Wednesday, November 28, 2012

A Burger and Salad

A five star burger and salad!

A veggie burger on a whole grain bun with tomatoes, pickles, lettuce, and garlic sauce. Baby romaine with tomatoes, green onions, avocado, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard, basil, salt, and pepper.

PB&J and Coleslaw

The infamous PB&J made with crunchy peanut butter and beautiful berry jam on whole wheat.

Coleslaw made with cabbage, carrots, parsley, olive oil, cider vinegar, salt, and sugar.

I ate the coleslaw first :-)

Seven Grain Cereal and Raspberries

Seven Grain cereal made with extra flax and golden raisins served with raspberries and soy milk.

Spaghettini with Spinach Tomato Sauce

A simple tomato sauce exploding with spinach and mushrooms, and fortified with yummy soy protein. Served on whole wheat spaghettini.

Chick Peas Peas Pita

Chick peas two ways!

A whole wheat pita with hummus, falafel, lettuce, tomatoes, and garlic sauce.

Vegan Garlic Sauce

This stuff is powerful. The garlic comes through like crazy!

Blend well 1 cup silken tofu, 2 or more cloves garlic, 1 tbsp olive oil, and salt to taste.

I use this as a tzatziki substitute.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Southwestern Soup and Garlic Toast

Southwestern Soup made by tossing sauteed sweet onions, garlic, Cajun spice, and kidney beans into tomato soup.  Served with garlic toast on the side.

I shoulda  added corn.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

What is this?

It's called 'Breadcrumbs' on the container. Shouldn't there just be three or four ingredients that you can get from the corner store in breadcrumbs?

I won't be eating this.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Veggie Stir Fry on Rice

A veggie stir fry with broccoli, sweet yellow peppers, button mushrooms, zucchini, firm tofu, garlic, ginger, and tamari sauce served on short grain brown rice.

Hummus for Vegans

The flax makes this Hummus for Vegans.

4 cloves garlic, 2/3 cup toasted sesame seeds, 2/3 cup ground flax, 1/3 cup olive oil, 1/3 cup lemon juice, 1 tsp salt, 1 cup water, 4 cups cooked chickpeas.

Food process everything but 3 cups of the chickpeas until the seeds disappear. Add the remaining chickpeas and whiz till happy. Adjust water if needed for consistency.

Frijoles Refritos Wrap and Veggies

Easily one of the best sandwiches I've ever had! Yes... really.

Frijoles refritos, avocado, lettuce, and hot sauce in a whole wheat wrap. A veggie bowl with cucumber, carrots, and snow peas.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Three Sisters Pita

Wrap some butternut squash, corn, and frijoles refritos in a whole wheat pita.

Add some hot sauce and you're in pita heaven.

Frijoles Refritos

A perfect dip or spread.

Saute onions, mushrooms, garlic, chili powder, and cumin in olive oil, Add cooked black beans, salt, and water. Let simmer, then mash.

You can substitute any bean for the black beans :-)

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Veggie Udon Soup

Udon Soup made with vegetable stock, oyster and shiitake mushrooms, snow peas, carrots, green onions, ginger, firm tofu, soy sauce, mirin, and udon noodles. The broth is quite amazing.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Curried Chickpeas Florentine

Curried Chickpeas Florentine... spinach, chickpeas, sweet onions, ginger, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, turmeric, and chili powder served with baked butternut squash and short grain brown rice.

Delicious... nutritious... and gratifying!

Protein Salad and a Bagel

Protein Salad made with cucumbers, sweet yellow peppers, sweet onions, cortland apples, garlic, flat leaf parsley, olive oil, flax seed oil, cider vinegar, salt, sugar, pepper, and chick peas. And... an ancient grains bagel.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Lemon Zucchini Pasta

Sauteed zucchini and sweet peppers with black beans, basil, garlic, and lemon juice on whole wheat rotini.

I prefer it with fried tofu or chickpeas but black beans were my legume du jour.

Luncheon Tofu

Some people eat luncheon meat. Some eat simulated vegan luncheon meat. I just make my own Luncheon Tofu for sandwiches, wraps, and pitas. Saute slices of tofu with a few drops of olive oil and some spices. I used Cajun spice this time.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Pasta Primavera

Even the kids love it (minus the nooch).

Tomato sauce with copious veggies de jour (this time... carrots, sweet onions, button mushrooms, and garlic) and soy protein on whole wheat bow-tie pasta topped nutritional yeast.

Veggies and Hummus

Cucumber, kohlrabi, and sweet yellow peppers with hummus and rye bread.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Veggie Burger and Rutabaga Fries

Where's the beef ?  Not here !

Veggie Burger with salsa, avocados, and pickled banana peppers on a whole wheat bun. Pan fried Rutabaga Fries made with olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Ten Grain Cereal and a Banana

A breakfast of champions...

Ten Grain Cereal made with extra flax and sultana raisins served with a banana and soy milk.

Friday, November 09, 2012

Vegan Thanksgiving Dinner

My first vegan Thanksgiving dinner. Can't wait to have it again.

Succotash with lima beans, corn, sweet onions, and collard greens. Baked spaghetti squash. Sauteed brown rice with sweet onions, garlic, and mushrooms. Fresh cranberry sauce with lemon juice, and orange zest.

Channa Masala and Sauteed Okra

My wife will fight me for the leftovers...

Channa Masala with chickpeas, sweet onion, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, cumin seeds, turmeric, coriander, cinnamon, and chili powder. Sauteed Okra with lemon juice. All on a bed of quinoa.

Thursday, November 08, 2012

Garlic Eggplant

There's no missing meat with dishes like this...

Sauteed Chinese eggplant with sweet onions, button mushrooms, extra firm tofu, garlic, and tamari sauce on a bed of long grain brown rice.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Veggie Stir Fry on Vermicelli

My daughter's request last night...

Veggie Stir Fry with snow peas, agaricus bisporus mushrooms, sweet yellow peppers, ruby Swiss chard, extra firm tofu, ginger, garlic, and tamari sauce on top of mung bean vermicelli.