Hand Held Vegan Brunch To Go - Gluten Free

Vegan MoFo Day 10.     Hello!

After far too long away from pottering in the kitchen (travel, moving) I'm loving welcoming back my cooking mojo.  It's not totally back in technicolour yet, but it's getting there.  It feels like the pressure has been released from weeks/months of ideas/inspirations, backing up, waiting to be manifest in my kitchen.

Being gluten free and being in the UK, finding tortillas suitable for me can be a challenge.  Do they have to add wheat to everything!! Grr.  So, because of this predicament, I usually only eat tortillas when I am in Mexico or California (made of either 100% corn or brown rice).  So, I was really excited to have these sent to me to try from BFree.  Excited! So, I wanted to share my good fortune and invite a friend over for brunch so I could serve up some tofu scramble wraps with a side of hot and smokey black beans.

These wraps are made from a whole motley of gluten free grain and bean flours, including amaranth and quinoa. They are low fat and high in fibre compared to the wheat free varieties out there.  Although thin, they held together surprisingly well. The slight hint of sourdough flavour (they are fermented) married so well with the scramble. If you want to try them you can purchase them in Asda in the UK.

Tofu, red onion, garlic, carrots, mushrooms, yellow bell pepper, chilli, black salt, turmeric, thyme, cracked black pepper.  I grated the onions first and cooked them in vegetable stock so it was oil free.  You'd never guess.

I've always wanted to make tofu pockets wrap them in foil a la food truck.

The smokey black beans are a five minute side dish.  Smoked paprika, squeeze of tomato paste, chilli powder, chilli flakes, sea salt, cracked black pepper.  Cook to a boil, take off heat.  Cool a little then reheat before serving. This way the flavours are absorbed into the warm beans and create a thick sauce for the beans.  Add some water and you've got soup!

The brunch was so good.  My brunch date nearly licked their plate (or was that me?!)  These would be perfect as for a packed lunch, you could nestle the beans in with the scramble.  Pop in a few cheeky slices of avocado.  Wow.  Happy, hand held food.


See you tomorrow.  x








UPDATE
I was curious about the folks at BFree so I asked a few ?'s.

Freya Ivory, Head Marketing Executive at BFree was happy to respond.

Tell me of the story of BFree

 BFree was set up by Ronan McNamee who was the original founder of Cuisine De France. It came about after a lot of research into the gluten and wheat free industry.

Who are you?  

BFree are a team of 10 consisting of sales reps, marketing, finance, logistics and R&D. We are all really passionate about BFree and our consumers.

Why are you? 

BFree was set up because the founder had an interest in the Gluten Free industry and after a lot of research he established that there was a clear gap for a tasty, good for you bread.

When was the company founded? 

BFree started trading in the latter half of 2011. Within a year we had secured nationwide listings with 3 Irish supermarket chains; Dunnes Stores, Tesco Ireland and SuperValu. At the end of 2012 / start of 2013 we got a listing with ASDA for the UK.

Also, have you considered making your range entirely vegan? Replacing the egg with http://hamptoncreekfoods.com Beyond Eggs.  Bill Gates is raving about this company.  Their egg substitute is AMAZING (I’ve reviewed it) and is way cheaper than eggs.  Also, making the wraps sugar free (is your sugar certified vegan?) 

We are certainly looking at making all our range vegan and possible products that we launch in the future would be vegan too.