Without my trusty Vita-wheats, I had to find something to replace them. Luckily there are a few good home-made options. Sadly they’re not quite as robust for hiking, but they can be a reasonable substitute, and better than anything else out here… Some recipes that looked like contenders: Seedy crackers from the ‘wholegraintexan’. Looks great, but… Continue reading Crackers
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Huaiyang (Chinese flaky) pastry
A fool-proof, temperature-proof, easy, vegan-isable puff pastry. From the recipe here. Well worth the read for the techniques. Below are relevant quotes from that page to save for posterity on my site: The pastry is basically made up of two separate dough, 1.The water dough (水油麵皮) 2.The other the lard or shortened dough (油酥麵皮). The basic water… Continue reading Huaiyang (Chinese flaky) pastry
Veggie pie
A vegan pie that is super easy, pretty tasty and filling. Weeknight staple. I make it in a springform cake tin because that’s what I have, but a deep pie tin with a removable base would be good too. Remember to leave enough time for the crust dough to rest (30 mins), and blind-bake (15… Continue reading Veggie pie
Turkish feast
Well, kinda Turkish style anyway. Relatively quick, nice to present, and can suit a crowd that includes vegetarian and lactose-free (sub out the meatballs and yoghurt dip as required). Serves ~ 6, main prep takes about 2 hours (+ dough resting time of 8 hours) and, alongside timing suggestions includes: Turkish pide x2 – prep… Continue reading Turkish feast
Baked samosas
Despite being baked, not fried, these are surprisingly good – and can easily be made vegan (which is what I’ve got here). Or just go ahead and make the pastry with butter, and stuff it with whatever you like. Scroll down for accompanying tamarind-tomato sauce and coconut-mint chutney. This recipe adapted from https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/baked-samosa-recipe/ Makes ~… Continue reading Baked samosas
Tres leches flan
Uncomplicated flan recipe for the pressure cooker. Essentially a low fuss Mexican version of creme caramel. We used our 8″ MSR stainless steel cookpot and lid for the flan pan, because it fits nicely within our pressure cooker. This recipe was an adaption from the one on onehappyhousewife, with fewer ingredients (as in we normally don’t… Continue reading Tres leches flan
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