Vegan ice cream

I've been really busy lately -- mostly with work and school, but also experimenting with a new ice cream machine. Recipes are based loosely on the recipes at A Vegan Ice Cream Paradise. Mine are strictly vegan, though.



Mango, pineapple coconut on top of a whole grain waffle with pineanapple and cantaloupe.


Orange vanilla vegan ice cream (the dreamsicle) with espresso (served as affugato).

Sweet potato, rhubarb and espresso ice cream sweetened with black strap molasses.


Pomegranate and walnut ice cream (a dessert twist on an Iranian sauce combination).

Some good old maple walnut (very Canadian, sweetened with maple syrup).


Orange, strawberry, banana with cashew butter. This one turned out more like a sherbert.

Sweet potato, rhubarb and chick pea curry over quinoa with a saffron, scallion and coconut milk broth

Sweet potato, rhubarb and chick pea curry (turmeric, ginger, chili, garlic, asafetida, coconut milk, mustard, vegetable stock, liquid smoke, sea salt) over quinoa (sea salt, scallions) with a saffron, scallion and coconut milk broth (sea salt, vegetable stock).

Rhubarbecue tofu with porcini/vidalia duxelles, butternust squash and coconut mash and chipotle peanut collards in a saffron broth

Rhubarbecue tofu (rhubarb, chili, cumin, black pepper, sea salt, orange juice, agave nectar, vegan white wine, cider vinegar, garlic) with porcini/vidalia duxelles (thyme, vegan red wine, vegetable stock, evoo/flax oil).

Butternust squash and coconut mash (allspice, cardamom, nutmeg, sea salt, palm oil).

Chipotle peanut collards (garlic, vegetable stock, lemon juice, palm oil) in a light saffron broth (vegetable stock and saffron).

With a little baguette at the end, the broth didn't go to waste. Next time, I'll replace the cider vinegar and agave with molasses and white vinegar just to give the whole rhubarb a little more flavour depth.

Rhubarb, pear and hazelnut mousse

Rhubarb, pear and hazelnut mousse

2 stalks minced rhubarb
3 pears cored and minced
1/2 cup dates
1/2 cup golden raisins
1 banana
1 tablespoon hazelnut butter
1 teaspoon palm oil
Pinch of sea salt

Cook all ingredients together until roughly liquid (it will still be pulpy) and then an additional 20 minutes or so to further thicken. Allow to cool slightly and then blend ingredients until creamy and smooth. Chill for 4 hours (or longer if you can).

Sweet potato and rhubarb soup; red bean and black rice salad with spinach and orange peppers

Sweet potato and rhubarb soup.

1 medium sweet potato peeled and diced.
2 stalks of rhubarb diced.
2 cups vegetable broth.
1 tablespoon of garlic.
1 teaspoon of ginger.
1 half teaspoon of chipotle (or to taste).
Sea salt to taste.
Minced cilantro for garnish.

Rhubarb and sweet potato complement one another very well. The rhubarb works a lot like tamarind in this recipe. With some heat from the chipotle, this soup has a lot of flavour.

Red bean and black rice salad with spinach and orange peppers.

2 cups cooked red beans
2 cups cooked forbidden black rice
2 orange peppers diced.
3 cups packed spinach minced.

Dressing:
1 heaping tablespoon of white miso.
1 heaping teaspoon of hazelnut butter.
Juice from three small limes.
1 small teaspoon of ginger.
1 tablespoon of garlic.
Sea salt and black pepper to taste.
2 tablepoons of evoo/flax oil.

Pineapple and red pepper salad; roasted zucchini, artichokes and rhubarb with walnut ginger coulis; tamari, tahini spaghetti; mango raspeberry sorbet

Pineapple, red pepper and scallion salad (canola oil, sea salt) with peanut, tamari and miso dressing.

Roasted zucchini, artichokes and rhubarb with walnut ginger coulis (nutritional yeast, sea salt, apple cider vinegar, sugar, stevia, chipotle). The walnut, ginger and rhubarb were all good. The zucchini didn't have enough flavour to hold up its end. Next time, it'll probably be mushrooms instead of zucchini.

Brown rice spaghetti with tamari, tahini and ginger bechamel with sun dried tomatoes and Italian parsley (all I did was plate this one, but it was delicious!).

Mango, pineapple raspeberry sorbet.

The wine was Clos de Los Siete.