Random food, post-MoFo

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been away from my blog for a bit. Once Vegan MoFo ends, my posting momentum tends to slow down significantly. My goal is to do a post every other week; today will be a random post of some of the food I've had since Vegan MoFo. Mainly I've been trying to do really simple meals and work on using up ingredients I already have, instead of buying new ingredients for recipes I want to try. But that hasn't stopped me from making exceptions and trying out some of the recipes from Isa Does It.

I decided to make the roasted red pepper mac & cheese (for those without the cookbook, the recipe can be found online here); this was my first time soaking cashews. The sauce turned out OK (I probably should have soaked the cashews longer than the two hours and/or blended them for longer), but I don't know, it wasn't as awesome as I'd hoped it would be. I'll try the recipe again sometime, soaking the cashews overnight and blending for longer and seeing if that helps. 

I mixed the leftovers with corn and baked them with breadcrumbs and garlic salt and pepper on top. 

Other random stuff I've had since Vegan MoFo: Hot dogs with fries and corn...

...baked ziti with mixed vegetables, spaghetti sauce, mozzarella and cheddar Daiya, and breadcrumbs... 

...apples with harvest pumpkin hummus from the farmers' market (YUM!)... 

...and a simple pasta with garlic bread.

I also tried a second recipe from Isa Does It: the curried peanut sauce bowl; this time, I was missing several of the ingredients (and also left out the greens because I was rushing), but it turned out awesome (what it ended up being was brown rice, tofu, and a sauce with garlic, ginger, agave nectar, and peanut butter). 

I added some frozen mixed vegetables to the leftovers. YUM and YUM!

Buttons checking it out. :)

I've also been trying out a bunch of Amy's canned organic soups because they've been on sale. I took pictures for all of them, except as it turns out, my favorite, which was the lentil soup. It was so good & I'm definitely going to get it again, though I'd also like to make it myself sometime!

Fire Roasted Southwestern Vegetable Soup (good, but a bit too spicy for me) 

with added croutons

Minestrone Soup (good; cute noodle shapes) 

Lentil Vegetable Soup (really good; my second favorite to the plain lentil soup)

Tuscan Bean & Rice Soup (pretty good overall)

Hearty French Country Vegetable Soup (I was a bit unsure of this one because it had mushrooms, but it was actually pretty good) 

In other news, I'm looking forward to Halloween this Friday! And then on Saturday, I begin my fifth NaNoWriMo! So that will keep me busy; I'll share my writing stats here as I did last year.

And last but not least, Buttons and Leela have been enjoying the sun. 

Peace. :)

Random Vegan Noms

Hello on the 29th day of the Vegan Month of Food! I can't believe there's only one more day left! I've had so much good food this month, but I didn't get the chance to post everything, so here's a photo & commentary post of some additional vegan noms I've enjoyed in the past several weeks.

Random Vegan Noms

Hummus and Pretzels

My new favorite snack to have with tea time!

 

Sprouted Quinoa with Gardein Chick'n and Spinach

Still getting used to quinoa...

Chick'n Soup with Wild Rice and Spinach

Served with crackers.

Spaghetti with Smart Dogs

I did this one as a tribute to The Big Bang Theory, when Penny offers to make spaghetti for Sheldon, and he requests that she mix in chopped-up hot dogs.

  

Mac & Cheese with Smart Dogs

Pretty good, just using up those Smart Dogs!

"Beef"-a-Roni

 

Made utilizing the leftovers from April and Andy's Frisbee Chili.

Peanut Butter Brown Rice (with Broccoli and Peppers)

And baked potato "fries."

Be sure to check in tomorrow for my Vegan MoFo round-up! I plan to include links to all the amazing recipes that I hope to try soon, as well as to give shout-outs to my favorite blogs this Vegan MoFo!

Mystery spent a good portion of the day snuggling with Zach on the couch.

Oh, and be sure to hop over to Lymie Eating Coconut to see the awesome sketch she did of Mystery in Caturday and Kit Kats!

Peace. :)