Food Friday - Vegan Breakfast

This is one of my absolute favorite breakfasts...acrorn fig coffee, tomatoes fresh from the garden...

Tofurky slices sauteed in butter, beautiful avocado with smoked paprika & homemade fried potatoes.

Food Friday

Guys if you ever see these Gusta vegan sausages in your grocery stores you have to try them.

They are the best vegan sausages we've tried yet, the Montreal flavor is our most favorite.

Vegan Food Friday - Tomato Veggie Soup & Sandwiches

Food Friday time...

I don't always give you guys recipes for these pics because they are just meant

as food inspiration if your stuck for dinner ideas and it's also just my gentle way to show you guys

how beautiful and healthy vegan eating

is for both you and your tummy & heart but also for animals & the planet.

This is something we have pretty much every single week.

A homemade tomato veggie soup

(just through in all of your favorite veg with blended tomatoes, rice, chickpeas and pasta too in 1 pot)

right now we have tons of tomatoes to use from the garden

so we've been making sometimes two pots per week (but I am soup monster).

Sandwiches are always a nice additional side,

use vegannaise, tofurky slices, earth island cheeses.....Vegan YUUUMMM.

Enjoy XO

Vegan Food Friday - Beet Patties & Kale

Time for Food Friday because I LOVE food & being vegan and showing people that
us vegans 'don't starve' we get to enjoy all kinds of yumminess that's good for the earth, animals & us.

Anyhow, the one thing in our kitchen that we couldn't do without is our big stainless steel steamer (besides my espresso machine & my smoothie blender!)

Tonight for example we're having this...steamed kale with nutritional yeast (we L-O-V-E it)

with a store bought beet patties on the side (sorry I forget the brand at the moment)

With steamed buttery mashed potatoes with a topping of vegan sour cream...Quick & Yummy.

Enjoy if you give this food idea a try XO

Food Friday - Miso Noodles With Vegan Egg

Okay you guys so the vegan eggs that you can buy right now don't actually taste like eggs

(which is okay with me because eggs always made me sick to my stomach

when I actually thought about what I was actually eating!)

and  let me be honest, on their own like as a scamble, they aren't great

BUT if you mix them with stuff or use them in cakes etc they do the job and do it quite well.

I don't think for vegans that it's all about taste replication...it's about an alternate for kinder choices

so if something doesn't taste like it's intended to, it's okay,

because I for one am still happy to have that kinder choice.

Anyhow, I am a noodle fiend...I could eat noodles 3 meals a day.

and this is a recent favorite, especially on those lazier cooking days.

We just use a package of those ready made noodles (a vegan one of course)

and keep in mind that just because they say 'beef' for example sometimes they are still vegan

BUT on the flip side sometimes they say 'veg' but still have fish or chicken, so check the ingredients.

We add in tofu and kale and sometimes mushrooms etc & lately we've been using the Vegan egg

replacer in one of those poaching microwave thingies and putting it on top.

Mixed with the yumminess of the miso noodles, it's really tasty...

don't get your hopes up but do give it a try, you might be happily surprised like me!

(and for happy gut flora, which I always need help with, a good side of fermented beets or kimchi).

Enjoy XO

Food Friday - Vegan Roasted Pizza

Are you in the mood for Food Friday?

Well here's an ideal for all of my fellow vegans out there if you need one...

This is one of our favorite usual easy Friday night go to dinners.

Vegan roasted pizza with a nice big side of streamed kale with nutritional yeast.

Cut up tomatoes, sweet potatoes & onions,  drench it all with olive oil & salt on a flat pan

and than let them roast in the oven at 350 for about 40 minutes.

After that put all of that roasted yumminess on top of your pizza dough

and cook it all again for maybe another 20 minutes.  Simple but so yummy...Enjoy!

Vegan Food Friday

This is our healthy & easy usual go to meal for when we're hungry but to tired for anything fancy.

If your looking for some vegan dinner ideas this weekend, maybe this will inspire you.

Tofu sauteed with mushrooms, steamed kale with nutritional yeast & olive oil & sweet potato mash.

Don't forget to add some garlic salt & a splash of maggi to the tofu/mushroom mix.  Enjoy!

Food Friday - Vegan Sour Cream Hello!

Did you guys know there is such a thing as Vegan sour 'cream' (from Tofutti)

Well there is and holy smokes I am slightly ashamed to admit how addicted I am to it!!

Sweet Savory Saturday

We always come home with a lighter heart when we see more & more
vegan products on the grocery shelves...
especially in our hunting/meat & potatoes city!

We especially love the Yves kale & caramelized onion sausages.

Tonight we're trying those new Sol Cuisine Lemon Dill 'Salmon' burgers and I can't wait!
The buns & I hope your having a wonderful Saturday (we're spending it outside with the buns).

Food Friday

I've been vegetarian for a really long time and going the step further to being Vegan

was easy once I educated myself on the horrors of the dairy industry.

It was made easier too because typically I don't crave anything super much (except for coffee!)

BUT once in a while I was still craving just one thing...tuna salad sandwiches!

Well a couple weeks ago my honey tried his had at Tuna-Free Tuna salad sandwiches

and holy crap, we are over the moon with it and right now it's all we want to eat!

You gotta try this recipe like now...  

Tuna-Free ‘Tuna’ Salad Sandwiches (My honey's recipe)

         19-oz can of salt-free chickpeas, drained and rinsed

         ½ cup vegan mayo

         2 tbsp dijon or whole grain mustard

         2 tbsp Maggi

         1 tbsp balsamic vinegar

         4 tsp celery seeds

         2 celery rib, chopped

         2 tbsp minced green onion or red onion or shallot

         ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

         2 tbsp dulse flakes (or more to your taste)

Mix all ingredients in food processor, just don't blend too much,

spread on your favorite bread and HELLO YUM.

Food Friday

At first I wasn't a huge fan of the Tofurky logs but now I really like them because I know how to

prepare them properly and now after holidays when they are on sale

we buy several for the freezer so that we can have them on non-holiday times too.

Trick 1:  You gotta slice the log deeply on all sides so the baste seeps in

Trick 2: surround the log with loads of veggies (and cook all of it covered)

we use lots of potatoes, carrots, turnips, onions, garlic and sometimes like here, green peas.

Trick 3: When you serve it, slice it very thinly, not thick, trust me it makes a difference

Trick 4:  Make your own gravy cause the one comes with kinda sucks!
and don't forget the cranberries & vegan stuffing....hello Tofurky!

Food Friday....Vegan Frittata

I made this Vegan Frittata this week and my honey and I loved it.
(We are planning on making a pizza version tonight with mushrooms & vegan pepperoni).

It's super easy...

Whisk together:
2 cups of chickpea flour
1/4 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of nutritional yeast
2 cups of water
Salt and pepper to taste
Pour into a oiled casserole dish.

Than add to the mixture:
1-2 chopped garlic
A big handful of chopped spinach
A whole tomato chopped
1 whole red pepper finely chopped
Sun dried tomatoes to your liking
Olives chopped & added to your liking

Bake for 1 hour at 350°c or until set.

Enjoy XO

Food Friday

Like I was telling you last Friday, we got TONS of lettuce from our sweet little garden this year,

Green leaf, Red leaf, Romaine, Head, Boston, yum yum yum...my tummy LOVES leafy greens.

Give this mix a try...loads of leafy greens & sunflower seeds with grape seed oil, lemon & agave

It's a super simple super fast mix and a favorite go-to of mine.

Food Friday - Our Veggie Boxes

We've had been wanting to put raised veggie beds in our front yard for years now

so finally this was the season for that project to happen and we just love them.

It was such a pleasure to see how well everything was growing all season long.

We grew 4 different kinds of lettuce & didn't have to buy any from the store for weeks.

We did Roma, beefsteak and yellow tomatoes & have been including them in most dishes lately.

We did Purple, green leaf and tuscan kale and gobbled it all down (my niece loved the garden kale).

and we grew basil, spearmint and oregano and cucumbers.  I LOVE growing things, do you?

Going Far For Vegan Eats

Sometimes when you live in a little city of meat-eaters and hunters,

you are willing to drive 1.5 hours

for beautiful kind vegan fare that you can't really get in your own city.

Before a day of mountain biking we fueled up at (the vegan) Tucos Tacos & than enjoyed donuts & cupcakes at a vegan bakery across the street, both owned and run by a husband & wife team.

I love quirky unique places, especially when they offer kind cruelty-free eats.

Food Friday

This is one of my favorite healthy vegan choices for a quick breakfast or lunch, I hope you love it.

It's simply avocado, sunflowers seeds & kalamata olives on rye with Tofurky deli slices on the side.

Food Friday

So if your a veg head like we are, you've got to make sure your getting legumes and beans...

This is a super easy dish that we whip up often, it's full of flavor and loaded with beans for protein.

It's all in one pot....put in a can of tomatoes, a couple of fresh ones diced in too, potatoes, cauliflower,

chickpeas, kidney beans, lots of garlic & lots of curry...cover & cook until all is soft. ENJOY XO.

Food Friday

Sometimes simple is best, especially with your veg and fruit.

I LOVE strawberries dipped in almond butter

But I also love a huge salad, this one was grape tomatoes with cucumber, pepitas, almonds

and my usual olive oil, lemon juice and agave dressing.

Food Friday

This is a pretty typical looking dinner in our house...

Zucchini with Daiya melted on top (Daiya kinda sucks unmelted but melted it's a differernt thing)...

the always present steamed kale with nutritional yeast & tofu of course & homemade Miso soup
YUMMY & KIND...I hope you give this tasty and healthy mix a try...Happy Eating XO.

Food Friday

We have a little tradition....Scone Sunday.

I am SO not a baker

but every few Sundays I like to treat my hon, my niece and myself by whipping up homemade scones that I serve with jams and butter and tea with soy milk...

I yell 'Scones are ready' and they come running with smiles plastered on their faces,

I kinda love it, this little tradition, this sweet bit of domesticity.

I am determined to learn vegan baking...it's a summer time goal,

(but so is a lot of biking to work off the desserts that I do make!)