After Januarys success of getting back on track with menu planning I decided the goal for February would be COOKING more. So I planned some homemade meals, including some deserts! As deserts tend to be a last minute thing in our house one staple we fall back on is an easy microwave sponge pudding my mum used to make when we got our first microwave. As I've veganized it I figured I'd share the recipe, and just in time for Valentines Day! You're welcome. Remember this is a treat, not an everyday …
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Meatless Monday: Gardein Szechuan Beefless Strips review
I've reviewed a few Gardein products, and I'm always on the lookout for new vegan products to try so when I saw these vegan Gardein szechuan beefless strips I had to try them out. I really like to support the "mock meat" products even though I honestly don't eat them much anymore. We both tend to prefer plant based whole foods, but on occasion I like to take the easy way out and try new things. This ingredients list is why I prefer whole foods. Lots of ingredients, and whilst most are whole …
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Meatless Monday – Review: Cheezly
Continuing the theme of vacation posts I never got around to posting last year this week for Meatless Monday I'm reviewing a vegan cheese product I had while in England. One of the perils I discovered of traveling in the UK is the lack of vegan options in airports so for our return journey I decided to take a packed lunch with me. On our shopping trip at Morrisons I discovered this vegan cheese as the ONLY vegan option for rolls other than veggies so I decided to get some, eager to try the UK …
Vegan food on our UK vacation
Many of you will no doubt know that we took a couple of weeks vacation in November 2014 to visit family and friends and while fun it was my first time going back 'home' as a vegan. While they cater everywhere for vegetarians, it seems vegan options are less available in the UK, or I'm spoiled here in California! Anyways before we left I did lots of research on vegan options and got a lot of help from friends on vegan facebook groups. The town we're from in England doesn't have any …
Meatless Monday – Acorn Squash Smush
Posting even though I am crazy busy prepping for vacation. This week we're looking at Acorn Squash. These little beauties are everywhere right now, great source of vitamins and minerals, cheap enough and great low calorie alternative to potatoes or other carbs. Not that I care about counting carbs. So to cook these you are first going to have to cut them in half and scoop out the seeds. This is always the toughest part with squash as they are so darn tough to cut in to. Use a sharp knife and …
Meatless Monday: black bean lettuce wrapped tacos
This is more a concept than true recipe, because like most things I don't pay much attention to quantities or amounts when cooking, I go by "eyeballing" things. I add some meatless meat, some tomatoes, black beans, stir and.... hmmmm a little dry? Add more tomatoes... then some Taco seasoning... and then hope and pray things turn out nice ;) This is the reason Bob always jokes about my following a recipe, because he's right, I don't. So lettuce wrapped black bean tacos 'recipe' coming …
Meatless Monday: Butternut Squash Season!
While butternut squash doesn't really have a season here in Southern California, fall is definitely a time when it's more abundant. Fall (Autumn for the UK readers) seems to be squash season period which is great news if you're like me and LOVE squash. Now, I haven't always loved squash but it's definitely something I really enjoy eating now. Especially love butternut winter squash as an alternative to potato fries. Butternut Squash is a powerhouse of nutrition though whilst remaining pretty …
Meatless Monday: Restaurant review – Jinkys Cafe
Today I want to share my review of Jinkys, located at 1724 E Avenida De Los Arboles Thousand Oaks, CA 91362. Basically it's where our favorite Indian restaurant used to be before it burned down, then reopened for a few months and closed again. Now I've been to Jinkys a few times with Julie but on this occasion I went with Bob. Jinkys is probably the closest place to us that has a BIG selection of vegan and vegetarian foods, almost every dish can be made vegetarian or vegan with the …
Meatless Monday: Veggie Grill again & Earth Day!
Tomorrow is Earth Day and as such the Meatless Monday is pushing the movement to eat Meatless for Earth day! There really is no better thing you could do today than commit to eating meatless for at least Earth day, if not every Monday! Three reasons that going meatless helps the Earth: The meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide . . . far more than transportation. And annual worldwide …