Cupcake Kitteh - vegan, gluten free, soy free: VeganMoFo2012 Day 26: Butternut Coconut Rice, Pineapple Collards, Blackened Mushies

VeganMoFo2012 Day 26: Butternut Coconut Rice, Pineapple Collards, Blackened Mushies

7:00 AM | Posted by Mandee | | Edit Post

I'm back with another amazing meal from Appetite for Reduction!

Butternut Coconut Rice

I wasn't sure about this recipe because it contains butternut pumpkin but the idea of coconut + rice was too good to pass up. The recipe is already gluten and soy free so I didn't have to make any changes.

Broiled Blackened ~~Tofu~~ Mushies

This recipe is originally for tofu but mushrooms worked really well, to make it gluten free I left out the tamari and added some extra salt.

This was delicious. The rice was creamy, coconutty, spicy and a little pumpkin-y - not too much for my taste and the mushrooms were great too, really spicy.

Jerk ~~Asparagus~~ Capsicum and Green Beans

I didn't have asparagus but I did have green beans and capsicum so I made this with those instead. It was already gluten and soy free so I didn't make any other changes.

Pineapple ~~Collards~~ Silverbeet

This is another gluten and soy free recipe and the only change I made was to use silverbeet in place of collards.

Both of these sides were full of flavour and nice and spicy. And all of these elements went really well together, yum. Like salad I posted about yesterday, this is another meal I want to make again and again.

Thanks for the suggestions yesterday, I'll be trying out some of your fave AFR recipes :)

9 comments:

Caitlin said...: the butternut coconut rice looks so creamy and delicious! and i love that you switched the tofu for mushrooms. i never think to do it in recipes where tofu is the main element. i've made the jerk asparagus before and loved it, too!; October 26, 2012 at 7:04 AM
Fanny said...: YUM! I should learn from you and sub things like mushrooms for tofu instead of just passing up on those recipe because I can't afford tofu here.; October 26, 2012 at 7:05 AM
River (Wing-It Vegan) said...: I was curious about the Butternut Coconut Rice but I needed a guinea pig to test it first, so thanks! :D

I love how you made everything work with what you had. And the blackened mushrooms instead of tofu are brilliant!; October 26, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Mel said...: Looks like another delicious plate of foods. I've been meaning to try the blackened tofu, mushies sound equally appealing so I may even give that a go! I definitely made the jerk asparagus but can't remember it that well since I've made other jerk recipes since.; October 26, 2012 at 4:59 PM
Julie Varughese said...: What a great idea for rice! Your blog title is so cute, too. Cheers for kitty-oriented blogs! >^..^<; October 27, 2012 at 1:06 AM
eatingappalachia.com said...: Blackened mushrooms sound amazing, totally stealing that idea! And with all my butternuts, I'm looking for lots of ways to use them up--going to have to get a copy of the book to try it out!; October 27, 2012 at 2:16 AM
vegan.in.brighton said...: Ooooh I love the idea of the blackened mushrooms!; October 27, 2012 at 2:35 AM
Allysia said...: Yum, like I said on the other post, I can't wait until my copy of this book comes in the mail! So much awesome!; October 27, 2012 at 7:28 AM
VeggieAmanda said...: Coconut and rice is such a wonderful combination! Blackened shrooms sounds delicious too!; October 27, 2012 at 1:47 PM