Inspired by: the fried green tomato

[sarahfae]

I should preface this with the fact that I've never actually tried, or even seen (in person) an actual fried green tomato.


Something I whipped up really quickly when I went home for lunch today. As always, the super supportive, non-vegan hubby "oooh'd" and "aaah'd" at my plate when I brought it out the the patio where he sat waiting.

A recent post over at Fat Free Vegan got me thinking about a raw version of the fried green tomato. This is probably the easiest and most taste-satisfying snack, and I would think and hope that just about anyone who's a fan of the tomato would be willing to try it - raw or not.
I'd like to make a more fancy, slightly more complicated version of this - but for now this works as a perfect, quick and easy meal for one.



Flax&Sunny Parm Coated Tomato

One Tomato, sliced into half in think rounds
Gently push/wipe the seeds away from the tomato
Use either a paper towel, or clean cloth and gently pat the tomato slice so as to remove moisture - do press or squeeze it though - you want a good, firm, stable tomato slice, and a little bit of moisture is okay - just not a sopping wet tomato.

In a small bowl combine:
3 tbsp Sunflower Parm
3 tbsp Golden flaxseed meal
S&P
Mix well.

Set an individual slice of tomato on top of dry mixture - shake the bowl around so the dry ingredients coat the sides of the tomato.
Use a fork to turn the tomato over and coat the other side.
Top with dried or fresh Basil.
Plate with avocado, and eat immediately!
Yum!

~xoxo

Comments

[fusis.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmmm

[beatle2102.livejournal.com]

I added the Fat Free Vegan blog to my reader only a few weeks ago! Her recipes look great (especially the Roasted Delicata Squash and Cauliflower with Curry Sauce -- first winter squash I find and I'm making it! I'd love to come up with a raw vegan version, but I just don't have the creativity for that sort of thing.).

This looks so delicious and really quick and simple to make! I have dried basil and Sunflower Parm waiting to be used, so I think I may just have to trial this one very soon! Tomatoes and avocados are such a great combo, too.
Do you do anything special with the leftover tomato seeds? I'm thinking maybe dehydrating them and then grinding them up or adding them whole to raw vegan burrgurrs. I don't even know what dried tomato seeds taste like, but maybe they'd be reminiscent of tomatoes?

I was totally lazy with my mid-arvo snack today, so I just put some Zucchini Monsterella Cheeze on a Burrgurr -- it was really yummy! I'm sure at some point I was eat a meal that doesn't involve the zucchini cheeze, but for now, I'm still completely enamoured with it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/orphe_/]

i demand to know how you always manage to have 10,000 perfectly ripe avocados at your disposal. it's not fair.

[sarahfae.livejournal.com]

hah! boy - i didn't really think about it until now. :)

i usually buy them in large batches (about 8-12) at the beginning of the week. depending on how many i buy sometimes i'm able to skip a week. i try to buy them at perfect ripeness, still a little firm - and then i throw them in the fridge, in my crisper drawer, as soon as i get home. this stops them from ripening any more, and from my experience the avocados will last for sometimes two weeks.
yeah - i eat a lot of avocados. :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/orphe_/]

what luxury! i've never encountered a perfectly ripe avocado anywhere but my kitchen counter... but then, living in new york, i'm a lot farther off from where they're grown.

[sarahfae.livejournal.com]

here's a little trick i'll do every once in a while:
do if the avocado isn't ripe, and i want it to be - stick it in a brown paper bag along with an apple. close the bag and put it in a high place (where the room temp might be a little warmer), like on top of your fridge. in one day the avo should be perfect.

[sarahfae.livejournal.com]

oops! i didn't mean for "do" to be at the beginning of that second sentance :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/orphe_/]

oh cool, i had no idea the apple trick worked with avocados too. thanks!

[garinjwind.livejournal.com]

This is precisely what I think whenever I read these posts.

PERFECTLY RIPE.

[sarahfae.livejournal.com]

okay, okay...
maybe i dabble in some sort of magical avocado wizardry. i'm not gonna confess anything though. :)

[lilhappyfamily.livejournal.com]

GORGEOUS! Your meals are always so colorful. Love that.