Post Punk Kitchen Forum

I just bought this book today, and am so excited to start cooking up recipes from it. I know I'll probably make the autumn root salad with maple-fig dressing right away, but what else is really good?

chickpea cutlets
all-american seitan pot pie
cashew ricotta
pumpkin baked ziti

Creole Stuffed Peppers
Prospect Park Potato Salad
Brooklyn Deli Macaroni Salad
Snobby Joes
Chickpea Cutlets
Spinach Linguine With Basil-cilantro Pesto & Artichokes
Porcini Wild Rice Soup
Pasta Della California
Midsummer Corn Chowder with Basil, Tomato, and Fennel
Samosa Stuffed Potatoes
Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
Lower-fat Deep Chocolate Bundt Cake
Broccoli-Potato Soup with Fresh Herbs
Cashew Ricotta
Pine Nut Cream
Lentil Salad

...and Tamarind Lentils, Baby Bok Choy with Shallots, Pineapple Quinoa Stir Fry and Seitan Piccata. Mango Pear Pandowdy for dessert.

Penne vodka (buy a mini of Ketel One for optimal results!)
Edamame corn salad
Biscotti!
Leek and bean cassoulet
Hummus ( very basic but my favorite, perfect version)
Marinara

My dad loves the jalapeño corn gravy

Ooh Penne Vodka is a good one. I haven't made it in ages since I don't have any vodka. Sadly, they don't sell mini bottles here...

all. of. them. i advise just going through it page by page, i've never come across a recipe that wasn't stellar.

I can't believe I still haven't made the tamarind lentils yet!!! I must get on this.

My faves are:
chickpea noodle soup
black bean burgers
southwestern corn pudding
chocolate bundt cake
pumpkin cake
banana bread
cauliflower lentil curry
(sorry if the names aren't spot on, I'm going from memory)

Oohh! You have so much fun ahead of you.

Some of my faves:
Ceasar Salad
Tamarind Lentils
Chickpeas Romesco
Smoky Grilled Tempeh
Chickpea Noodle Soup (reminds me, I've got to make that again soon!)
The Moussaka
Tempeh Shepherdess Pie
Pumpkin Saag
Penne Vodka
Pumpkin Baked Ziti
Udon with Shiitake Mushrooms and Kale in Miso Broth
Cashew Ricotta (works with everything)

I make the Spaghetti and Beanballs once a week. I also love the Portobello/Avocado Salad, Carmelized Onions and Lentils, and Chickpea Cutlets. The Pumpkin Penne is delicous, but a little too tedious and expensive to make all the time.

Spaghetti and Beanballs, Lower Fat Banana Bread, Lower Fat Deep Chocolate Bundt Cake, Vanilla-Yogurt Pound Cake, Samosa Stuffed Baked Potatoes, Wheat-Free Chocolate Chip Cookies, Quinoa Black Bean Mango Salad... basically everything!

Oh and I forgot Snobby Joes and Chocolate-Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies, but I second both of those suggestions!

almost all-american seitan potpie
spaghetti and beanballs
leek and bean cassoulet
chickpea cutlets
cholent
lemon cocnut bundt cake
low-fat chocolate bundt cake
that apple and caramel slice

these are my favourites atm. but to be honest, the whole book is amazing and has changed my life!

Everything. Absolutely everything.

Specifically?
-Mousaka
-Seitan Pot-Pie
-Tempeh Shepherdess Pie
-Mac Daddy
-Chickpea Noodle Soup

Why do I feel like I've made way, way, way more than I really have?

That was my response too!

Latkes
Guac
Diner Home Fries - my hubby LOVED these
Choc Chip Brownie Waffles - its our valentines day special! :-p
Banana Nut Waffles
Jicama Watercress Avocado salad - labor intensive so its not made often
Snobby Joes - very good. I made these too much last year so I'm on hiatus from them
Mexican Millet - my fav!
Black Beans in Chipotle Adobo - make with the mexican millet
Chickpea noodle soup - i used her recipe as a guideline, I add matzah balls and other stuff to mine
Southwestern Corn Pudding - thanksgiving last year - everybody liked it
Manzana Chili Verde
Pineapple Cashew Quinoa stirfry - I make this ALOT its my top fav recipe
sphaghetti squash mexicana
plaintain and pinto stew
Pasta della california - one of my fav favs
Pasta e fagioli
curried udon noodle stirfry
Skillet cornbread
lower fat banana bread - my goto recipe for when banans are going bad in my house...
chocolate chip bread pudding

two things we did NOT like (I'm in the minority here):
Pumpkin Penne - I tested this recipe out on 3 open invidiuals and none of us liked it :-(
Not-tella

Mac Daddy is our most used recipe ever
Sage Pumpkin Pasta perfect for this time of year
corn chowder
Mousaka
the Piccata
the smoky tempeh and greens, especially with mac daddy

I second the skillet cornbread and Mexican millet! People keep suggesting recipes that I forgot to mention :).

As if you don't have enough ideas already. . .

-black-eyed pea/collard green roll-ups
-southwestern corn pudding
-lemon/pea risotto with roasted red peppers
-rumnog pecan cookies
-Prospect Park potato salad

I know I'm forgetting a bunch; this cookbook is fantastic.

- lower fat banana bread pg 228, i can't even count how many times i've made it. i usually make muffins with this recipe.
- baked BBQ tofu
-brooklyn deli macaroni salad
- mac daddy
- tofu florentine
- almond-quinoa muffins (omgomg)
- black bean burgers
- spinach linguine with basil-cilantro pesto

honestly, these are the only recipes i've tried from this book, but i was amazed by all of them. the only one i've made but didn't like was the quinoa-black bean-mango salad. i think it's because i put too much quinoa in,though, or something...it was my own error that ruined the recipe.

have fun!
this thread make me look through my v-con again and MAN there are so many delicious-sounding recipes in here! i've gotta make a point of using more of them.

Everything I have tried has been good, some stupendous, and best of all everything turns out. I only have a few cookbooks that I can trust like that.

I concur with all the suggestions but wanted to add:

Rosemary Foccaccia - easiest recipe ever, I make the dough in my breadmaker and also use it without rosemary for pizza crust
Saffron garlic rice - my 11-y.o. says "I don't like rice, but I like that rice." Especially with Chickpeas Romesco
Lemony roasted potatoes
Banana date scones

The favorites around here are:

Chickpea cutlets
Mustard sauce
Chickpea noodle soup
French lentil soup
Cashew Ricotta (which I'm making tonight for manicotti)
Stuffed mushrooms

Thanks for all the suggestions! I've been looking up a bunch of recipes from the ones you've all listed, and they all sound so good. It's going to be so hard deciding what to make first!

OK good, I was going to take down the site if someone didn't add a Vcon thread soon.

So one of the bright spots of Livi's hospital stay was the soldier/nurse who secretly confessed to having been a vegan for 3 years and confessed to her love of Veganomicon, VCIYCJ and VCTOTW. She was appropriately impressed when I told her I knew Isa and Terry.