Vegan Mofo - A September Full of Food!

This month is a big month on the blog - but I'll keep it brief. Firstly, I'm back to my World Food Challenge (after a couple of months off while I was travelling overseas) and this month I'm going to be cooking up a feast of Egyptian dishes to share with you. So if you know of any delicious (and vegan friendly) Egyptian dishes I should be cooking up please let me know!

This month I'll also be taking part in the Vegan Month of Food (Vegan Mofo) which is pretty exciting. It's a big bunch of bloggers who post endlessly about vegan food for a whole month. It'll be a lot more posts than I usually do (the suggested amount of posts for the month is at least 20, which is a big task), but I've been trying to be prepared in advance to get lots of posts together to share with you all. I've decided to post to a theme this Mofo - My Spice Rack.

I'm mad about spices, I'm constantly collecting new ones to try out. As a result I've got a LOT of spices, half of which I never really use. So this Vegan Mofo I've decided to try and use my spices in ways I have never used them before to try and expand my repertoire and use up some of the spices languishing on my shelf. I'll also include some interesting information about each spice/herb so I can learn more about them along the way. Want to know what I've got on my spice rack? (In no particular order)

Turmeric

Coriander, ground

Coriander, whole seeds

Ginger, ground

Ginger, dried whole pieces

Nutmeg, ground

Cumin, ground

Cumin, whole seeds

Sweet Paprika

Hot Paprika

Smoky Paprika

Cloves, whole

Cloves, ground

Chilli powder

Chilli flakes

Chillis, whole dried

Cayenne Pepper

Cinnamon, ground

Cinnamon quills

Mustard seeds, ground

Mustard seeds, whole

Garam Masala

Chinese Five Spice

Cardamom pods

Cardamom, ground

Fennel seeds

Hawayij (Spice Mix)

Salt

Pickled Plum Salt

Black Pepper

Australian Pepperberry

Wild Mushroom & Black Garlic Salt

Indian Curry Powder

Sri Lankan Vegetable Curry Powder

Sri Lankan Meat Curry Powder

All Spice

Celery seeds

Curry Leaves

Dried Lemongrass

Nigella seeds

Fenugreek

Dried Mint

Mixed Italian dried herbs

Wattleseed

Marjoram

Strawberry Gum

Dried Dill

Black Lime Powder

"Mixed Spice"

Vanilla Beans

Peri Peri spice blend

Poppyseeds

Chaat Masala (Spice Mix)

Baharat (Spice Mix)

Ras El Hanout (Spice Mix)

Sumac

Lemon Pepper
Asafoetida

Star Anise

Lemon Myrtle
Za'atar

Not too bad a list huh? There may be others shoved at the back of my cupboard - who knows? It's a long list so there is no way that I'll be able to get through it in just one month but I'll do as many of them as I can and I guess whatever is left I'll have to try and do next year!

Hope you enjoy this month of food!