Cooking with friends

I had a lovely Saturday afternoon this weekend! My friend Soukina is a wonderful cook! She has a real passion for it and her food is always amazing! Earlier this year she threw a dinner party and made me some really amazing vegan food that had all the meat eaters' mouths watering. Check out my dessert:

So Saturday afternoon I popped round the corner for a cooking workshop with Sou!

The plan:

🍩 Tempura sweet potato and avocado Bahn Mi baguettes 

🍩 Caramelised onion 'sausage' bites

🍩 Chocolate pudding!

Sou had pre-prepped the 'viet' as it needed time to steep and I got a lovely jar of it to take home! It was so easy to make though and I'll definitely be having a go myself. Sou used turnip instead of the daikon in the recipe and it tasted fab and will be great with salads.

Other than that I did everything myself (with Sou's guidance) and was really surprised how easy it all was, and most importantly for me, all the ingredients were fairly standard and easy to come across. The only ingredient that I may not be able to find in Sainsbury was rice flour.

We had so much fun and a great natter too; it was a brilliant bonding opportunity! 

After the fun of the cooking was the best bit; eating it all! Everything tasted brilliant! The pudding was very rich and turned out differently to last time Sou had made it - we think this is because we got carried away with the chocolate and perhaps it could have done with some soy cream. It still tasted lush though!

I've come away with lots of ideas and more confidence too. Before now I'd never made caramelised onions and who knew such a great pudding could be so easy (simply blend and go!) I finished off the sausage bites tonight with mash, beans and gravy, perfect for a Sunday night tea! 😊 

Kipper wanted to help but he was in disgrace for massacring a pigeon - naughty Kipper!

Here's where you can find the recipes...

Bahn Mi - www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/02/tempura-sweet-potato-bahn-mi-vegan-Vietnamese-sandwich-recipe.html

'Sausage' bites -

Http://Thevegpod.wordpress.com/2012/11/14dees-caramelised-onion-sausage-bites-vegan-Christmas-party-food/