Glen's Honey-Roasted Nuts

Hello everyone! Today's prompt is "Quick, easy and delicious," which is perfect for another Veganlist day.  

Glen's Honey-Roasted Nuts

[from "The Kenyon Family" (No. 71) (Season 2, Episode 12)]

 

 

Red: I am not taking you to St. Petersburg.
Glen: You are if you want to know where the safe is.
Red: How do I even know you've found it?
Glen: You don't. But I got two weeks of vacation I got to take before the end of the year, or I lose it.
Red: It's February!
Glen: We could take your jet, have a few laughs on the way, some of those nuts – the honey-roasted ones... 

I referenced Miss Kitchen Witch's recipe for Vegan Honey Roasted Peanuts. My ingredients were the following: slightly less than 1 lb peanuts, 1/3 cup Bee-Free Honee, 2 T canola oil, 1 tsp salt, and 1 tsp vanilla extract. I mixed them all together and then baked them as directed at 325°F for 30 min, stirring every 5 min. 

They turned out really tasty, but they clump together like no one's business. I'm excited to continue snacking on these for as long as they last! 

Some bonus screenshots from later in the episode... 

In other news, here's another Polish food post I've seen: Lazy Pierogies.

Oh, and the Vegan MoFo blogroll is up now; I'm so excited to check out all the participating blogs because I know I've definitely been missing a bunch of them!

Finally, today was a fun mail day! I got a cute card from my mom, complete with comics and other newspaper clippings... 

My order from Compassion Co for this year's Thanksliving t-shirt (plus bonus goodies, and Buttons' feet, lol!)... 

And my order from Chickpea magazine; they mentioned a sale on twitter, so I used one of the discount codes to get the fall bundle (2013 & 2014). I'm really looking forward to reading through them; it's such a beautiful magazine! (P.S. The sale ends tomorrow if you want to get on that!) 

Here's Buttons sniffing the turkeys... 

And Leela comfy on top of my shorts... 

Peace. :)

Fish Sticks and French Fries

Hello everyone! I hope your MoFo is off to a great start, fueled by all the awesome breakfasts from yesterday! Today's prompt is “Recreate a meal from your childhood.” During Vegan MoFo 2013, I did a “Nostalgia Week,” so a lot of my favorite childhood meals can be found there. Since I've already covered a bunch of the ones I enjoyed, today I decided to recreate one that I hadn't been a fan of, hoping to put a more positive spin on a vegan version of it...

So, do you remember how I loved “Chicken Nugget Wednesday” as a kid? Well, every year, there would come the one day when we'd have fish sticks instead of chicken nuggets... 

image source: http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3rldxfMQ1qdhyvx.png

That day was Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, a day of fasting and no meat (the Catholic Church not considering fish to be “meat” never made sense to me, but oh well). I was always so bummed about not getting to have chicken nuggets, and I really didn't like the taste of fish. Needless to say, eating fish has never been something I've missed as a vegan. 

I have, however, heard good things about the Gardein fishless filets, so I figured this would be the perfect time to try them. I baked the “fish” and the fries in the oven for 10 minutes at 425°F, flipping them midway through, and serving them with carrot slices and grape tomatoes. 

They had a definite fish-like taste and texture to them, but they were much more enjoyable than the fish sticks of my childhood. While they weren't my absolute favorite thing from Gardein (that's still the Mandarian orange crispy chick'n), they were really good, and I'll probably get them again. 

In other MoFo news, I've been so excited to see people blogging about Polish foods! I have a couple planned for this month, but here are the ones I've seen so far by other bloggers: A Spin on Vegan Kapusta and Pierogies - Vegan and Gluten-free. (Let me know if I've missed any; I would love to check them out!)

Tomorrow will be another Veganlist post, so stayed tuned for that!

Here's a pic of (blurry) Leela and (distant) Buttons from a month ago; this was taken at night during their routine of hanging out in the hallway during thunderstorms; it's where they seem to feel safest. 

Peace. :)

Liz's Toast, Bacon, and Tea

Hello and happy MoFo! The prompt of the day is “Rise and Shine! It’s MoFo time! Tell us about your breakfast.” My breakfast is almost always cereal (with soy milk, chia seeds, and a bit of coconut oil) and orange juice. I figured that would be rather short and boring for a Vegan MoFo post, especially for the first day, so I decided to veganize something from The Blacklist instead. That's right, The Veganlist is back! I have about 13 foods from The Blacklist (Season 2) that I've managed to match up with the daily prompts, and the first of them is Liz's favorite breakfast, which Tom ordered for her at the restaurant before she arrived (obviously not pancakes). 

Liz's Toast, Bacon, and Tea
[from "Karakurt" (No. 55) (Season 2, Episode 21)]

Liz: I don't know you, not the real you. And the fact that you think I'm gonna run away with whoever you are means that you don't know me at all, either.
Tom: Hmm.
Waitress: (to Liz) You must be the toast, bacon extra crispy, tea, 2%.
Tom: Thank you.
Waitress: Mm-hmm.
Tom: I thought you'd be hungry.
Liz: Just because I'm eating this...
Tom: All right, look, I know...

Ezekiel bread (7 sprouted grains) toast with Earth Balance butter & Tofurky tempeh smoky maple bacon

Earl Grey tea with a bit of soy milk

Bonus quote from the episode:
Liz: (interrupting Red) I am listening to what you are saying, and I know that it's important, but it is no more important than what I am telling you, and I need you to listen to that.

The third season premiers on October 1, so it's just one month away, and I can barely contain my excitement. Here's the trailer for Season 3 (trigger warning for guns, violence, blood)...

And of course, on a more cute and cuddly note, Buttons and Leela('s tail) are here to bring today's post to a close. Here they are from a hot day in July, where they both wanted to be near the air conditioner in the bedroom while pretending that the other wasn't there, haha!

Peace. :)