On my food to do list

Jeni’s comment on my previous post about her to do list gave me an idea for a VeganMoFo post. First of all, how do you guys keep track of the food inspiration you get from other blogs and websites? I keep up with blogs using Google Reader to subscribe to their posts. So when I see something I want to make, I just star it. Then I can go back and look at my starred items later for inspiration. If it is something on a website, but not blogged, I’ll bookmark it. Eventually, I try to put all of those into MacGourmet recipe software. Try.

So that brings me to the post idea. What is languishing in my starred items list in Google Reader? No, I’m not going to post them all. But let’s see what kind of things are hanging out in there:

Sweet Potato Falafel with Yogurt-Tahini Sauce: Sweet potatoes are so tasty, cheap and healthy that I’m always looking for new ways to use them. These would probably freeze up well for quick meal options.

Chilli Tofu with Beans and Bok Choy: This doesn’t look like your average stir-fry. That little bit of tamarind is going to give it a nice sour note.

Samosa Soup: It’s officially soup season and this one sounds amazing. Who can’t use another potato soup variation?

Seitan Chorizo Crumbles:  If you don’t have a local source for veggie chorizo or you just want to save a few bucks, make your own!

Sweet Potato Pugliese Bread: Have you got a bit of leftover sweet potato? Make some bread!

Tunisian Spicy Breads (Touarits):  Wouldn’t these make an amazing appetizer? Just replace the egg with your favorite egg substitute and it’s vegan.

Frosted Orange Cream Cupcakes: It’s always a good idea to have gluten free recipes on hand should you need them.

African Peanut Soup with Red Beans:  I love a whole meal in a bowl. This soup has got you covered nutritionally.

That’s a good start. I probably could have had a long post just on sweet potato recipes I’d saved. Maybe I’ll do one of these a week with everything I’ve got saved up.

Treats from all over

September has apparently been the month that treats come great distances to end up in my pie hole. First it was Voodoo Doughnuts delivered all the way from Portland, Oregon. Here is Chik-o-stik and something coconutty:

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Then Kevin was in Las Vegas for work. You know what Las Vegas means…Ronald’s Doughnuts! I was too busy stuffing a vegan boston creme doughnut in my face to take a picture, but you can check them out at that link. So, yeah, I’ve never been to Las Vegas or Portland, but I’ve sampled of their doughnuts. How cool is that?

But wait, I’m not done. Last week, Danielle brought us back these Vegan Treats cakes from NYC. Now don’t judge it’s appearance. It did get knocked around a little in its little container, but it ate up just fine.

Hooray for well-traveled, treat-totin’ friends!

A Sammich For Lunch

It’s a good thing I have a few pictures banked up that I can work off of for VeganMoFo. It’s been at least two weeks since I’ve gone to the farmer’s market so it’s been a lot of eating out,  quick store runs and eating down random food from my fridge and freezer. This week is going to involve a raw kale salad. I need it!

A couple of weeks ago, I posted about making Vegan Dad’s lunch meat log. These logs have seen me through many meals. Most of them looked something like this:

Yep, that’s the lunch meat nestled between two slices of whole wheat bread I made. The problem with baking your own bread is that it will sneak itself into every meal if you let it. PB&J for breakfast! Lunch meat sammich for lunch! Toasted and buttered with Earth Balance along side dinner! Well, at least it is whole wheat…

Oh, remember the polenta fries? Leftovers made a nice lunch side. Much better than potato chips!

Daiya Cheesesteak

Hey. So, how’s it going? It’s October 1st already? Guess I’d better bust out my first VeganMoFo post then, eh? My google reader is already swollen with new posts, so I guess the rest of you are more on top of it than I am.

Okay, maybe you are all tired of hearing about Daiya vegan cheese. But I’m going to talk about it anyway. Because it’s awesome. And I can’t stop thinking of stuff I want to make with it. How about cheesesteaks? I can’t remember the last time I had one. I had some seitan already made and on hand. Had onions and red bell peppers. Had the Daiya already. Add a bun and it sounds like a cheesesteak to me.

I can’t really offer up a recipe. I just halved and sliced the onion, cut the bell pepper in strips and sliced the seitan. Fried the onion and peppers in a little olive oil until they started to soften, then threw in the seitan. Seasoned it all up with salt and pepper and cooked until seitan started browning. Then I tossed some of the mix on a split roll, sprinkled with Daiya and stuck it under the broiler until it melted but before the bread burned. Added mustard and Veganaise and broccoli on the side to be all healthy and junk. See, easy!

Vegan Month of Food (VeganMoFo)

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The month of October, your RSS feed reader will overfloweth! It’s that time of year again when vegan food bloggers kick it up a notch for VeganMoFo III. New food post, every week day, the whole month of October. What’s not to love? Want to join in? You can sign up here or just get the list of participants to follow. I did this last year and it wasn’t all that hard to keep up with. This year might be a little more difficult for me but I’m going to try! Now keeping up with all the participants’ posts is another story…