31st meeting. Pad Thai

Where? D's
Attendants: Ch, L, G, E, C, A, D

Menu
1) Pad Thai (cook: D)
2) Beets in orange sauce (cooks: D, G)
3) Blueberry-muffin-inspired cobbler (cook: A)

Pad Thai (adapted from Vegan with a Vengeance)

Ingredients (for 2 servings)
- 1/2 lb Rice noodles
- 1 Red onion
- 1/2 lb extra firm tofu
- 1/2 red pepper
- 1 cup mung bean sprouts
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 T lemongrass
- Chopped peanuts
- Chopped cilantro
- 4 scallions, cut in 1-in pieces
Sauce ingredients:
- 3 T soy sauce
- 2 T sucanat
- 1 T tamarind concentrate
- 2 T rooster sauce
- 2 T rice vinegar
- 1 T tomato paste

Brown tofu in peanut oil. Cook noodles according to directions on package. Drain water just before use. Sautee onion and peppers in peanut oil for 5 minutes. Add garlic and lemongrass and cook for 2 more minutes. Add the sauce. When heated through, add noodles and mix thoroughly. Add sprouts, chopped peanuts, and scallions, and cook for 2 more minutes. Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve.


Tofu browning


Red peppers, red onions, peanuts, and bean sprouts


Lemongrass


Members mingle in close proximity to comforting tea and pad thai.


Behind-the-scenes cooking

Beets in orange sauce (adapted from Vegan with a Vengeance)

Ingredients
- 6 beets, chopped
- 3 oranges
- 1 T maple syrup
- 1 T sea salt

Zest the oranges and add the zest to the chopped beets. Juice the oranges and add the juice to the rest of ingredients. Boil until juice is reduced to a glaze and the beets are tender.




Blueberry-muffin-inspired cobbler

1 cup Flour
1 cup Sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 cup soy milk
1/2 cup Earth Balance, melted
2 cups blueberries

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and mix together.
Melt the Earth Balance and then mix with the 1 cup of soy milk.
Pour the soy milk/Earth Balance mixture into the dry ingredients and stir
together until thickened to a batter.
Pour the batter into a greased 12 x 8 x 2 inch "glass" baking dish.
Lay the blueberries on top of this batter, distribute it all over the batter
evenly.
Place the pan into a 350* oven and bake for 50-55 minutes, or until it all turns
lightly brown.


Larger-than-life cooked blueberry muffin dough







Midwestern member readies to dive into the Eastern exoticism brought about by pawpaws


E delights the rest of VSC members by lending her mellifluous voice to a most eupeptic after-dinner reading