Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Vegan Christmas Fruit Cake

I know fruit cake always gets a bad reputation - but I LOVE the stuff and look forward to eating it every Christmas! Why not make your own vegan fruit cake to share with friends and neighbors this holiday season? This vegan fruit cake recipe is simple and easy to prepare, and is courtesy of Ener-G Foods.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp egg replacer
  • 4 tbsp water
  • 1/4 cup vegan margarine
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 6 ounces candied fruit mix
  • 1 1/4 cup water or orange juice
  • 1 3/5 cup flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp allspice

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Briefly whip the Egg Replacer in 4 tablespoons water until fluffy.

Place vegan margarine, sugar, dried fruit, whipped Egg Replacer and 1-1/4 cup water (or orange juice) in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and allow cooling for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and allspice together. Mix in boiled mixture and transfer to a greased loaf tin or a greased 8inch diameter cake tin.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in tin.


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Saturday, September 24, 2011

An homage to my favorite fruit, the humble avocado

Obviously, I love good food, or I wouldn't be writing about it all the time, and I often sing the praises of my favorite chocolate desserts, and of course, my favorite grain (quinoa, of course), but it's been a while since I waxed poetic about my favorite fruit. So great a fruit is it, that you might not even consider it a fruit. The humble avocado. So, the next few blog posts will be dedicated to extolling the virtues of avocados, and the many culinary uses it inspires, besides just everybody's favorite, guacamole.

I thought I'd start at the beginning. Before we get started exploring the many ways to enjoy avocados, we need fresh ripe avocadoe. Here's how to choose avocadoes, how to ripen avocadoes and how to cut avocados.

Check back soon for inspiring avocado ideas!

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