Vegan Mostly

So....I love mac and cheese. Trying to eat vegan makes it a little hard ;)  I was making dinner tonight and I thought of our friend Rudy. He bought the same noodles as us but he was hesitant to make them because they are in water and on the package it says my have odor. It's true they smell but not that bad. The are healthy and guilt free. It's like 3 carbs preserving. So good. That's a whole other post....rinse the noodles under cold water then boil the noodles at least for 3 to 4 minutes.  I usually boil them until I'm ready for them.     I've bought nutritional yeast because reading about it people talk about how it has a nutty savory flavor. I first tried it w popcorn and it was good. This is the recipe I followed: 1/4 cup nutritional yeast 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 cup  flour 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1/8 teaspoon dried yellow mustard powder 1 cup water 1 1/2 tablespoons butter (I know not vegan but it's all I had)...

This morning I was running late to work so I grabbed some apples for breakfast. At work we make lemon and cucumber water. I made me some too. Simple. I love it. I sliced my apples and squeezed lemon on them. Helps with them not turning brown and I love lemon. Makes everything better.

I love sweet potatoes. That and eggplant. Today it's sweet potatoes :) Boil some sweet potatoes and add cinnamon and all spice w some honey.   Mash w fork. How simple is that. You can add sugar if you like but I'm trying to stay away.     Brown sugar would be great in this. Last night that's what we did but for dinner tonight I didn't. It's a great side.  

I love left overs. I really do. Some people don't but I like to use what I made the night before and recreate. Smoke a polano over an open flame on the stove. Burn the skin then scrape it off. Toss the patties with the poblano and a chopped bell pepper in a pan and saute.  Stuff the bell pepper with mixture and put in a baking dish. Add veggie broth or water half way up the bell pepper.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes. 

I started this journey juicing. I prefer juicing because to me I feel like I'm "watering" my body. Crazy? Maybe. For lunch today I wanted to make a smoothie. Simple and easy to make. This made more than the blender could hold. I had some pears that were ripe and wanted to use them.   2 bunches of spinach 1 whole pineapple 4 pears thumbsize piece of ginger 1 lemon goji berries and chia to taste 1 cup of almond milk   Blend everything together. I Poured some out so I can still add the pineapple. Made a lot. It's cool :) I added chia last. Penn isnt a fan.  Penn had two glasses. I love that she loves green juice/smoothies. Once I juiced spinach, kale, apple and celery. She loved it. I dont really care for celery but she loves it. The left over smoothie I saved for Pokey (16oz) great afternoon snack. Cheers!

This morning my sister Angie and I went for a quick walk. I made a wrap for breakfast and had some cucumber salad from last night's Easter dinner. So good. Saute potato, bell pepper, cilantro and onion in a pan.   Once your potatoes start to brown add some veggie broth and put a lid on them to steam.    Nom Noms!!! Wrap in a tortilla and enjoy. Cucumber salad so so refreshing and delish. Great for spring. Pokey made this for me. He loves me :) 4 cucumbers sliced 1 small red onion 1 red bell pepper 1/2c white vinegar 1/2c red wine vinegar 1/2c white sugar dill to taste Combine together and put in the fridge to chill for at least an hour. You want the cucumbers to soak up all that goodness.

I've just become a fan of brussel sprouts. Chop the ends off and cut in half. Toss them in a bag w some seasoning and olive oil. I used a tuscan seasoning from HEB  Saute them or have your amazing sister do it for you. Rachel the Muscles from Brussels ;) We added garlic last minute because who doesnt love garlic? Enjoy

This was my first time making these burgers. Honestly they kinda intimidated me. I've read a bunch of recipes and I kinda came up with this one. Once I made them I realized I can use any ingredients and still make this awesome. This made 12 patties.   I put 2 cups of quinoa w 2 cups vegetable broth and 2 cups water in the rice cooker. I had a can of chickpeas in the pantry so I rinsed those and put in a pot to boil. The spices are dried thyme, cumin, dried cilantro, and minced garlic. The flour is for later. I chopped parsley, carrots, celery and bell pepper. saute the veggies and spices Once the quinoa and chickpeas are done put 1c of quinoa and 1/2 of the chickpeas on the side. Put the rest in a food processor with the veggie mixture along with the flour (2tbs). Pulse it but not too much. You dont want mush.  Mash the quinoa and chick peas together then add to mixture    Add some soy sauce. This little fish is about ta...

I love having people over for dinner. I love to cook. Our cousins Bejan and Lily came over Sunday and we hung out the whole day. Literally. Church. Lunch. Flying kites. Dinner. Time flys when your kicking it so we decided to make dinner. I love that she will try anything. I made Jamaican beef patties w meatless crumbles and I roasted sweet potatoes. I'm just now becoming a fan of kale. I ate it raw! (Can you imagine) I had made some yam noodles and a homemade sauce w some veggies and served it up. Pokey was organizing the garage and Bejan helped so I knew they were hungry. I made spicy chikn patties for them to make sandwiches. Along with everything else on the table. It was definitely buffet style this Sunday lol. I was worried their boys wouldn't want to eat. Nothing but veggies but they ate. The liked it. That makes me happy. Lily made aquafresca and with the leftover juice we made paletas. Mango and pineapple. So good!