Vegetable surprise! The surprise is the next morning when your urine smells like asparagus.
Off to San Diego for the week, so one last snack of spinach scramble on whole wheat bagle (eggs coutesy of my mom’s chickens of course).
My grandmother scrawled out a recipe for this cardamom cake ages ago. It’s got stains, watermarks, measurements crossed out and penned in. Thankfully my mother easily navigated it to make the most delicious (vegan) version of this family heirloom.
A tour de force of using up leftovers! Here’s what I needed to clean out of the fridge and what I did with them:
penne pasta and jar of sauce - this is a no brainer = past with sauce…
kale - steamed and mixed in with pasta = more deliciousness
Trader Joe’s “This is Not a Tub of Cream Cheese” and parsley (mistaken for cilantro) - mixed together with a little olive oil and apple cider vinegar = “ricotta” topping
reeeally ripe purple broccoli from Veggielution box - roasted in toaster oven with olive oil and salt = the veggie component of dinner
You weren’t here to eat it, but you’ll just have to trust me on this one!
Extra delicious cinnamon chocolate walnut cake - vegan of course. Mom always makes me feel special with something yummy and vegan for my birthday. Thanks to all those who came out and shared the love (even when I was a bit much to handle). Here’s looking at you year 27!
Tomorrow is Mardi Gras, and in accordance with this holiday, my work is having a potluck. I signed up for dirty beans and rice, here you have it. Paprika, cayenne, and a jalapeño - oh my!
Do not adjust your coputer screens, everything I make is in fact green. Here are a couple of lunches over the last few days: grilled tofu over steamed greens and brocoli satay over brown rice. Now that the family receives a farm fresh box every couple of weeks, there’s an urgency to use up the veggies, stat. You can never go wrong with some clean, vegan proteins (tofu, peanuts, brown rice) and plants!
There’s something about the 14th that makes me frisky in the kitchen. Whipped up an arugula-walnut-raisin salad with fig balsamic and a carrot cake for work. Speaking of work, when did I become the lady that lives in her office? Pictures of the office and more tasty things to eat, forthcoming.
Oh, and happy 1st birthday Vegemony!
Christmas dinner, lotsa veggies, some orzo, and another seitan loaf. This loaf was wrapped in pastry dough and stuffed with hazlenuts and cranberries. Proudest moment (not that I made the loaf) was my dad reheating leftovers in the microwave this morning.
What I want for Christmas and my contribution to dessert. Yes, I really did ask for salt, Mederma, and pickled asparagus - thank you very much! The second is a pretty weak contribution to be honest; Trader Joe’s box gingerbread cake iced with Drambuie.
