Vegan Lasagna

One of my personally favorite recipes :)

You may use already made lasagna layers, but basically we are going to make our own :)

Required Ingredients in general:

1. Water
2. Apple Vinegar or lemon
3. Salt
4. Vegetable oil (Mostly olive)
5. White flour
6. Onion
7. Champignon Mushrooms
8. Tomatoes
9. Sweet Red Peppers
10. Herbs
11. Garlic
12. Spices
13. Potatoes
14. Coconut Milk
15. Beer Yeast (If you hear first time about it, don't worry, it doesn't contain any amount alcohol :))



Dough requirements:
- 350 ml of warm water
- 1 Tablespoon of apple vinegar or 1/2 lemon
- 1 Teaspoon of salt
- 1-2 Tablespoon of vegetable oil
- About 1/2 kg of white flour*

*As much as it takes so the dough to be elastic and not sticking into your hands

Mix the dough well, and let it stay for 30 minutes. Cover it with a layer or with a wet towel so it won't get weathered.

Filling Requirements:
- 1 Big Onion
- 10 Medium Champignon Mushrooms
- 5 Big tomatoes
- 2 Medium Sweet red peppers
- Herbs on taste (We basically take an average amount of Coriander and Petroselinum + a small sheaf of Basil and Oregano with thyme)
- 5 Cloves of garlic
- Salt and Spices on taste (We add Hawaij and Sweet Paprika)

Filling Preparation:
Cut all the vegetables into small pieces

Saute the onions in a small amount of olive oil for a bit

Then we add mushrooms and then pepper.

Once the pepper will saute a bit, add the spices and in about 10 seconds add the tomatoes.

Then in about 5 minutes add the garlic and herbs, mix it all up for a bit and turn off the fire, then let it cool down.

Cheese Replacement:
We replace cheese with a liquid potato mash.
Boil potatoes and make a potato mash so the consistency would be the same as liquid semolina porridge's.
We add olive oil and a little bit coconut milk.
The amount of the potato mash should be about 2-2.5 litres.

In case you're using already made layers for lasagna, then you should also make the Bechamel sauce (saute 1 tablespoon of flour with olive oil and pour it while mixing to avoid making lumps. Then add 250ml of coconut milk combined 50/50 with water), if you are making the layers yourself, the sauce is unnecessary.

And finally :)
The Lasagna Preparation:
Cover the bottom of the mold with vegetables (divide the vegetables into 4 parts and add each time part by part).

Roll the dough into thin layers (We use a noodles machine and roll the dough into 5-6 thinness). We are going to have 4 layers of dough, which means we divide the dough into four pieces also.

Cover the already placed vegetables with a layer of dough. (If you are using the Bechamel sauce, grease it on), then a layer of potato mash (Which we divide into 4 pieces too), then the vegetables and right after that we add a thin layer of beer yeast (Which are optional, but they provide that specific taste of cheese and they are rich with vitamin B... And yes! the are also alcohol-free, so don't worry about it, even though it contains the word beer in it :))

Then, the second layer of dough, once again (Sauce), Potatoes, Vegetables, Yeast
Third layer of dough - (Sauce), Potatoes, left over Vegetables, Yeast
Fourth layer of dough - (Sauce), Left over Potatoes, and Yeast.

Cover the mold with aluminium foil and place it in the oven for a hour on a temperature of 180C.

Then remove the foil and let it stay for 5-10 minutes, so the top layer will brown a bit.

And finally slice it, place it on your plate, and enjoy the taste :)

Bon Appetite!

And by the way, you can also add the Almond cheese in each layer which is also a perfect addition :)

Sweet Potato Soup

Made Fast and Easy!
A lot of positive feedback (Including from myself), even from those who don't really like Sweet Potatoes :)

We are making the soup in a 5 litres pot.

Ingredients:

- 2 Litres of water

- Olive oil (For sauteing)

- 1 Big Sweet Potato (About 800g, peel it and cut it into large pieces)

- 8-9 Average potatoes (About the size of the Sweet Potato, peel and cut them into large pieces)

- 5-6 Jerusalem artichoke lubes (Half of the Sweet Potato, wash clean and cut them into large pieces.)

- 3 Average Carrots (peel and cut them into large pieces)

- 1 Big Onion (Slice and dice)

- 5 Garlic Cloves (Slice and dice)

- 1 Tablespoon of salt

- A couple branches of Basil, Oregano and Thymus

- 1 Teaspoon of Hawaij

- 1 Teaspoon of Sweet Paprika

Preparation:

- Heat up the pot

- Oil the pot and add the onion dices,
after about a minute add the large pieces of carrots
After a couple minutes, add the spices, fry it together for about 5 seconds then add the water.
Right after that add the Sweet potato, Potatoes and Jarusalem Artichokes (that were previously cut into large pieces.)

- Once it starts boiling, add salt and set the heat on average

- After 20-30 minutes, check the softness of the vegetables, if they are soft, add the garlic and herbs.

- Turn up the heat, once it's boiling, turn the heat off and let it brew for 5-10 minutes.

- After that, blend it all together and wait for 15 more minutes, and you're done :)


Enjoy :)

Vegan Pizza

Love Pizza but prefer vegan food? this will perfectly fit you!
In my opinion, this is even tastier than the Pizza with cheese. :)

Dough Ingredients:
- 1 Cup of Leaven

- 1 Kg. of Flour

- 1 Teaspoon of Salt

- 1 Tablespoon of Sugar (Honey)

- 1/3 Cup of Vegetable oil

- 350 ml of warm water

The dough that is made out of these ingredients is enough for 4 large Pizzas.

Preparation:

- Roll the dough into a layer of half centimeter thickness,
then grease it with some Matbucha or tomato paste, then sprinkle some dry Oregano (possible with fresh too, sometimes we also add Basil and/or Rosemary).

 - Grease a layer of potato mash of about 1/2 cm thickness, and then place on top the sliced into plastics tomatos, mushrooms, olives, and then sprinkle brewer's yeast on top (And also you can add some almond cottage cheese to make the Pizza even more cheesy).

- The edges can be folded.

- Bake it for 20-22 minutes on 220C.

And we're done! Good luck, and Bon apetite :)

Almond cottage cheese with dill

 opinion, this is one of the perfect rapetitements forit cheese or any other diary products :)

Ingredients:
- 1 Cup of Almonds (Soak them in water for a night)

- Juice of 1 lemon

- 1 Teaspoon of salt, Himalayan is preferred (If you're using it)

- 2-3 cloves of garlic

- A small sheaf of dill


Preparation:
Almonds can be peeled, but that's not necessary.

All the components, excluding the dill, should be blended in a blender to a homogeneous state, with addition of 1 cup of water. Then add the sliced dill, mix it and enjoy :) 

you can put it on a piece of bread, or even 

eat it as it is :)

Bon Apetite

Pancakes and blintz

This is one of my favorite recipes, I really like the final results and mostly the taste :)

Pancakes

Ingredients:

- 1 Cup of Leaven

- 350ml of warm water
  * You can also replace it with almond serum or a simple serum, but then you'll need to add 1 Teaspoon of soda without a pile, also instead of serum you can use "Kefir", Yogurt and etc.

- 1 Tablespoon of sugar (Honey)

- 1 Teaspoon of salt (Optional)

- 1-2 Tablespoon/s of vegetable oil

- Flour as much as it will take (About 2 cups)

Prepearation:

- Make a not dense (Pancake density, in other words, oatmeal density xD), let it breath for a bit, until bubbles won't start to come out (30-40 minutes)

- mix the dough once again and after 5 minutes it's ready for cooking.

- Fry the pancakes on a frying pan with vegetable oil from both sides until it reaches a golden color.

  *Flour can be replaced with semolina, and that's the result that came out of it, and it was yummy. :)

























Blintz
The dough for Blintz is prepared the same way as the dough for the pancakes, but you should add 3 Tablespoons of vegetable oil and make the dough liquid.