An Experiment in Tempeh

As I was cleaning today I realized I had 2 unopened packages of tempeh, and they were a bit intimidating.  After checking around on theppk.com, I decided to try the hot sauce glazed tempeh from Veganomicon and the tempeh wingz from donteatoffthesidewalk.com.  Both recipes were surprisingly easy, though for the wingz sauce I used 1 tablespoon less ketchup and replaced it with more hot sauce, as well as adding a bit extra hot sauce for a little more kick.

Here are the tempeh wingz:

and the hot sauce glazed tempeh:

For the tempeh wingz recipe and other yummy vegan foods, be sure to check out http://donteatoffthesidewalk.com/?page_id=68

Tempura Veggies

When I was at the grocery store yesterday the asparagus and eggplant looked so delicious, I couldn't leave it.  However, I needed to do something to do with it.  Thus began my adventures in tempura-land.

After searching for a recipe, I settled on this one:  http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/cuisines/aroundtheworldin80dishes/japantempuravideo?currentvideo=34667202001
This makes a ton of batter, I ended up with a lot of extra and I used one bunch of asparagus and one medium sized eggplant.  I also  used peanut oil instead of vegetable oil, and that worked out fine.

For the dipping sauce I just threw together a bit of soy sauce, memi, and rice vinegar.  I think next time I will need to be sure to have some mirin on hand to make the sauce better and maybe go lighter on the soy sauce.

Pizza

Who can live without pizza?  Not me.  So I make up some pizza from VWaV every so often, and it makes me happy every time.  Just because there isn't cheese doesn't mean it doesn't taste good...