vegan Shabbat food

[cellio]

I unexpectedly have a vegan coming for Shabbat. (Actually, she'll be arriving tomorrow, but staying through.) Due to funeral arrangements and arrival of said guest, grocery shopping tomorrow isn't likely to happen.

I have in the house: rice (white and brown), beans (assorted), fake meat crumbles, sweet potatoes, acorn squash, assorted frozen veggies, and normal staples. I have no tofu at the moment.

One of the obvious answers is vegetarian chili (using the meat crumbles). I'm also thinking of either a peanut-based or curry-based stew served over rice; I'd use the sweet potatoes, onions, sturdy veggies, northern beans, tomatoes, and appropriate seasoning (peanut butter + ginger or curry). I don't know how well the squash would work; it would turn to mush, but maybe that's ok or maybe I shouldn't try. (If I had yellow squash I know that would work, but I don't.)

I welcome other ideas.

Comments

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

I think that acorn squash is too fibrous - it would mush AND leave stringy stuff in their.

But you can "bake" it in the microwave. Half them, fill with something, wrap in plastic wrap. About 3 minutes.

You can also make rice and crumbles, and stuff the acorn squash with that. Bake normally. (A little tomato sauce is nice over that. If you have none, dilute ketchup as an emergency solution.)

[cellio]

Thanks; I never thought to stuff the squash with rice and crumbles. (I usually go in the fruit direction.) That sounds really good! And yes, tomato sauce is one of the staples I keep on hand.

[chaiya.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love doing that with squashes in general. I was also thinking you could cube the squash and saute it with garlic and rosemary. Yum! I did this the other day. :)

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

You are a good cook. So is cellio. :-)

One of my favorite games to play with food is to figure out "I've got THIS, what do I make." I especially love to play it in the grocery store, looking at other people's carts as I wait to check out.

[cellio]

Pantry cooking! Yes, I enjoy that too. And sometimes in the store it manifests as "ooh, the $PRODUCE looks really good today; what can I...?" or "hey, this is a really good price for $ITEM...".