Thai Larb salad (vegan)

Thai Larb Salad (vegan)

Ingredients

1 packet of Omnimeat
1 baby portobello mushroom (or a few small mushrooms), chopped up
2 stalks of spring onion
2 cloves garlic
1 red chili (sliced into small strips) - or dried chili flakes
a few stalks fresh coriander - if you use the stalks, cut them fine, otherwise, just use the leaves
vegan fish sauce (I happened to have a Vietnamese one)
sugar (brown)
cooking oil
juice of 2 small limes

Preparation:

1. Add the minced omnimeat to a frying pan / wok in a bit of cooking oil and stir fry it. Add a bit of finely chopped red chili (or dried chili flakes).
2. Add the mushrooms and stir fry for a few minutes, add spring onions, garlic, chili next, stir-fry.
3. Add the juice of 2 small limes (or 1 big one), a pinch of sugar and the vegan fish sauce (you could add some other kind of saltiness like tamari sauce as well if you don't have vegan fish sauce).
4. Add the fresh coriander (and if you have it thai basil or mint would go really well too) to the mixture and stir through.
5. Use Romain lettuce leaves and add a bit of rice in it and serve the larb mixture on top of that. Top it off with some of the chili strips and coriander for presentation.

Ingredients

prepare the ingredients

after stirfry completed

lettuce and rice prepared for serving

Chilli Sin Carne (vegan)

this is my version of chilli sin carne - I use what I have in the fridge and pantry and ingredients may vary based on that. Goes well with carrots also - so just use this as a guide and make your own! Easy and wholesome.

Ingredients

2 cans of beans (I used 1 can of kidney beans and 1 can of mixed beans including black beans and black eyed peas - but feel free to change that to what you have in your pantry)
1 can of plum tomatoes (you can also do your own fresh tomatoes and blanch them and peel them)
1 large onion (I use red onion)
1 capsicum
2 stalks of celery
1 zucchini
200g mushrooms (I used swiss brown mushrooms)
vegan "minced meat" (I used Beyond beefy crumble - but you could use other kind of meat replacer too - as long as it is firm - tofu will get messy, but tempeh would work well)
olive oil
apple cider vinegar
smoked paprika
chilli powder
cumin powder
sea salt
sundried tomato paste (optional)

Preparation

Cut all the vegetables and the mushrooms finely (up to your liking how fine).
Add oil in the frying pan/wok and fry the onion first till translucent, then add the minced "meat" followed by the mushrooms. Fry them while stirring regularly till they are brown.

Add other ingredients (onions, capsicum, celery, zucchini) and mix it all well and let it fry for a bit and then add a dash of water.

Add in the seasoning - the smoked paprika will give it that smokey flavour. Stir through and add the beans (the kidney beans in water I drain of the water first - but if you have one with seasoning or tomato base you can keep it in). Stir through, taste and add more seasoning if needed. Add the can of tomatoes and also if you have it a bit of sundried tomato paste (I happened to have it in the fridge). Add a dash of vinegar.
You can add some fresh herbs to this as well like cilantro or parsley.

Serve with rice, bread or nachos!