This is so easy to make!
Ingredients:
Soymilk
Honey
Pour however much soymilk you want into a bowl and then add enough honey to make it sweet. Put the bowl into the freezer and let the ice cream start freezing. Stir every 30 minutes or so, until thick. Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
My First Vegan Thanksgiving
At first I was pretty worried about how this year's Thanksgiving was going to go for me, since it was my first vegan Thanksgiving. It actually went really well, and I had an abundance of foods to choose from. I didn't feel deprived one bit (in fact, I felt rather special). I started preparing my food on Wednesday, and I had a fabulous time getting to cook and work in the kitchen.
My Thanksgiving Menu:
Dressing
Cranberry sauce
Mashed potatoes
Green beans
Pumpkin pie
Ice cream
I wish I had taken pictures of everything because it all looked so good! Here are some little tidbits on how I made each food.
Dressing:
First I made some vegan cornbread, which was pretty easy. I just got a recipe off some vegan website. After it cooled completely, I crumbled it up in a bowl with some wheat bread that my sister had made a few days before (we always keep our pantry well-stocked with homemade bread), and then I added some sauteed celery and onions and some spices. Finally, I added vegetable broth, stirred everything together, and cooked it for about 30 minutes. It turned out really well. It was moist in the middle and a little crispy on top, just how I like it.
Cranberry sauce: Well, I sort of cheated on this one because I just ate the stuff from a can, but it tasted awesome anyway!
Mashed potatoes: My sister and I started by boiling the potatoes until they were practically mush, and then we drained them and started blending them. Right before the milk and butter was added (for my family and the rest of our holiday guests), I scooped myself a portion of the potatoes and salted them. Later my dad sauteed some onions and celery for me to put in them to add some flavor.
Green beans: A friend who visited for Thanksgiving kindly saved out for me some green beans from her green bean casserole. They tasted wonderful and went perfectly with my mashed potatoes.
Pumpkin pie:This one was my favorite item to make. First I made a pie shell from flour, oil, soymilk, and salt, pressed it into a pie tin, and then put it in the refrigerator to set. After that I made the filling, which was basically pumpkin (from a friend's garden), soymilk, spices, and oil. I mixed it up, poured it into the pie shell, and cooked it for about 40 minutes. I did this on Wednesday night and left the pie in the refrigerator after I had finished cooking it because I figured it should let it set for a little while since I did not use any egg replacer to "glue" it together.
Ice cream: I was thinking of making my own ice cream (I'll post that recipe one of these days), but a friend called ahead of time to let me know that she was bringing some vegan sherbet for me to try. It was so good! I looked at the ingredients on the back of the carton and read that it was basically made of fruit juices. No sugar added, just fruit juices. I'm going to have to try my hand at making sherbet myself.
So my Thanksgiving turned out to be rather lovely. At the end of the day my tummy was full of tasty and (mostly) healthy food, and I even had leftovers that lasted me a few days. Luckily most everyone in my family is scared of my vegan food, so I got to keep my whole feast all to myself. I really did have a wonderful time.
My Thanksgiving Menu:
Dressing
Cranberry sauce
Mashed potatoes
Green beans
Pumpkin pie
Ice cream
I wish I had taken pictures of everything because it all looked so good! Here are some little tidbits on how I made each food.
Dressing:
First I made some vegan cornbread, which was pretty easy. I just got a recipe off some vegan website. After it cooled completely, I crumbled it up in a bowl with some wheat bread that my sister had made a few days before (we always keep our pantry well-stocked with homemade bread), and then I added some sauteed celery and onions and some spices. Finally, I added vegetable broth, stirred everything together, and cooked it for about 30 minutes. It turned out really well. It was moist in the middle and a little crispy on top, just how I like it.
Cranberry sauce: Well, I sort of cheated on this one because I just ate the stuff from a can, but it tasted awesome anyway!
Mashed potatoes: My sister and I started by boiling the potatoes until they were practically mush, and then we drained them and started blending them. Right before the milk and butter was added (for my family and the rest of our holiday guests), I scooped myself a portion of the potatoes and salted them. Later my dad sauteed some onions and celery for me to put in them to add some flavor.
Green beans: A friend who visited for Thanksgiving kindly saved out for me some green beans from her green bean casserole. They tasted wonderful and went perfectly with my mashed potatoes.
Pumpkin pie:This one was my favorite item to make. First I made a pie shell from flour, oil, soymilk, and salt, pressed it into a pie tin, and then put it in the refrigerator to set. After that I made the filling, which was basically pumpkin (from a friend's garden), soymilk, spices, and oil. I mixed it up, poured it into the pie shell, and cooked it for about 40 minutes. I did this on Wednesday night and left the pie in the refrigerator after I had finished cooking it because I figured it should let it set for a little while since I did not use any egg replacer to "glue" it together.
Ice cream: I was thinking of making my own ice cream (I'll post that recipe one of these days), but a friend called ahead of time to let me know that she was bringing some vegan sherbet for me to try. It was so good! I looked at the ingredients on the back of the carton and read that it was basically made of fruit juices. No sugar added, just fruit juices. I'm going to have to try my hand at making sherbet myself.
So my Thanksgiving turned out to be rather lovely. At the end of the day my tummy was full of tasty and (mostly) healthy food, and I even had leftovers that lasted me a few days. Luckily most everyone in my family is scared of my vegan food, so I got to keep my whole feast all to myself. I really did have a wonderful time.
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