My dad is not vegan, he isn't even vegetarian, but the man knows a good thing when he tastes it . . . Fried Tofu! The tofu is rolled in corn starch and shallow fried in canola oil. On the side is a dipping sauce of tamari, soy, natural sugar, green onions, sesame and chili oils. Not the healthiest dish, but boy is it good!
Just ask my dad ; )


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Without a oven thermometer, I guess based on how things turn out that our oven runs about 100 degrees hotter than what it is set at (need it to be 350, I set it to 250). I still plan on getting an oven thermometer, but until then, I refuse to stop baking ( Read more... )

So, there's no bacon or cheese or heavy, creamy salad dressing, but this salad I made tonight still packed a punch. I dressed this salad with a simple lemon based dressing. More and more I am developing a palate for lemon. Who knew ( Read more... )

By the time I woke up, took Sweetpea for a walk and went to the gym it was around 11:30 before I got hungry today. We had some potatoes that needed to be eaten so I made some hashbrowns w/ onions. On the side are diced up tomatoes and avocados (with my chimichurri on top). When the potatoes cooled down, I mixed the tomatoes and potatoes together. I ( Read more... )

Today I made this batch of granola. Oh my goodness, it is so good! I used the basic recipe I posted before but instead of hazelnuts and sesame seeds, I put walnuts, pecans, cinnamon and once the mixture cooled down added dried apples. I also changed up the sweeteners to 3 tbsp maple syrup and 3 tbsp agave nectar. Get into makin yr own granola!


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Ah! There is nothing like a big bowl of berries to make you smile. The strawberries and blueberries were probably some of the best I have ever had. The raspberries and blackberries were good, but a bit tart. I lightly glazed this berry mixture with some agave nectar.


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Fresh baked bread in the back, an English cucumber, red and yellow bell peppers, red onion, lemons and limes, zucchini, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. They are hard to see but I also got some dried apples and dried banana chips for granola. Yesterday I had a fantastic salad that had all the berries listed and now I am ( Read more... )

I made breakfast for Jared and I this morning. I made up a pancake recipe based off of other recipes I have come across. They were tasty, but they were a bit too moist so I now know to cut back on my liquids in the recipe. Anyway, they had banana chunks, pecans and vanilla along with yr usual pancake ingredients (you know, flour, soy milk, a ( Read more... )

No, I do not eat avocado everyday. I could, but I don't. Avocado is full of fat, albeit very, very healthy fat and believe it or not, has a shit ton of fiber (no pun intended). This was a crazy amount of avocado for one meal/one person (one small/medium sized avocado, sliced), but since I skipped breakfast and this will be my only meal until Jared ( Read more... )

This was dinner from last night. It was Red Curry Tofu. It had red curry paste, coconut milk, tofu, cashews, carrots, bok choy, snow peas, red peppers and onions served w/ rice. Very tasty and one of the naughtiest things I have ever made.


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