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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenjib" data-source="post: 976493" data-attributes="member: 530">Don't forget some fresh grated ginger!  Ginger + garlic = heaven.  Even before you eat it, just the smell is heaven.  Some hot peppers are also good to make it spicy.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />My latest fad is cooking mustard greens with those flavors.  Mustard greens have a little bite that works well with that  - I remove stems & pre-boil it briefly before tossing it in the sauce.There are also lots of great soups that are completely vegan.  Portuguese Kale Soup is probably my favorite soup at the moment (oh man, it's good!):1 cup white beans10+ cups water2 large onions, chopped1 lb. kale, chopped2 potatoes, pealed & cubed6-ounce can of tomato paste1 tsp vinegar4 garlic cloves, minced1.  Soak beans overnight & rinse2.  Boil water, then add everything in.  Cook medium-low for two hours, stirring occassionally.3.  Salt & pepper to taste.I think soups always taste better the second day.  This recipe is from "Twelve Months of Monastery Soups" by Brother Victor-Antoine d'Avila-Latourrette.  It's a fantastic book of soups, but many of them have dairy and a few have meat.  Still lots of vegan stuff though.I also have a few great recipes that work well together from "World Vegetarian" by Madhur Jaffrey.  There's a recipe for Costa Rican Black Bean soup that's also really amazing.  In addition, you end up with some really well seasoned black beans as a "cast off" from the process, so if you make green salsa to go with it you can make all kinds of New Mexico style black bean dishes.  New Mexico rules my stomach.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Kind of a long recipe though - does it interest you?EDIT - I think Garden Burgers are much, much, better than the fake meat ones, but they have their own appeal that has nothing to do with normal hamburgers.</blockquote>

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