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

[Rawkstah]

I bought one of those fancy spiralizers that has 6 different blades.  It is pretty awesome.  Last night I made the thinnest setting zucchini noodle and tossed them in a chickpea and red lentil sauce.  I had cooked the lentils before hand and spiralized the zucchini ahead of time, so throwing it all together after the gym only took about 15 minutes.  The sauce is just crushed garlic, tomato paste, salt, bp, rosemary, red savina powder, smoked paprika, nutritional yeast flakes, acquafaba with the chickpeas and lentils. Acquafaba is the water that the chickpeas are cooked in.  In this case i used the water in the can because the chickpeas I buy only have chickpeas, water, and sea salt as ingredients.  Really good, really filling meal.

 

[texas blues]

Looks goodern' hell.
 
I would add some asiago on top.

 

[Rawkstah]

It is an off day so just a little bean salad tonight. Red and White kidney beans, red cabbage, yellow bell pepper, grape tomatoes, green peas, scallion, parsley, with a tahini based dressing.  Pro tip, make your salad dressings spicy, it makes salad much more interesting.  I'm a big fan of smoked powders and GIP just restocked me with some smoked serrano, which is great because its not gunna melt your face and adds a nice bit of heat to the food.  
 

 
 

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

yum    

 

[Deathtosnails]

One of my all time fav salad is 4 bean(Red kidney beans, baby lima beans, chick peas and butter beans) finely diced red onion, fine dice cherry tomato, fine dice mango, lime zest and juice, fine shredded mint, fine dice fav chilli and S&P. I like the look of yours too araawrar

 

[Rawkstah]

DTS! I have missed you! 

 

[Deathtosnails]

Heya arrwar Mi sono mancati anche i nostri dolci colloqui con la rapa

 

[Rawkstah]

Tried a new "burger" yesterday.  It is a seitan-tofu combo burger by Upton's.  168 cals, 5 g fat, 9 g carbs, and 22 g protein for the macros.  it was $4 for 2 patties which is cheaper than the beyond burgers but a little more than your standard frozen veggie patties.  The flavor wasn't as burgery as it was pork-ish.  Honestly if I'd buy them again and do them up like a McRib.  Not as good as other veggie burgers out there but for the price and the macros I'll keep buying them for a quick after training meal when I didn't prepare something else. 
 

 
Here's the nutrition info from the website
Ingredients

Vital wheat gluten, eggplant, water, tofu (water, soybeans, calcium sulfate), sunflower, canola or safflower oil, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt), wheat flour, nutritional yeast, sugar, onion, sea salt, garlic, natural hickory smoke concentrate, whole wheat flour, oregano, black pepper, paprika, parsley, marjoram, apple cider vinegar.



Serving Size: 3.2 oz (91 g)

Servings Per Container: 2

Calories Per Serving: 168

Calories From Fat: 45



Total Fat: 5 g

Trans Fat: 0 g

Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g

Sodium: 365 mg

Carbohydrate: 9 g

Sugar: 1 g

Dietary Fiber: 2 g

Protein: 22 g

Cholesterol: 0 g

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Have you tried Field Roast burgers?

 

[The Hot Pepper]

On thing I noticed about veggie burgers is, I like them cooked way longer than the instructions. For beef of course that means they are tough. Bad. But for veg, it gets softer as you cook, so more tender. Good. So what I like is a good sear for a crisp surface, and I like it cooked a good amount amount of time... indirect on the grill works great to soften it up, then the sear.

 

[Rawkstah]

Have you tried Field Roast burgers?

I don't think I've seen those around here yet.  The place I grabbed these from is an exaggerated corner store.  They stock a lot of local products and Upton's in just down the way, I don't recall if they have any field roast products in there.  I think I'll have to go to a chain grocer to look for those.
 
A bar just opened up around here that serves a smash-type burger and you can sub in a smashed beyond patty... it is glorious.  
 
My guilty go to lately as been the boca spicy chik'n patties.... 
 
 
mmmm foood. 

 

[Rawkstah]

Another quick after training dinner.  Morningstar chipotle black bean burger that I found in bulk at Sam's club.  They're way bigger patties than the ones in the grocery store.  And since I'm going to get a sports nutrition certification this year Imma be tellin' ya'll about macros when i can for some of my meals.  These burgers are 190 cals, 7 g fat, 22 carbs (8 fiber, 2 sugar), and 17 g protein.  It is pretty perfect for an after workout meal with the carbs and protein in there.   I prettied up my burger with avocado, tomato, romaine, alfalfa and garlic sprouts, and a chipotle aioli on a sesame seed bun.  
 

 

[t0mato]

That certainly looks like a burger.

You're killing it with the bean salad!

 

[Rawkstah]

Black Bean Taco Salad with a homemade honey chipotle vinaigrette. The tortilla chips are actually made from beans too, they're called Beanitos.  There's cilantro lime rice at the bottom, romaine and spinach, a can of black beans cooked with onion and garlic and seasoned with GIP's smoked serrano powder among other things, sliced tomato and avocado, frontera salsa, pepitas and the dressing.  Definitely a staple meal here, have it almost once a week. It'll fill you up and you can play around with whats in it to make it a little different.  Sometimes I roast bell peppers or poblanos, or add soyrizo, or sweet potatoes. The dressing is killer too.  I use this recipe as a base, but for some reason never have red wine vinegar so I use a combo of balsamic and acv.  
 

 

[dragonsfire]

 
(Theirs a salad thread now 

 

[Rawkstah]

Vegan Broccoli "cheese" soup with some homemade bread.  The soup gets the cheese/cream from raw cashews and nutritional yeast flakes.  There is a cup of plant based milk in there (I use an almond-cashew milk that is fortified with pea protein).  I had it with powder last night but today i might put a little sauce in it instead. 
 

 

[The Hot Pepper]

Well composed pic.

 

[Crispee-FL]

I am craving some Chana Masala need to make that soon

 

[texas blues]

You had me at broccoli cheese.
 
I don't eat this kine of food.
 
But Rawk makes me want it.

 

[Rawkstah]

Tuscan white beans, lemon garlic white wine asparagus, and tabouli salad.  The Tuscan beans are where its at, super simple, garlic, a tomato, add as much spice as you want, parsley and some water. Salt and bp, and then threw the skillet in the broiler to finish off.