This week's menu:
Monday ~ Vegetable soup with black bean burgers ~ all homemade and vegan
Tuesday ~ Chicken Patties (probably boca since it will be a busy day with election and hubby out of town) w/ sweet potato fries
Wed ~ Mexican rice & bean bake ~ vegan
Thursday ~ Veggie Vindaloo with Naan Bread
Friday ~ Stove Top Cheeze Mac ~ vegan
Saturday ~ Tacos with homemade refried beans
Sunday ~ Pantry Chili ~ vegan
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Apple Harvest Time ~ Apple Salsa
I made this for a party and it was a hit!! It is so fresh and different!
2 apples, cored and cubed
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 apples, cored and cubed
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and sliced
1/2 red onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 cup chopped walnuts, lightly toasted or not... I have done it both ways
2 tablespoons ginger or fresh grated ginger
1/4 teaspoon salt
Combine and eat!
It tastes even better if you want a day, I serve with tortilla chips or pita chips.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
This Week's Menu!
Food, to me is very important. We try and eat healthy. We are vegetarian, even if you aren't you should try and have at least one meatless meal a week. Maybe our menu for the week will help with ideas. I will try and post recipes throughout the week.
This weeks we are having
Monday ~ Whole Wheat Gnocchi with homemade marinara sauce w/ salad (vegan)
Tuesday ~ Black Bean Soup with Kale ~ in the slow cooker (vegan)
Wed ~ the hubby and I are having a date night at AIA awards.
Thurs ~ Stovetop Cheeze Mac (vegan)
Fri ~ Taco salad
Sat ~ homemade black bean burgers and with homemade vegetable soup (slow cooker) (vegan)
Sun ~ slow cooker chili with homemade cornbread (vegan)
This weeks we are having
Monday ~ Whole Wheat Gnocchi with homemade marinara sauce w/ salad (vegan)
Tuesday ~ Black Bean Soup with Kale ~ in the slow cooker (vegan)
Wed ~ the hubby and I are having a date night at AIA awards.
Thurs ~ Stovetop Cheeze Mac (vegan)
Fri ~ Taco salad
Sat ~ homemade black bean burgers and with homemade vegetable soup (slow cooker) (vegan)
Sun ~ slow cooker chili with homemade cornbread (vegan)
Friday, October 22, 2010
Portobello Fajitas
Tonight's dinner is Portobello Fajitas.
olive oil enough to thinly coat a pan
3 Large Portobello Mushrooms
1 yellow onion
1 or 2 green or red pepper
garlic ~ minced
salt
pepper
cumin
red pepper flakes
chili pepper
balsamic vinegar
whole wheat tortillas
lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, salsa or whatever else you like to top them with. (leave the dairy out for vegan version)
Turn on oven to 350, wrap tortillas in foil and place in oven to warm up while cooking.
I get 3 portobellos, remove the stem, wipe them off with a damp cloth (I don't like rinsing under water as they soak up water.) and chop them length wise.
Chop onion length wise, large stripes and chop up the pepper same way.
Put some olive oil in a stainless steel pan over medium heat.
Add onions and peppers first, season with salt & pepper, let cook for a few minutes until slightly soft. Next add mushrooms & garlic (2 cloves is fine) and the rest of the seasoning (tsp or so of each) and balsamic vinegar (just a couple squashes). Cook until mushrooms are soft, but not mushy (doesn't take long watch carefully).
Wrap everything up in a tortilla and enjoy.
Delicious and healthy dinner!
olive oil enough to thinly coat a pan
3 Large Portobello Mushrooms
1 yellow onion
1 or 2 green or red pepper
garlic ~ minced
salt
pepper
cumin
red pepper flakes
chili pepper
balsamic vinegar
whole wheat tortillas
lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, salsa or whatever else you like to top them with. (leave the dairy out for vegan version)
Turn on oven to 350, wrap tortillas in foil and place in oven to warm up while cooking.
I get 3 portobellos, remove the stem, wipe them off with a damp cloth (I don't like rinsing under water as they soak up water.) and chop them length wise.
Chop onion length wise, large stripes and chop up the pepper same way.
Put some olive oil in a stainless steel pan over medium heat.
Add onions and peppers first, season with salt & pepper, let cook for a few minutes until slightly soft. Next add mushrooms & garlic (2 cloves is fine) and the rest of the seasoning (tsp or so of each) and balsamic vinegar (just a couple squashes). Cook until mushrooms are soft, but not mushy (doesn't take long watch carefully).
Wrap everything up in a tortilla and enjoy.
Delicious and healthy dinner!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Vegan Pot Pie
Yes, I haven't posted all summer.... eep!
I got this recipe from a friend.
Ingredients:
2 pie crusts, prepared ~ I made my own pie crusts using vegan margarine
1/3 cup vegan margarine ~ I used olive oil
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup vegetable broth
1/3 cup non dairy milk ~ I used almond milk
2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place one pie crust into bottom of a 9 inch pie pan
In a medium saucepan, melt margarine over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender.
Stir in flour, salt and pepper until well blended. Gradually stir in broth and milk. cook, stirring constantly, until bubbly and thickened. Add vegetables and heat through.
Spoon mixture over crust in pie pan. top with second crust and pinch the edges to seal. Cut some slits in the top crust to vent steam.
Back for 30-40 minutes or until crust is golden. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving.
I got this recipe from a friend.
Ingredients:
2 pie crusts, prepared ~ I made my own pie crusts using vegan margarine
1/3 cup vegan margarine ~ I used olive oil
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 cup vegetable broth
1/3 cup non dairy milk ~ I used almond milk
2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place one pie crust into bottom of a 9 inch pie pan
In a medium saucepan, melt margarine over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender.
Stir in flour, salt and pepper until well blended. Gradually stir in broth and milk. cook, stirring constantly, until bubbly and thickened. Add vegetables and heat through.
Spoon mixture over crust in pie pan. top with second crust and pinch the edges to seal. Cut some slits in the top crust to vent steam.
Back for 30-40 minutes or until crust is golden. Let stand 5-10 minutes before serving.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Fruits of my labor and oh my the heat!
It is so hot outside. It is one of those days when you don't want to wear clothes (don't worry we are clothed, but we would be much happier naked ha!) Today's high is 94 and it is currently 90 outside and no rain in the forecast. I think we might be relaxing indoors and going out early in the morning and late in the evening to get our outside time in.
We have to hit the pool here soon to beat the heat or I will set up the sprinkler.
One good thing about the no rain means I don't have to mow the lawn! We don't waste our drinking water on watering our lawn. I do have to water the garden, but we are growing food. Hopefully my water bill doesn't go through the roof because of the lack of rain this week.
But good news we just picked our first zucchini out of our garden!
I think we are going to cook up tonight.
Well the cucumbers were getting out of hand. I put these cages up that I had extra.
I don't have much room to put anything else up, so this will have to do. I think I might have a million cucumbers and zucchini by the time this is all said and done. I think I might make pickles with the cucumbers.
Here is my little gardener, Carson.
He likes helping me out and he wants to water the garden any chance he gets. Now if only could get him to pull up weeds I think I would have it made in the shade.
And here is my little Boo.... she likes to stay in the shade and quite frankly I don't blame her.
Other than gardening, I have been busying knitting. I am making this cute little sweater (work in progress) called Little Coffee Bean
It is for a special little guy. I am making it size 6 months so he has something to wear this fall/winter.
The colorway is called Dandelion Sky dyed by Blue Grass Baby
Stay cool everyone!
We have to hit the pool here soon to beat the heat or I will set up the sprinkler.
One good thing about the no rain means I don't have to mow the lawn! We don't waste our drinking water on watering our lawn. I do have to water the garden, but we are growing food. Hopefully my water bill doesn't go through the roof because of the lack of rain this week.
But good news we just picked our first zucchini out of our garden!
I think we are going to cook up tonight.
Well the cucumbers were getting out of hand. I put these cages up that I had extra.
I don't have much room to put anything else up, so this will have to do. I think I might have a million cucumbers and zucchini by the time this is all said and done. I think I might make pickles with the cucumbers.
Here is my little gardener, Carson.
He likes helping me out and he wants to water the garden any chance he gets. Now if only could get him to pull up weeds I think I would have it made in the shade.
And here is my little Boo.... she likes to stay in the shade and quite frankly I don't blame her.
Other than gardening, I have been busying knitting. I am making this cute little sweater (work in progress) called Little Coffee Bean
It is for a special little guy. I am making it size 6 months so he has something to wear this fall/winter.
The colorway is called Dandelion Sky dyed by Blue Grass Baby
Stay cool everyone!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Sooo I like yarn ;)
I took the hobby of knitting when my daughter was in diapers to some day make longies for her. If you are unfamiliar about longies, they are pants made of wool that work as a diaper cover for cloth diapers. Here is a great resource about that: Benefits and Advantages of Wool Diapering Products
I never got to make my own for her as I was still so new at knitting and quite frankly my knitting sucked. There are many great WAHMs that knit longies for Boo.
Anyway I have gotten much better at knitting so I have been knitting other things. Sweaters, hats, scarves, cowls and whatever catches my fancy.
Here is a project I just finished for a cowl swap.
If you are on Ravelry you can see my project and find the pattern here.
I also just acquired some yarn from Wildflower Whimsy in her Emperor colorway.
This I will hoard for awhile and possibly dye some matching black to go with it. It has been a favorite colorway of mine and I finally have it. It reminds me of Pittsburgh Penguins.
And this is going to become the Honey Cowl pattern
This is one of Selah's newest colorways, Breaking Free. I love the colors in this colorway and I think it is perfect for the honey cowl. I will be casting on today.
I never got to make my own for her as I was still so new at knitting and quite frankly my knitting sucked. There are many great WAHMs that knit longies for Boo.
Anyway I have gotten much better at knitting so I have been knitting other things. Sweaters, hats, scarves, cowls and whatever catches my fancy.
Here is a project I just finished for a cowl swap.
If you are on Ravelry you can see my project and find the pattern here.
I also just acquired some yarn from Wildflower Whimsy in her Emperor colorway.
This I will hoard for awhile and possibly dye some matching black to go with it. It has been a favorite colorway of mine and I finally have it. It reminds me of Pittsburgh Penguins.
And this is going to become the Honey Cowl pattern
This is one of Selah's newest colorways, Breaking Free. I love the colors in this colorway and I think it is perfect for the honey cowl. I will be casting on today.
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