I'd like to try making soup dumplings/xiao long bao based off of this recipe. (Warning: the dumpling filling and broth recipes there contain various animal products and it starts with a rhapsodic description of same. If you scroll past that, though, the recipe for the flour-water-oil wrapper and the slideshow of pleating the finished dumpling are ( Read more... )

i'm still kind of new to the whole vegan thing, and i did try to search but couldn't find much. i'm wondering what you guys do for homemade veggie broth/stock. i know how to make it for a chicken, but for some reason with veggies i'm at a loss. is it as simple as throwing a bunch of different stuff in a pot and boiling it down? thank you!!

My friend made a five course meal for ten of us last nigt and accommodated me as the only veggie (and thus the only vegan) we had sushi, noodle broth and dumplings, teriyaki veg with tempura and dipping sauce and a shitake mushroom side dish, red wine poached pears, port and 'cheese'. So delicious ( Read more... )

Hello all. :) I'm new to the community. I want to learn how to cook and want to experiment with different foods and cuisines. All though I am not a vegetarian myself (I'm contemplating it) I have a little sis who is - who I would like to see have more variety in her diet... she is incredibly picky ( Read more... )

I have skins from a butternut squash that I just peeled (raw) and am wondering whether they'd be a good addition to a homemade vegetable broth that would otherwise involve mushrooms, onion and celery. Anyone done it? Good idea/bad idea?

So, for nearly four months I've been cooking and eating vegan. I'm mostly happy with my options, but there's one stumbling block I haven't gotten over and that's the tendency of vegan recipes and foods to be sweeter than I want them to be. I like a dessert now and then, I live for sweet potatoes in the fall, I sweeten my oatmeal in the morning, ( Read more... )

Ok. So I've been using Kitchen Basics: Natural Vegetable Cooking Stock as seen here ( Read more... )

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I checked the memories and didn't see anything listed so I wanted to know if anyone has any good ideas for vegetable broth/stock. I know the basics e.g., carrots, celery, onions, garlic, oregano, basil, bay leaves, but I'd like something a bit more exotic. I'm open to any suggestions.

Thanks in advance!

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