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High Protein Chickpea-Tofu Cheesecake-- 3 Ways

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                                         Maybe you have seen the delicious dark chocolate vegan cheesecake whose major ingredients are chickpeas and firm tofu? I got to thinking that, hey, other vegan cheesecakes could have this same unusual foundation and be just as yummy (and high protein, for those who are looking for additional protein in their vegan diet). Here are recipes for three such cheesecakes:  1. Lemon Vanilla Chickpea-Tofu Cheesecake,  2. Maple-Pecan Chickpea-Tofu Cheesecake 3. Cherry or Strawberry Swirl Chickpea-Tofu Cheesecake  Scroll down to the recipes-- excited to see what you think!   1. ** L emon-Vanilla Chickpea-Tofu Cheesecake ** Lemon-Vanilla Cheesecake. Image generated by Firefly. ** Crust: ** - 1 ½ cups (150 g) graham cracker crumbs (or gluten-free cookie crumbs) - ¼ cup (60 mL) melted coconut oil - 2 tbsp (30 mL) maple syrup ** Fill...

The Real Deal Baked Veggie Burger (Patty)... #Vegan #GlutenFree #Soyfree

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I call this burger "the real deal veggie burger" because it uses actual whole food REAL veggies (not just ground gluten or a tofu mix) to create these light, delicious, baked patty that you can eat between a bun or bread (as above) or use as a patty with sauce.  Some might call them "veggie fritters."  But unlike the usual fritters, there is no egg involved, and no deep-frying buckets of grease. The recipe involves 4 delicious veggies that many of us have on hand: a small onion , a medium potato , a medium carrot and 2 medium-size zucchini along with a 1/2 cup of fresh Parsley . The original recipe asks to have the zucchini, carrot and potato all "grated" but I got good results just by throwing them into my food processor and pulsing a few times until they were well chopped and combined.  Then I took the processed vegs and let them sit in a bowl with about a 1/2 tsp of salt sprinkled over them, covered with plastic wrap.  I let the vegetables res...