My bulk cooking wasn’t as elaborate as usual last weekend, but I have a great excuse:
I was producing the 2014 Holiday Vegan Pop-Up Market in Colorado Springs!
I met Jessica, who was the first to purchase Vegan Pressure Cooking!
And I had a blast handing out samples of my vegan rice pudding (pressure cooked, natch, p. 165 in the book!) and demonstrating my very easy Cranberry Soy Curl Salad, a fun addition to your holiday feast.
My friend Alison of Running on Vegan captured this shot. She said I was “in the zone.”
The pop-up was a huge success with well over 100 people coming through! Vegan Colorado Springs for the win!
Though Saturday was a long and tiring day, I bounced out of bed Sunday with a few bulk cooking ideas: make something simple for breakfast, lunch, or a side and something that would stretch over a couple of dinners, pre-holiday festivities. I made this Brown Rice and Farro Porridge (p. 47 Vegan Pressure Cooking)
in a Fagor pressure cooker (which, reheated with a splash of almond milk and a pinch of sage, was a great side to my lunch salad yesterday).
And I also made vegan taco meat, starring lentils and TVP, in an Instant Pot (electric multi-cooker). The taco meat made for delicious enchiladas.
We simply mixed the lentil TVP taco meat with a green enchilada sauce (thank you Lorena, of Azteca Gourmet Foods) before filling tortillas, smothering them in vegan Green Chili Sauce (that we picked up at NOOCH Vegan Market), and baking for about 20 minutes.
Last night we used it in tacos.
Dave browned the vegan taco meat in the skillet with garlic and big chunks of onion for about five minutes before transferring to taco shells and adding lots of leafy greens and strips of Field Roast Chao cheese.
This is why I love bulk cooking (and why bulk cooked recipes are part of our Real World Vegan Meal Plans) – we can take a couple of dishes, made with whole foods, and mix and match ’em with other whole foods … or with quick and easy convenience items! It’s so worth an hour or two in the kitchen on the weekend.
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This sounds fantastic!! Also, I have never heard of tomato powder before. I imagine it is very useful to keep on hand. Thanks!
Krista, I buy tomato powder in bulk! Such a great alternative to half open cans of tomato paste or sauce when I want just a little!