Breakfast Recipes
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This summer, take advantage of those long leisurely weekend mornings by inviting a few friends over and enjoying a delicious vegetarian brunch! Lay an outside table with fresh fruit, warm breads, jams, relishes, fruit juices and your nicest platters and cutlery. Enjoy!
Breakfast quinoa
Fruit Smoothie
Homestyle Hash Browns
Southwest Scrambles
Wake-‘em-up Pancakes
Breakfast quinoa (PRONOUNCED Keen-wa)
Vegan. Gluten free. Sent in by Barbara Helm from Christchurch.
¼ portion Quinoa
¼ portion brown rice (short grain)
½ portion millet
Cover the water and boil then simmer for 10 mins
Leave covered overnight (may need to keep topping up with water as it keeps swelling).
Soak sunflower seeds/raisins overnight.
Put grape/orange juice in dish (add heaped tsp ground linseed (optional), flaxseed oil, mix with cereal, and add soy milk)
QUINOA is particularly high in calcium, magnesium and the B vitamins.
Fruit Smoothie
Vegan. Gluten free. Combine any of your favourite fruits with soymilk to make a splendid blended drink. Freezing the fruits first makes smoothies extra thick and creamy.
1 cup soymilk
1 medium banana, peeled, cut into chunks and frozen
½ cup frozen fruit (strawberries, blueberries, chopped apricots - whatever you like!)
1 tablespoon maple syrup
dash of cinnamon
• place all the ingredients in the blender and blend until smooth
• serve immediately
Homestyle Hash Browns
Vegan. Gluten free.
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons oil
2 large potatoes, grated
salt and pepper to taste
• saute the onion and the garlic in the oil until the onions are soft
• add the potatoes to the onion and garlic and cook until tender
• add salt and pepper to taste
Southwest Scrambles
Vegan. Gluten free.
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons oil
4oz mushrooms, sliced
1 green or yellow pepper, diced
1 chili pepper, seeded and diced
450 gm firm tofu, patted dry and crumbled
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon curry powder
salsa
• saute the onion and garlic in the oil until the onion is soft
• add the mushrooms, cover, and continue to saute until the mushrooms are soft
• add the peppers and cook for a few more minutes
• add the tofu, salt and curry powder and mix well
• continue to cook until the tofu is heated
• serve with salsa on top with toast on the side or with a toasted bagel
Wake-‘em-up Pancakes
Vegan. This vegan recipe is adapted from Cooking With Peta, by People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals.
2 ½ cups flour
¼ cup soya milk powder or soy flour (optional)
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups fruit juice (apple, orange etc.)
• in a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients
• when they are well combined, stir in the fruit juice
• mix briefly
• heat a nonstick pan (or a well oiled pan) over high heat until hot, then turn it down to medium high
• spoon the batter onto the pan, making 4 inch pancakes
• when the tops are bubbly, turn them over carefully and cook until the underside is golden and the middle is cooked
• serve immediately with maple syrup or other toppings