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.

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

9 Little Vegans All In A Row

Leisel is a little foodie, like Flynn, like me, like her Daddy...

With the 7 buns and us two, we make 9...Nine little veg-heads all in a row...

She's happy that her parents after many years of being vegetarian have finally gone vegan...

we're feeling pretty good about it too.  It's not always easy but our love for animals gets us through.

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

Hows about some chicken-less fingers for dinner (we love the Gardein ones)

with a side of softly sauteed yellow bell peppers...

A nice healthy glass of cashew milk (we prefer Earth's Own 'original')

and a whole avocado with just a bit of olive oil & lemon juice drizzled on, easy & yummy...Enjoy!

Food Friday

This is a super quick and tasty dinner idea we have often.

It's a burger using tempeh which has been sautéed in olive oil,

topped with Veganaise dressing, lettuce and tomatoes.

With a side of canned potatoes browned up, once again in olive oil with a bit of salt.

Real potatoes are better of course but sometimes after a long week a quicker solution is okay.

Hope this fills your tummy nicely if you try it and that it sends you off into a lovely weekend XO.

Food Friday

I am going to show you what I put into one of my all time favorite green smoothies mixes.

This is one that your likely to find me having weekday mornings for breakfast.

 

 

I put in coconut milk & a big handful of oats, two organic apples, an organic banana, lots of greens,

usually arugula and romaine lettuce but another favorite alternate is kale & Swiss chard as well.

Enjoy!

Food Friday

How about for dinner tonight you try this healthy & satisfying vegan yumminess...

A salad consisting of alfalfa sprouts, finely sliced radishes, a whole avocado, grated carrot...

 

 

with black sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and sliced almonds

all tossed with olive oil, agave & lemon juice dressing (with a glass of soy milk). Hello yumminess.

Food Friday

If your like me, you often run out of ideas of what the heck to eat for dinner

So I thought maybe just maybe I can give you some inspiration/ideals now and than

with a possibly new Friday topic called "Food Friday"...let's give it a try anyhow yes?

 

 

Maybe tonight you can give this a try, it's a favorite easy go-to for us:

Steamed kale with a sprinkling of salt, olive oil and nutritional yeast with

grilled cheeses on the side,

I love Daiya (soy and dairy free) 'cheese' the best for grilled cheeses

and I love to put sunflowers seeds, tomato and tofurky slices in as well.

 

Enjoy and Happy Friday XO



Lemony Lentil Soup, Sunflower Pate & Than Snooze

Hi ya everyone.

Well as promised on Instagram, I am going to share
two of my all time favorite dishes with you.

They are both easy to make, super satisfying, super healthy for you and both completely vegan.

First is my Lemony Lentil Soup

(This is a staple dish in our house and I've perfected it over the years.

Everyone I make it for loves it and they always ask for the recipe).

 

 

To Make:

 

In a big pot, heat about 2 tbsp. of olive over medium heat and than toss in one big chopped onion.

Add 4 or 5 finely chopped garlic cloves and a pinch of cayenne pepper.

Than finally chop a nice big handful of fresh parsley and that to the pot.

Peel and finely chop a potato and a nice big whack of finely chopped kale and add to pot.

Than add 1 heaping teaspoon of cumin...don't forget the cumin!!! and salt & pepper of course.

Than your going to put in 1 and a half cups of red lentils and stir them all in

(you can use green or brown lentils too but they don't break down as much as the red).

Add to everything 6 cups of vegetarian soup stock and 2 tbsps. of lemon juice and stir.

Bring this all to a boil and than turn it right down to a simmer...

make sure you cover the pot with a lid and let it cook for a full hour.

Serve with fresh parsley if you want...extra lemon and a slice of the pate.

YUUUUMMMM.

 

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Now for my Sunflower Pate

 

(This is healthy and so insanely delicious, I bet once you try it, you'll be hooked

we love it spread on crackers or even fried up in the mornings as part of breakfast, it's SO tasty).

 

 

To Make:

 

Whiles the oven is preheating to 350 degrees

Grease any pan that you would normally use for a loaf, I like my ceramic 4 x 10 inch pan

Than just toss all of the following in a food processor...

1/2 cup water

1/4 olive oil

1 onion, peeled and chopped coarsely

1/4 soy sauce (or a bit more if you like it really salty)

1 large potato, peeled and diced

1/2 flour

1/2 nutritional yeast (yum)

1 cup of sunflower seeds, salted or not (keep these in your freezer so they stay nice and fresh)

4 garlic cloves

1 tsp of thyme, oregano and 1/2 tsp of sage.

Than...

blend all for that up really good until pretty smooth, pour into your pan

and bake for about 40 minutes or until a fork comes our pretty clean.

 

 

Gobble these two recipes down and than take a nice long siesta

cause you deserve it, cause life is tiring and most of all because it's good for you

just like that yummy food ya just made.

Yummmm.

 

I really hope you love them and that they make your tummies happy.

XO