We had our last meal with Jared's mom and dad at Sushi Avenue (i think that's what its called) in downtown Decatur. Jared got a bunch of vegan sushi, of which I helped myself to, that was very tasty. Pictured is pumpkin and sweet potato tempura sushi, avocado rolls and cucumber avocado rolls. Not as good as Soho Sushi in Tampa, but a very close ( Read more... )

Jared's mom and dad came into town yesterday. This is their first time to Decatur/ATL and we really want them to have an awesome time. I have been vegan for over a month now and this has been my first experience dining out with non vegan family members. To me, being vegan is as easy as not being vegan it just takes a bit of thoughtfulness, the ( Read more... )

I am not sure where this craving came from but I was inspired to make these Jamaican "meat" patties. The dough was actually a pie crust recipe I made last night. It was way too salty for its intended use (I was gonna make a pie of some sort for the in laws that are arriving tomorrow) so I rehydrated granulated TVP, and added it to an onion I ( Read more... )

Tonight I made homemade spaghetti sauce that started off with olive oil, onions, garlic, dried herbs (basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme and bay leaf), natural sugar, sea salt and organic red wine. I added a large can of fire roasted crushed tomatoes and let that all simmer for about an hour. I pureed the sauce with my fancy emulsion blender and had ( Read more... )

Saute sweet onion, red bell pepper and garlic until soft. Toss in some cumin, chipotle chili powder, liquid smoke and sea salt. Stir in a can of dark red kidney beans. I mashed up some of the beans to thicken it up. At the last minute I stirred in some red wine vinegar. Topped with green onion, this was very satisfying.

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Feeling kinda sick today, but we gotta eat . . . so, I took a frozen vegan burger and pan fried it with onions until the onions got nice and caramelized. I also made some tiny red potatoes (boiled) and made a parsley, chive and olive oil sauce to coat them with. I then simply made a side salad with sesame, carrot and ginger dressing (not yet on the ( Read more... )

These pancakes smelled like some "fruity" kids cereal while cooking ( Read more... )

I have been craving a mexican restaurant style plate of food for weeks now. I bought some TVP granules yesterday and decided to make taco filling with them. I rehydrated the TVP and cooked them in your typical taco seasoning (cumin, chili powder, salt, etc) and some bottled salsa ( Read more... )

My plans for the day included going to the farmers market and then our neighborhood health food store for non produce items. It is always a disaster to go these places hungry so I decided to make something for lunch before I ventured out. Wouldn't you know it . . . we didn't have anything really to eat. No potatoes, no tomatoes, no salad fixings, ( Read more... )

The tofu was pressed for about an hour then coated in black and white sesame seeds along with corn starch and sea salt. I lightly fried the tofu in canola oil. I made a reduction sauce with soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil, natural sugar, shiracha pepper sauce and a little corn starch at the last minute to really thicken it up. I steamed some broccoli ( Read more... )