I was making a nutmeat mixture to stuff in acorn squash for dinner and accidentally made a vegan tuna-type salad mix.
I used vege juice pulp (celery, cucumber, parsley, kale, bell pepper, tomato and lemon). I put that in the food processor with walnuts, oats, a 1/4 tsp of salt, 1/4 tsp sage, four black figs, one sm yellow onion, one lrg clove of garlic and some almond milk to get it mixed and chopped them with the S blade until very fine.
When I tasted it, I thought, wow! This kinda tastes like tuna salad and would be very good raw as a sandwich filling.
For lunch I smeared it on some of the bread that I made with pulp, layered some seed cheese on top and popped it in the toaster oven. Holy Nutmeat, Batman! I just had a tuna melt!
The cats wouldn't eat it :)
I then cut an acorn squash in half and removed the seeds. I rubbed about a TBS of evoo on the inside of the squash and put about a TBS of seed cheese in the hole. I put a layer of the "tuna salad" in the bottom of the pan, set the two squash halves on top of that, filled the squash and covered the top. I wish I would have gotten a photo. Sorry :(
I baked the whole thing at 350F for two hours, then took the lid off and let it brown. I served it with a huge salad, red lettuce, avocado, carrot sticks, tomato, cucumber, sunflower seeds, and flax crackers on the side. mmmmmm.....
looooks goooooood. i did love my tuna back in the day haha.
ReplyDeleteOne of the animal products that I crave:
ReplyDeleteFish.
Thank goodness for fishy tasting sea vegetables!
You are so creative with your recipes! This not only looks delicious, but it is also an excellent way to reduce food waste! I should really start saving my juice pulp and trying out recipes like this!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
-Heather
Heather, it makes my day when I inspire someone, thank you soo much!
ReplyDeleteI reuse ALL of my pulp! I can't bear to throw it away, I know there is still goodness in it and it's a delicious source of fiber! Vege pulp, I put in flax crackers, bread, soup, salad, smoothies and dry it to use as a seasoning! Nut pulp I make cookies out of by mixing with bananas, coconut oil and dehydrate cookie sized lumps or bars over night. Pure energy nuggets on the cheap!
I hear it is a great addition to the compost pile because the pieces are so small.
I try to use it the same day but it refrigerates for a few days without a problem and if I'm not going to use it within a week, I freeze it.
Go PULP!