Please help me use up Ingredient X.
Posted by Heliamphora on Feb 13, 2009 · Member since Oct 2006 · 4798 posts
Ahoy folks! I thought I'd start a thread where you can ask for recipes and advice on how to use up an ingredient (e.g. a vegetable, fruit, grain, bean, etc.) of which you have lots and lots and lots; or which is new to you and you don't know where to start with it.
I'll go first. :P I have many, many tasty carrots from the farmers' market which I need to use before they go soft.
Recipes, please.
I know, I know, carrots - simple - should be a no-brainer... but I was not fond of them for a long time, simply because I'd never known anything but raw or steamed carrots with very little flavour. I like to do INTERESTING things with them. They're so adaptable! Gimme your adaptations! :D
If you make herbed vinegars. It is great with rice vinegar and then used as a vinegar/oil salad dressing.
Garlic chives. Can I use them the same way as I'd use normal chives?
I just posted about this in aimless chat, but does anyone have a favorite corn bread/muffin recipe? I have some fresh cranberries to use and figured they'd go well in something like that but I haven't made cornbread in years, so idk which to use. Thanks!
http://www.food.com/recipe/vegan-cornbread-115929
This one is so easy and really does turn out well. I like that it isn't too sweet and is plenty moist as well. It's been my go-to.
Garlic chives. Can I use them the same way as I'd use normal chives?
Probably. I've seen them used in Asian style recipes too, stir fries and whatnot.
I just posted about this in aimless chat, but does anyone have a favorite corn bread/muffin recipe? I have some fresh cranberries to use and figured they'd go well in something like that but I haven't made cornbread in years, so idk which to use. Thanks!
I really love this cornbread recipe. It won the Blue Ribbon in the Iowa State Fair.
DANA SLY’S BLUE RIBBON VEGAN CORNBREAD
http://www.kosherblog.net/2005/03/09/blue_ribbon_vegan_cornbread/
cream of wheat.
aside from adding hot water.
cream of wheat.
aside from adding hot water.
Cream of wheat = semolina. So...
Broa (Portuguese bread) http://www.sbs.com.au/food/foodsafarirecipe/index/id/20/n/Corn_bread_(broa) (scale the recipe waaayyy down. I make like 1/6 of that recipe) or semolina pudding (sometimes called semolina halva/halava/halwa, etc).
it's semolina?!
suddenly it's useful! yes!
Thanks Saskia! I ended up using the sunny corn muffin recipe from VWAV since it was for thanksgiving, but I bookmarked the Dana Sly one!
Since cream of wheat was brought up, anyone have ideas for cream of rice?
Since cream of wheat was brought up, anyone have ideas for cream of rice?
Rice-fu. Seriously. Like tofu but made from rice, so they tell me. Google it. There's a blog out there called "The Republic of Bunny" and she even has a tutorial on how to make it. She had a video on YouTube, it might still be there.
cream of wheat.
aside from adding hot water.
Cream of wheat = semolina. So...
Broa (Portuguese bread) http://www.sbs.com.au/food/foodsafarirecipe/index/id/20/n/Corn_bread_(broa) (scale the recipe waaayyy down. I make like 1/6 of that recipe) or semolina pudding (sometimes called semolina halva/halava/halwa, etc).
what if i don't have rye flour? could i sub with whole wheat or regular wheat?
Hmm, I've never tried subbing something for the rye flour, but I think whole wheat flour would work.
Btw, my favorite thing to do with broa is this: http://www.sbs.com.au/food/foodsafarirecipe/index/id/21/n/Migas (yes, I make bread just to crumble it up). I don't use as much oil, but I use way more garlic and thinly slice it so it turns into garlic chips (which I don't remove), and I skip the pine nuts because I never have any. SO. GOOD.
I got given 20 coconuts (yay for volunteering and the random thank-you's) i gave away 8.then we opened one and drank the juice, and ate quite a bit of the meat, then put the rest in the food proccesser and toasted it in the oven. I would love to do something creative with 11 remaining ones. i was thinking maccaroons or something... ideas?
This pie is awesome and calls for fresh coconut (although I've made it with dried): http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=25696.0
white cake, white frosting, cover in coconut
I got given 20 coconuts (yay for volunteering and the random thank-you's) i gave away 8.then we opened one and drank the juice, and ate quite a bit of the meat, then put the rest in the food proccesser and toasted it in the oven. I would love to do something creative with 11 remaining ones. i was thinking maccaroons or something... ideas?
can you can the juice for future use? like coconut milk? then dry the meat for the flake usage?
curry, ice cream, maybe a thai soup... i tried making the macaroon recipe on this site (well this was when i first went vegan) and it was an epic fail :/
cream of wheat.
aside from adding hot water.
Cream of wheat = semolina. So...
Broa (Portuguese bread) http://www.sbs.com.au/food/foodsafarirecipe/index/id/20/n/Corn_bread_(broa) (scale the recipe waaayyy down. I make like 1/6 of that recipe) or semolina pudding (sometimes called semolina halva/halava/halwa, etc).
I thought cream of wheat was farina. same thing?
Farina is a finer grind than semolina. Kind of like the difference between grits and corn meal.
Help! I have 2 big bunches of white celery in the house. It takes me about 10 days to use one bunch in soups etc. and in a fit of absent-mindedness I bought another one. What can I do with it? Something cooked, please, it's COLD here.
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