Comments for A Virtual Vegan https://avirtualvegan.com Creative, flavour-packed vegan recipes to satisfy comfort food cravings & warm your soul! Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 Comment on Sourdough Starter by Melanie McDonald https://avirtualvegan.com/sourdough-starter/comment-page-5/#comment-113635 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:38:41 +0000 https://avirtualvegan.com/?p=26942#comment-113635 In reply to Kumar.

As it's being kept so warm, and because you aren't using rye flour, you will probably find that this recipe doesn't work well for you. For it to work well, rye flour is required as per the recipe. Wholewheat flour doesn't contain as many nutrients for the bacteria to eat (and sifted wholewheat even less) so they will be hungry more quickly which is why it doesn't tend to work as well. That coupled with the very warm temps your starter is kept, isn't a good combination because the temperature will speed everything up and they will run out of food even more quickly. If you can switch to rye flour you will have a much better chance of it being successful. If you can't, you would probably be better off using a more traditional starter recipe which involves discard. If you have to feed it more than once a day a no discard method won't work for you because you'll end up with an unmanageable amount of starter without discarding. I hope that helps!

]]> Comment on Vegan Banana Cake by Melanie McDonald https://avirtualvegan.com/vegan-banana-cake/comment-page-2/#comment-113634 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:25:09 +0000 https://avirtualvegan.com/?p=26781#comment-113634 In reply to Julie.

Thank you Julie! I'm really pleased you're loving the recipe, and that you find the way it's written helpful. And thank you for coming back to leave a review. It's very much appreciated!

]]> Comment on Vegan Banana Cake by Melanie McDonald https://avirtualvegan.com/vegan-banana-cake/comment-page-2/#comment-113633 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:19:25 +0000 https://avirtualvegan.com/?p=26781#comment-113633 In reply to diana.

The frosting is made with powdered sugar so shouldn't be grainy. I'm not sure of a way to salvage it if you used regular sugar instead.

]]> Comment on Vegan Banana Cake by diana https://avirtualvegan.com/vegan-banana-cake/comment-page-2/#comment-113628 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 18:55:34 +0000 https://avirtualvegan.com/?p=26781#comment-113628 im putting together the frosting and the frosting is grainy due to the sugar.
is there any way I can get the frosting to be smoother?

]]> Comment on Vegan Banana Cake by Julie https://avirtualvegan.com/vegan-banana-cake/comment-page-2/#comment-113622 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:22:32 +0000 https://avirtualvegan.com/?p=26781#comment-113622 5 stars
I think I've made this cake about a dozen times now since finding it last summer. So easy, quick and a big hit with everybody I've made it for. It's my go-to vegan cake recipe and have had lots of requests for it. I really appreciate that you've added the UK equivalents (more recipes need to do this imo because it makes them virtually inaccessible otherwise), and the tick boxes make sure I don't miss anything out. You can tell so much care has been put into writing this recipe. I usually add (vegan) dark choc chips and hold off on the icing, which works really well too. Thank you so much, Mel :)

]]> Comment on Vegan Blueberry Bran Muffins by Dahlia Isaacson https://avirtualvegan.com/vegan-blueberry-bran-muffins/comment-page-3/#comment-113616 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 04:19:37 +0000 http://avirtualvegan.com/?p=5422#comment-113616 In reply to Patti.

How much maple syrup did you use and did you alter any other wet ingredients proportions? Thanks!

]]> Comment on Lentil Shepherd's Pie by Jennifer M https://avirtualvegan.com/lentil-shepherds-pie/comment-page-6/#comment-113615 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:37:28 +0000 http://avirtualvegan.com/?p=4374#comment-113615 5 stars
An excellent recipe!
I’m new to using lentils as a meat substitute and was pleasantly pleased with the flavours. I will add more cornstarch next time just to thicken it up a bit. Thanks for sharing such a delicious recipe!

]]> Comment on Sourdough Starter by Kumar https://avirtualvegan.com/sourdough-starter/comment-page-5/#comment-113614 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 01:17:00 +0000 https://avirtualvegan.com/?p=26942#comment-113614 Hey Mel,

A pleasure to visit your blog pages. I love Sourdough and I love wholemeal. I was using yeast to ferment my sourdough bread and now I prefer using natural wild yeast.

Here is what I did:
Day 1: 15 grams of wholemeal (sifted) flour + 15 grams of water
Day 2: While adding mater I accidentally added 33 grams so I add 33 grams of the same flour and mixed it. I live in Auckland, New Zealand and despite being summer and hot the temperature is not consistent day in day out. Instead, I leave it in the oven with the light on and it is constant 28.5C/83F and then I turn off the light in the night and it drops back to about 24.5c/76F. I mixed this at 8 AM and put it in the oven and the size quadrupled by 1 PM.

Would you add more flour and water to it since it is quadrupled or will you leave it for today and continue the process on Day 3?

Kumar

]]> Comment on Tofu Quinoa Stir Fry by Melanie McDonald https://avirtualvegan.com/tofu-quinoa-stir-fry/comment-page-1/#comment-113613 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:50:02 +0000 http://avirtualvegan.com/?p=1948#comment-113613 In reply to Kathleen.

I'm so pleased you enjoyed it! Thank you for coming back to leave a review. It's much appreciated!

]]> Comment on Quick Yeast-Free Spelt Bread by Melanie McDonald https://avirtualvegan.com/yeast-free-spelt-bread/comment-page-3/#comment-113612 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:49:20 +0000 https://avirtualvegan.com/?p=21578#comment-113612 In reply to Oliver.

If cut into 10 pieces it is about 226 cals per slice. It's an estimate but should be pretty close. Hope you enjoy it!

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