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Fiery Vegan Valentine Contest

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Fiery Vegan Valentine Cooking Contest!

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Between now and Thursday February 10, 2011 post a recipe on your blog for a dish suitable for a romantic Valentine’s dinner. It should be vegan and and it should be fiery (yes take that anyway you’d like) and should include a photo.

There will be 3 categories (you can enter ONE recipe per catagory):
1. Appetizer
2. Entree
3. Desserts

Mention in your post that you are participating in “Fiery Vegan Valentine Contest” and link back to this post. Then, send me an email (lindsay at cookingforaveganlover dot com) with your name, the name of your blog, and the permalink and name of your recipe. (If you don’t have a blog, feel free to email me your recipe and photo and I will feature it on my blog.)

On Friday February 11, 2011 I will do a round-up of all the posts in each category and there will be a poll for readers to vote for their favorite Appetizer, Entree and Dessert.  Voting will be open until February 13, 2011 at 9pm EST.

The Prize:
1. There will be one winner from each category based on the votes by fellow readers; if there is a tie the Hubz will be brought in to decide the winner. The prize for each will be a surprise but I guarantee it will be good and feature a vegan item(s) from our NYC trip.
2. For the person who creates the most inventive fiery recipe overall will receive their own special surprise goodie box. This winner will be decided by me.

Note you do not need to be vegan to participate in this contest, however your recipe entry must be vegan.  Have fun and be creative!

Hints:
fiery |ˈfī(ə)rē|
adjective ( fierier , fieriest )

  • consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly : the sun was a fiery ball low on the hills | [as submodifier ] figurative a fiery hot chili sauce.
  • having the bright color of fire : the car was painted a fiery red.
  • (of a person) having a passionate, quick-tempered nature : a fiery, imaginative Aries.
  • (of behavior or words) passionately angry and deeply felt : a fiery speech. hmmmm maybe a narrative of some sort?

Truffles, Pasta & More Recipe Contest

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Last night I created my recipe for the Marx Truffles, Pasta & More Recipe Contest.  I was provided with:

Challengers will receive samples of:

1) One pound of Italian dried  calamarata pasta
2) Black Truffle Salt
3) Dried Porcini Mushrooms
4) Fennel Pollen

I was to create an original recipe using the pasta and at least one of the other ingredients; all entries will be put in a poll on the MarxFoods blog from November 15 – 19, 2010 you can vote here!

Truffled Creamy Porcini Pasta

Serves 6

Ingredients:

  • 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
  • 8oz button mushrooms, sliced
  • 1T olive oil
  • 1T dijon mustard
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 1-oz dried porcini mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 20 minutes
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1/4t ume plum vinegar
  • 1/2t garlic powder
  • 1/4t cayenne pepper
  • Tofu Cream:
    • 1 pkg of extra firm water packed tofu
    • 1T olive oil
    • 5t lemon juice
    • 2t white wine vinegar
    • 1t agave nectar
    • 1/4t truffle salt
    • 1t dill
    • 1t smoked paprika

Directions:

  1. Place all the ingredients for the tofu cream into a blender or food processor and process until smooth.
  2. Boil water for pasta and while the water is boiling and pasta is cooking prepare the sauce.
  3. In a large skillet heat the olive oil place the onions in and saute for 7-10 minutes until softened.
  4. Stir in the button mushrooms and cook for 5-7 minutes until soft.
  5. Stir in the dijon mustard and the vegetable broth.
  6. Stir in the tofu cream until completely blended; cook for a minute.
  7. Stir in the nutritional yeast, ume plum vinegar, garlic powder and cayenne pepper; taste for salt and pepper.
  8. Stir in the pasta and garnish with a sprinkle of paprika and vegan parmesan.