May 9, 2007

In praise of vegan mock-shrimp

Filed under: Homecooked — FoodEater @ 1:53 am

These vegan soy shrimp are my new favorite food. All the joy of eating shrimp without the guilt or the icky!

'Vegan soy shrimp

Today was another scorching hot day (as in, the hills are on fire and it’s literally scorching), there was no way an oven was going to get turned on. My market finally got in some organic green beans so I snatched them up not knowing exactly what I would end up doing with them. It came together something like this: frozen fake shrimp, green beans, asparagus, carrot and shitake mushroom all into the steamer until the shrimp was tender. I mixed a sauce of lime juice, olive oil, cumin, allspice, cayenne, red chili flakes, black pepper, agave nectar, dash of Braggs, and fresh crushed garlic. Mixed everything together with a healthy portion of nutrional yeast (I’m starting to love this stuff and crave it on everything), pepitos (pumpkin seeds) and a small amount of gamasio to add a bit of salty. Quick, easy, tasty, and I didn’t have to sweat in order to make it.

'Vegan soy shrimp

The money shot.

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5 Comments »

  1. Looks like a yummy dish! What was the brand of fake shrimp you used? I haven’t seen them here in Houston, but haven’t really looked that hard. I know what you mean about craving nutritional yeast….nice money shot as well!

    Comment by Amanda — May 9, 2007 @ 1:10 pm

  2. Looks very appetizing! What brand of fake vegan shrimp did you use? I haven’t seen any here in Houston, but haven’t looked that hard either. I know what you mean about the nutritional yeast, I crave it all the time too. Nice ending photo! Check out my vegan blog at http://walkingtheveganline.blogspot.com if you get a chance!

    Comment by Amanda Ellison — May 9, 2007 @ 1:14 pm

  3. Thanks Amanda! These fake shrimpies are from a brand called “VegeUSA”. They just recently starting carrying them at my local Whole Foods. Here’s the website (though I can’t seem to find the shrimp on there): http://vegeusa.com/

    Indeed, I know your blog and visit it often! Thanks for the link by the way, I’ll be adding yours to my blogroll here shortly as well.

    Comment by FoodEater — May 9, 2007 @ 5:34 pm

  4. I happened to browsing around vegan food blogs and found yours for the first time. I have never heard nor seen vegan shrimp … awesome. They look true to nature in your food. Great blog and photos!

    Comment by Dori — May 15, 2007 @ 7:02 pm

  5. Dori: Thanks! And I’m glad I could be of service in introducing you to the vegan shrimp! They are worth tracking down if you can find ‘em.

    Comment by FoodEater — May 16, 2007 @ 11:03 pm

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