What's for dinner, baby?

Noms for one small and determined person

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Veganized: French Toast Casserole | PETA

Whip up a delicious and cruelty-free breakfast with our vegan version of Paula Deen's recipe!

Christmas breakfast! We’re not strictly vegan right now, and we were gifted a non-vegan panettone, so I used it in this recipe. We also don’t have such things as “creamer” here in Australia, so I made quite a few other substitutions...

Day 1:

- 1x 750g fruit panettone

- 8 eggs’ worth of Orgran egg replacer

- 1x 400ml can light coconut cream

- 240 ml rice milk

- 2 Tbsp white sugar

- 1 tsp vanilla extract

- generous shakes cinnamon and nutmeg

- pinch salt

Prepare per original recipe in a buttered 9x13 baking dish.

Praline topping:

IMHO the original recipe had WAY too much sugar and butter, and we don’t have corn syrup here, so...

- 2 Tbsp nuttelex

- 1/4 cup brown sugar

- 3/4 cup chopped pecans

- 1 Tbsp golden syrup

- generous shakes cinnamon and nutmeg

Prepare and bake per original recipe.

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Very veggie lentil bake

Note: In 2018 I made an Instant Pot version of this recipe! If you have

We made this to take to our potluck family Christmas lunch this year. I didn’t have any cayenne, so I substituted 1/4 tsp chilli powder, which gave it a little spice. It turned out perfectly; great recipe.

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Black Bean Loaf [Vegan] - One Green Planet

A savoury bean based take on the traditional meatloaf. This dish comes together with blacks beans, oatmeal and a medley of condiments and sp

A super easy, moist loaf! It holds together really well. Our small person devoured it. I made it with what I had in the cupboard/fridge:

1 can lentils, rinsed

1 can black beans, rinsed

1.5 cups rolled oats, pulsed briefly in the blender

1 apple, grated

1 zucchini, grated

1 red onion, chopped

1 tsp cumin

2 tsp liquid smoke (probably too much, I’d reduce it next time)

Ground pepper

3 tbsp tomato sauce (mixed through), plus extra drizzled on top

Barbecue sauce, drizzled on top

Sauté the veges then mix everything and mash it with a potato masher. Pack into a loaf tin and drizzle the sauces on top. Bake at 170C for 35 minutes.

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Lentil & vege mash

- 1 potato, diced

- 1 carrot, diced

- 1 chunk of pumpkin, diced

- 1/2 cup red lentils (rinsed)

- 1 cup water

- seasoning (1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp low sodium chicken flavoured stock, 1 tsp paprika)

Combine everything in a small pot and bring to the boil, then simmer gently for 20 minutes (there's not much water so be careful it doesn't stick to the pan). Once the veges are cooked, mash with a potato masher and serve (I usually make some gravy to serve on top).

Makes enough for 4-5 meals for Jackson, or one meal for Jackson & an adult, with a little left over.

This is a great meal for the little guy because it's sturdy enough to pick up with fingers, and packed with nutrition.

The leftovers are great on a sandwich for him.

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Nut free / daycare friendly :)

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Perfect, without the rice and only 1/2 cup peas.

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Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomato Crustless Quiches [Vegan, Gluten-Free]

These quiches have all of the cheesy, eggy flavor of the traditional tart, but are completely free of dairy and eggs!

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The flavour of these is AMAZING, but I used 300g tofu (around 11oz) and it was way too wet and didn’t quite set properly. Need to reduce the amounts of milk and arrowroot accordingly (I used arrowroot instead of potato starch).

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300g silken tofu

100ml almond or rice milk

1/4 cup nutritional yeast

2 scant tablespoons arrowroot

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon onion powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon tahini

1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard

1 cup baby spinach, chopped

1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, drained, rinsed & diced

Preheat the oven to about 180°C. Grease 8 parts of a 12-pan muffin tray with oil.

Put everything except for the spinach and sun-dried tomatoes into a food processor or good-quality blender and pulse until smooth.

Stir in the chopped spinach and sun-dried tomatoes.

Spoon the mixture into the tray and place in the center of the oven.

Bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean. Serve.

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Pick 'n' Mix Vegetable Shreddies - One Handed Cooks

Grated vegetables quickly fried to create a fast, healthy and delicious meal.

Easily veganised!

1 Tbsp flax meal

2.5 Tbsp water

2 Tbsp flour

2 cups vegetables, grated and steamed for 2-3 minutes in the microwave if required (pumpkin, potato, carrot, etc)

Combine flax meal and water and let stand for 10 minutes to form a flax egg. Mix well with flour & veges, form into patties and fry in a little oil.

Of course when I made these today I got about 2/3 of the way through cooking them and realised I'd forgotten the flour (e_e).

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Jackson's first birthday cake 😍 Made using the Vegan Vanilla Birthday Cake recipe from The Cake Merchant, with handmade sprinkles.

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Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomato Crustless Quiches [Vegan, Gluten-Free]

These quiches have all of the cheesy, eggy flavor of the traditional tart, but are completely free of dairy and eggs!

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The flavour of these is AMAZING, but I used 300g tofu (around 11oz) and it was way too wet and didn't quite set properly. Need to reduce the amounts of milk and arrowroot accordingly (I used arrowroot instead of potato starch).

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Vegan Vanilla Birthday Cake - The Cake Merchant

An easy recipe for vegan vanilla birthday cake.

Make as directed, using grape seed oil for the cake, and pure Copha for the icing (needs to be microwaved first!).

As described it makes a 9" two-layer cake, or a single 13" layer.

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Lies lies lies; the recipe as written is not enough for 2x 9" layers, I need to lrn2math.

HOWEVER quadrupling the recipe to make a 12" three-layer cake works PERFECTLY (baking times remain the same).

Also pure Copha for buttercream is a terrible, no good, very bad idea (it sets way too hard and has a gross flavour). Half Copha (room temp and then microwaved briefly), half coconut oil Nuttelex works FAR better. For the 12" three-layer cake I essentially doubled the frosting recipe as described and had some left over after filling, crumb coating, frosting AND piping — that's 500g Copha, 500g Nuttelex and 900g icing sugar, plus rice/almond milk for consistency, vanilla, salt and icing whitener.

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Vanilla Vegan Birthday Cake with 'Buttercream" Icing | The Healthy Family and Home

This is a really simple, basic vegan birthday cake recipe that can be made either chocolate or vanilla with a vegan "buttercream" icing.

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Apple Sauce:

6 medium-large sweet apples, peeled, cored and chopped 3 teaspoons lemon juice pinch of salt 1/3 cup water

Bring to the boil and simmer on a low heat for 15 minutes. Drain off excess liquid and purée.

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Ok this was a total disaster of a recipe for me (the cake was bland and super tough), too bad about the homemade applesauce.

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Wikihow (e_e) but actually works really well. The batter (with 300g tofu) actually makes enough for maybe 8 pieces of sandwich bread.

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Vanilla Vegan Birthday Cake with 'Buttercream" Icing | The Healthy Family and Home

This is a really simple, basic vegan birthday cake recipe that can be made either chocolate or vanilla with a vegan "buttercream" icing.

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Apple Sauce:

6 medium-large sweet apples, peeled, cored and chopped 3 teaspoons lemon juice pinch of salt 1/3 cup water

Bring to the boil and simmer on a low heat for 15 minutes. Drain off excess liquid and purée.

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Make as directed, plus ¼ teaspoon cinnamon, using 1/3 cup measuring cup to measure out batter for cooking.

Serve Jackson two pancakes, cut into large fingers.

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These also work well in muffin tins: line a 12 muffin tin with patty cake liners and grease well; make batter as directed and divide between each tin. Bake at around 170C for 20 minutes or until cooked. Allow to cool on a wire rack before serving (they'll still be a little gluggy inside when they're warm).

I also added two prunes, a generous sprinkle of cinnamon, a little vanilla essence and a tablespoon of peanut butter.

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Vanilla Vegan Birthday Cake with 'Buttercream" Icing | The Healthy Family and Home

This is a really simple, basic vegan birthday cake recipe that can be made either chocolate or vanilla with a vegan "buttercream" icing.

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Veggie Loaf Bites [Vegan]

These mini veggie loafs are the perfect savory, bite-sized appetizer or grab-n-go snack.