Vegan cottage cheese

25 September 2018 - 7:03 by Martine in Dips & Spreads
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Time: preparation 5 minutes, cooking 0 minutes, total 5 minutes
Serves: 300 grams
Vegan cottage cheese, low carb I always used to love cottage cheese and I only just found a good vegan alternative. Most vegan recipes use silken tofu, but I much prefer this version with regular firm tofu and unsweetened soy yogurt. It is has exactly the right texture and a lovely slightly savory, salty and sour flavor. It is also […]

Tasty tofu, five easy ways

3 July 2018 - 8:29 by Martine in Basics
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Homemade tofu Many older cookbooks (and even some new ones!) say tofu needs to marinade for hours or even days to flavor it. When I was just learning to cook vegan I tried that a couple times and I was always disappointed with the result. The tofu never got really flavorful, it tended to burn in the […]

Noodle salad with marinated eggplant

22 May 2018 - 12:33 by Martine in Lunch & Dinner
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Time: preparation 10 minutes, cooking 20 minutes, total 30 minutes
Serves: 2 people
Low carb noodle salad with marinated eggplant, vegan This noodle salad is a new favorite in our house! It is bursting with Asian flavors from the juicy marinated eggplant and fried tofu. It is nice and quick to make too, especially if you marinade the eggplant in advance. Perfect for busy weeknights. I love this new way to prepare eggplant. It is very […]

Rutabaga mash-pot with greens, mushrooms and tempeh

18 May 2018 - 8:22 by Martine in Lunch & Dinner
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Time: preparation 10 minutes, cooking 20 minutes, total 30 minutes
Serves: 2-3 people
Dutch mash-pot /stamppot, low carb vegan Dutch mash-pot (stamppot) is a traditional dish made from mashed potatoes and vegetables. It is similar to Irish colcannon. Many Dutch people still eat this at least once a week, especially in winter. It is like ultimate comfort food and it used to be one of my favorite meals when I was a child. It […]

Cheezy vegan broccoli soup

1 April 2018 - 10:14 by Martine in Lunch & Dinner
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Vegan cheese soup, low carb This vegan soup so really creamy, tasty and delicious, I just had to share it with you. The recipe was inspired by the Cheddary Broccoli Soup from Isa Does It by Isa Chandra Moskowitz. I am a huge Isa fan and this book is one of my favorites. She does nog have lot of low […]

Vegan protein pancakes, low carb

13 February 2018 - 21:56 by Martine in Breakfast
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Time: preparation 5 minutes, cooking 10 minutes, total 15 minutes
Serves: five pancakes for one person
Vegan protein pancakes, low carb I have long lamented the lack of a good low carb vegan pancake recipe. Thankfully my fellow Dutchy and low carb genius Alynda solved the problem, by tweaking my waffle recipe into pancakes. It never quite worked out when I tried to do that, so I’m really quite indebted to her. She shared this wonderful […]

Turkish ‘pizza’, the low carb vegan way

14 August 2017 - 13:24 by Martine in Lunch & Dinner
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Turkish pizza, low carb vegan Dutch food culture has received some lovely influence from Turkish immigrants and their descendants. This has resulted in many variations on traditional foods, such a lahmacun, also known as Turkish pizza. It’s basically a pan fried flatbread with tomato meat sauce baked onto it. The flat bread is stuffed with salad and rolled up. In […]

Miso soup with tofu

11 July 2017 - 9:11 by Martine in Lunch & Dinner
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Time: preparation 10 minutes, cooking 10 minutes, total 20 minutes
Serves: 2 people
Miso soup, low carb vegan David and I have been watching some documentaries about Japan (check Japanology on Youtube), and we like trying some Japanese food while we’re at it. This time it was miso soup, a big bowlful of Japanese comfort food that is super quick to make. The miso (fermented soy paste) makes for a lovely creamy broth […]

Five ingredient nutty fudge

3 July 2017 - 9:05 by Martine in Dessert
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Time: preparation 10 minutes, cooking 0 minutes, total 10 minutes
Serves: 30 pieces
Nutty fudge, low carb vegan Getting enough fat on a low carb vegan diet can be a bit of a challenge since many vegan protein sources such as tofu, tempeh and seitan are relatively lean. These healthy fat bombs are a delicious way to make up for that. Go easy on them if you are looking to loose weight, but […]

Snack style meals – back on the bandwagon!

26 June 2017 - 10:09 by Martine in Lunch & Dinner, Snacks
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Time: preparation 10 minutes, cooking 0 minutes, total 10 minutes
Serves: 1 lunch
Snack style lunch, low carb vegan Wow, it’s been a while. My previous post was in February, I can’t believe it’s been that long! We had a family vacation in the US, I finished my PhD (yay!) and we fell off the low carb bandwagon big time. Now all that excitement is behind us, it’s time to get back to it. […]