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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby scullion » Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:07 pm

Hope wrote: must try TVP again. was it chunks or mince?!

sort of half way, narrow strips - i thought it was some sort of bread-y noodle until told what it was.
it was a little like dried tofu (another protein source with texture) that can be bought, in a few forms, from chinese supermarkets.

i have a young friend with eds.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Hope » Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:35 pm

I've not had dried tofu. I do eat a lot of it fresh/wet/normal. will have to see if I can find or make it. (can't go to the chinese supermarket now!)

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby DEB » Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:39 pm

Who about Quinoa?
Hummus - it can be flavoured with roast peppers
This salad might need a bit of swapping in and out but looks hopefull
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sup ... asta-salad
Falafel
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5-i ... nt-falafel
Chickpea balls clearly you would need a diffrent sauce
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/her ... mato-sauce

How are you with soup?

Hope this give you a couple of ideas.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Hope » Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:43 pm

DEB wrote:Who about Quinoa?
Hummus - it can be flavoured with roast peppers
This salad might need a bit of swapping in and out but looks hopefull
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/sup ... asta-salad
Falafel
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5-i ... nt-falafel
Chickpea balls clearly you would need a diffrent sauce
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/her ... mato-sauce

How are you with soup?

Hope this give you a couple of ideas.


I do eat quinoa. I can't eat hummus because of the tahini (sesame). The second chickpea balls (not the actual falafel - they are too painful) look good.
I like soup. But hubby doesn't, so it's lunch for me, not dinner.

thanks.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Amyw » Fri Oct 02, 2020 8:10 pm

A vegan fry up with vegan sausages , scrambled tofu , grilled mushrooms etc.

Shepherdess pie using whatever pulses/beans you like with lots of added veg topped with either sweet potato or normal potato mashed .

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/easy-falafels - falafels in GF pittas with vegan mayo and salad

Sweet potato and chickpea curry but I’d use stock instead of chopped tomatoes /coconut milk for the liquid

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/qui ... omegranate This looks nice but I’d sub some sumac for the lemon or tamarind

Baked potatoes - with vegan cheese / guacamole / chickpeas and vegan mayo / leftover curry

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Suffs » Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:31 am

I’m not keen on the flavour of tahini so I make my hummus without it. Delicious.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Hope » Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:42 am

Suffs wrote:I’m not keen on the flavour of tahini so I make my hummus without it. Delicious.

oh... does it go creamy? I tried before but I just couldn't get the texture right. How do you make it?

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Hope » Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:43 am

Amy - thanks for the ideas. I haven't made scrambled tofu yet. I keep meaning too!

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Suffs » Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:00 am

I use a Greek recipe for hummus from Mediterranean Vegetarian Cooking by Colin Spencer (pub 1986).

170 gms chickpeas
4 crushed garlic cloves
Juice and zest of a lemon
150 ml olive oil
Handful of chopped mint
Seasalt and black pepper

Soak chickpeas overnight
Boil in fresh water 2 hours/until the tip of a sharp knife will pierce them.
Drain but reserve at least 150 ml cooking water
Mix the peas in the blender with the rest of the ingredients to form a thick cream. If too thick add some of the cooking water.

That’s basically what I do but for convenience/speed I often use a tin of chickpeas. Sometimes I use parsley instead of mint ... whatever I have to hand and fancy. Sometimes I omit the lemon zest (I might have used the zest for another recipe) .... I have made it without the lemon juice if I’m without. It’s fine, just different. We like lots of garlic so four (or more) cloves are fine for us but sometimes I cut the amount right down if I think a guest won’t be keen.
I always try to use a well flavoured olive oil and that is what counts.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby DEB » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:51 pm

Hi

This is the recipe I use, I have left the chilli out
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/red-pepper-hummus

It the recipe might need a little adjusting.
Hope this helps.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby scullion » Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:01 pm

peppers are in her list as well.

i have had a really nice supermarket beetroot and mint humous, which i replicated at home, that didn't have tahini in. the mint gave a similar 'lift' that lemon juice gives.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Earthmaiden » Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:09 pm

Making anything like hummus seems hard without garlic, peppers or tahini but I make all kinds of bean dips using tinned pulses and adding what I like, including various oils and I love them. Seems there is quite a lot of room for experimentation using allowed ingredients, including cooked garlic perhaps.

I see AmyW has already mentioned sumac amongst her excellent suggestions but it occured to me last night that many people think it adds a citrusy taste (I've never been sure!) and I wondered if you could tolerate it as a spice to add to things. There is info re the plant family online.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby jeral » Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:21 pm

Black beans, tinned so precooked, are very good for stews and pie fillings if you can make g-f pastry or with rice noodles or g-f pasta.

Lovely earthy taste, or can add tinned sweetcorn for a lighter balance. I add a small spot of mushrooms, onion, parboiled carrot and spud pieces, tsp of tom paste, then saute in a deep frying pan, crushing a a bit near the end, or not if for a liquid stew. If interested, I'll look up other seasoning things I add.

Have you thought of stuffed dark cabbage or vine leaf mini parcels (dolmades)? One of my favourites in a meze. The leaves do need to be boiled to "soft enough" before stuffing and baking I've found. Can be plain during baking (drizzled with a little oil) or under a white sauce (like canelloni). Stuffing can be whatever you want, e.g. rice or breadcrumb with "veg bits" and seasonings to suit.

I find soya milk the best for non-dairy sauces using cornflour to thicken and grapeseed oil to emulsify (and it stops such things sticking to the pan). Nutmeg, ginger powder and maybe a hint of cinnamon, plus suitable herb, make a passable sauce as long as cornflour is "cooked out". White wine or pale sherry/dry vermouth (tablespoon, if you like it).

Re ginger, I can't remember if yes or no, but thought Crabbie's ginger wine was worth a mention. (Some prefer Stone's.) Being distilled, the small amount needed might be less harsh than fresh or dried, but I honestly have no idea medically.

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby herbidacious » Sat Oct 03, 2020 10:42 pm

potato and/or pumpkin gnocci with sage, black pepper and whatever fat you can have? Can you have enough to make it nice? Oat cream if that's viable? Not sure how that would come out.

obvs not T&T but

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-re ... n-gnocchi/

You can also fry gnocchi in a tiny bit of oil. You'd want something 'wet' to go with it though.

Can't remember if you can eat vegan cheese or not. Just a little of this if it's primarily a fat issue?

https://violifefoods.com/product/prosociano-wedge/

no idea what it's like...

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Re: help me find meals I can eat!

Postby Hope » Sun Oct 04, 2020 3:56 pm

thanks all for more ideas. I'll work my way through these all my I'm a bit more awake. tired day today. Lots of these ideas are making me hungry! need to experiment with bean dips/hummus more. thanks

herbi - vegan cheese is ok (it's more oil drizzled onto food that is a problem for me). although it depends on the cheese as some are downright nasty!

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