A ‘ham’ trifecta!
By Monica on December 14th, 2007
Since last week’s faux-meat-roast experiment went well, I thought I’d try out another one of Bryana’s masterpieces. Baked ham was a Christmas staple in my yesteryears, so what better time to press my luck and try the vegan friendly version out?
Despite the very disturbing Tofu/Baco’Bit smoothie that you have to make as part of the ham recipe, this turned out excellent! There was even a twinge of “I shouldn’t be eating this, it tastes too much like ham”!
‘Ham’ going into the oven (sans cooking broth). Yes, it looks just like a giant wad of Silly Putty.
‘Ham’ coming out of the oven. As you can see, I didn’t have pineapple slices, but I did have chunks! Good enough!
And onto the plate, with a side of scalloped potatoes.
Another thing I love about Bryana’s creations is that while these ‘roast-type things’ take a long time to create, they leave you with enough food to make at least a few meals from. With the left over ‘ham’, the next night we had ‘Grilled Ham’ & Cheez Sammiches!
And with even more ‘ham’ remaining, what better to make than ‘Ham’ & Bean Soup?
In keeping with the theme, I made enough soup to feed a sizable vegan commune. That way I can freeze it for lazy nights, or take it to work for lunch. Feel free to half the recipe if you prefer.
‘Ham’ & Bean Soup
32 oz. dried navy beans
14 cups water or broth
3-4 cups diced ‘ham’
1 large onion, diced
6 carrots, sliced
6 stalks celery, sliced
2t salt
2t pepper
5 bay leaves
1t thyme
1t rosemary
Rinse beans and throw into a large stock pot. Add water/broth and bring to a boil. After boiling for a few minutes, remove from heat, cover, and let sit for about an hour.
Add ‘ham’, onion, salt, pepper, thyme, rosemary and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour, or until beans are soft.
Add carrots and celery and cook for another 30 minutes, or until carrots are soft.
Chocolatecoveredvegan says:
Yum, pineapple sounds like a perfect pairing with the “ham”. And those sandwiches look oh-so-gooey! MMmmm!
December 14th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Vivacious Vegan says:
That ham sounds delicious. I love the ham and grilled cheese sandwich idea.
December 16th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Kumudha says:
Fake ham and sandwich look great!
December 17th, 2007 at 3:58 pm
Suzie says:
That definitely looks very meaty. I, myself, haven’t had anything even resembling a ham in ages!
Hey, how did you get your cheese to melt? The kind I use just gets oily and weird.
December 17th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Cakespy says:
Wow. Those sandwiches look amazing! Much fancier than the tofurkey I get at the local hippie food store!
December 18th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
bazu says:
hmmm… I never thought I missed ham until now! I’ve never made a big vegan roast thing, but you’ve made me want to try!
Oh, and congratulations about being in the newspaper and getting the good (V) word out!
December 19th, 2007 at 2:40 am
Tracy says:
Hey, that all looks amazing! I might try that for New Years this year. (Ham was always the thing to serve at New Years in my house growing up…) Also, WOW! What an ice storm! I hope your apple trees are OK.
December 19th, 2007 at 7:27 am
Classic cook says:
From the first picture I wasn’t sure if those, um, things, would hold up. But, wow, you even used it in soup. Interesting. And awesome that you were in the paper
December 20th, 2007 at 7:50 am
sheree says:
Thank you for this post. I have been searching Bryanna’s newletter looking for her ham recipe. We say Emerill cook a ham on foodnetwork and we wanted to try and veganize it. Yours looks so good. Merry Christmas!
December 20th, 2007 at 9:25 am
Chocolatecoveredvegan says:
Aww, thanks for the sweet comment on my blog :o).
Ooh, and I’ve copied down that “ham” recipe and might make it for Christmas!
December 20th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
VeggieGirl says:
that’s definitely the most authentic-looking vegan ham I’ve ever seen - great job veganizing it!!
December 20th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
jd says:
Even though I’m not a fan of ham, I do have to congratulate you on how cool these recipes look!
I actually just made Christmas dinner at my mom’s and everything was vegan (except for the ham that she made - grrr!). Too bad I didn’t see this post before then - we could have had a completely vegan Christmas in a singularly vegan house!
December 27th, 2007 at 3:20 pm