Vegetarian Foods Archive

I made this Rhubarb and  Strawberry Crumble with the addition of chia seeds in the oat topping a few weeks back. Since then the strawberries in the garden have come to a halt, I have to admit they have not been as productive this year as they have previous years.  Perhaps they are getting old and I need to renew the ground with new strawberry plants.  Also I have noted the wild strawberries from the neighbours garden are creeping into ours, oppressing the growth of the traditional strawberries with vigorous leafage growth.  The rhubarb plant however is doing fabulously, emerging from the earth in true style .  I have loads more rhubarb sticks to pick, but this is the first rhubarb recipe of the year. The rolled oats were a lot more larger than the ones I normally use which made this crumble a little more chewier, but still very nice to eat covered in a blanket of double cream.  You can have custard if you want, but its been a little warm for that ...

Rhubarb is a vegetable, not a lot of people know that. It was the first vegetables we harvested from the garden this year.  Sticker rock stalks have been shared with neighbours on our left and right side.  I have mad a couple of recipes with it, including this Vegan Rhubarb and Strawberry American Pie.  The strawberries also came from our garden. The recipe for the Rhubarb and Strawberry Pie comes from the awesome Post Punk Kitchen vegan chefs Isa Chandra Moscowitz and Terry Hope Romero in their publication Vegan Pie In The Sky.  It's been a long while since I made this style of pie and I must admit, I did really enjoyed making it all from scratch. Yes even the pastry, no cheating here and it was totally worth it. You know the first slice never comes out perfect, all the others did.  But did D bother to retake the picture for me, of course not - he was just interested in shovelling the pie down his throat.  I don't blame him though, it was tr...