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Oh the trendy panini, how I love thee. I got way too many veggies going on from the CSA with loads of zucchini, squash, and eggplant and I need to start getting creative on ways to use them. Daiya cheese melts so well and really rounds out the panini experience. I have the older versionContinue reading “Grilled veggie panini with Daiya mozzarella”

It’s yet another rice bowl of Mexcellence. This one is topped with steamed red seitan from Viva Vegan. The sauce is tofutti better than sour cream mixed with aji panca.The aji panca is not too spicy, but has a really nice red peppery bite that is more bitter (in a good way) than a redContinue reading “Steamed Red Seitan from Viva Vegan and more”

Burrito schmurrito, all you need is rice bowl. Mexcellent rice, pinto beans, avocado, salsa, and tofu sour cream with a splash of lime.The secret to eating more grains and rice really is a fancy rice cooker. I don’t have a microwave at home, so not only does it cook perfect rice every time, it alsoContinue reading “Rockin’ the rice bowl”

Here’s some photos of the animals at the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. Loads of fun. We took the tour and walked around and took way too many pictures of the critters… The educational information is available, but not too “in your face” because the animals really speak for themselves. In the case of the roosters,Continue reading “Woodstock Farm Sanctuary and The Garden Cafe”

Headed to the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary this afternoon, so I packed a picnic. SLT, seitan lettuce and tomato sammiches. Seitan from last night (Yellow Rose Recipes) and some farm fresh lettuce and tomatoes from my CSA share. I split the cutlets again to make them thinner and dredged is some flour and Penzeys porkContinue reading “SLT Seitan Lettuce & Tomato”

Seitan Piccata is what to serve to non-vegans to showcase a classic dish that isn’t missing the meat. Rich and savory doesn’t even begin to cover it. The seitan is from the Yellow Rose Recipes by Joanna Vaught and the piccata sauce is from The Candle Cafe Cookbook. Lightly fry the seitan and serve withContinue reading “Seitan Piccata”

This is a veganized version of something my mom used to make that I loved. It’s a really simple, creamy summer salad with fresh peas, tomatoes, and “bacon.” It doesn’t really look like much, but something about bacon and tomato and fresh garden peas just goes together. The peas and tomatoes were from this weeksContinue reading “Summer salad with peas tomatoes and "bacon"”

Do not fear the weird vegetables…Red Amaranth. I’m pretty sure I’ve had amaranth the grain in cereal at some point, but I didn’t even know it was a leafy green until it was part of this week’s CSA share. I plucked off the leaves off the stems and sauteed them in some olive oil andContinue reading “Red Amaranth and Quinoa with Miso Tahini Sauce”

I made the black-eyed pea and quinoa croquettes with mushroom sauce from Vegan with a Vengeance. OK, so I was hungry and forgot to snap a photo of my plate before I ate which if you’ll use your imagination was really pretty with the croquettes and a side of bright green garlicky kale. So here’sContinue reading “Black-eyed Pea and Quinoa Croquettes with Mushroom Sauce”

My CSA finally started today and boy am I gonna be eatin’ my greens. For a vegetarian, I don’t normally eat enough vegetables, but with today’s CSA bounty, I’m kick-started to veg-out for the summer.Kale, kohlrabi, purslane, lettuce, hydroponic tomatoes, red amaranth. The fruit share is strawberries. Extras are white and crimini mushrooms. I luckedContinue reading “Hooray for the CSA!”