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

[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...".