Digest#345: spinach lasagna, oil replacements, etc.

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In digest#345 Chanda wrote: " Having spinach lasagna

tomorrow. My meat eating dad said it's the best

he ever had, I use the no bake noodles and it turns

out great. "

 

~ That does sound good, Chanda. You have posted the

recipe already if i remember correctly. i am going to make

veggie lasagna for our New Year's Day dinner.

 

Also in digest#345 Bron asked: " what do you do to make

the equivalent of " oil " or " butter " if you have no soy

margarine? and only olive oil? Like for (sweet) pancakes,

for example. Or is this even possible?

Inquiring, pancake-craving persons wish to know. <g> "

 

~ Are you out of vegan margarine? Um... let's see...

Well, if you have some puree of pumpkin or some apple

sauce you can use that in place of melted butter or oil;

mashed bananas work, too. You will change the flavor

of the pancakes, but they will be delicious. How about

peanut butter or some other nut butter? Do you have some

of that? Just as my own personal preference, i do not like

to use olive oil in my sweeter cooked items, but that could

be due to having tried only with extra virgin olive oil, and

that has a more strong flavor; a lighter olive oil might work

out okay. *shrugs*

 

In digest#345 Erin wrote: " Thanks, PT, for the replacement

list. I've tried the prune puree before with very good results

in chocolate brownies.

" I guess I was most concerned about the lift they provide,

and you make it clear that a little baking powder should

do the trick in addition to the tofu, banana, prune puree,

etc.. "

 

~ You are very welcome, Erin. Glad it was helpful. i have

found that those little jars of mashed baby food fruits are

very useful; they don't taste as strong as say a mashed fresh

banana does, and they are already done for you!

 

~ pt ~

 

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