Category: food

Making tofu

Kevin has been obsessed with making tofu for a while and finally busted out his first batch. It’s actually pretty easy to make. And it’s really tasty. He used lemon juice as the coagulator and the slight lemon taste was nice. So when it came time to cook some up, I didn’t want to season it heavily. We settled on frying it up in a pan with some onion, salt & pepper and a little sprinkle of nutritional yeast. With it, some pink rice I found in the bulk bins at Sevananda, garlicky raw kale salad and a sweet dumpling squash tossed with smoked paprika and roasted. And I sprinkled gomashio over everything just because.

Thanksgiving turned to 11

Sure, I’m a little behind on posts. It’s not that obvious until I get to the Thanksgiving pictures … on Christmas eve. What happens when you get together a couple dozen vegans that love food on Thanksgiving? An epic feast.

Here we have a Gutenfleischer’s glazed ham and turkey, a Tofurky (actually 2. one got deep-fried), a Match Meat holiday roast, the Field Roast Hazelnut Cranberry Roast and I’m not sure what else.

We didn’t mess around with gravy and dressing.

Roasted veggies, mac & cheese, butternut squash casserole, mashed potatoes, crescent rolls, candied sweet potatoes….

Green bean casserole, maple roasted brussels sprouts…

Kale salad with mangoes

Many desserts…ginger bread cake, pumpkin cheesecakes…

Cookies, pie, bundt…

My first plate. Oh yeah, calzones and ciabatta bread….

Plate number 2…gotta try everything!

Someone else’s dessert plate because mine just had tiny bites. I was tapped out!

And a collection of the toughest turkeys in the world on the white board

Too much thali

Kevin, Simon and I stopped in to Chat Patti for a late lunch and we got strong armed into ordering the thali. Hey, it was $8.99. How could we not? We each got a plate of what I call Indian nachos:

Fried bits covered with various condiments. Mmm. And, the thali…needless to say I took home leftovers.

The cabbage thing, third from the left, kind of tasted like froot loops. In a good way. Nothing was super spicy this time, but that’s not always the case. Vegans, just ask for no dairy and they’ll set you up. I think those ring things have honey in them though, so keep that in mind.

Grandma’s Boy brunch potluck

It somehow came out at one gathering or another that I’d never seen Grandma’s Boy. And just like that, a Grandma’s Boy potluck was planned. Brunch and a movie. Okay, it wasn’t the worst thing ever, and I did laugh a few times, but mostly it was underwhelming. But now I’ve seen it and can stop getting harassed about it.

Brunch was awesome though:

Scramble on top of grits, a cheezy biscuit, raw garlicky kale, stuffed crescent rolls and coffee cake.

Pre-made vegan bahn mi in Atlanta

One day at work I found myself lunchless, so I ran over to Return to Eden to pick up something. They used to have these awesome fake turkey salad sandwiches that disappeared a while ago. I keep hoping they’ll come back. Instead, I found this:

Oh, hi there. Dare I risk mushy bread? Of course I had to get it. For science! It wasn’t too bad. Yes, there was a little bread mush. The tofu itself was kind of bland. And I was completely without sriracha, which is a necessity here. But it was a reasonable attempt.

Now, Sevananda has started putting out vegan bahn mi with their pre-made sandwiches and wraps. But like the parfaits, they aren’t always there. I haven’t had one yet, but will try one and make a blog about it, at some point.