2nd vegan potluck - its still winter... (pics and recepies)

 

  
The menu

Cellery Soup made by Margit (HU)

Spouts growned by me

Winter Salad (beetroot, sour cabbage, carrot, walnut sauce)

Chili Bean Soup by Ben (USA)

Fresh Green salad with coctail tomatoes -supporting global warming (USA)

 Mushrooms in Wok 

Vegetarian Walnut sausage by Fairy Garden people (HU)

Buckwheat with veggies 

Banana muffins by Dorota (PL)

American Vegan Apple Pie by Ben

 

 and some of the recepies: 

Banana Muffins
Ingredients:
6 ripe bananas
1 cup sugar (white, brown or cane)
2 ½ cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup olive oil / oil

Cinnamon crumble
1/3 cup sugar
4 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon ginger
2 tablespoons margarine

Preparation: 15-30 mins.
1. Bananas and sugar mix in the bowl.
2. Add the flour, powder, salt, olive oil, mix.
3. Pour into a backing forms
4. Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon and margarine to create crumble, lay on top of muffins.
5. Bake 20-25 min. in 200  C.

TIPS - comments:
This amount of the ingredients should be enough for 20 muffins. For the muffins, you can add coconut or nuts and dried fruit (whatever you like :-)

Apple Pie

Ingredients:

Filling:

1 cup sugar 

1/2 cup flour

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 lemon

8 cups sliced apples (mixed)

Crust:

2 cups flour

3/4 cup vegan margarine 

dash of salt

4-6 tablespoons cold water

Crumble topping:

1/2 cup sugar

3/4 cup flour or finely ground nuts

1/2 cup Margarine

Clean and slice the apples after removing 1/2 of the skin from each.  Mix the dry filling ingredients, and toss together with apple slices. Mix in the juice from the lemon and let sit in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

For the crust, mix the flour with the salt and cut in chunks of the margarine.  Using a large fork, mix the flour together with the margarine while breaking up the margarine.  When the margarine is in small chunks evenly distributed through the flour, add in cold water tablespoon by tablespoon while mixing.  When the dough forms into a ball, stop adding water. 

Cover the dough and let it sit in the refrigerator for 2 hours. 

When the dough is ready, bring it out, knead it once, and then roll it out on a floured surface.  Heat the oven up to around 215 C. Cover the pie pan you are using with the rolled out dough, and fold in the edge around the top.  Put the filling in and place in the oven.  Bake for 30 minutes before adding crumble top.

For topping, mix the ingredients similarly to how the dough was mixed, leaving medium chunks of margarine distributed through the flour and sugar.  Sprinkle over the top of the pie, and then bake the pie for another 10-20 minutes.  The crust edges and crumble topping should be golden brown and the juice from the apples should be bubbling. 

Let cool before serving.

//Actually i liked that apple cake so much, that some day later i made my version :) The dought became a bit hard, but i guess i just overbaked it. It is a really simple and fast recepie for a light, good taste pie! //

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As Justin kindly brought his beautiful handwritten cookbook (written by her mother ;), here is an easy and tasty winter soup recepie from it: 

Granddad’s Cabbage Soup

 Ingredients:

½- ¾ head cabbage, sliced

Chopped onion

Can tomatoes

Chopped green bell pepper

Chopped celery

Some water

Salt and pepper

1 onion or vegetable cube (should be vegetarian version)

Chopped potatoes.

Cook just till cabbage is done but not soggy.