All American Meals and Stuff

So vegan ham log isn't quite the typical definition of a star in an All American meal, but I suppose it is to my boyfriend, especially with a side of mashed potatoes and green beans (from the freezer!). Here's a recent dinner of Thomas', featuring pan fried 'ham'.

Perhaps this is my All American meal: Baked Chickpea Cutlets, Roasted Noochy Cauliflower, mashed potatoes with whipped Earth Balance and Backyard BBQ Sauce for dippin.
Very Veganomiconommy.



Tofu baked in the Teriyaki Stir Fry Sauce (minus the cornstarch) from Eat, Drink and Be Vegan! over a quinoa fried rice type concoction.



A tofu scramble plate from Jam on Hawthorne with roasted garlic, mushrooms, spinach and spices. Oh, and the best hash browns EVER.



And a bit more of the Joy of Vegan Baking Caramel Corn. This was a smaller, peanut buttered version I played with. Excellent results!

chomp, slurp

Caramel Corn from The Joy of Vegan Baking.

My first successful recipe from this book that I currently have out from the library.

I also made half a batch of the chocolate chip cookies, and perhaps it was my halving the recipe to blame, but they were FLAT. I haven't made cookies that sad in years. Nonetheless, Thomas enjoyed them, so I didn't find myself too frustrated.

Some quick french bread pizza for dinner.

Parbaked wheat baguette from Trader Joe's, fire roasted marianra, Italian sausage, Nomicon cashew ricotta (I wanted it globbed, not spread), spinach and red bell pepper. This was fun and easy to make.

Lunch at work - while reading Kittee's Papa Tofu Zine! I have been a big fan of
Kittee's Vegan Cookery site for years, and her Oven-fried Tofu is a personal favorite, not to mention her awesome cakes, cookies, Ethiopian and Indian recipes, etc...
I bought my sister a copy too!

Grilled Sundried Tomato Italian Sausage (ala Everyday Dish), red bell pepper, steamed spinach and fire roasted marinara..and a slice of baguette. Very reminiscent of the pizza, hmmm...

Ton of fruits and veggies I bought with a coupon at Uncle Paul's produce market in SE Portland. (pssst, the honey is not for me! really, I'm an agave fan anyhow)
This haul is about $35 worth.

Why so much juice? For eatings and drinkings!

We've been loving the juicer that Shaun from
In a Pickle and a Jam gave to us when she moved.

The juice below is lemon-apple-cucumber-melon, but my favorite combination has been ginger-garlic-beet-apple-carrot.