These are stuffed mushrooms. The stuffing is made from onions, spinach, and the pulp from (I think) carrot, sweet potato, and zucchini. The picture looked alright on my laptop, but here at uni the screen is different and it seems really dark. Hopefully you all have better monitors than I do!
This was a yummy dinner of baked tofu (marinated in hoisin, plum sauce, and a few other surprises), roasted green beans with kalamata olives, and broccoli-chickpea casserole. The casserole sauce is a simple white sauce--turned purple with the addition of beetroot and carrot pulp (Andy's idea). While I thought this was a very yummy way to use pulp, the colour threw Andy off a bit.
Finally, we have some more stuffed veggies. This time, Hawaiian-stuffed zucchinis. The stuffing is made from pineapple and carrot pulp, flavoured with tamarind paste, chilli oil and a few other things. With the zukes we had roasted radishes and beets, and a yummy salad of baby spinach and marinated portobella mushrooms.Does anyone have suggestions on how else to use some of the pulp produced by the juicer?
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You could potentially bake it into a cake? I know a lot of chocolate cakes are improved by the addition of veggies, like beetroot or zucchini. The nature of the pulp would probably add a lovely moist zing to many cake or muffin recipes...
Fabulous food!!!
Wow! So many ideas for using pulp! I always have almond and cashew pulp from making nutmilk and I never have a clue what to do with it.
I love the pretty pink white sauce!
the fruit pulp you can use it as a topping for the ice cream or sherbet maybe..
The images came through bright and full of colour on my monitor.
Great use of pulp. I wonder about the texture of the stuff? does it blend well or do you sometimes feel like you're eating sawdust?
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I wish I could help but I've never juiced before :-( Lovely dishes though!
I feed the pulp out my balcony so the bunnies in the neighborhood are well fed.
But, if you want it for yourself, you can make raw crackers. Put it in a bowl with some water and ground flax seed, then toss in whatever herbs and flavors you want and dehydrate.
For nut pulp you can make raw cookies :)
Cheers,
Kristen
Thanks for the ideas, everyone :)
And David J--It's a bit saw-dusty if you eat it straight, but mixed into things it's great. I've used it in place of bread crumbs in the stuffing recipes, and it's a bit wetter than normal but kinda nice. The key is to add it to stuff with a bit of moisture already (and to use it straightaway, so it doesn't dry out). And good luck on your path to herbivory! If you need any advice, email me!
Mmm, I love stuffed veggies!
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