Chez Loulou

A Venezuelan friend came to my house one evening and showed me how to make Arepas. Arepas is corn bread that you fry and then fill with what you want to fill with. Black beans and cheese. Meat with tomato sauce... On this day we used vegan chicken with tomato sauce and vegan cheddar. That was really delicious !❤ The recipe is really simple. You use this corn flour : And you mix with water. The consistence is right when you can make a ball in your hand and there is no cracks. Then you form small balls that you flatten with the palm of your hand before frying it in the pan. It's ready when the color is right ( see the picture ) After that it's just to enjoy. You can eat the Arepas as they are ( I did... a lot ! because it's so good ) or you open them with a knife and fill them with what you want to. No need to say you... I went crazy about these things. So I made more of them. Then I saw a video on internet of somebody from El Salvador who was ma...

Tonight I tried to make vegan omelette… lol. I tried a recipe made with chickpea flour. There is a ton of those recipes on the internet. I won't put you the link because... it's not worth it.  Really. Don't make a vegan omelette with chickpea flour. Just don't. That doesn't taste like omelette AT ALL. That is not really good either. Not really bad I have to say. Eatable. But nothing to do with omelette. Those who pretend that have stopped eating eggs for way too long to remember how it tastes. This thing tastes like a bad chickpea cake. Not really bad. I ate it. I did. But I won't do it again. Nope ! No thanks ! It wasn't really pretty either. Oh yeah... I could work on it and make it look like the real deal. But I don't see the point. I am not interested in making something beautiful if the taste is not following. So there. I tried it for you. You don't need to try it yourself 😂 I spared you that at least.

Did you ever dream to make your own French baguette ? You're welcome ❤

Tonight I tried the  Sticky Sesame Cauliflower from Connaisseurus veg That was a really good dinner that me and the girls really enjoyed. Very comforting and satisfying food. And normally I'm not a big fan of cauliflower... I did put less sugar in the sauce though because the quantity in this recipe was just enormous. It was more than enough with half of the sugar that you normally put.  The batter that you make in the beginning was also too much. Make half of it, then you don't waste so much ingredients. And put a little more flour than indicated then you can correctly coat your cauliflower with the batter. Enjoy !

Here is how to make wonderful Egyptian bread ❤ Ingredients : 350 gr water 1 packet yeast 450 gr flour 50 gr whole rye flour 10 gr salt Mix all the ingredients well and knead. Let the dough rise in a warm place for an hour. Knead again and form small balls. Cover them and let them rise for another 20 mn. Spread them out with a rolling pin to get a nice flat circle. Use more rye flour if they are sticky. And then watch the video to see how you bake the bread ( you'll need a pastry circle and a grid ) Enjoy !

Tonight's diner was vegan pierogies from  Connaisseurusveg Very good recipe, very economic as well and everybody liked it 😊 I just add seasoning, more garlic, some thyme and pepper, otherwise I followed the recipe by the letter and it was amazing. Highly recommended 😋

Our dinner tonight, fantastic Bò Bún, 100% vegan 😊 The "beef" you see in the picture ? Dehydrated soy chunks, that I rehydrated by marinating them with curry, garlic, soy sauce, vegan oyster sauce and a little bit of sugar. Then fried them in the pan and tadam, you have your "beef". I had unexpected guests today and they couldn't tell the difference with real beef, so that is good stuff ❤ Also the stock you prepare for the  Bò Bún is normally based with fish sauce. So I marinated some algae and light soy sauce and got a result that was really near of the fishy taste you normally get. So I made the stock with this homemade "fish sauce", rice vinegar and sugar. At the end I added a little from the marinade I used for the soy chunks. Otherwise, fresh salad, fresh soy sprouts, rice noodles, veggie spring rolls, cilantro and we had a complete meal that made us and our guests happy and full. Highly recommended ❤