Category: Recipes I Have Tried

My Homemade Vegan Brats

(Recipe developing, will update soon)

  • pre-cooked white beans + little bit of bean liquid (or beer)
  • little bit of miso paste
  • fresh arugula
  • pre-cooked red quinoa
  • chopped walnuts
  • chopped mushrooms
  • little bit uncooked rolled oats
  • little bbq sauce
  • chopped onions
  • garlic
  • lime juice
  • nutritional yeast
  • Italian seasoning
  • fennel seeds
  • celery flakes
  • liquid smoke
  • crushed red pepper
  • rice paper wraps

Food process ingredients together.

Roll into mini-logs.

Briefly soak one rice paper wrap in water.

Wrap one mini-log in rice paper sheet.

Repeat until all are wrapped.

Grill in non-stick pan, or on bbq, or bake in oven on baking paper until outer wrap is firm.

Serve as-is with dip, skewered on a stick, or serve in buns or on bread.

Nutrition Comparison: Traditional VS Vegan

Click here & scroll down to see a great comparison chart (w/ hyperlinked recipes) between:

* Burger King Whopper VS Portobello Burger

* Pizza Hut Personal Pizza VS Pita Pizza

* Taco Bell Quesadilla VS Vegan Quickie Quesadilla

* Dean’s French Onion dip VS Irresistible White Bean Dip

* Ghirardelli Chocolate Brownie VS Raspberry Fudgy Brownie

Veggie Lasagna

Click here for original recipe

I modified by layering onions, garlic, green and red bell pepper, broccoli, carrots, green and red cabbage, jicama, radish, celery, mushrooms, olives, baked sweet potatoes, roasted corn, silken tofu, sun-dried tomatoes, oil-free pasta sauce, grated cashews, wheat lasagna pasta and Italian seasonings.

Bake covered at 400 degrees for 45 minutes, then uncovered for additional 15 minutes.

Crispy Thin Baked Fries

Similar to baked potato wedges, but these are thin sliced. Here’s how I make them:
wash potatoes (variety of your choice)
peel
slice
place in boiling water & return to boil
begin timer for 4 minutes (boiling)
drain
season w/ salt-free seasoning
shake & bake in air-fryer (I use Amazon’s Avalon Bay convection) oven, 400 degrees until crispy
OR bake on non-stick cookie sheet in 450 degree pre-heated oven, flipping “fries” once or twice, until brown & crispy (may bake on non-stick parchment paper)

Shelley’s No-Bake Mini Protein Bites

1/3 C almonds

1/3 C pecans

1/3 C dates

2 t cocoa (or cacao) powder

1 t chia seed

4 t shredded coconut (optional)

4 t vegan chocolate chips (optional)

Blend nuts and cocoa powder, then add date. Poor into ball and mix remaining ingredients by hand. Roll into balls.

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For larger family-sized batch:

1 C almonds

1 C pecans

1 C dates

2 T cocoa (or cacao) powder

1 T chia seed

1/4 C shredded coconut (optional)

1/4 C vegan chocolate chips (optional)