Herbed Tofu Baguette Sandwich

A yummy lunch after grocery shopping. Organic baguette with baby spinach, bulgarian roasted red pepper spread, and tofu marinated and fried in olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, italian spices and dijon mustard.

Also, this recipe isn't pretty enough to take a picture of , but it's a favourite of mine (without the cheese, of course): http://www.foodtv.ca/recipes/recipedetails.aspx?dishid=9108

Chickpea Cutlets for lunch

I've probably posted these cutlets before, but it's a good recipe.. go make it if you have Veganomicon! They are made with both chickpeas and gluten flour, so they are packed with protein... and deliciousness!

Spinach-Chickpea-Sundried Tomato Quinoa Bake

Sorry, the pic sucks, it was too dark and I had to photo-shop it- I promise this meal tastes better than it looks!

I actually wrote it down the ingredents for once:
2 cups raw quinoa
approx. 3 tbs chopped sundried tomatoes in oil
1 tbs oil from the sundried tomatoes (or other oil)
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
3 1/2 cups veg broth
1 package frozen chopped spinach, defrosted
1 19oz can chickpeas
a pinch of garlic powder
a pinch of salt

Stir together and cook in a big baking dish, covered, for 45 mins or until it looks good.
I saw a non-vegan recipe like this with egg- I wonder what I could use to make this stick together..

Spinach Salad

Sometimes salads are awesome. Here is one made from organic baby spinach, raw sunflower seeds, cubes of baked tofu, english cukes, and a vinegrette made from white wine vinegar, toasted walnut oil (my new favourite thing in the whole world), and maple mustard. Woo!

Purely Decadent Coconut Milk Ice Cream

I found the Purely Decadent coconut milk ice cream here (at Rainbow Foods)! It is the BEST vegan ice cream I have ever tasted - including the stuff I've made myself in my ice-cream maker! We had the cookie dough kind and it was fabulous. I love that it is made with agave nectar instead of sugar! (Agave has a low glycemic index so it doesn't affect your blood sugar like refined sugar does.)

Potato Soup with Tofu Bacon and Chives

I must say, I'm quite proud of this soup. It's cheap, easy and totally delicious. The soup is just diced onion softened in olive oil, about 6 chopped potatoes and vegetable broth (from cubes). I used to hand-held blender to blend it up after the potatoes were soft.
The bacon tofu: chopped tofu, tamari, a few drops liquid hickory smoke, garlic powder, fried in a bit of olive oil. It's topped with chives and a bit of soy cheese, and tah-dah! Baked-potato type soup!

Italian Sausage with Tomato Sauce, Spinach, and Mini Potatoes

This was an amazing meal. Turtle Island Italian sausage isn't cheap, or low-fat, but damn are they good. It was too much food.. but we ate it anyway.

Vegan Wedding!

He said yes!

Barbecued Tofu with Bows and Kale

I got up to get some juice and Elsie takes my place! No tofu for kitties! This is my first time using the Real Food Daily cookbook that I got for xmas. It was a success. The tofu is first marinaded and then you fry it and top it with homemade bbq sauce. Homemade bbq sauce is sort of time intensive (depending on the recipe) but is totally worth it. I changed the sauce recipe around a bit and I put more tomato than it called for, so it was more a sweet tomato sauce than a sticky, thick bbq sauce, so it worked well on the noodles.

Almond Apricot Glaze Cupcakes

I'm not sure why it took so long, but I've finally got a copy of Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. These were perfect! I also made Tirimisu cupcakes and Earl Grey cupcakes. I snuck some whole wheat into the Earl Grey ones and they were perfect. Next I'm making the agave nectar vanilla ones.