Broccoli puree with carrots in pasta sauce

This is bit old post, but finally imported picture to pc so now i'll post =p

I wanted to make broccoli puree for some days =p Before i've made broccoli pesto with pasta a couple of times, but now i wanted to use carrots instead of pasta =p So i went into my closets and found some stuff i wanted to use xD Tasted pretty good too so here's the blog about it =p

The measures are +- what i used (i didnt measure), and i ate everything myself xD

Ingredients:
0.5 broccoli, simmered
1 dl green peas, i used frozen so let them thaw with the broccoli
0.5 onion, in slices then in half moons
1 carrot, peeled in strips
Little bit of red bell pepper in pieces
Pasta sauce (i have no idea how much xD)
Mustard to taste =p
1 tomato, in boats
Chickpeas, maybe 1 dl, i used frozen ones, but canned works too
Yoghurt, i used alpro =p maybe some tablespoons
Soy sauce, to taste
Salt
Pepper

Directions:
Simmer broccoli with some of the onion (if you want) until tender (i used like half a slice of the onion), then add peas at the end if they are frozen.
Meanwhile i simmered the remaining onion in some water, then added pasta sauce, peeled carrots, red bell pepper and the tomato. Then i added mustard to taste, and when it was almost done i added chickpeas.
Now the broccoli should be done so i pureed it in my food processor along with some yoghurt. I also added some of the water it boiled with to get a lighter consistency. Then i added soy sauce, salt and pepper and enjoyed =D

Very yummy =D

Veggie soup with pumpkin

Made a pumpkin polenta dish yesterday but forgot to take picture so i'll write about todays dinner instead =p

This dish is kinda like add everything from the closets/fridge that you want, so i'll just say what i used then you can add what you want, like and have available =D

Ingredients
1 small onion, chopped in pieces
A tablespoon ginger or so, chopped in small pieces
0.5 chili in small pieces
1 carrot, in rings
2 small potatoes in pieces
1 small red beet in pieces
1 bunch of pumpin, in pieces (i wanted more pumpkin than i used xD pumpkin rocks! =D)
Leeks (think mine was 15 cm or so) in rings
Broccoli in pieces (i used 2 florets but probably yummier with more)
Water
Veggie bullion
A handful bulgur
A handful red lentils
A tablespoon or 2 of tomato paste
Lots of spices to taste, i used fennel, ginger, paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, coriander, spaghetti spice, turmeric, mint, oregano
I also added a little bit of noodles at the end =p

Directions: Chop veggies and bring to boil with water and veggie bullion. Add bulgur, lentils, spices, tomato paste, and simmer until veggies and stuffs are ready. Add noodles and simmer until they are ready. Enjoy =p

Halloween 2013

Sorry blog for not sharing much lately. Since last i've had my hopefully last exam, and i have travelled on vacation to Belgium to my sweet bf where i had some nice 2 weeks that passed by too fast. On the other hand it's nice being back at work again (yes i actually missed work while i was on vacation xD) and also to be home with my own family =p I wish the distance was shorter though, so i could visit my bf more often.

Anyways back to the topic of halloween. I kinda love holidays and celebrations, and ofc i had to prepare some fancy food for the occation. I also managed to acquire a pumpkin but it's still just laying on the desk, waiting to be used, no carvings or anything in it xD So gotta figure out some pumpkin recipes for next week since i'll probably end up eating pumpkin every day again or so until its gone xD

So for this years halloween i wanted colored food and heres what i came up with:

Dinner:

I guess it might look like i murdered someone ? xD Was yummy atleast =D

I sadly dont have any recipe since i didnt really measure well, but i can give a short summary of what it is in case anyone else wants to try making it =p

So the green is a pesto made of green peas (mine were thawed frozen ones), broccoli (boiled), spinach (i used frozen but fresh is probably good also), soy yoghurt, veggie bullion, salt, pepper, garlic, basilicum (i didnt have fresh so used dried), pumpkin seeds, and nutritional yeast mixed in food processor or blender (could be i forgot some ingredients too).

The red is spaghetti boiled together with a small red beet that i chopped in pieces (great for food coloring!!!).

The orange is mashed sweet potato and carrots. I boiled them to they were soft along with some onion, then mashed them together with some vegan butter, coconut milk, salt, pepper, and nutmeg and possibly some other ingredients i forgot about xD


Then over to dessert:

This is a banana-blueberry marzipan cake xD

I kinda started using half of the recipe for my 17th may cake, but added some blueberries, bananas and raisins, and dropped the almonds and used a bread shape. It had to stay in oven for way longer than the other recipe and it came out quite dense when it finally wasnt dough anymore xD

For topping i used raspberry jam, bananas mixed with whipped vegan cream, and marzipan mixed with some leftover red beet water from the boiling spaghetti to get it bit more pinkish. Then i did some more jam and some candy skulls for decoration =p

In case someone wondered why i didnt decorate the whole cake it is because someone wanted to have it non-decorated. Personally i prefer with decoration =D But i guess you taste more of the cake part without decoration =p I also made a kiwi-jelly that failed (it wasnt jelly xD) but dont have a picture of it.

Then after eating my family watched the movie "White Noice" while eating some burnt popcorn (i always burn them xD). Was nice movie i think =p Not too scary xD

Hope everyone else had a nice halloween too =D

Broccoli risotto

Just gonna admit immediately, my risottoes arent made like risottos but like rice with veggies. I'm too lazy to add bit and bit with water and use special risotto rice, so i just add everything at the same time and use normal rice.

Oh well, heres the recipe inspired by the broccoli risotto at vegandad.

Ingredients:
0.5 onion
1/3 broccoli
0.75 dl rice
2.5+ dl water
1 bullion cube
0.5 ts oregano
Margarine/oil
Nutritional yeast (optional)
Salt and pepper

Chop the onion and saute it. Add the rice, then the water and bullion cube, followed by the oregano and broccoli in small pieces. Let it boil to water is gone, add more water if nessesary. When ready, taste with nutritional yeast, salt and pepper and some margarine if you wanna =p

Easy peasy

Here served with tomatoes with salt and pepper, and sauted mushrooms with salt and pepper and soy sauce.

Tomato coconut curry leftover dinner

First i just wanna mention my legs still dont wanna run, but they dont mind walking for some reason >.> I wonder why xD

So over to todays dinner =p I had like half a can of tomatoes, 1/4 green chili, 3/4 can of coconut milk and half a broccoli i didnt know how to get rid of, so i figured to just mix it all together and see what happened xD And it actually turned out very well! So if i ever end up with lots of leftover stuff again i will maybe make something like this again =p

I guess the basis of this dinner would be the canned tomatoes, coconut milk, random vegetables and spices where the spices and vegetables can be changed to whatever you feel like or have xD I wanted mine kinda curryish =p

Here is what i used but ye, use what you have or want =p
Margarine/oil
2 mushrooms
1/4 onion
0.5 - 1 cm ginger (i guess its about 1-2 teaspoons xD)
1/4 green chili
1 carrot
1/4 red bell pepper
5 cm zucchini
1/4 broccoli
1 tomato
1/2 can of tomato
1/4 can coconut milk
Spices (no spesific order xd): curry, coriander, mustard, turmeric, cumin, chili, paprika, salt, pepper

I sliced mushrooms in 0.5 cm thick slices then divided them in two on the middle. The mushrooms i had on medium heat with the margarine/oil until they were "ready". Meanwhile i finely chopped the onion, ginger and chili. When the mushrooms were "ready" i added this. It's smart to stir every now and then btw =p The carrots i chopped in 0.5 cm thick circles that i divided on the middle so they became half-moons (i was artistic today xd) then added them, then cut the bell pepper in pieces and added them, then i cutted the zucchini in 0.6 cm thick circles that i divided in 8 pieces and added (artistic ftw xD) then i chopped broccoli and added that and i assume i let it stir for a bit until i felt the vegetables was ready for tomato (some minutes or immediately, i dont remember xD) So then i added can of tomato and chopped the other tomato and added that one too. Then i added coconut milk and let it all simmer for a while. Then i added the spices after taste, and let it simmer until all vegetables were tender =p

I could probably shorten the wall of text above to: "chop and add vegetables!" but that would be boring since im in wall of text writing mood atm =p

Ah now i remember, after spicing it nicely up i figured i would serve it with quinoa, so let it simmer while i made quinoa =p Rice or other stuff would probably work just as fine, but today i felt like using quinoa =p

Here is a picture of the deliciousness =p

Now i still need to use the rest of the broccoli, onion, ginger, mushrooms, red bell pepper, 2 kg carrots, 1/2 can coconut milk and the rest of the zucchini xD but i already got plans for some of them (cuz of the cook book project) xD But maybe i make this again to get rid of the rest of the broccoli, cuz that broccoli is "hard" to get rid of and i always wanna get rid of it xD and i always wanna have a broccoli in the house aswell xD im weird xD

Broccoli-potato-carrot burgers

I've been having a lot of broccoli that i had problems getting rid of lately (actually it was 1 big broccoli xD), and since i also bought 2 kg carrots today (on top of the 1 kg i already have) and had some leftover boiled potatoes in the fridge, i decided to try to make broccoli-potato-carrot burgers =p And they turned out great! (except for that the first batch was too soft since i didnt use maizenna in them, more flour might have been able to fix it aswell)

I took inspiration from the recipe of broccoli brugers that are on veganmisjonen her blog (here is link to my blog that got link further to her blog haha).

Like always i didnt really measure good so i'll give an estimate ;)

Ingredients:
0,5 broccoli, steamed/boiled
1 medium sized boiled potato
2 carrots, grated
1 vegetable stock cube
I think 1 dl oatmeal, or maybe it was 0,5 ;p
0,5 - 1 dl flour
1 tablespoon maizenna
Salt and pepper to taste (i only used pepper since the stock cube is already pretty salty)
Some vegetable oil to bake in


Directions:
Chop the steamed/boiled broccoli and potato into pieces with a foodprocessor for example and might aswell add the vegetable stock cube here aswell so it is into pieces also (i tried to pulverize it a bit first). Then add the grated carrot (or if you have an awesome foodprocessor like mine, then grate it on top of the rest with the food processor ;D hehehe). Mix it nicely together and add the oatmeal, flour, maizenna, salt and pepper and mix it more nice together. I guess it's smartest to let it rest/cool a bit here, but i was too lazy so i just heated some vegetable oil in a pan and fried the burgers some minutes on each side until they were ready ^.^

Then munch munch time ;p (i ate it with mashed potatoes, salad and some vinaigrette made of mustard, vegetable oil, soyamilk and vinegar i think (the vinaigrette was gifted to me since i like it so much! ;D))

Now i'm empty of broccoli, might buy some more later this week though =p hehe

Broccoli burgers

I had some broccoli since it was cheap and since i wanted to make the broccoli burgers that i found on veganmisjonen her blog. This is a great way to get rid of leftover rice and broccoli (i mostly have problems with leftover broccoli that sometimes turns yellow/brown xD)

Here is the link to the recipe that i found on veganmisjonen her blog (norwegian): Broccoli burgers

For the english speaking people who follow my blog, here is a short version:

The ingredients i used was:
ca 1 small broccoli or half a big broccoli around 200-300 g, steamed (or boiled) and food-processored into small pieces (i tried in the blender first time, that didnt work too well xD)
ca 2 dl boiled rice (i think it is about 1 dl dry rice)
1 dl oatmeal
1 stock cube
Some oil
Some flour to make it stick better together

So i just mixed the ingredients, and shaped it into burgers and fried them =p

The first time i boiled extra much rice (with a stock cube in) to have next to the burgers as well, the 2nd time i used leftover rice for it.

The picture is from the first time i made them, the 2nd time i just ate them like snacks xD

The coolest part is ofc that they are green! =D

Fried potatoes with brussel sprouts and carrots

This recipe i have made myself ^.^ It's a bit different from the buljong rice with fried vegetables, but at the same time it's pretty similar ^.^ The vegetables you add can differ from what you want/have. I got empty of brussel sprouts for example, so i added broccoli instead (they got the same color =p). I think this recipe should be for around 2-3 persons, but could be im wrong.


Fried potatoes with brussel sprouts and carrots

Ingredients:
4-6 medium potatoes
0,5 onion
6-10 brussel sprouts (or broccoli =p)
(Peas)
2 carrots
Soy sauce <3

Method:
Peel the potatoes, then boil them till they are ready. Cut the potatoes in smaller pieces and put them in a frying pan with oil and fry it a bit. Add onion, brussel sprouts (i use frozen), peas if you want (i use frozen) and let it get soft/unfreeze. Peel the carrots until whole carrot is just a bunch of peels. Mix the carrot peel with the rest and fry it a bit more. Serve with soy sauce and salt and pepper if you want it =p

Looking at the picture, i see no brussel sprouts actually, only broccoli, but the brussel sprouts are there too! xD

Buljong rice with fried vegetables

Finally a recipe that i made myself and didn't "steal" from someone else their blog lol xD Was kinda kev (my bf) who made it first but i'll just say its mine (since i make it the most rofl xD)

It can be made with different vegetables btw =p Like this time i added cauliflower, but normally i use without =p


Buljong rice with fried vegetables

Rice:
Rice (normally i use 0,5 - 1 dl for each person)
Water (2* - 3* the amount of rice =p for 0,5 dl i used 1,5 dl water, but it doesn't have to be so accurate =p)
Vegetable buljong/stock =p (for making yummy rice =D)
Spinach (can be omitted =p i use frozen spinach btw for extra color of the rice, but kev doesn't like this so sometimes i skip the spinach =p xD)

Vegetables:
Potato (i normally use 1 medium one for each person)
Carrot (again i use 1 medium one for each person, or so the potato-carrot ratio seems nice xD)
Broccoli (i add so its nicely color with the potato and carrot xD i guess maybe 1/4-1/8 of a broccoli?)
Onion (i guess 0,5/person)
Garlic (1 clove/person xD i love garlic! xD)
Oil
Basil spice =p
Soy sauce

Procedure:
Boil the rice with the water, buljong/stock and the spinach if you want it greenish untill rice is ready (i guess most need 15-20 min, if water dry up before its ready then add some more water =p).
The potato should be boiled, i normally use the microwave for this: i remove the outer layer of the potato and stab it a bit with a fork, then i put it on a plate and in the microwave for like 15-30 sec on each side on medium to high temperature (i don't put it in water, so i guess boiling is a wrong term?).
Cut the vegetables in pieces (like 1 cm cubes or bit less maybe) and fry them in oil =p I normally add them like they come and not all at the same time, so first carrot, then potato/broccoli, and then onion when the rest is almost done, and then garlic last =p
When all vegetables are added, then i spice it a bit with basil =p (<3 basil!!) Then tadaaaa ready ^.^ Then i put the rice and vegetables on my plate and add some soy sauce on top, then nom nom nom ^.^

On the pics i have cauliflower too, so if you want this in as well then just add it with the broccoli =p

Twisted ancle xD and more =p

This week on wednesday i twisted my ancle during aikido training (i fell wrong xD). I think it's the 2nd time that i twist my ancle/foot (first time was at school when i was 6-10 years old or so, so i dont remember much from it xD). It was a bit painful, but not so much, so i continued the aikido training like if nothing had happened xD The day after i went to school like normal and walk/run like i normally do, and when i came home, my ancle had grown (swollen up) ALOT xD it was just like a big big "balloon" xD Still not so painful, mostly annoying =p Friday the swelling got less again and today its even better so i think it will soon be fully cured =p I think it was a pretty light twist, but i dont really have alot of experience to compare with so i dont know =p This summer i twisted my tumb when i fell on the bike, and that was worse xD then i couldnt use the thumb like normal for some days/weeks and it was more painful xD

Well, enough about twisting xD i just find it kinda fasinating to be (lightly) injured xD (says something about how little i got injured in the past xD)

This week i found something vegan in shop that i havent eaten in a looooooooong time: Bourbon cookies!!! =D They used to have them on Lidl, and i loved them! But Lidl left norway many years ago =( The bourbon cookies i found was a bit different from the Lidl ones, but they were still yummy, but now i want the Lidl ones rofl xD Maybe time to do some internet shopping? xD

These are the bourbons i bought =p about 10 kr for a package of 100g

 

 Today i made wok for lunch ^.^

Its with random vegetables: carrot, broccoli, onion, cauliflower, celery, red pepper, zucchini, and noodles =p And then i add soy sauce for more taste ^.^ Yammie! =D