The Vegan Month of Food is almost over! I managed to post every weekday for the first two weeks, my planned schedule kind of went out the window during the final weeks, but this is my twentieth post so at least I achieved my goal. There are still plenty of things I didn’t get to (for example, I made multiple attempts to recreate the Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans from Harry Potter but so far without success), but at least that leaves me with enough things to write about for the rest of the year.
Here’s another little market diary with the vegetables I bought earlier this month:
This is what I bought: A bunch of fresh coriander for €0.40; 2 bunches of spring onions for €1; 2 bunches of radishes for €1; 3 ears of corn for €1; 10 red, yellow, and green peppers for €1; 8 aubergines for €1; 13 apples for €1; 1 butternut squash for €1; 4 pomegranates for €1; 1 kilo of plums for €1.
And this is how we ate it: a spicy pumpkin soup with corn and spring onion; dumpling soup with radishes and plum chutney; chili with peppers and corn; quinoa salad with aubergine, tofu, and pomegranate; roasted aubergine salad with spring onion, hazelnuts, and pomegranate; romesco spread; red pepper burgers; oatmeal porridge with apples; radish leaf pesto; naan with spring onions and nigella; and probably more things that I’m forgetting right now.
I baked this thing and it really was good but I have no idea what to call it. The base is a kind of savoury cake (?) of silken tofu and polenta with radish leaf pesto and spring onions mixed in and halved radishes on top. I almost added a crust underneath just so I could call it a quiche or tart, but instead I just ignored its namelessness and ate it anyway.
I roasted the rest of the aubergines and red peppers. The aubergine went into a kind of salad with hazelnuts and spring onions (on the right) — roasted aubergine doesn’t look very appetising so I just sprinkled a lot of pomegranate on top. On the left is a veggie burger made with chickpeas and soy mince and roasted red pepper on a slice of bread with mayo and radishes (the only vegetable I had left). The burgers were pretty good but they could be better so I’m sure I’ll make them again.
That was VeganMoFo for this year! I hope everyone who participated is happy with how the month went. I’m a little behind on reading and commenting on other blogs but I hope to catch up as soon as possible. :)
Oh, and did you see this treasure hunt at the VeganMoFo HQ? I’m not in the US so I’m not entering for the prize but it’s fun to see how many items from the list you can find!
Eating with the Rabbits 
What a bounty! The savoury cake looks amazing – I’ve never made one before. Congratulations on meeting your goal for the month :)
Thank you! :)
What a beautiful market haul, the plums look especially gorgeous! Congrat’s on hitting your goal too!
Thanks Jojo! I mostly bought the plums for the Chopped! challenge but we also enjoyed them with soy yoghurt and crumbled up gingersnaps for dessert (forgot to mention that one!).
Your MoFo posts were great! Best of luck recreating the beans! :)
Thank you! Haha, I’ve almost given up on the beans but maybe I’ll give them another try. I think I just don’t have the right equipment to make real candy, but they could be fun as a Halloween treat!
Thanks for the shout out to the treasure hunt!
Looking forward to seeing the answers! :)
Hoe krijg je het voor elkaar voor zo weinig geld zulk mooie groente en fruit te kopen? Dat lukt hier echt niet :(
Je hebt er weer heerlijke dingen mee gemaakt.
Ik vond het een leuke maand :)
Dat vind ik jammer. :( Als ik ooit een teleporteermachine vind stuur ik goedkope groente jouw kant op! En fijn dat MoFo bij jou ook goed is gegaan. :)
Some really great ideas there! Spotted it too late to chip in. Shall try to catch the next MoFo. Congrats on your reaching target :)
Thanks!