Tahini (sesame paste) is a staple in Middle Eastern cuisine. It's one of the main ingredients in hummus (along with chickpeas) but can be used in so many different ways.
Sesame is high in phosphorus and manganese, which is good for bone health; is rich in antioxidants, has anti-inflammatory properties, and is a healthy fat containing a variety of vitamins and minerals.
I like to make vegan pancakes and store them in the freezer. It's easy to take one or two out to pop in the toaster in the morning for breakfast.
During lockdown, I ran out of maple syrup so started putting tahini and powdered sugar on my pancakes and that's pretty much how I enjoy eating them all the time now.
I also like to make a salad dressing with tahini and serve it over romaine, tomatoes, onions and roasted potatoes. (For the dressing I mix a TBS of tahini with lemon juice, s&p, cumin powder, garlic powder and water til I get a creamy, pourable consistency.)
The containers the paste comes in are a nice, thick plastic and since there's no recycling here, I've been saving some of them which I recently used for planting coriander seeds.
The sprouts really started to grow after our first rainfall.
7 comments:
Hi Tammy, I enjoyed your post with recipes. I love tahini too. I was a vegetarian back in the'70s but I had to go off it because I got down to nothing to eat-and I was into the clothes as well-no leather, some back then didn't even use wool although that doesn't harm the sheep to shear off. I got down to if I ate the seeds from the veggies and fruits than I was killing that plant off if I didn't sprout the seeds. It was getting too much for me at the time.
beautiful photos Happy friday and weekend
Dearest Tammy,
What a yummy post, did save your Vegan Pancakes with link to. this post on my Pinterest. They are so healthy and yes, the Tahini is perfect.
Your Cilantro is quite a crop in development, looks so wonderful and would be hard for not pinching off some leaves prematurely...
LOVE your bee photo, and funny that we both mentioned natures worker bees in our post. For Pieter a fond memory and that life museum was so much fun to watch.
Pieter was in his element, explaining it all to me; loved those moments of joy!
Hugs,
Mariette
This was such a yummy post. I always enjoy tahini. Mandy introduced me to hummus years ago and it's one of my favorite snacks. The pancakes sound, (and look) so delicious too. Dennis and I tried to eat more plant based last year for health reasons. He did great but I have some stomach issues and it was way too much fiber for me no matter what I tried.
Take care my friend.
Blessings,
Betsy
I love tahini too it has so many uses, I love the make health balls and the tahini makes them lovely and most. I'll have to try the pancakes they sound yummy.
Hello Tammy,
I love sesame, the main ingredient of tahini, I keep spooning the slightly roasted form for a few months :) hummus is also one of my favorites. I was curious and would like to try the vegan crepe. I'm not very good with the egg :) the coriander is growing, the plants that sprout and grow from the seed are a miracle. Stay healthy ..
Your recipes are interesting, not really our type of thing but they look good just the same. Your garden is looking wonderful!! I adore your use of the old containers - I love to repurpose as well.
Tammy - I never would have thought of tahini for pancakes, but it looks delicious!
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