food The Spicy Meatless Thread... (ya I went there)

Looks awesome! Are those cukes, tomatoes, onion marinated together? Looks like a quick marinade.
 
The cukes, onion, and tomato aren't marinated, just raw. The tzaziki I made hours earlier and let sit in the fridge before hand.

The bread is actually paratha. The laffa I had from falafel night was getting too stale.
 
The no killy philly! Aka a seitan philly cheesesteak. Sooo good.

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My first time with homemade tortellini (or ravioli, never understood the difference).
That's a bit like pizza margherita, there could be flashier condiments but that's the one i like maybe most: spinach and ricotta (and i'm not a big spinach lover):
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A moruga flake each...
 
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That pic sucks and i messed with sauce, but flavors are right (butter, sage, some asiago, ricotta, grana pandano too).
Pasta part of that tortellini, of course made with egg and flour, is the winner, really another thing than store bought. Also the heat is really nice here.
 
I did see the leak Grant, but I'm still pretty content with my 30D and the 5DmkII for now, hell the camera on my S5 is pretty decent if I can stay still long enough in the low light situations for the shot.  I don't book nearly as many photo jobs these days, when my dude moved in my little studio space became more of a storage area for guitars, amps, basses, mandolins, etc, but I'm working on changing that. I do more video work these days anyway, and we use professional video cams for that, usually Sony, but I just got assigned a new Panasonic. Boring video work, I try not to do it so much, but if I work 2-3 days in a month I can pay my share of the rent.
 
 
texas blues said:
I can't get down with the satan.
 
But you make it RAWK!
 
Just lie to me when you feed it to me.
 
I'm cool and the gang with that.
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I make the seitan at home, all the store bought stuff is disgusting.  Smoked powders are always in the mix, it makes it taste a little more like something from a grill.  I usually slice it thin and then saute it in whatever seasonings fit the meal after I make it.  It is perfect for the gyros and the philly.  I'm thinking maybe and Italian beef should come next.  I think regular gyro meat is more weird than seitan... or maybe they're the same thing... the texture is about the same. 
 
Essegi said:
My first time with homemade tortellini (or ravioli, never understood the difference).
That's a bit like pizza margherita, there could be flashier condiments but that's the one i like maybe most: spinach and ricotta (and i'm not a big spinach lover):
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Spinich needs lovin too Essegi  :D
 
Looks amazing as usual!
 
Have you ever made Crespelle?....its something ive wanted to try for a while now, but i think id make a complete mess of it lol
 
Tinnie said:
 
Spinich needs lovin too Essegi  :D
 
Looks amazing as usual!
 
Have you ever made Crespelle?....its something ive wanted to try for a while now, but i think id make a complete mess of it lol
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Thanks Tinnie!
Crespelle... Never done but interesting.
My mom sometimes makes a pasticcio with omelettes instead lasagne (not an huge fan) and it's excellent.
PS: here we call lasagna also fettuccine (i believe it's more from north or just north east Italy).
 
Those look good! Closer to falafel than kofta/kefta though being veggie. I get the play on a meatball though. I wonder if they have a word for veggie ball.
 
there weren't any chickpeas in it thus no falafel. I'd call them pakora if i hadn't drenched them in sauce. I like indian kofta made with paneer. good shit
The Hot Pepper said:
Those look good! Closer to falafel than kofta/kefta though being veggie. I get the play on a meatball though. I wonder if they have a word for veggie ball.
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I hated meatloaf growing up so my mom would always make meatloaf, put a layer of cheese, a layer of taters, and a layer of cheese on top.  We called it "Meatloaf Surprise"  sometimes she'd make it in muffin tins, so we'd have dinner cupcakes... heh.  I made a vegetarian lentil version last night. 
 
Lentils, oats, oat flour, ground flaxseed, sauteed onion, garlic, red pepper, mushrooms, thyme, cumin, salt, pepper, smoked red habanero powder, smoked paprika, and some sage.
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Makin mashed taters!  mashed 'em up with garlic, cream cheese, and butter.  
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The loaf didn't give me enough room to add the goodies, so I transferred it to another pan and thinned it out after this shot
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I layered it with cheddar and the taters, and cheddar on top, when it came outta the oven it looked like this
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here's a slice
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That looks and sounds really good!!!! Love the flavors. Sage, mmmm.
 
Have you ever tried to make veggie sausage? Put some fennel seed in there, aromatic spices that are known to certain meats are great at tricking the mind. I bet you'd knock it outta the park!
 
The Hot Pepper said:
That looks and sounds really good!!!! Love the flavors. Sage, mmmm.
 
Have you ever tried to make veggie sausage? Put some fennel seed in there, aromatic spices that are known to certain meats are great at tricking the mind. I bet you'd knock it outta the park!
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Yeah I've made sausages a few times!  When I make faux Italian sausage it HAS to have fennel.  But next time I do a sausage I think I'm going to try and make faux cevapi and that will just be loads of garlic and I somehow need it to taste like lamb.  
 
the dude has requested chicken fried "steak" this weekend. We'll see if I can pull that off. 
 
Rawkstah said:
Yeah I've made sausages a few times!  When I make faux Italian sausage it HAS to have fennel.  But next time I do a sausage I think I'm going to try and make faux cevapi and that will just be loads of garlic and I somehow need it to taste like lamb.  
 
the dude has requested chicken fried "steak" this weekend. We'll see if I can pull that off. 
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Cool! Never heard of those sausages but wiki says they have ajvar and onion that should help. And maybe some msg for umami, or soy sauce.
 
CFS, that's a hard one!
 
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