There’s always a bad reason for not blogging, but here’s a good one: My internet didn’t work for two weeks! But I’m back now, and what better thing to do than post a whole bunch of random food and get caught up? Some of this stuff dates from last October. Eep! I’ll jump right in.
Ginger Cashew Tofu from Eat, Drink & Be Vegan, with fried quinoa
Salad with chickpeas, sauerkraut, crackers and “special sauce” dressing
Whole wheat pasta with cooked beets and beet greens. Turned the whole thing red!
Pizza burrito! Leftover pizza toppings wrapped up and served with pizza sauce.
These potatoes were sold as “teeny tiny potatoes” at Trader Joe’s. How cute! Roasted whole, with broccoli & tofu scramble.
Roasted Fennel Salad from Veganomicon – test run before Thanksgiving.
Amaranth porridge with apples and pecans
Tempeh Tetrazzini, adapted from a magazine recipe. Was tasty but dry.
Teriyaki tofu and veggies with red quinoa
This was a total clean-out-the-fridge dinner before I left to visit family for Christmas: sauteed cabbage and carrots with shredded bleu Sheese and brown rice. It sounds weird, but it worked well enough.
Shells n’ cheese n’ Tofurkey. Mom was making mac n’ cheese with leftover ham for the rest of the family, and she made the white sauce with Earth Balance and soy milk so that I could partake too. I added shredded Follow Your Heart cheese, cooked shells, diced Tofurkey slices that needed to be used up, and some spinach so I could pretend that it was slightly healthy.
“Special Tofu” with peanut sauce and jasmine rice, from Royal Orchid restaurant in Ocala, Florida. Beautiful and delicious.
Fried rice with red cabbage and baked tofu
Braised red cabbage and carrots
Roasted root veggies with greens and tahini sauce
Tofu scramble and an English muffin to scoop it up
Butternut squash stuffed with rice, kale and vegan sausage, served with mushrooms. This was super tasty.
When the weather started warming up, we decided to grill twice in one weekend. For this plate, I bought every vegetable worthy of grilling – baby squashes, radicchio, mushrooms, asparagus and garlic scapes. We also had some grilled toast and drizzled everything with balsamic reduction.
The next day it was a little more simple – store bought baked tofu, a marinated portobello, brown rice with carrots and hijiki, and steamed veggies with gomasio.
Hot and sour cabbage stir fry with noodles and cilantro
For this tofu scramble, I crisped some diced potatoes first then added the tofu and other ingredients, and finished it with fresh dill.
Savory amaranth with broccoli and pecans
Pasta with parsley pesto, artichokes, sun-dried tomatoes and balsamic-roasted veggies
Crunchy salad with black eyed peas, hemp seeds and spicy apple cider vinegar dressing
Teriyaki tofu bowl with short grain brown rice, raw red cabbage, steamed broccoli, green onion and extra teriyaki sauce
Gardein Crispy Tenders! I bought these to try when I had a coupon, and I LOVE them. They’d be good with any sauce, but they were especially good straight out of the oven with warm marinara. The only problem with these guys is that I could easily eat the whole package at once.
Seasoned mashed fava beans with red bell pepper on Ezekiel toast for breakfast.
Springtime brown rice risotto with fresh peas, aspragus and dill
For a light side to go with the risotto, I dry-roasted some cauliflower that was liberally seasoned with a dry rub mix.
Ahhhhhhh, I feel better having purged my unposted photos a little! Hope you enjoyed it too.
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