Vegans Of Faith

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 10th of July 2023    If you want a very simple side dish or even dinner, this is so easy and quick! I love this dish because it is tasty and goes well with a lot of things.  You have two options: use white rice or cauliflower rice.  I hope you chose the cauliflower rice option because it is so good!

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 26th of June 2023 If you need something zingy and refreshing, this is a must.  This dish can be eaten on its own, but is usually served with veg or mock meat including tofu.  It has a sweet and powerful flavour that excites the taste buds. Easy and quick to prepare. Serves 1 Time 5- 8 minute Ingredients Couscous x 60 g Dried dates x 2 or 3 Dried apricot x 2 or 3 Sultanas x 1 tbsp Red onion x 20 g Red bell pepper x 20 g Peas x 20 g Balsamic vinegar x 1 tsp Juice of 1/2 lemon   Zest of one lemon Salt to taste Method Prepare the couscous as directed from the packet. Add the saltus and peas to the couscous. Chop the remaining dried fruit into small pieces and add to the couscous. Finely chop the remaining veg and add to the couscous.  Add the lemon juice and zest, balsamic vinegar and salt.  Mix until evenly combined.    Serve with salad or aubergine steaks.  I hope that you liked this blog and if you do try this recipe, please let me know how you got on

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date ?th of ? 2022 This is so easy. It is vegan much like a pizza, but on flat bread.  Unlike pizza, which has many variations of toppings, lahmacun has one type of topping, which is like bolognaise sauce. Although some people use the oven method, I think that makes it too much like a pizza, so I prefer to stovetop method to keep it a little more different. Notes  You can wrap it up like a burrito or cut it into slices like a pizza. For that little extra, add a couple of teaspoons of vegan red pesto to the sauce.   Makes 1 lahmacun Time 15 – 20 minutes   Ingredients  For base Strong bread flour x 80 g Water x 40 ml Salt x a pinch For sauce Tomato x 1 medium Tomato purée x 1 tbsp Garlic x 1 clove crushed Lemon juice from 1/2 a lemon Cumin powder x a pinch TVP x 20 g Chilli pepper x 1/2 For extra topping A few slices of onion A few pieces of chopped tomatoes Small amount of vegan cheese A chilli pepper Fresh herbs Method Step 1 – Make the dough for the flatb

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 12th of June 2023  Sometimes I like to watch the calories to maintain a healthy weight. With this in mind, salad seems like a good idea.  However, this is a salad with a difference.  The sweet taste of the apple combined with the spicy sriracha and bang bang sauce is something else! 

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 29th of May 2023  I was surprised at how quick and easy this dinner was to make.   Pizzaiola or Carne Pizzaiola was originally an Italian meat dish.  However, the meat has been replaced with cauliflower and the cheese swapped for vegan alternatives to make it vegan. This is a wonderful dish that is high in vitamin C.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 22 of May 2023     I loved this cake as a boy, but never got to have it much.  How things have changed!  This cake has a pineapple topping often with cherries.  I love the different textures and sweet tastes this cake has to offer. It is great warm or cold.  You can have it with cream, ice-cream, custard or just on its own.  Ingredients For the topping 5 – 6 pineapple rings, fresh is better. 50 g softened vegan butter 50 g light soft brown sugar 7 glacé cherries For the cake Wet Ingredients 2/3 cup plain vegan yogurt 1/3 cup of vegan milk 1/3 cup rapeseed oil (any vegetable oil will do)  1/3 cup of pineapple juice 1 tbsp of white vinegar 1 tsp vanilla extract Dry Ingredients: 1 and 1/2 cups of self rasing flour 3/4 cup sugar 1 and 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1/4 teaspoon salt  Method Mash the light brown sugar and vegan butter together into a paste. Spread this over the bottom and up the sides of the cake tin.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 15th of May 2023 Omelettes are one of those things I miss. However, thanks to crackD we have an easy way to make them. This Chinese omelette is sweet, different, and tasty.   Although, the crackD egg replacement struggles with this dish, it is still good and better than nothing.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 8th of May 2023 Up until now, I have never been a great fan of thin pizza bases.  However, this one is just so easy and tastes great! It needs few ingredients and no special expertise.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 1st of May 2023 Another quick and easy meal.  The original recipe used crab, which I replaced with jackfruit.  The dish has strong flavours from the lemon and tomato.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 24th of April 2023  A very easy meal with little effort in a beautiful rich dark gravy.  This is one of my favourites that I like to have with rice.  I like it because it is so easy to make and so quick, yet it has a great flavour and goes so well with most rice dishes.  I find pineapple fried rice to be a great companion to this tasty dish.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 17th of April 2023 Do you ever start to miss a take-a-way?  If you do, you are not alone.  Many vegans have expressed a desire to have more choice and take-a-way is no exception.   For this reason, I have written this blog to show you how you can make a classic take-a-way that will leave you speechless!  I will cover both doner and shish kebabs. What to use instead of meat In these examples for the no-chicken shish kebab, I have used tofu in one and Squeaky bean in the other. I cut the tofu into chunks and added it to the skewers; however, the squeaky bean meat substitute did not need much time to heat, so a heated it separately in the same roasting tray.  Squeaky bean meat substitute with red pepper and mushroom kebabs and chips. Doner Style Kebab Yes, doner style kebab meat is available in the UK!  The product is from Oumph, made from peas and is brilliant!  Oumph doner style mock meat cooks in minutes   How to make the salad  There are two parts to

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 10th of April 2023  If you are going to have a vegan doner kebab, you might as well make some chilli sauce to go with it.  You can, of course, have chilli sauce with anything that you like!  Personally, I think it goes well with most mock meats.   This spicy tomato sauce is easy to make, and I will show you the version you don't need to cook.  

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 3rd of April 2023 This is a very traditional dish with a modern twist and it is so easy to prepare.  Sausages are a much loved favourite in the UK, so obviously it is of high priority to veganise.  Since we have a huge number of vegan sausages to choose from, this is an easy task.  Fantasticality comforting and great with new potatoes or mash.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 27th of March 2023        Who is Jacob?  Why is his stew so important? The story comes from the Old Testament Book of Genesis.  Jacob and Esau were brothers, the sons of Isaac and Rebecca.  According to the story in Genesis 25, Esau is so hungry that he trades his birth right for a bowl of stew!  While the beans and lentils fill the stew with textures and nutrition, the flavours come from the seasoning and spices.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 20th of March 2023 Looking for something tasty that doesn't make you feel bloated?  I loved this dish because it was so tasty and light on my stomach.  Interestingly enough, I got this recipe from a chief in an eating disorder clinic and made a few alterations to it to reduce the calories and make it vegan.  Nonetheless, it still has a lot of flavour and packs some great nutrition. Notes Follow the link for how to make the Greek style yoghurt sauce . You can add a bit of pale cream sherry to the aubergine while it is frying. Serves 1 Time – 20 minutes Ingredients  Aubergine x 2 thick slices Rice x 1/4 cup (dried) Mixed veg 100 g Soya sauce x 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar x tbsp Yoghurt sauce x 1 serving Salt x a pinch Apparatus Medium sized frying pan with a lid.  Small saucepan. Wooden spatula. Method Start boiling the brown rice with the mixed veg in the same saucepan.  Pour the balsamic vinegar and soya sauce into the frying pan. (on oil). Turn up

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 16th of March 2023 Tomorrow is St Patrick's Day! Yay!  With this in mind, why not have an Irish stew?  You can make a big pot of it and treat your party guests to a hearty meal.  After all that celebrating, your guests are bound to be hungry, right? This is such an easy and delightful meal that is a huge winner for everyone.  In addition, you can make some soda bread to go with it.  Moreover, this is a very easy meal to veganise.  You either just leave out the meat or use tofu or a meat substitute.  

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 13th of March 2023 This is a very easy a simple sauce you can use with a surprising number of dishes. It has maximum flavour and is ready in not time 30 minutes.  Furthermore, it is very versatile and can make the base to other more complicated sauces.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 6th of March 2023  This is quick and simple.  This dish is more about flavour than nutrition, so if you are looking for something low in calories, this is not it.  The mushrooms are tender and juicy and the sauce is full of flavour from the white wine and vegan cream.

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 27th of February 2023 I use this sauce to stew mushrooms, peppers, and onions.   However, it can be used in a stir-fry or as gravy.  This is a mild sauce with a little sweetness to it.  I live the beautiful dark colour it has and the way it can be spiced up if you need. 

Written by McDonald, T.   |  Date 20th of February 2023 The Plant Chef Beet Burger was actually very good!  It didn't seem to taste much of beetroot though; nonetheless, it had a great texture and was chewable like meat.  Plant Chef is a home brand from Tesco, a supermarket in the UK.  The burger is vegan, but unfortunately is packaged in plastic.