Eggplant Parm

So I decided to try cooking eggplant. Things to remember for next time: cut the slices thinner and use breading. Other than that, my eggplant parmesan turned out alright. I fried the eggplant in canola oil with some sprinklings of salt, turmeric, and crushed red pepper. Put that in a pan with some marinara sauce topped with Teese (yes, I know Daiya is better) and cooked it til it melted (well sort of... I got impatient). Sorry about the obscene blurriness of the picture...


Oh and here is a picture of a cake I made a month or so ago that demonstrates my complete and utter lack of decorating ability. The cake is the basic chocolate cake recipe used in the German Chocolate cake previously mentioned, and the icing is the chocolate buttercream frosting used for the strawberry cake.

Wednesday Lunch... and Dinner

So I decided to give in a try out Field Roast. I bought the smoked apple sage sausages and while good, I think they had a bit too much seasoning. I also had some steamed asparagus and a baked potato topped with Earth Balance, Tofutti Sour Supreme, and Bac-os (yep, vegan). And I even packed my dinner so that I don't have to get Chipotle for the millionth time this week while I'm at work.

Cake Porn

Look at mah cake! Recipe found here. All my dear friend Katie and I did was substitute the raspberry preserves with strawberry preserves and we topped it with fresh strawberries. Be jealous.

German Chocolate Blob

So I made my second cake yesterday for my Grandma's 87th birthday. I used this recipe. Of course after I was already mixing the ingredients together I realized that my roommate had used nearly all of my sugar, so I had to substitute most of the refined sugar with turbinado sugar which definitely tasted a little different. To sweeten my fresh coconut I tossed it with powdered sugar because I was too lazy to boil and evaporate sugar (oh wait I didn't have any anyway). Also, I attempted to move the cake without letting it cool completely and so it kind of broke... a lot. I covered most of the mess up with icing. It tasted just fine and all the omnivores at the birthday party liked it. My grandma was also happy because she is diabetic and the lack of refined sugar made it a little bit more acceptable for her to eat. :)

Tommy's

I forgot to upload these pictures from last month when my friend Katie (VeganNoms) and I went up to Cleveland Heights to Tommy's.



Katie, pictured at the top, ordered the Veggie Burger, which was huge as you can see. I had the Seitan Sub without cheese. Delicious! We also split a giant order of fries and each had a Tofutti milkshake. And then we both could not move. It was glorious. And there were leftovers!

Oh nose!

Almond cheese has casein in it. Sadness. :(
Additionally, I attempted to make vegan spinach artichoke dip using this recipe. It was an epic fail. Perhaps the problem was the vegan parmesan cheese. I don't know. Either way, I would not attempt again.
I made vegan meatloaf found here. It did not maintain any sort of loaf form, but it tasted good, so it wasn't a total loss.
And finally, I made the The Best Freaking Sandwich Ever... and it was! I will be making it again and again and again. NOM!
Vegan St. Patty's day coming up in a week and a half. So excited. :)

Thursday Night Comfort Food

Thursday nights are generally a night for my friends and I to go cut loose, so I needed something simple and tasty for dinner.

I opted for a recipe I found on Recipezaar: Buffalo Tofu Sandwiches.



Okay, so I kind of "crowded" the mushrooms, but they turned out all right. I also ended up cutting off part of the tofu and using it for the "blue cheese" dressing and then cutting the remainder into three slices, which turned the serving size into 3, instead of 2.







Since the recipe suggested using blue cheese dressing, I looked up a vegan recipe for it here. It made WAY too much. And to be honest, I am not sure that it actually tasted like blue cheese dressing. It's hard to say though, as I'm not sure the last time I actually had blue cheese. Oh well. It was still pretty good.



I do have one suggestion for improving this meal, and that would be to marinate the tofu beforehand. Perhaps in the buffalo sauce (I used Frank's Red Hot). I don't really like spicy food, but this was not spicy AT ALL. It needed a little bit more spunk.

Until next time. :)