No cooking today.

This morning I terribly hurt my back so not very much action for the rest of the day. Luckily there is a small organic grocery shop near my doctor so I grabbed a pretty good vegan sesame burger and a raspberry lemonade on my way home to accompany the painkillers I got. 
The burger came with hummus, tomatoes, some kind of chutney and some hearty slices of tofu. I've never had some of these burgers before as I normally go to this shop a few minutes before it's closing. I think I have to change this, as these sandwich-like burgers are so good. The combination was quite perfect.

Carrot salad for breakfast.

-2-3 carrots

-100g soy yoghurt

-1 tbsp sesame

-salt, pepper, fresh koriander

-alfalfa sprouts

Mix yoghurt with sesame and season to taste with salt and pepper. Grate the carrots and mix with the yoghurt, top with some sprouts and fresh koriander or other herbs.
I often eat a salad like this for breakfast, it's fresh and full of flavour and a nice alternative to cross your bread and spread or whatever you're used to eat for breakfast routine.

Spinach summer rolls.

-200g tofu

-200g fresh spinach (wash pretty well, remove the stems)

-light soy sauce

-ginger

- rice paper

- garlic

- sesame

This was a pretty good variation of summer rolls, which I usually fill with a lot more different things like grated carrots, glass noodles, fresh coriander, peanuts and so on. This filling is a bit more simple.

For the filling cut tofu into thin stripes and marinate in soy sauce and finely grated ginger ( I used a piece 2cm x 2cm) for about 20-30 minutes.

Drain the tofu and keep marinade. Fry the tofu stripes in oil and when they slightly get golden add some sesame seed and smashed garlic and fry for another two minutes, stirring constantly. Add the spinach and stir carefully, then add splashes of the marinade so it will fall together within a few minutes.

Set aside and let cool. Soak the rice paper sheets in cold water, but not for too long, otherwise they will crack. Prepare a filling station with a big bowl of cold water and enough space for filling and folding the sheets. Put about 10 sheets intot the water, wait a minute and begin: 

spread the sheet and put one tablespoon of filling right in the middle. Fold one side over the filling, then the other one. Then fold the bottom over the filling and roll up. The filling was enough for about twenty rolls alltogether.

Serve with soy sauce and/or other dips. I had cauliflower with some fried bread crumbs on the side. You could serve rice or something else with it, too.

Easy-peasy curry.

I was really craving for a curry but actually I was way too lazy to cook. So I forced myself to peel and cut a few poatoes and cooked them. As they were done I drained the water and added half a can of coconut milk, vegetable broth, curry powder, fenugreek, gomasio and pepper. I cooked it for another three or four minutes and that was it. No frying onions, garlic, spices, curry paste - just throwing a few things together. Totally yummy, though!

Light and luscious breakfast.

It's August. Summer! At least, this tastes like summer, even though the weather proves me wrong.

Carrot Salad

- one big grated carrot

- sesame and salt or gomasio

- 2 tsp shiro miso

- salted, roasted peanuts

- 2 tbsp lime juice

- 2 tbsp water

Mix miso with lime juice and water till you have creamy dressing. Mix carrot, peanuts and gomasio, toss with dressing.

Carrot-parsnip-ginger soup with caramelized tofu and sesame.

Onigiri.

Onigiri (japanese rice ball) with sesame, a snack I made recently. Cute food!