Recipe Ideas

A lot of these recipes I've taken from various sites on the 'web. I don't rely on using recipes usually, but it's good to know roughly how much of each ingredient I should be eyeballing.

So, this page is mostly a reference for myself. I'll try to include the inspiration links if applicable.

Banana Bread

Inspired by: HuffPo's "Best Banana Bread"

Makes one big loaf, a dozen muffins, or a bundt pan or two. Again, this is all eyeball measuring!

  • 2 cups AP flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • Baking powder and baking soda
  • Salt, cinnamon, whatever other spices
  • 2-5 ripe bananas. Do not over-mash!
  • Some acid to react with the baking soda. Lemon or Apple Cider Vinegar.
  • 1/2 cup of oil
  • Chocolate chips, walnuts, whatever other add-ins. Even try adding different fruit! Ex: cut back on the bananas and make apple bread
  • Turbinado sugar on top

    • Chickpea Fesenjan

    Persian Pomegranate-Walnut Stew. I think I saw this in some cookbook many years ago.

    Serve over rice with plenty of pomegranate arils.

  • 1 can of chickpeas, rinsed
  • 1 onion (powdered, if your partner doesn't like onions)
  • 8 oz. bottle of pomegranate juice with a teaspoon of Better than Bouillon paste (why simmer the juice down just to add water to make stock?)
  • Squirt of agave nectar or spoonful of sugar
  • Spices: cinnamon, black pepper, turmeric
  • A cup or two of walnuts, toasted in the oven and then blended into a meal
  • Drizzle of olive oil

    • "Everything" Cobbler

    Inspired by: Viet Vegan's Blueberry Cobbler

    Just about any fruit will do for this cobbler... Apples, mixed berries, etc. Dessert for two, served in mini cocettes.

    For the filling:

  • Measure out your fruit to fill the baking dish(es). They will shrink so fill it up.
  • Lemon juice
  • Sprinkling of sugar. Spices if desired (apple pie anyone?)
  • Cornstarch. The more cornstarch you add, the thicker.

    • For the cobbler topping:

  • 1/4 cup (vegan) butter
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup flour
  • Baking soda + baking powder
  • 1/3 cup milk of choice
  • Tablespoon of acid: lemon juice or Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Turbinado sugar on top

    • Sweet Rolls

    Inspired by many cinnamon roll recipes

    You can use this dough and smear cinnamon+butter+sugar to make cinnamon rolls, but why stop there? Pumpkin rolls, cardamom rolls, whatever filling you want!

    For the dough:

  • Buttermilk (~3Tbsp vegan butter melted into 1 Cup milk of choice)
  • Packet o' yeast
  • Squirt of agave/spoon of sugar (jumpstarts the yeast)
  • Pinch of salt
  • 3 Cups AP flour

    • Filling ideas:

  • Cinnamon rolls: butter, sugar, cinnamon
  • Pumpkin rolls: pumpkin puree, pumpkin spices, butter, sugar
  • Cardamom rolls: cardamom, butter, sugar
  • Chocolate rolls: melted chocolate chips, butter, sugar (should be spreadable)

    • Top with vegan cream cheese frosting (cream cheese + powdered sugar + vanilla extract, or whatever spices make sense)