Seed & Soil, Barrister’s Bagels, and More!

Hi everyone! On Sunday I went with my sister and her husband to brunch at Seed & Soil. I got the breakfast platter, which was great, especially the sausage!

We also grabbed a half dozen bagels from Barrister’s Bagels to split between the three of us. I had one of my salt bagels when I got home; it was so good, but I had to brush off a ton of salt, haha! 

I’d also ordered Seed & Soil’s mac & cheese to go, so that was my dinner…

For lunches this week, I’ve been having grilled cheese with tomato soup…

And yesterday I cut up the sandwich and tossed it into the soup!

I took this picture by the foundry this morning…

Spring is coming!

And here is a close-up of sweet Cringer; she was cuddling on me last night!

Peace. :)

Vegan Treats, Yummy Meals, and Kitties!

Hi everyone! NaNoWriMo is going well for me so far; I’ve managed to stick to my 2,000 words/day goal, even though some days the writing has been a bit slow-going. And I still need to get today’s writing done, so let’s get to the food, shall we? On Sunday we stopped at Vegan Treats; I got the nutella cheesecake, and it was really good! 

On Tuesday, I prepared a bag of the Light ’n Fluffy macaroni dumpling noodles and tossed in a bunch of kale near the end. After draining out the water from the pasta and kale, I added the dressing ingredients for the kale salad that I first tried during Vegan MoFo, and it made for a lovely dish with some great leftovers for the rest of the week. 

Last night for dinner I needed something simple, so I tried the ramen soup cup from Trader Joe’s; I added in some broccoli (and later, after the picture, some chopped-up Boca chik’n as well), and it was nice! I also enjoyed the everything but the bagel seasoning on a toasted vegan-buttered bagel. 

Leela got nice and comfy to meditate with me this morning… 

And here’s Rogue being a snuggly little sweetheart… 

Peace. :)

Squash Casserole, Tofu Scramble, Bagels, and More

Hi everyone! I tried two new recipes this week and lots of other good food as well. First up was the squash casserole from Vegan Crunk; I made it on the stovetop and mixed in crushed Ritz crackers instead of topping with breadcrumbs and baking it. It turned out really well – I used two big yellow crookneck squashes from my garden – and the leftovers were awesome, too. I had it with a vegan chickenless patty from Aldi, which was really good. 

On Tuesday, my sister Alena visited and we did a lot of cooking together, including the second new recipe, which was the herbivore’s tofu scramble from Eat Like You Give a Damn. It was super simple and quite tasty, paired with a hashbrown (also from Aldi). 

We also made nachos with Tostitos scoops and Daiya pepperjack shreds for a snack (not pictured), and then we dug out my bread machine to make bagels, which turned out quite nicely due to Alena’s bagel-forming skills! 

Dinner was a bagel with pasta.

Yesterday I threw together a random lunch because I’d harvested more corn and wanted to have some; it was great! 

Hashbrown, black bean burger, corn, and carrot sticks with Daiya ranch.

And I also tried these blackberry sorbet bars that Zach picked out; he said he had to get them because of the name…

Yum!

Here are a couple fruit sketches I did this week…

gooseberries (original photo)

ground cherry (original photo)

And here’s Leela with her toy mice in the background…

P.S. The themes & prompts have been announced for this year's Vegan Month of Food (Vegan MoFo), which will be taking place in September, and sign-ups are open until August 24. I haven't decided what specifically I'm going to do (I'm debating the idea of creating my own theme this year), but I know I'll be participating -- will you?

Peace. :)

Random Food in February & March

Hello everyone! Figured I would do a random food post since I haven't in a while, so prepare for lots of food photos!

February

Classic Double Cream Chive – Another great cheese from Miyoko's Creamery, delicious on crackers & bagels! 

Daiya Supreme Pizza – Good, but I still wish Daiya made a thicker crust, like the Tofutti pizzas. 

Double Cream Sundried Tomato Garlic – Good with crackers and on bagels, but absolutely amazing in pasta! 

Peanut Butter Cheesecake – An amazingly delicious dessert from Vegan Treats! So very good! 

March

SuTao Cafe – Alena and I went to SuTao again! These are the pics she took; mine came out very blurry, haha! 

Bagels – I made another attempt at bagels, but this time the fault wasn't all mine; the hook in the bread machine appeared to have gotten stuck during the dough cycle, so the dough was a bit of a fail. I tried to redeem it, and at least some bagels turned out vaguely bagel-like. They still tasted good, though, and that's all that matters!

Ben's Chili – Zach's brother Ben visited and made an awesome chili! 

Aged English Smoked Farmhouse – Eh, this one wasn't that great. It was a harder cheese and a bit too smoky of a taste for me. 

Country Style Herbes de Provence – The cheese itself is good, but the herb coating is a bit too much. I kinda feel like it might have been better with less of the herbs but then actually incorporating them into the cheese. Still good, though.

Gardein Crispy Chick'n Sliders – The first time we tried these was at a get-together hosted by Zach's parents. They were pretty good, so we tried them again, this time with tater tots! 

Well, it looks like it's time to get started on the chamomile lavender cupcakes (using this recipe); Zach and I are hosting Easter dinner this year, so I'll have pics from that for my next post!

P.S. Flowery photo from the first day of spring... 

Peace. :)