This time we’re gonna try a little less sweet and a little more green juice!
1 granny smith apple
6 carrots
3 cups of kale
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 cucumber
As weird as it sounds I put in two leaves of my aloe plant. Aloe vera contains amino acids and vitamin c. It’s also great for blood purifying and body cleansing. Not to mention, it makes an adorable house plant!
All together this made about a 20 oz (very yummy) drink.
Vegan Pumpkin Cream Cheese on Ezekiel toast with a banana, peanut butter, and spinach smoothie!
Vegan pumpkin cream cheese:
1/2 container of Tofutti Cream
1 1/2 tbsp pumpkin puree
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
Place all ingredients in food processor or blender and mix until well blended.
Toast up your Ezekiel Bread or a bagel, and top it off.
Smoothie:
1 banana
1 tbsp peanut butter
1 handful of spinach
6 ice cubes
1 tsp agave nectar
1 cup water
Blend and serve!
This is the perfect fall small meal
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nut meg
1 tbsp vanilla protein powder ( I use rice protein good vegan option)
1 tbsp agave nectar
1/2 cup water
6 ice cups
Blend in Blender until smoothie consistency
The weather is starting to feel like Fall!
Today I broke out my Target over the knee boots and Urban Outfitters floppy hat
to add a little excitement to my white vintage dress.
Fall to me means two things:
Boots and pumpkin flavored everything.
So now I’m going to go use The Baking Birds recipe, and make some vegan pumpkin cinnamon rolls to go with these boots!
http://thebakingbird.blogspot.com/2008/05/vegan-pumpkin-cinnamon-rolls.html
Vegan Jalapeño poppers
These are everything I could ever ask for!
Cut a few jalapeños in half and clean out seeds
stuff with Tofutti cream
dip in milk substitute (almond, soy, etc.)
coat in a flour then panko
pan fry in a small amount of oil
TLT!
This is my go to meal when i don’t feel like cooking, but want something filling.
Just cook up some toast ( I use gluten free, but be careful lots have egg in them)
sauté some bacon tempeh, LightLife Fakin’ Bacon is wonderful
throw on some of your favorite sandwich veggies
a little bit of vegenaise
and you’re set!
Cheater Blueberry Pancakes
2 cups Bisquick
1 full banana
1 cup soy milk
mix until banana is completely mashed and consistency is even
add a hand full of blueberries
and cooking in a skillet pan with vegan butter
till both sides are golden
ps. adding fresh blueberries on top makes it 10x better
Vegan? check. Gluten free? check. Super easy? check. Delicious? CHECK!
Ingredients:
8 oz rice noodles (fat style)
2 tbsp peanut butter
1 tbsp olive oil
1 package firm tofu
1/4 cup soy sauce ( I prefer light sodium)
2 tsp rice vinegar
1 Tbsp ketchup
2 tsp Sriracha (optional)
scallions
peanuts
1 lime
Directions: Cut the tofu up in to squares and lightly cover with oil: bake at 400 degrees until golden
Cook the rice noodles according to package
then in a large skillet add the peanut butter, ketchup, soy sauce, vinegar, and sriracha. Cook on medium until peanut butter melts: Add the tofu, noodles, and scallions. Mix until sauce is thickened and spread evenly. Garnish with peanuts and lime and serve!
For those of you wondering about the chicks, they are doing great! They are growing so fast. I’ve had them for officially one week today, and they are twice the size already. 
See those little tails popping up? The yellow one, I haven’t named them yet so for now she goes by yellow, can fly! Well fly for a chicken haha. I put them in a box today to clean the brooder and turned around and she had flown out! The black one is a little jealous. I need to hurry up and get the coop done! We went dumpster diving for wood yesterday at some construction sites and hit the free would jackpot.
Stay tuned for more recipes, bigger chicks, and a finished coop!
Hey guys!
It’s been a crazy couple of days so this is going to be a short and sweet post today. Emphasizing on sweet! The hardest time to be a vegan is during a sweet craving. I’m not much of a sweet fan fortunately, but today all I could think about were baked goods. Not having time to bake anything made this extremely irritating. I ran to Kroger and picked up some of Van’s Gluten Free Cinnamon French Toast Sticks.
I strongly recommend them. They hit the spot perfectly. I put a little bit of syrup and Tofutti cream cheese on them. I think I’ve found my new go to junk food!
I’ve been a vegetarian for 8 years now, the idea of eating an animal now doesn’t seem fathomable. I did a project my freshman year of high school on meat eating. The project made me dig a little, and actually think about where my food is coming from. Something sadly most people do not think about these days ( not just meat products, but all things we consume.) I looked up the horrible conditions animals are raised in, treated, and murdered. I also looked into the hormones, antibiotics, and preservatives I was getting second hand through meat. Needless to say, the project made my mind up for me at a young age.
Giving up chicken wings was tricky, but in a short amount of time I found myself never craving meat. Then about 4 years after being a vegetarian I wanted to step my commitment. I wanted to cut out animal products completely. This was harder than I imagined. Cheese pizza, mac ‘n cheese, cheesecake gone forever? it took about two years of being an on again off again vegan and moving to a more vegan friendly city (Nashville) for the lifestyle to stick. It has been two years of no animal products, and I feel happy and healthier than ever!
I’m not here to push my thoughts or feelings down anyones throat. I’ve made the choice to eat food that doesn’t cause the suffering of a creature. That is my choice, and I respect yours. My strongest opinion is that people need to take a moment to think about what they eat and where it is coming from.
Blueberries and Lace 