Low Fat Vegan Cooking

When i started this website, i had a lot more time to devote to it.  My other work has been taking up more and more of my time, and i finally had to decide to give some things up.  The future will change – it always does, and who is to say which way it will go?  But for now, this is the last post of LFVC.  I hope you’ve enjoyed it.

Have a healthy and delicious life.

Raven

Hash Browns

Preparation about 15 minutes, cook about 10 minutes.

I wanted some hash browns but i didn’t want to go into the huge chain grocery store to get them, so i decided to make my own.  I read a dozen hash brown recipes.  The main thing seemed to be to have to potatoes dry. 

I grated the potatoes into a bowl and then put them in a doubled large piece of cheesecloth.  I squeezed the potatoes, waited, and squeezed again.  Then – and this might be overkill – i rolled the squeezed potatoes up in a dry terry cloth towel, and let them set a bit, to dry them out more, like you would with lettuce.

Then, a large non-stick skillet was put on the stove and i spread the potatoes out about ½ inch thick.  Everyone said not to touch them, but just let them cook.  So i turned the heat to medium and cooked them until they smelled a little browned, about 5 minutes.

I slipped the non-stick spatula under a fourth of the potatoes and turned them over – nicely brown, and about half the inner potatoes seemed cooked.  I turned over the rest, and relaxed.  They were going to come out fine. The second half took a little less time to brown, and it was cooked all the way through.

Next time, i’m going to try some onion mixed in with the potatoes.

Hash browns go with so many things – catsup, barbecue sauce, scrambled tofu, toast, veggies…

Enjoy, and save some money!

No post today, i’m afraid.  I’ve been sick.  I hope to see you in a week.

Raven

Hello Friends and Fellow Cooks:

I have reluctantly decided that i can’t keep posting twice a week anymore.  Instead of posting on Wednesdays and Saturdays, i will now attempt to post just on Saturdays.

I will alternate an everyday very low fat dish one Saturday with a special more fancy and higher fat meal. with a salad and a dessert, the next Saturday.  Hopefully i will be more able to get my posts done in time, and this will give me the time i need to get a recipe right.

Be seeing you.

Raven

Today didn’t turn out like i’d planned.  First i realized that when my husband didn’t get the groceries Thursday night, he didn’t bring home the silken tofu i needed for the moussaka i was planning to make.  But before that, i have gotten off my schedule of cooking a week before i plan to post the photo and recipe.  I was planning today to cook and write up the post.  So i didn’t know what i was going to post tomorrow.

I realized i had two photographs that i had taken for a rainy day, when i made something that i thought would be good for LFVC, without having a particular day for it scheduled yet.  So i wrote those up.  Actually, i first looked for two other recipes that i had made, but the photos seem to have gotten eaten by the computer, so i may have to make that again someday. But i have the ingredients for the moussaka, and i really want to make it.  And the cherry cookies i have been wanting to make since Valentine’s Day.

But i need to find the time to make these and write them up, since i used today’s time to write up something else.  It will all come together, but i am too tired to figure it out now.

Take care, and good cooking to you.

Raven

Mellon on the chair

I wasn’t happy with the main dish i wanted to post today.  I will make it again and post the recipe as soon as i get it right.

Hi. I had planned a raspberry crisp for my December 26th, 2009 post, but it didn’t work out. I now have a recipe that works out, and is quite tasty, and i put it with the dinner i posted on that day. Have a look. You can find it by clicking Search, December 2009, or Desserts on the right column.

New Year's Dinner

Confetti Salad

Here’s a picture of what we ate yesterday:

Confetti Salad with cabbage, broccoli, carrot, red radish, lemon, and agave
black eyed peas
carrot and celery in bouillon
mustard greens
broccoli
yams
gluten-free cornbread

I’ll post the salad and cornbread recipe as soon as i have time, probably sometime this week.
Raven

Hello Readers and Friends:

I hope you had a happy Christmas, or a day of rest for those of you not celebrating.

Today I begin a new schedule. I plan to post on Wednesdays and Saturdays for the foreseeable future, baring emergencies, the flu, migraines, and other acts of God.

On Wednesdays i will try to have something that is low fat, but not as low in calorie density as what i posted most of the first 55 days since LFVC began. These dishes may feature a starch such as corn tortillas or whole wheat or rice pasta, rather than the very low calorie density potatoes, quinoa, sweet potatoes, or brown rice that i used in most of my posts so far. Some of the recipes will have some almond or rice milk, which has a higher calorie density, although it is lower in fat and protein than the soymilk i sometimes use for more of a feast. Of course as i find more delicious dishes with the later starches, i will share them.

On Saturdays, as i have been doing on Sundays, i will post a richer, higher calorie density dish, or a fancier meal. I plan to usually include a dessert. Of course it is not wise to have so much sugar and fat every week. My purpose is that i hope, over time, to build up a library of recipes that we can use for special occasions and guests. Saturday is the day i usually have a Cooking Day, and make a fancier dinner or try a new recipe, bean soup for the week, and gluten free bread and/or pancakes for my husband. I will keep this practice in my posting, although i will actually post the meal we had last Saturday, if all goes well.

Thank you for reading Low Fat Vegan Cooking. May you live in compassion and health.
Raven Redwood

Hello, Friends.

The Red Lentil Soup concludes the posts of the regular low calorie density foods that i make mostly. I have posted all the recipes that i cook over and over. Usually i don’t make each one before i start over, some i make more frequently, and i also try new recipes, but i’ve enjoyed doing them all in a row.

For the next week, i will post a few special recipes, and then i will begin a new schedule of posting Wednesdays and Saturdays. On Wednesdays, i plan to do dishes with low fat foods, but including some food with higher calorie density than i usually use, such as whole grain corn tortillas, whole wheat or brown rice pasta, or whole grain flour. I will also post any new recipes i find that i want to cook more than once with low calorie density foods. On Saturdays, i plan to make more special occasions foods, perhaps with some nuts or avocado as well as higher sugar.

Thank you for visiting, and i hope to see you in the months ahead.
Raven