AAARGH. I had totally missed that October was going to be VeganMoFo: the Vegan Month of Food, a month-long blogging event revolving around animal-free eating!
Well, maybe it’s better I’m not officially participating since I would never be able to post daily, but I can still join in the fun ;)
Starting off with a short one: a picture of my current fall fruit loot. It’s just apples and pears, but what a variety!
This weekend I’ll be cooking St. Remy pears into some lovely dessert and make apple sauce of the Bramley Seedling cooking apples. I wish I had an excuse to bake apple pie though! ;P
Part of the apple sauce will probably end up in some vegan baking anyway, as it is often used as egg-replacer.
All of the fruit is organic and came from my two local CSA distributors. The eating pears are Conference and Doyenne de Comice (which I like best). Accompanied by star apples, Ingrid Marie apples and two quince. I’m looking for recipes for the latter, because I have never eaten this fruit before and have no idea what to do with it! Your recommendations will be HIGHLY appreciated :)
Thanks to Eating with the Rabbits for reminding me of VeganMoFo.
Graasland 
5 reacties
Comments feed for this article
vrijdag 7 oktober 2011 bij 14:24
Leeswammes
Great fruit harvest! I don’t know anything about quinces either but I did a search for you on Nigella’s website: http://www.nigella.com/search/results/all/2116736
The second recipe (Molly’s quinces) looks like a stewed pear recipe, so maybe you can just add them to your pears when you stew them.
Or if you’re more adventurous… I’m sure the other recipes may be inspirational. Good luck!
vrijdag 7 oktober 2011 bij 14:33
Gnoe
Thanks Judith! The quinces baked in honey sound great — which I will of course veganise with soy butter and agave or rice syrup.
vrijdag 7 oktober 2011 bij 15:00
Uniflame
Maybe you can use the quinces in pear turnovers? (Perenflappen)
I heard about this event too late as well. I could of course link some posts to it though, like my review of quick-fix vegan that will be coming up this weekend.
I love the apples and pears :) To be honest, I don’t find apples and pears that inspirational myself. Maybe because apart from making apple pie or muffins, I have no idea what to do with them ;) So whatever you are going to make with these, please share :)
zaterdag 8 oktober 2011 bij 00:30
Bonnie
Aww, thanks for the plug!! I discovered your blog a while ago and I’ve been reading through your archives – I love your bentos! They always look so pretty and colourful, and delicious and healthy as well :)
So sorry you missed the announcement for MoFo but of course you can still join in on the fun! that’s a beautiful fruit loot. I haven’t cooked with quince myself, but this blog has some ideas that look tasty: http://seitanismymotor.com/page/2/?s=quince
zondag 9 oktober 2011 bij 14:35
Gnoe
@Uniflame: I admit that I mostly eat ‘ordinary’ apples and pears out of my hand. Need to get my two pieces of fruit a day, right? ;P Everything that’s being cooked looses some of its essential nutritional value. But I’ll try to keep you posted. ;)
I see you didn’t make your review a VeganMoFo post today?
@Bonnie: *blush* I’m glad you like my bentos! I’m behind on posting but the last three will turn up on the blog eventually. Thanks for the link to the quince recipes on Seitan is my motor — I’m dying to try that syrup recipe! I didn’t think to check my rss-feed reader for quince recipes… #rssreaderoverflowing So I’m much obliged! :)