Vegan Recipes

[Catherine]

I buy the raw nuts and toast them myself. If I want I can add some salt, but just a little bit. I carry a bag of nuts with me and if I need a snack I eat a few. I throw nuts on my breakfast cereal and add toasted nuts as a garnish for soup.

The next time I make "lentil loaf" I think I will add nuts to it.

Lentil Loaf:  Process a cup of lentils/kidney beans/ chick peas...anything in the bean family. Not too fine, chunks are best.
                  Add a cup of cooked rice  (white, brown, wild or any mix you like)

                  Add tomato sauce or vegetable broth or any sauce you like, enough to hold together.        
                     (pumpkin/ squash purée would work) 


                  Heat in the oven, toaster oven or microwave

                  serve with some vegetables, cooked or raw.
   
                  Any gravy or sauce you like will do or eat it plain.

                   I plan to add nuts next time. I think they will add crunch and flavour.

This is a recipe I am doing from memory(the variations are  my own)  from a cookbook I had in the 1970s.

You can add any combination of grains(rice) and beans and have a complete protein. How you season it is up to you.
I am sure onions and garlic would add flavour, but I can't eat them so I don't add them.