Menu Monday - quiche, summer succotash & radish tabbouleh

Last week's meals:

M: Cincinnati suburb chili from vegan on the cheap
T: Tortilla soup from appetite for reduction
W: Sushi three ways (sweet potato, mushroom), tofu & veggie, salmon & veg (for the Pookie)
T: Easy Chiliquas
F: leftovers
S: leftovers
S: Summer succotash and red radish tabbouleh from the kind diet



Each week I make one breakfast for me and boo to share throughout the week, leaving the other days to make our own. A couple weeks ago I made the sausage style gravy from the happy herbivore, served over biscuits. This past week I made the broccoli quiche recipe from vegan brunch. With the store bought crust, 1/6th was 11pp. It was yummy and I had it for two days and froze the rest.

I finally got around to making something from the kind diet book by Alicia Silverstone. I chose to make the summer succotash and red radish tabbouleh. I liked both a lot. Boo doesn't care for lima beans so he passed on the succotash. I liked it better than the tabbouleh, so I was ok with it. MMM balsamic... lol

menu plan monday

This was last weeks menu:

M: easy chilaquiles
T: Mae-un dubu
W: Soba bowl from appetite for reduction, topped with green onion miso dressing
T: quinoa kitchari
F: black bean, zucchini, olive tacos made without the garlic-lemon yogurt (wasn't missed!)
S: L/o
S: Samosa wraps




We followed it mostly. Boo decided that he wanted boca vgn burgers and fries on Thursday. On Saturday I made a veggie pizza, which we finished eating on Sunday.

On the 24th (last Sunday) I made Indian. I made dal makhani & vegetable kofta curry from Almost vegan's blog. I made palak paneer and roti from manjula's kitchen (substituted tofu for the paneer. Served a few kofta with hari chutney and red onion relish.

Soggy April post

It seems like it has rained all month long!

Puts me in a mood most foul, and saps me of my kitchen vim. I suppose it would be a great time to cook. My kitchen is chilly so I have spent a lot of time reading and snuggling with a blanket on the couch. Very bad for my fluffiness, I know! Last w/i I was down 3.4. I am down a total of 11.4 in two months time, I am AOK with that.

I just finished the complete tightwad gazette last week, now that lady made it her business to save money! Good on her, helping others with ways to cut back ;) I am now reading the kind diet, boy I was surprised to find that in the library! I read on quite a few blogs that she has some good recipes, so I can't wait to get to that part of the book.

I have been making alot of the old standbys, but did make a couple of new things this month- pics below:























Sushi salad with green onion dressing from appetite for reduction
Apple miso Tofu also from A4R
Golden austrian cauliflower soup with a quinoa, sprout, hummus lavash wrap & olives


Found a use for some of the soy curls:



Sesame soy curls with asparagus & quinoa from veganyumyum

I did make the ethio again, and it's pretty so it gets a spot on this post too :P

Still eating soft(er) things

The first week I ate:

B. Oatmeal, mushed banana,applesauce, or pumpkin, flax meal or chia seeds, 1c non dairy milk
Tofu scramble

L/D. Steamed cabbage, topped with 3/4c quinoa, 1/2c fat free refried beans, salsa & avocado

Sautéed kale, quinoa, tofu (heated in a dry nonstick pan) and braggs or tamari (or soy sauce)
Spaghetti squash topped with steamed kale and mushrooms and tofu

An Indian dal ,Ethiopian kik alicha, yesimir w'et

Frozen banana whipped in food processor (opt. Vanilla extract, soy/ almond milk, strawberries, etc)

I was ready for something different so I did some bloghopping, and ended up at Growinghealthysprouts. I am a big fan already, and made her 2 for 1. Last tuesday she posted Lentil tacos and lentil loaf. I thought that would be plenty soft enough for me, and it was. She is also hosting a book giveaway for one of the following books: disease proof your child, eat to live, vegan with a vengeance, vegan cupcakes take over the world. Giveaway ends this week, so go here and check that out!

I couldn't tackle the taco shell so I had it over corn tortillas cut into tiny tiny squares. I served it with tomatoes pulsed in the food process and avocado. Here is how I ate the 2 for 1s. It makes a fair bit, so I am going to make another lentil loaf up to freeze.











Not that pretty, but quite tasty.











I could barely eat the veggies, a little too firm for me. I really enjoyed the lentil loaf, but it was hearts and rainbows good on a sesame seed bun!