Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Mid week update...

Three days in and what do I think so far?
I'm hungry.

That's not to say there isn't plenty to eat it's more that I just don't stay full for very long.
The meals are quite delicious. My partner and I made a huge vegetable & chickpea curry that we ate for dinner over 2 days. Then last night we made vegan pizza.

Yes. There is a bite taken out of that.
And yes, it was me.
But like I said I'm so hungry all the time!
So big deal, the pizza wasn't cooked yet. But the base was fresh & warm straight out of the oven...
I don't need to justify myself. You're just the internet.
You don't even get hungry.

Getting back on track, this vegan pizza was super easy and quick to make. As are all pizzas I guess.

To make 2 small pizzas bases you need
  • 500g plain flour
  • 35g dried yeast
  • 1tp salt
  • 300ml warm water
  • 4tp olive oil
Then you know, mix that shit up. Knead it real good for 5 minutes or so.

I like my bases thin but as the dough was so springy I just couldn't get it there so due to pure impatience I had to settle with a fairly thick base.

Then you top with vegan pesto (hard to find but it exists!) or whatever sauce you want. Next step involves throwing handfuls of goodness at your pizza.
We all have different tastes but on mine I included
onion, garlic, mushroom, sundried tomato, baby spinach, capsicum,
fresh tomato, soy sausage & vegan tofutti 'cream cheese'.

The smell that this pizza created was amazing. It also tasted goooooooooooood.
But I couldn't help but wonder if some feta and a light sprinkling of parmesan would have made this better.
I think it would.

A few days in and I don't think being a vegan is something I could do long term.
Only four days to go :-)

Oh and as for cravings.
CHEESE.

4 comments:

  1. pretty sure we wanted to torture ourselves, buying a packet of tim tams just before starting vegan week. I'm starting to hear tim tam voices shauna.

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  2. Your pizza looks delicious....sometimes it's fun to try stuff like this....just think of how good a big chunk of camembert will taste at the end.
    Speaking of Tim Tams, have you tried the turkish delight ones....*drool*

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    1. ohh we haven't! We got the violet crumble ones which are pretty damn good. I have to try the turkish delight ones now! Ugh longest week ever.

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