Vegetarian Foods Archive

It's a a pizza kind of day.   Except this is not a pizza, its more of a tart.   I made this a few weeks back with what is a luxury fruit in our home: fresh Turkish Black Bursa Figs.   I was a little unsure when D picked these Black Bursa Figs, as we had plums falling in our garden, but he said he wanted something different fruit to eat for a change from the usual apples, bananas and oranges.  I then thought fair enough we don't eat fresh figs much, only if we go overseas to places like Turkey or Cyprus.   The figs are squat like in shape and much darker in colour, deep purple and nearly black in places. They made for a nice change, but we had way too many and they were super ripe and fragile to the touch.   I decided to make a pizza like tart.  I spread a little green basil pesto on the base, topped it with slices of figs then dotted it with some mozzarella balls (you can use a vegan alternative if you want).  Then it went into the ...

Homemade Pizza! This is not ordinary pizza, this is a purple pizza made with red cabbage pesto.   Enjoy! Purple Pizza Serves 2 - 4 Ingredients Pizza base (make your own or shop bought) 2 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium red onions, finely sliced (keep some back for the topping) 4 - 6 tablespoons Red Cabbage Pesto Steamed and sliced broccoli, set aside to cool Optional cheese or vegan alternative, grated  Method In a wide pan, heat the oil and stir int he red onion until tender, then stir in the red cabbage pesto and cook for a few minutes for it to coat to the red onion. Allow to cool. On the rolled out pizza base, spread the purple red cabbage pesto . Layer the broccoli on top Scatter over the optional: Cheese and  the remaining red onions Bake in oven for 15 - 20 minutes or until golden. Slice and serve immediately.

I made this Courgette Marrow Aubergine Spicy Ground Chorizo Pizza a few weeks back.  It is a little  reminisce of  Lahmacan . dubbed in the English speaking world as the Turkish Pizza, but of course this one is vegetarian as it is made with soya mince in place of minced meat. I really, really loved it.   The base is not traditional tomato, but spicy ground chorizo made with soy mince and all the flavours associated.  It was a little old fashion way of making vegan chorizo , but it was delicious and I will make it again .  The courgettes in this recipe were bordering on becoming marrows, hence the reason that I have named the recipe so.   The spicy ground soy mince chorizo base recipe comes from Mo Wyse and Shannon Martinez of  Smith and Daughters in Australia.  I was recommended the cookbook Smith and Daughters That Happens to Be Vegan by the Green Gourmet Giraffe. As a vegetarian I do like the cookbook, but I am a ...