The Vegan Apron

The Vegan Apron
Burninatin' Your Tastebuds

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Challenge 2: The letter 'B'

Please vote for your favourite ingredient that starts with the letter 'B'! The ingredient with the most votes will star in the weekend cookup.

Voting closes every Friday, 5pm EST.

This week's list of challenge ingredients is as follows:

* Bananas
* Borlotti beans
* Basil
* Blueberries

In the interest of fairness, try and keep it to one vote per person. (This means - recruit listeners for us and voters for you!!)

You may split your vote by giving .5 to an ingredient and the rest to another. This is great for the indecisive among you - I know I am! However, you can't split to quarters or thirds. My brain will reduce to the consistency of agave nectar.

Challenge week 1, Episode 1: Eggplant and polenta stack with avocado mash


Recipe:

Ingredients

1 cup of polenta
1 cup of breadcrumbs
2 pinches of salt

4 tbspns of soy milk
2 tspns egg replacer (mixed w) 4 tspns water
1 tbspn of flour
Pinch of salt

1 large eggplant

1-2 large hass avocados
1 red onion, finely diced
1-2 tspns wasabi
1 tspn minced garlic
1 tspn chilli powder
salt and pepper to taste
1 handful chopped coriander
olive or vegetable oil for frying




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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Winner of challenge 1!

Avocados won out in the voting for challenge 1: A. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Stay tuned for our weekend cookup creation - think avo, think eggplant - think wasabi....

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Episode 0: Chili non carne and hand-made flour tortillas

Recipe:

Tortillas

1.5 cups of unbleached self raising flour (organic if poss.)
4-5 tbsp of olive oil
3 pinches of salt
1 tbsp of sugar
1/2 cup of warm water

Chili non-Carne

4 cups of kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 brown onion, diced
2 tbsp of coriander
2 tbsp of cumin
1 tbsp of chilli powder (or paprika for a milder chili)
1 tsp of sugar
3 tbsp of tomato paste
Salt to taste
Water for consistency and to avoid sticking


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Monday, May 21, 2007

Challenge week #1: A

This challenge is now closed. Thanks to all who voted! Avocados were the winner of the week. Stay tuned!

Please vote for your favourite ingredient! The ingredient with the most votes will star in the weekend cookup.

As you can see, we're going to work our way through the alphabet, with four potentials up each week.

Voting closes every Friday, 5pm EST.

This week's list of challenge ingredients (with a running tally of votes):
  • Apples: 3.5
  • Avocados: 13.5
  • Almonds: 4.5
  • Artichokes: 4.5
In the interest of fairness, try and keep it to one vote per person. Heh. (Doesn't mean you can't recruit your flatmates, though.)

EDIT: You may split your vote by giving .5 to an ingredient and the rest to another. This is great for the indecisive among you - I know I am! (However, you can't split to quarters or thirds. My brain will reduce to the consistency of agave nectar.)

The Vegan Apron: An Introduction

To all our new (potential) listeners,

What the hell is The Vegan Apron, you ask? A good question. First, let's start with who we are and go from there.

We're a cheerful, food obsessed husband and wife team from Newcastle, NSW, Australia (yes, that's right - downunda).

Both of us grew up in homes that taught a love of food and hearty cooking but it wasn't until six months ago that we made the choice to go vegan. It has been a colourful and joyful journey of innovation and discovery and now we're proud to say that we can hold our own without exploiting our animal neighbours.

We want to invite you to listen and contribute as we wend our way through a plethora of curries, chilis and hand-made goodies. Using fresh produce - including some organic veggies and herbs from our garden - and not a skerrick of animal, we'll cook nutritionally sound, budget friendly meals.

Our big feature will be our weekly challenge. This is where you, our listener, get to vote on a list of ingredients and the winner will star in the weekend cookup.

All recipes made on the show will be posted on our blog with pictures, making for a multimedia jamboree any sane person - vegan or not! - can't resist.

May the Fork be with you!