Shepherdess Pie

So, time for a recipe again =p I had some leftover boiled potatoes, onion, tomato, carrots, cauliflower and chinese cabbage that needed to be used in the fridge, along with some freshly purchased, boiled and frozen black eyed beans in the freezer, so that sounds pretty much like a shepherdess pie to me (except it's normally made with lentils as far as i know xD) I didn't really measure or follow any recipe (but i looked at some recipes for inspiration), but just added what seemed to be a reasonable amount of each ingredient (typically the remaining of what i had laying around) xD

Ingredients (with +- my use in paranthesis):

Tomato sauce:
Onion (+- 0.5)
Garlic (1 clove)
Tomato (+- 1/4th cuz that's what i had, would have used more if i had more =p)
Carrot (2)
Cauliflower (+- 1/2 kinda small)
Chinese cabbage (+- 1/3 small)
Black eyed beans (+- 1,5 dl, other beans or lentils can also be used)
Canned tomatoes (1 400g can)
Tomato paste (+- 1 tablespoon)
Sugar (+- 2 teaspoons)
Bullion cube (1)
Spices (i used pizza spice, oregano, thyme, paprika, fresh basil, salt)
Water if needed

Mashed potatoes:
Boiled potatoes (i had like bit less than 500 g maybe?)
Vegan margarine (1-2 tablespoons)
Plant milk (i used oat milk, dunno howmuch though)
Salt and pepper

Chop veggies in small pieces, saute them and add canned tomatoes, tomato paste, bullion cube, sugar and spices (i added my basil at the end). Add water if needed. Simmer for a while then add beans (add earlier if not cooked). Make mashed potaoes (i guess everyone knows how to). Taste if they both taste good and add more salt or spices if needed. Pour the tomato sauce in an ovenproof dish and distribute the mashed potatoes on top. Here you can have some vegan cheese on top for extra yumminess =p Into the oven on 200°C for like 20 minutes or more =)

Enjoy =D

Provencal bean stew

Made this recipe from one of my cook books, and it was really delicious, so i wanted to share =D

I edited the recipe a little bit (not so much xD), heres what i did. I think it should be for about 2 persons (but i ate everything myself @_@)

Ingredients:
1 onion, i sliced mine in two, then in slices
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 red bell pepper, in slices, here i also cut in two then in slices
0.5 chili, chopped
200 g canned tomatoes (half a can)
1 tablespoon tomato puree
1 400 g can white beans (i used tomato beans, but other beans probably works also), here i also added the liquid that was in the can =p
Water to desired consistency (mine got maybe bit too much soupy, but i like it like that xD)
1 veggie bullion
1 tablespoon basil spice
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper to taste
About 0.5 dl black olives, pitted and chopped in half (i didnt measure what i used, probably it was more, and i also added the olive liquid into the stew for extra taste)

Directions:
Saute onion until soft, then add paprika, garlic and chili and saute for about 10 minutes more while stirring every now and then. I sauted in water, so if low on water add more =p Then add canned tomatoes, tomato puree, beans with their liquid, water, bullion and spices to taste. Put the lid on the pan and simmer for about 30 minutes. Then add olives (and olive liquid if you like that) and simmer for 15 minutes more. Then enjoy ^.^

Sorry for the bad photo btw :x

Chili sin carne

This used to be my favorite dish =D

I dont remember exactly how much i use of everything, normally i do so the ratio looks more or less good and taste if it needs more of something xD

Well, heres the ingredients (from memory):
0,5 medium-small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, chopped
Some chili, chopped (optional)
2 small potatoes, in cubes
0.5 red bell pepper, in cubes
Paprika/chili powder
1 vegetable bullion cube
Around 3 dl water (i dont remember how much i use, i just add something, and depends how liquid you want it, i just add more water if i feel its needed)
Basil spice, oregano spice (i normally use shitloads xd)
+- 250g (0.5 jar) pastasauce
0.5 can of kidneybeans

Saute the onion, garlic, potatoes, chili and red bell pepper. Add the paprika/chili powder, water, bullion cube and basil/oregano and let it boil for 5-10 min. Add the pasta sauce, then add the kidneybeans and let it boil bit more. And always remember to taste meanwhile if you need more of something =p

Beanmix with couscous

I had more leftover beans after making the bean brownies, and i had bean-burgers yesterday so i felt like having something different for dinner today. I searched some blogs and got the idea of making something like refried beans.

This ended up in me making this (which tasted awesome!):

Ingredients:
0,5 onion, chopped
1 mushroom, chopped
0,25 bouillon cube + some water
~100 grams (black) beans
2 tablespoons tomatopuré
Soy sauce
Spices: cumin, coriander, chili, paprika, onion, cayenne, nutritional yeast, salt, pepper

Couscous
0,25 bouillon cube + boiling water
1 teaspoon lemon juice

First i sauted the onion and mushroom in the water and bouillon cube, then i added the beans and the tomatopuré, and i tried to squeeze the beans a bit too =p Then i added the spices and soy sauce. Meanwhile make the couscous with bouillon cube and boiling water, and add the lemon juice to it. Then mix everything together =p I also added cucumber ^.^ Delicious! =D

Black bean brownies

Yesterday i boiled up some black beans i had in the closet. I decided to make brownies since i had heard that bean brownies are yummy =p I kinda followed 2 recipes, the below one on vegetarbloggen (norwegian) and the one it was based on from happy herbivore (english).

I followed a bit from each recipe (they are more or less the same) and added whatever i thought was needed. A bit annoying was it that it doesnt say amount of boiled beans the recipes use, only canned or dry, so i used 375 gram. I shared with my family and they said it tasted ok, but they could be better (this was also my opinion). Maybe more chocolate or sugar would help, since they were lacking some taste kinda =p And also nuts in would be great i think! =D The dough tasted better than the finished brownies, so i can save myself an hour there by just eating the dough instead, if i dont plan to make brownies from it =p

They dont taste like beans btw =p But it could be smart to tell people that they contain beans after they ate from it, since some people are sceptical to beans in their brownies and wont taste it if they know @_@

Bean-rice

This is a yummy recipe that i sometimes make with beans =p I found it somewhere on vegweb some years ago, but i dont remember exactly how the recipe went and i dont find it atm, so here is what i did with possibly other amounts of ingredients =p

Ingredients:
0,5 onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped
Olive oil
1 bouillon cube+water
0,75 dl rice
Basil to taste (i think i use like 1-2 tablespoons)
0,5 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
Salt and pepper to taste.

Saute the onion and garlic, add the water and bouillon cube and rice and simmer. Spice with basil and add kidney beans either while the rice is simmering or after, i dont remember what gave best result. Spice with salt and pepper and possibly add more olive oil, but i didnt have that =(

Tastes very good with tomato =p I also added some boiled potatoes in it this time since there were some in the fridge, and i served it with tomato and cucumber.

Veggie-soup

I wanted to use some vegetables to make a soup so i just mixed alot of random stuff =p Its 1 month ago so could be i remember bad xD

Veggie-soup

Celery
Carrot
Potato
Veggie bullion/stock + as much water you need
Tomato if wanted
Paprika/bell pepper if wanted
Leeks/onion/garlic if wanted (i regret i didnt use onion)
Peas/lentils/beans/pasta if wanted (i used some frozen peas i had xD)
Spinach if wanted (<3 spinach, i used frozen ones)
The spices you want ^.^ for example salt and pepper

Cut the vegetables in pieces and boil it until its tender, then if you want you can do it in a food processor (i did that now, but normally i don't do it). A lot of variation possibilities depending on what you have and like ^.^

This soup tasted like a vitamin bomb or so, probably because of the food processor  xD But was also yummy ofc =p

Refried beans

Today i had pita with refried beans for dinner =p

For the refried beans i used this recipe: Refried beans from this blog: http://veganeren.blogspot.com/ (many good recipes there! =D)

Since the recipe is on Norwegian i will translate it here. All the credits for this recipe goes to the creator, not to me =D


Refried beans
1 medium size chopped onion
2-3 chopped garlic cloves
1 box of kidneybeans in "sauce"/brine (the water they are in, don't do the water away =p)
Spices (for example cumin, pepper, chili, cayenne pepper, paprika, coriander, basil, oregano, salt, soy sauce, etc, whatever you want, this is what i used =p)

Fry the onion a bit in oil, then add the beans with sauce/brine and the spices and mix well. Let it boil for about 15 minutes until the water thingy is almost boiled away, then mash the beans a bit (not totally), and serve, for example with nachos or in pita/taco/tortilla etc, whatever you want.

Yammie! =D I will definitely make this again! =D