Harvests and More

Hi everyone! This week has been a bit chaotic with getting some house repairs done, but I’ve still managed to cook some good meals, prepare more pickles, and harvest more veggies... 

Over the weekend, our neighbor gave us a bag of tomatoes from his garden, so I made another big batch of the spinach tomato linguine. 

And then on Wednesday night, I made one of my favorite recipes, the veganized orange chik’n from Quick and Easy Vegan Comfort Food, because I had some tofu I needed to use up. 

On Thursday, I made two jars of pickles and steamed some snow peas (store-bought due to the bunnies eating my snow pea sprouts) to add to the veganized orange chik’n leftovers, which made it even better! 

And then I harvested all of my carrots; they turned out a bit short and chubby, so I think I need to dig even deeper next year when I’m preparing the soil for them. So, these 13, plus the one that Zach pulled earlier, for a total of 14 carrots. And of course the cherry tomatoes keep coming... 

Today I made a final jar of pickles with the last of the harvested cucumbers. I’ve pulled up all my cucumber plants since they were dying, so my grand total for cucumbers this year was 95!

Here’s a sunshine-y Cringer… 

P.S. Tonight I went to a solidarity with Charlottesville rally here in Phoenixville; there was an incredible turnout. I made this sign for it... 

Peace. :)

Tomato Nutted Pilaf and Chik'n

Hello on the 22nd day of the Vegan Month of Food!  Tonight I have a nice simple recipe, just a different version of what I did with a previous post.

Tomato Nutted Pilaf and Chik'n

 

Ingredients (nutted pilaf):
--2 1/4 cups water
--1 T olive oil
--Casbah Nutted Pilaf mix
--1/2 cup chopped cherry tomatoes
 

Bring the 2 1/4 cups water and 1 T olive oil to a boil, add the nutted pilaf mix and seasoning.  Lower heat and let cook covered for about 15 minutes, then stir in chopped cherry tomatoes and let cook for about another 20 minutes, or until liquid is absorbed.  Cook a Boca Chik'n patty, and serve along with the nutted pilaf.  Enjoy with lemon water.

I liked this version of the nutted pilaf.  It wasn't anything majorly exciting, but the cherry tomatoes contributed a nice flavor, and I had a good amount of leftovers. 

King-of-the-Mountain Boogie

Peace.  :)