yummy too =D I skipped the olives in it though since i was too lazy to spend my money on olives, not knowing if i like olives or not. Still turned out good =D

Then i had stir fried tofu, mushrooms and peas which i also liked, but it was a bit dry so i added more soy sauce to it =D Yummy aswell =p

Then i had curry with sweet potatoes and banana, and i replaced the pumpkin that was normally supposed to be in it with eggplant xD Pumpkins are pretty big, and i didnt feel like eating pumpkin every day for a week or so @_@ This dish tasted weird in a bad way, so i doubt i will make it again, i even wrote a warning in the book not to make it xD Maybe i used too much curry paste, or it was the mix with the banana that was bad, im not sure, but i bet the ingredients will be tasting better in other recipes instead xD

Then i had more cannelloni, but this time with green beans and corn puree thingy filling, with a white sauce on top =p I think i liked the other cannelloni more, but this one wasnt bad either =D

Last i had chickpea dip (hummus? xD) where i used peanut butter instead of tahini (i read somewhere that i could do that xD) since i didnt really like the price of tahini >.> peanut butter was cheaper =D This i ate with pita, santa maria vegetarian taco mix, and some vegetables =p This hummus is the best that i have ever tasted! =D (though the only other hummus i have tasted was the one from GoGreen so probably you other people might have tasted a better one xD)

So ye, that was this week xD Mostly yammie except for the curry thingy xD

I feel a lot of my dinners/meals (~6) are caught up in this project now though, maybe i should start eating dinnerish breakfasts too so i can try out other recipes aswell, and get the leftover stuff in my fridge used xD Or cake/cookies for breakfast *drool* =D (i did that on wednesday lol =p)

Dinnerish breakfasts might be cooler than my normal breakfasts that are normally consisting of slices of bread with jam, tartex (that is more than 1 year out of date but still as yummy as fresh and not causing sickness/death!!!!) or my recently bought (yammie) peanut butter xD

Banana brownies

These banana brownies looked so yummy i just had to make them!

The recipe i found here on Sweet Potato Soul her blog.

Since it's stupid measurements (cups xd) i'll write the version i think i used incase i wanna make it in the future so i dont need to find a converter all the time =p (its been some weeks since i made it so could be i remember wrong what i did).
I guess the original recipe is cooler so i would check out that one too (clicky the link above) =p Her pics looks way yummier than mine atleast since my oven is a bit fucked up and likes to burn stuff on the top and leave it unbaked at the bottom.
I also didnt use coffee powder since i dont have that, but i think that its yummier with, if you are so lucky to be in possession of coffee powder =p I also dont have a fancy egg replacer, but i dont let that stop me xD

The recipe i write is for my mini cakeshape of 13x13 cm.

Ingredients:
0.5 dl coconut cream (the creamy part when you have it in the fridge and it seperates)
50 g dark chocolate
0.5 dl flour
Tiny bit of salt
0.25-0.5 teaspoon baking powder
0.5 tablespoon flax seeds + 1.5 tablespoon water
0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract
0.5 dl sugar
1 ripe banana

I possibly also used like 1 teaspoon of corn starch? I dont remember XD

First i melted the coconut cream and dark chocolate (together) in a bowl sitting above boiling water.
Then i mixed the flax and water together and added 0.5 mashed banana, vanilla extract and sugar and mixed. Then i added the choco-coconut sauce to the dough when it had cooled a bit. Then i added the flour, salt and baking powder and mixed more. Then i poured it in my pretty little cake pan (that still seems too big since i eat all the cake myself >.>). Then i sliced the remaining 0.5 banana in slices lengthwise and had it on top before i putted the cake in a preheated oven on 175°C for about 40 minutes.

Like i said, my oven likes to burn stuff xD I also think it wasnt totally baked inside, so maybe check that before eating =p


Some offtopic: I've been waiting 4 months now for nutritional yeast from iHerb (probably it got lost in the mail or so), so i kinda give up on it ever arriving =(( Sooo, anyone know where i can buy nutritional yeast in Leuven? Since i have the feeling that if i try ordering something online again that it will never arrive >.> I also kinda want liquid smoke =D Anyone know if they sell that also in Leuven? I guess the answer is no to both, but its worth a try xD

Cooking book project week 5

This is the first time i made food from all of the books in one week!

First i started out with mexican tomato-thingy (i think its nachos xD). Since i wanted to get rid of the leftover corn i had, i used like 3x as much corn as i was supposed to, and i used less tomato (1 big instead of 1,5 tomatoes). I also used yoghurt instead of sour cream and cheese.
Personally i prefer the nacho that is already on my blog somewhere, where i used lasagne sauce =D

Then i had vegetable moussaka. I liked this one better than the other one i had some weeks ago. Again i used yoghurt on top. Also my bf pointed out when the yoghurt (alpro soya naturell) is heated it smells like sour socks xD I still think the yoghurt taste yummy though, but its better when its not heated xD

Then i made indiase tahoe. But i have a feeling that the morocco-yoghurt is different than the alpro soya yoghurt since it doesnt look like they used yoghurt in the pic in the book xD The heated yoghurt smelled like sour socks again, so i think i prefer making scrambled tofu or something if i use tofu =p (i made scrambled tofu with the remaining tofu xD) I also didnt have munt. And i served on bread instead of naan =p

Then i made filled vegetables. I was too lazy to make the extra sauce for pouring over like in the recipe, so i just added the ingredients i had in the filling. And like always im missing or replacing ingredients =p Atleast i had all the vegetables xD The bell pepper tasted yummiest but i still prefer the filled bell pepper that i normally make. I also forgot to salt and pepper the filling =(

Then i made mushroom risotto, using a different kind of mushrooms than in the recipe and i boiled the mushrooms together with the rice instead of adding them at the end so it would have more mushroom taste.

Last i made filled videetjes (i have no idea what that means but its filled puff pastry xD). These were pretty cool =p I burnt the puff pastry though (my oven likes to burn food), and i replaced some vegetables, so i used carrot, broccoli, peas, and brussel sprouts while recipe suggested carrots, cauliflower, asparagus, peas or green beans, and peultjes but i dunno what that is xD The sauce was pretty good too! I used coconut milk instead of soy cream for the sauce and it worked out good =p

Its snow here now btw =D And pretty cold xD I am also jogging less than at start since i guess its smart to have resting days so legs dont get overworked and dont wanna run >.>

Caramelized almonds

We always make caramelized almonds during xmas at home  =p I got some with me to belgium for xmas but i kinda ate almost all myself and didnt leave much for my bf, so i promised him i would try to make some more =p I kinda ate almost all again though xD Maybe i must make even more =p Still got about 100 gram almonds left ;p

This is the recipe my mom use =p First time i ever tried making them myself @_@

Ingredients:
200 gram almonds
200 gram sugar
2 dl water
2 tablespoons margarine

 Heat the almonds, sugar and water in a pan until it starts boiling, then turn the heat down and simmer until the water is gone. This can take 0,5 - 1 hour or even longer. When the water is evaporized add the margarine and turn heat up again. Stir all the time until the sugar and butter is melted into caramel. Then transfer the caramelized almonds to a baking paper (either using 2 forks to transfer one and one almond, or do like me and pour it all on if you dont care about having nicely seperated almonds xD).

I forgot to turn the heat down after it started boiling so i kinda panicked when all turned into sugary almonds after like 15 minutes or so when all water was evaporized, but i just added margarine and turned heat up again and it melted into caramel after a while ^.^

Its prettier if you use a fork to remove the almonds from the pan, but works to just pour all out too xD