Almond Biscotti

There were from Vegan Italiano. They are a great, easy and impressive dessert to serve company.

Chanukkah!

Latkes are the traditional Chanukkah food! Who could resist deep fried potato pancakes? with apple sauce, or sour supreme, they are delicious. My Mom and my husband made these. Hubby insists on hand grating the potatoes, whereas my mother insists on using the Cuisinart to grate the onions (lack of crying). We used the recipe from www.vegcooking.com. 

Enjoy. 

  

smoked Tofu saute

I love smoked tofu in a stirfry, now I love it in a saute!

1 cup cooked Quinoa

1 large bok choy, cut up

broccoli  (about 2 cups)

2 portobello mshrooms

1 pkg smoked tofu

Sauce:

1 clove garlic minced

1/2 cup white wine

1 tbsp corn starch

1 tsp powdered broth (your choice)

1 cup water

1 tsp sage

1 tsp thyme

1/4 tsp fennel seed

1 tsp salt

a few twists of fresh ground pepper

mix together all sauce in a bowl. Set aside

heat up a frying pan (I use a cast iron one) with 2 tbsp of oil in it (if after this, the food sticks, just use water).  First put in the bok choy and broccoli, saute fro 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, saute for 5 more minutes. Then add tofu and sauce. saute for 10 more minutes, or until sauce thicken (you can add water during cooking if the sauce is ready before the veggies are. 

Goddess Garbonzos!

This is  out of Dreena Burton's "eat, drink and be vegan".   It's kind of a vegan version of Tuna salad. It's great in pita (add tomato and greens) or on a sandwich (with pickles and onions, obviously).  

Fair Verona Hummus

This is another take (Norhter Italian-esque) on hummus...be sure to leave in the fridge overnight so that the flavours may blend. 

1 can Romano beans

1 tsp coriander

2 tsp cumin

1 tsp sage

1 tsp tarragon

1/8 cup tahini

2 tbsp cashew-macadamia butter

2 tsp salt

juice of half a lemon

1 tsp oregano

1 tbsp white wine vinegar

water to desired consisancy

1 clove garlic

First, process garlic. Then add all other ingredients and blend. 

Lentli Barley Stew

It was bound to happen: I caught a cold in the middle of exams. In interest of getting over it asap, I made this lentil barley stew and plan on downing a few wheatgrass shots later...

Lentil barley soup (this is for an oval 6 quart slowcooker) 

2 leeks, chopped

2 carrots, chopped

one onion, diced

3 parsnips, chopped

2 potatoes, cubed

2 cups green lentils

1 cup pearl barley

9 cups water

2 vegetable broth cubes

1 tsp marjoram

1 tsp sage

1 tsp thyme

2 tbsp tarragon

2 bay leaves

2 tbsp salt

a few sprinkles fresh ground pepper

combine all ingredient into slow cooker. set on low for 8 hours. 

Sun dried Tomato Hummus

I forgot to take a photo of this, but it seemed to b quite the hit at the pot luck I just returned from.

1 clove garlic

4 oil packed sun dried tomatoes

1 tsp each sage, thyme and oregano

1/2 tsp cumin

1 can chickpeas (drained and rinsed)

1/2 cup tahini

1/4 cup olive oil

salt to taste

1 tsp capers

juice of half a lemon

1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

2 tbsp water

firs, process garlic in food processor. Then add sun dried tomatoes. add all other ingredients and process until smooth.

I used to hate bananas... until I ate this!

This is the most awesome thing ever! so simple, so healthy, so tasty!

Just slice up a banana, mix in to some sol vanilla solgurt and some granola. 

Cookies!

Okay, so I also celebrated by baking cookies. Did I mention that they were amazing sparkled ginger cookies from Vegan with a Vengence? and that I had them with Chia? 

literally like tasting heaven. 

2 Down celebrtion

I had a Contracts exam and a memo due today. So I decided to celebrate by going to the gym, followed by a delicious skillet toss!

Just cube up extra firm tofu and a potato, dice and onion and fry up in a skillet. add 1 tbsp chili powder and cumin...add toast or a bagel. perfect!