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A Delicious Vegan Tuna Casserole Recipe On A Budget
Published
2 years agoon
Vegan tuna casserole recipe is easy to make even for the busiest mom. I love using Fusilli in this recipe because they are tough, but you can use your favorite pasta. The key ingredients for my vegan tuna casserole recipe are tomato, tuna, and pasta. The only difference is that we are not using real tuna.
For the vegan Tuna
My key ingredient is the Heart of Palm. You can buy the processed or canned heart of palm in your local store or online. Heart of palm is the inner core (growing bud) of specific palm trees and peach palms. It is a common vegetable in vegan stores. The vegetable has a salty taste, which resembles the taste of seafood. Use it in moderation because it is high in sodium.
On the bright side, the heart of palm is very low in Cholesterol, rich in dietary fiber, and a good source of Protein. It is a good vegetable for a healthy weight loss diet. In addition, the heart of palm is rich in Vitamin C, Iron, Calcium, Folate, Zinc, and other minerals.
Ingredients
2 cans Heart of palm – diced
For the tuna marinade
- 3-tablespoon soy sauce or tamari
- 3-tablespoon Nori flakes
- 1-teaspoon minced garlic
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice (1 lemon)
- 1 1/2 cup warm water
Mix the above ingredients well and add the resulting liquid to the diced heart of palm to marinade in an airtight jar. The longer they sit, the more intense the tuna flavor. Depending on how much tuna you want in this vegan tuna casserole recipe, you might have some leftovers. Just keep the leftovers refrigerated, and you can use them in any other recipe that calls for vegan tuna.
After an hour or so, drain the tuna and preserve the marinade. You can use it as a substitute for fish sauce.
The Tomato Sauce
If you don’t like too much sauce, use just a little and save the rest to use with other pasta dishes especially chickpea pasta.
Ingredients
- 1 red onion – finely diced
- 2 cans of chopped tomatoes
- 1-tablespoon garlic paste (you can also mince 3 cloves of fresh garlic)
- 1-teaspoon balsamic vinegar (you can also substitute with brown sugar)
- 1-tablespoon oregano
- 1-teaspoon chili flakes
- 1-tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2-tablespoon capers
- Salt and pepper to taste
Sweat the onions in oil under medium to high heat. Add your spices and garlic but be careful not to burn the garlic. Add your tomatoes and balsamic vinegar. The vinegar reduces the acidity in the tomatoes and adds a sweet taste. You can add brown sugar instead, but balsamic vinegar has more health benefits. Season your sauce with salt and let it simmer under low heat for 10 minutes or until thickened.
The Casserole
As the sauce simmers, pre-boil the pasta in salty water and drain before it cooks fully. The pasta will continue cooking in the casserole. Once the sauce thickens, add the capers and the chili flakes. Stir and add the tuna (without the marinade). Add the pre-boiled pasta and mix well.
Transfer the mixture into a casserole dish. Grate vegan cheese and garnish with tomato slices and your favorite herbs. I use basil and parsley.
Broil in your oven until the cheese melts and serve while hot.
In Conclusion
Feel free to enjoy this vegan tuna casserole recipe as a single dish or use it in salads and as a pizza topping. You can also prepare the tuna and tomato sauce in advance and use them with other vegan recipes. If you get the sauce right, your vegan tuna casserole recipe will always be perfect.
Rachel is a mom of two boys, a wife, and a part-time chef. By trying and testing new parenting trends she takes her motherhood to the next level! She finds that she processes things better when she writes about them, which has unleashed her passion for sharing her thoughts on life and parenting through her articles for SOLANCHA Magazine.
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If you have ever been a victim of boring vegan snacks or flavorless dips, then its time to make a change this Christmas. Good cooking is like good music. They are all based on the foundation of proper technique. Vegan Christmas appetizers, tapas, finger foods, canapés, or whatever you might call them, prepare your pallet for the main feast.
It is a diverse category of foods; just like the occasions, we serve them for. And the beauty is that almost all types of food ingredients can be adapted as appetizers. This makes it hard to narrow down on specific foods especially for major Holidays like Christmas. In this article, I will share with you my all-time favorites, variations, and serving tips. Read on!
Baked Apples with Vegan Cheese
These are the simplest vegan Christmas appetizers to make. The best apples for this recipe are the green Granny Smith varieties, and the best cheese is the vegan cream cheese. You can also add fruits, nuts, and spices. I love the combination of star anise, cinnamon, and black peppercorns with dried apricots.
For this recipe, feel free to adjust the measurements according to the number of guests you will be serving.
Ingredients
- 8 apples
- 4 tablespoons vegan cheese
- 1 tablespoon diced dried apricots
- 1 tablespoon diced raisins
- A pinch of ground cinnamon, star anise, and black pepper
In a bowl, mix the vegan cheese, the diced fruits, and spices well.
Remove the core of your apples and a little more flesh around it. This creates holes in the apples for stuffing.
Spoon the cheese mixture in the apples and bake them at 200 degrees Celsius for 20-30 minutes or until your apples are tender.
As a tip, add a little water in your baking tray to keep the apples from drying out while baking.
Remove from the oven, garnish with some whole spices.
Serve hot!
Variation
Instead of apricots, you can use chopped pecans or dried cranberries. These are rich in anti-oxidants and other nutritional benefits.
You can also use other firm apple varieties such as Empire or Cortland.
Finally, you can add maple syrup if you have a sweet tooth but remember to balance the sweetness with a pinch of salt. This also depends on the apple variety you use. If your apple is naturally sweet, you don’t need to add more sugar.
Vegan Cheese Balls
Cheese balls are a delicious choice of vegan Christmas appetizers. You can prepare them in advance and cook them when your guests arrive. For this recipe, we shall use our favorite vegan cheese recipe.
Once you have the cheese ready, you will need the following to make the vegan Christmas appetizers.
Ingredients
- 4 potatoes
- 2 tablespoons vegan cream cheese
- ½-teaspoon ground coriander seeds
- 1-teaspoon chopped fresh coriander leaves
- ½-teaspoon dried oregano
- 1-teaspoon red chili flakes (optional)
- 1-tablespoon corn flour
- Salt and pepper to taste
Wash and boil your potatoes (skin on) until tender. Peel off the skin and mash them with a fork. Add salt, pepper, and all the above ingredients and mix well. You can use any spices of your choice.
Now scoop the potato mixture and using your hands, flatten them into small patties. Add some more vegan cheese. Fold the patties into small balls, and set aside. The idea is to have more cheese inside your balls. So once they are done, you take a bite, and the cheese at the center melts in your mouth.
Make some batter to coat them before cooking. This batter gives a crispy layer outside. And at this point, you can get more creative.
For my batter, I use:
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup water
- 2 tablespoons corn flour
Mix well to form a light batter.
Dip your vegan cheese balls and swirl around to coat well.
Roll the coated ball in breadcrumbs and set aside.
Repeat with the rest of the potato balls and roll in different coatings such as pistachio, chocolate shavings, chopped nuts, and cranberries to make several colorful vegan Christmas appetizers.
Freeze these coated balls for at least 1 hour before cooking. This ensures your cheese is firm enough to withstand the heat when cooking.
To cook, you can deep fry them in hot oil, or pan fry with just a little vegetable oil, or bake them at 250 Celsius for 15 minutes. However, deep-frying produces the best results.
Serve hot with a sweet and sour chili dip or this delicious vegan sour cream.
Baked Avocado Fries
Avocado is a key ingredient if you are on a Ketogenic diet. They are rich in monosaturated fats, vitamins, and minerals. For these fries, you need to preheat your oven to 220 degrees Celsius (425 F).
Ingredients
- 3 avocadoes – Slice them evenly (like French fries but not too thin)
For the flour mixture
- 2 tablespoons of arrowroot flour, or cassava flour, or coconut flour (you can also use all-purpose wheat flour)
- Spices – ½ teaspoon each
- Garlic powder
- Paprika
- Chili flakes
- A pinch of salt and black pepper to taste
Mix all the dry ingredients and set aside.
For the wet mixture
- 1½ tablespoon ground chia seeds (or you can use flax seeds)
- 4 tablespoons of water
- 1 lime juiced
Mix well and set aside.
For the final coating
You can use breadcrumbs, coconut flakes, cornflakes, or any similar ingredient that can create a crunchy effect.
To assemble
Dredge the avocados in the flour mixture to coat well. Dip in the wet mixture and finally in the coconut flakes or breadcrumbs. Lay the slices on a lined baking tray and spray with olive oil (optional).
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
These avocado fries need a tangy dipping sauce. The vegan sour cream works well, but you can also use our vegan ranch.
Vegan Christmas Appetizers for the kids
For the kids, this vegan snacks recipe has several treats that you can easily serve as appetizers. These include the energy balls, Tofu fingers, and of course the cashew cheese balls.
Cashew cheese balls
You can also make deep fried vegan chicken nuggets from our easy vegan chicken recipe.
So now you don’t have an excuse to serve sloppy vegan appetizers. The options are endless. You only need to be creative and think outside the box. Happy holidays!
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Delicious Vegan Christmas Cookies Done in 2 Ways
Published
4 months agoon
December 20, 2020What makes vegan Christmas cookies delicious? The list of ingredients and the procedure followed. Cookies are a versatile delicacy, especially when serving many people. You only need to make one batch of cookie dough and get creative with the shapes and cookie decoration designs.
In this article, I will share with you easy recipes for the two most common Christmas cookies: Christmas sugar cookies and gingerbread cookies.
Let’s get started!
For both recipes, you need to pre-heat your oven at 200 degrees Celsius (400 degrees F).
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
- 1½ cups vegan butter
- 1-cup white sugar (this is the best option to achieve pale sugar cookies)
- 3 tablespoons vegan cream cheese (my secret ingredient)
- 3 cups of almond flour (or any gluten-free version you have. You can also use all-purpose flour)
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds – pre-soaked for 4 hours (these act as an egg substitute)
- ½-teaspoon baking powder
- Spices
- 1-teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½-teaspoon almond extract
- A pinch of salt
Cream the sugar, butter, and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Use your fingers to know the right consistency. If you can still feel large sugar granules, continue whipping.
Add the wet ingredients and mix well.
Sift in your dry ingredients and combine to form flaky dough. Avoid over-mixing at this point.
Let the dough chill for 1 hour.
Roll the dough to 1/4″ thick. Cut out different shapes using a cookie cutter.
Transfer the cutouts on to a lined baking tray. You can also lightly spray the baking tray with coconut oil.
Bake for 10-15 minutes depending on how crunchy you love your cookies.
Let them cool completely before decorating.
Gingerbread Cookies
Ingredients
- ¼-cup coconut cream
- ¼ cup coconut sugar (you can use 2 tablespoons of maple syrup)
- 2 cups almond flour
- 2 teaspoons blackstrap molasses (optional)
- 1-teaspoon bicarbonate
- Spices
- 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- A pinch of salt
Mix all the dry ingredients.
In another bowl, mix the cream and sugar with all the wet ingredients. Combine with the dry ingredient and mix well to form soft dough. You can add a little almond milk if the dough is too dry.
Chill for 1 hour. Chilling makes the cookie dough firm hence easier to roll.
Roll the dough to 1/4″ thick. Cut out different shapes using cookie cutters.
Transfer the cutouts on to a lined baking tray. You can also lightly spray the baking tray with coconut oil.
Bake for 10-15 minutes depending on how crunchy you love your cookies.
Let them cool completely before decorating.
For the Frosting
- 1-cup coconut cream
- ½ cup sifted sugar
- 2 tablespoons almond milk (for a slightly firm-runny consistency)
- Natural food coloring (Green and red for Christmas themed vegan cookies)
Whisk the ingredients together.
Chill the frosting until you’re ready to decorate.
In Conclusion
These vegan Christmas cookies taste terrific, and they are all gluten-free and of course dairy-free. They make an excellent breakfast addition or an accompaniment for your 10 o’clock tea. My kids usually poke holes right before baking. And when the cookies are baked, they loop a string around them and hung them in the Christmas tree as decoration. As you enjoy the cookies, create memories for your family this festive season. Merry Christmas!
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5-Minute Vegan Eggnog Recipes: Tastes Better Than Traditional One
Published
4 months agoon
December 9, 2020Traditional Eggnog is high in fat because it is made with whole milk, heavy cream, and egg yolks. A significant amount of alcohol is also added. In this article, I will share with you how to make Vegan Eggnog without alcohol for the festive season. I will also include a few healthy additions and variations. This recipe serves 2.
Ingredients
- 2 cups coconut milk – you can use any thick non-dairy milk
- 2 tablespoons chia seeds – presoak them in a little water for 4 hours
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 Banana
- Spices – ½ teaspoon each
- Ground cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil (optional)
- Ice cubes – you can also use frozen bananas instead of ice cubes.
- A pinch of salt
Add all the ingredients in a blender and blend to a smooth consistency.
Serve immediately.
If you don’t plan on consuming the vegan eggnog immediately, blend everything in advance except the bananas. Once peeled, bananas start to oxidize. So right before serving, add the bananas and blend again.
Why Chia Seeds?
For this vegan eggnog recipe, I use soaked chia seeds because of their “eggy” like consistency. Eggnog is all about eggs and milk (with cream of course). Secondly, Chia seeds are the healthiest natural supplements we have. Research proves that chia seeds contain twice more calcium than milk, more omega 3 than fish, more antioxidants, and the list goes on. In fact, for those of us following the Ketogenic diet, chia seeds play a significant role in boosting your health.
If you manage to get chia seeds from a farmers market, they retail very cheap. But if you can’t, buy the commercially packed ones from online stores. You can use the seeds in any recipe but don’t cook them. Add them raw just before serving.
An Alternative Vegan Eggnog Recipe
If you have more people to serve, this recipe works better. You can prepare in advance and chill in the refrigerator. We will use homemade almond milk and homemade coconut cream. If you don’t have the time, just buy some from your favorite vegan store.
This recipe serves 4.
Ingredients
- 2-cups almond milk
- 2-cups coconut cream
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup (whatever sweetener you like
- Spices – ½ teaspoon each
- Ground cinnamon
- Nutmeg
- Vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
Add all the ingredients in a blender and blend to a smooth consistency.
Serving
To serve like a barista, grind some vegan cookies or biscuits. Coat the glass with biscuit crumble and pour in the vegan eggnog. Sprinkle some of that powder and attach a cookie on the glass. Throw in two cinnamon sticks per glass and a hint of the spices you used on the serving plate. This is very important, especially when serving strangers. The hints help them identify the drink with its ingredients.
The Bottom Line
For the best vegan eggnog, make your almond milk fresh at home. It is more creamy and frothy compared to store bought milk. It is easy to extract milk from fresh almonds, but you need to be patient as the nuts soak in water. If this is not your forte, buy high-quality milk. A mark of good quality vegan products is in the list of ingredients. The shorter the list, the better the quality!
Use any vegan eggnog leftovers to make cinnamon rolls or eggnog French toast.
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