LAB NOTES: Gardener’s Pie: Kitbash Edition
Hello All,Wayne AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.This time around, I’m kitbashing a vegan Gardener’s Pie. What’s a Gardener’s Pie you may ask? It’s akin to a Shepherd’s or Cottager’s Pie, but no meat is used. In this case, no animal products are going to be used. I’m...
LAB NOTES: Aquafaba a HOW-TO
Hello All, Wayne AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.Today in the hopper is a How-To for a versatile building block ingredient. I make my own because I am a frugal sort and don’t buy canned beans any longer.Considering that a typical 15oz can of beans only contains 9oz of actual beans,...
LAB NOTES: Vegan ( Nina’s ) Aquafaba Butter
Hello All,Wayne AKA The Mad Food Scientist here.I’ve made vegan butter before, however, recently while exploring mayonnaise made from Tofu and Aquafaba I stumbled across a recipe for vegan butter that uses aquafaba. I’ve tried it and it’s the best vegan butter I’ve made. Here’s the...
LAB NOTES: Roasted Turnips
Hello All,Wayne AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.As part of making Gardener’s Pie last weekend, I roasted some turnips to go into the Lentil ragout and into the Mashed topping. 17 November, 2024: Roasted Turnips Experiment #: 01 INGREDIENTS:2kg/4.4lbs TurnipsSunflower seed oil1 TBSP Sea Salt1 Palmful Oregano1 Palmful...
LAB NOTES: Restaurant Grade Mashed Roasted Potatoes and Turnips
Hello All, Wayne AKA, the Mad Food Scientist here.Last weekend I made a version of vegan Gardener’s Pie. Which is basicallyShepherd’s, or Cottager’s pie, but without meat, and in this case all animal products.As part of that endeavour, I used a tip that I picked up from YouTube and...
LAB NOTES: Vegan Lasagna with “Meaty” Lentil Ragout
Hello All, I recently came across a great simple vegan lasagna recipe on the Tasty, Thrifty, Timely YouTube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SKr4q6X9Oc ) and blog. ( https://tastythriftytimely.com/simple-vegan-lasagna-with-lentil-meat/ )I mostly followed the recipe, but tweaked it on the fly.Here’s the original from the blog post. ORIGINAL:1.2 L pasta sauce (about 2 jars, you will likely have extra)500 g lasagna...
LAB NOTES: Mee Mee’s Real Southern Cornbread Veganised
  Hello All,Wayne AKA the Mad Food Scientist here.Recently, I made a batch of chili. I was searching for a good Southern style cornbread recipe. A friend, Ms. Lia was kind enough to share her Grandmother’s recipe with me.I’ve taken it and veganised it. I’ll show the original and...
LAB NOTES: Vegan Chili Non-Carne KitBash
Hello everyone.Wayne AKA The Mad Food ScientistIt’s November, so that means it’s time to open up Chili and Soup season.I’ll try to write down what I did because I kitbashed this vegan Chili Non-Carne recipe.I did borrow some ideas from the Lentil Ragout that I made for the vegan...