First off, thanks for the 50 VegCookbook suggestions! I will announce our January 2013 VegCookbook soon. Last week, I tried two recipes from our December VegCookbook, Vegan Holiday Kitchen:
The Beet and Carrot Salad was soooo good I made it twice in one week. I boiled the beets a little to make them sweeter, but you can keep them raw too. My only tip is to follow the directions, and only boil them until they are just tender. I boiled them too long yesterday, and it wasn’t quite as good.
The Sweet Noodle Kugel was also very tasty. It was so sweet, it felt like a dessert, but it’s listed as a side dish in the cookbook, so I felt justified eating it for dinner (:
VegCookbook Story Swap
- Vegankind made Vegg Nog
What did you VegCook this week?
OK, I made the Hearty Lentil and Mushroom Shepherd’s Pie for Christmas Dinner and posted the pics on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46393772@N00/sets/72157632345587881/with/8310897023/
It was very tasty and pretty easy. I got to use my adorable red Le Creuset casserole too. I think using red lentils would have made the filling more attractive. Also, I find it interesting the recipe called for canned lentils. Yes, it did make it a touch more simple, but lentils are one of the easier legumes to cook (and that I have on hand), so it would have been good to have alternate instructions to incorporate fresh-cooked lentils too.
Hi Elisa!
I made this last week too. I used Westbrae’s canned black lentils, which were really quite good. Lentils are definitely easy to cook, but I was happy for the time saver. It sure makes a lot, doesn’t it?
I shared your photo on Twitter & Facebook.
I think I used Westbrae too
Yes, I was eating shepherd’s pie for three days 
I made Agave & Mustard-Glazed Green Beans; Chocolate-Orange Cake (in the shape of a Yule log); and Red Quinoa Pilaf with Kale & Corn.
Wow! You cooked up a storm, Kelley. The Chocolate-Orange yule log cake was especially beautiful. What a great idea!
Oh, and I shared your posts on Pinterest and Twitter.
That beet and carrot salad sounds great. I also made hot spiced apple cider, dilled miso-tahini dip, and a pot pie that looked messy but turned out to be delicious.
http://vegankind.blogspot.com/2012/12/pot-pie-and-dilly-dip.html
Hi Lydia!
Ooooh. That pot looks delish. I shared your post on Twitter and Pinterest.
I did not cook from this months cookbook but am looking forward to cooking in 2013
Looking forwars to cooking in 2013. Hoping to move further away from meat