SPAGHETTI "BOLOGNESE"

Actually spaghetti bolognese is a meal that i make when i´m too lazy to cook anything complicated or uses a lot of time. But a friend of mine told me about his yummie bolognese sauce he made with red wine and other yummie ingredients. So i decided to do this aswell and..... this was a good desicion!!! This was definitely the best bolognese sauce i´ve ever had!!! It need´s a lot of time but the result was great!!


Ingredients:

• 1 carrot, finely chopped
• 1/4 - 1/2 piece of celery, finely chopped
• 1 onion + 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
• 4 - 5 brown champignons, finely chopped
• 160g granulated tvp
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• about 175 - 200ml red wine
• vegetable stock
• tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf
• olive oil
• salt, pepper, paprika powder to taste
• spaghetti

1. Cook tvp according to package instruction. I cook my TVP in a strong vegetable stock, 1/2 fresh onion and a rosemary branch. Drain well!
2. Heat some oil in a pan and sauté the prepared veggies. Take it out of the pan and set aside. Now add the TVP to the pan and fry until brown. This will take some time, but it´s worth, i promise!! Season with salt, pepper and some paprika powder.
3. Add the veggies and deglaze with the red wine and let it boil briefly. 
4. Pour with the chopped tomatoes and some vegetable stock and add the bay leaf. And this is the part that needs a lot of time! Let it cook over low flame as long as possible. I think i was cooking the sauce for about 1 hour, but the longer the better!
5. Meantime pour a little broth. At the end, stir in tomato paste and season with salt and pepper!! I think i had 2-3 tbsp of tomato paste, but you can use as much as you want. It depends on how tomatoey you like it.
6. Serve with spaghetti and vegan parmesan!

SOY STEAKS TWO WAYS

At this picture there is only one sort of the both steak-recipes to see. For the other one i was to slowly to take a photo, cause we were sooooo hungry!!! I don´t have the exact amount for the marinades, cause i forgot to write them down while preparing them, but it´s not all to difficult. Just cook the tvp soy steaks according to package instruction and let them drain well. I always use salted water or vegetable stock with a big branch rosemary, a half onion and a little bit of tomato paste for cooking the steaks. For the marinade, just mix all ingredients in a bowl. Be sure that the marinade contains enough oil (yes, nothing for a diet =))and especially salt!!! It should be a little bit too salty! The other important thing is to marinade them at least 4-5 hours, better more, so that the steaks can soak up the marinade!! You can use a tupperware box or a zip bag for marinading or anything else which is airtight. Do not despair if the steaks doesn´t take suuuuuper good on the first try. It needs some exercise to know how much salt or other ingredients you have to use. It doesn´t work well with me every time! =)

Ingredients for the spicy red marinade (on the picture)

• tomato paste
• oil
• salt
• pepper
• paprika powder (noble sweet)
• onion powder
• dried oregano
• onion, chopped
• a lot of garlic =)
• soysauce
• fresh herbs (e.g. thyme, basil...)

Ingredients for the herb-mustard marinade (not on the picture)

• mustard
• salt
• pepper
• oil
• ground mustard seed
• onion, chopped
• a lot of garlic
• a lot fresh herbs ( chive, basil, parsley, thyme..)
• a little bit white wine vinegar or balsamico bianco (optional)

TIME FOR VEGAN BBQ !!!!

RECIPES WILL FOLLOW!!! =)

VEGAN SWEET HOI-SIN DUCK WITH STIR-FRIED NOODLES

Yes... this should be my last recipe with seitan or vital wheat gluten, cause my doctor diagnosed me with a gluten-allergy. This is why i have to dispense with it for a long time. Too bad, cause the taste of the duck breast filet was amazing! The recipe for the marinade is from a grillbook called "fired up". I just added some extra flavours. =) so try it out and convince yourself !!

Ingredients for the Sweet Hoi-Sin Duck:

• 3 duck breast filet from alles-vegetarisch
• 2 tbsp light soy-sauce
• 3 tbsp Hoi-Sin-Sauce
• 3 tbsp ketchup
• 3 tbsp agave syrup
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• some fresh coriander leaves
• 2 cloves of garlic, sliced

1. Wash off the filets under cold water and dab it off with a kitchen towel
2. Cruciform scarify but not too deep.
3. Mix all the other ingredients in a flat box and marinate the "fake-meat" in it.
4. Heat a pan and fry well.
5. You can eat it now, or put it in a casserole with the rest of the marinade and grill it.

Ingredients for the Stir-Fried-Noodles: (sorry again for my inaccurate amount)

• chinese egg-free noodles 
• carrots, cut into strips
• broccoli florets
• onions, cut into coarse pieces
• red pepper, cut into strips
• china coal, cut into coarse pieces
• a small piece of ginger, grated
• 2 cloves of garlic, grated
• Hoi-Sin-Sauce
• soy-Sauce
• some sugar, salt and pepper to taste
• peanut oil
• coriander leaves

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the noodles according to package intructions. Drain, rinse in cold water, drain again, and set aside.
2. In a  pan, heat about 1 tablespoon of peanut oil over medium high heat and stir fry the garlic, ginger  and the vegetables. Season with a little salt, and stir fry until the vegetables are cooked but still crisp/crunchy.This shouldn't take too long. Set aside in a bowl.
3. In the cleared pan heat 2 tablespoons of oil over medium high heat and add your noodles. Toss them around, get them well coated in the oil, and break up any clumps.  Pan fry the noodles, stirring and flipping them frequently until some of the noodles get a nice and crunchy golden brown exterior. Then season with the Hoi-Sin-Sauce, soy sauce, and sugar. Taste and see if it needs additional seasoning. add the vegetables into the skillet, toss until everything is evenly distributed into the noodles.
4. Sprinkle with some coriander leaves and serve it with the grilled duck breast filet.