Peace Love & Veggies

So long...so much food

2008-06-17T21:06:00.000-07:00

So I've been off the blogging for a VERY long time now and have TONS of new recipes and food photos, but I'm feeling really lazy and don't want to post all the recipes, so heres a quick sum up of the past months food, LOL!

Monday- 4/28/2008

2008-04-28T17:34:00.000-07:00

I had a WONDERFUL time in Memphis this past weekend but I have to say that the food was a little skimpy....as everyone knows the south is known for BBQ, BBQ, BBQ so I pretty much lived off of fruit cups and oatmeal that I had packed thank goodness. However, I weighed and did lose 4 pounds...crazy!!

Breakfast- bowl of raisin bran with hemp milk

Lunch- ezekial tortilla filled with refried black beans, a bit of grilled asparagus and a HUGE fruit bowl of strawberries, pineapple, banana, kiwi and mango

Wednesday 4/23/2008

2008-04-24T00:33:00.000-07:00

Breakfast- Barbaras bakery shredded oats and hemp milk, and 1/2 a grapefruit

Snack- a banana cookie larabar and dried cranberries

Lunch- A big salad topped with EVOO, balsamic vinegar, kidney beans, sunflower seeds, tomatoes and brocolli

Dinner- Amy's canned soup- southwestern fire roasted vegetables and Annie's honey crackers (they taste just like teddy grahams but are WAY better for you)

I'm off to Memphis so I wont be posting too much!!!

Tuesday 4/22/2008

2008-04-24T00:28:00.001-07:00

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!

For Earth day, RY Shandon and I ate all raw for the day. It was so much fun!

Breakfast- my typical green smoothie and a big bowl of cut up strwaberries, pineapple, blueberries and apples

Snack- a trail mix of cashews, almonds, walnuts, goji berries, dried cranberries and cacoa nibs

Lunch- A salad topped with raw balsamic vinegar dressing from The Thrive Diet...4 cup hemp oil, 1 cup balsamic vinegar, 3 cloves garlic, with shredded carrots, brocolli and tomatoes...a mango fruit smoothie and another bowl of fruit

Dinner- Walnut tacos from rawvolution topped with homemade salsa and guacmole

Dessert- Sarmas strawberry tarts from carol Alts Raw 50

Monday 4/21/2008

2008-04-21T18:44:00.000-07:00

Breakast- oatmeal with honey, cinnamon, bananas and wild blueberries and a cup of green tea

Snack- a cliff cacao walnut bar that I got free some yesterdays earth day festival in Santa Monica

Lunch- Amys pasta and 3 bean soup with a heated up flour tortilla from Trader Joes

Dinner- steamed veggies and ezekial pita pizza topped with hummus, pesto, spinach and olives

Workout- one hour of yoga

Sunday- 4/20/2008

2008-04-20T23:21:00.000-07:00

Today Ryan and I went to Santa Monica for the day, and they were having an apple music festival and it was nuts! Hippie, earth-conscious people EVERYWHERE! It was awesome!

Breakfast- we drank a green smoothie in the car on the way there and I cut up some fruit to eat once we got there (it was only a 40 minute drive)

Snack- We went to Wild Oats so I could get a few things for my Memphis trip this weekend and I got a vegan poppy seed cookie to eat as we shopped

Lunch- EUPHORIA LOVES RAWVOLUTION!! Yes, we finally went to rawvolution- the vegan, raw restaurant in Santa Monica. I was so giddy and ordered the italiano pizza, creamy taco salad, marinated greens salad and had some of Ryan mushroom burger. We drank goji berry lemonade which was wonderful and a green juice that I HATED, it had cucumbers in it and was SO gross, LOL! Dessert was a chocolate cookie dough ball and an apple raisin cookie.

Dinner-no dinner, out lunch was HUGE

Dessert- air popped popcorn with some olive oil spray and salt. About 1 hour I got hungry (probably because i skipped dinner) and had some cinnamon raisin ezekiel toast with my new raw walnut butter that I got at Rawvolution. YUM!

Workout- walking around all day for a good 6 hours

Saturday- 4/19/2008

2008-04-19T11:51:00.000-07:00

Breakfast- a few bites of oatmeal waffles that I made Ryan, we ran out of oats and I couldn't make enough for both of us so I took one for the team and let him have them (only because he went on a 30 mile bike ride this morning), grapefruit, a banana and some more spinach and kale chips, LOL (they're addicting)

Lunch- I got Ryan vegetarian teriyaki chicken from Lassens which is a local health/grocery store that has a lil cafe in it and I munched on that for lunch. It was a busy day so I didn't eat much more.

Dinner- I made a mushroom and carmelized onion burger. The recipe was for grilled mushrooms from Vegan With A Vengeance in a ciabatta roll with spinach, carmelized onions, avocado, tomatoes and Annies goddess dressing.

Dessert- Almost an entire bag of sea salt and vinegar kettle chips

Friday 4/18/08

2008-04-18T17:47:00.000-07:00

Breakfast- bran muffin from Trader Joes with a cup of fresh squeezed OJ

Lunch- a bunch of random stuff, LOL- asparagus and brocolli baked in the oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes, a sweet potato and kale and avocado salad

Snack- an orange and yummy oatmeal raisin cookies that Shandon made

Dinner- Ryan and I went to Tipps Thai...recommended by a friend and we weren't too impressed. I don't really care for thai food and I don't like tofu (wierd right, a vegan who doesn't like thai or tofu, LOL). But i had mushrooms, onions, pineapple, tomatoes and tofu in a sweet and sour sauce with brown rice. It was alright, LOL!

Dessert- veggie booty spinach and kale chips, so good!

Thursday 4/17/2008

2008-04-17T23:53:00.000-07:00

Breakfast- Oatmeal blender waffle...crazy easy to make, I got it from vegweb.com...topped with earth balance, maple syrup, and strawberries

Recipe for blender waffles-
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups water
1 banana (sliced)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions:
Combine all ingredients in blender. Blend until smooth.
Pour batter into waffle iron.
Serves: 4 waffles

Lunch- I spent all afternoon at the doctors so I didn't really eat a lunch. I snacked on oranges, strawberries, walnuts, pita bread and sun dried tomato hummus, oh yeah...and a bowl of honey o's from trader joes (not good for you I know, but I was in a snacky mood)

Dinner- another green smoothie, this time with pineapple instead of the strawberries and blueberries like last nights and a small salad with some spinach with rice vinegar on top (I had no tomatoes and was very angry, LOL)

Dessert- you guessed it...another piece of endagered species chocolate, I'm addicted!

Workout- NONE...but the good news my foot is al fixed so I can finally put on closed toe shoes...woo hoo!! Gym here I come!

Wednesday, 4-16-08

2008-04-17T23:46:00.000-07:00

Today is my LONG day at school! 9am-8:50pm and it takes an hour to get to my school so I'm gone usually about 14 hrs total!!! So my meals were quick and easy!

Breakfast- bowl of oatmeal with a cinnamon mixed in, topped with strawberries and a sliced banana, and santa cruz organic juice on the car ride

Lunch- a huge salad from my schools salad bar- spinach, brocolli, kidney beans, sunflower seeds, tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and pepper.

Snack- A PURE bar, saw them at whole foods and thought it looked pretty good, I only bought 1 and am totally regretting it...and as much as I hate to be a trader to Larabars, these are better!! Not only are they raw, and have only a few ingredients, they are organic too!! http://www.thepurebar.com/

Dinner- By the time I got home I was dead tired and didn't want to make anything so I drank salad for dinner, LOL JK. I made a smoothie with 2 apples, 1 orange, 1 lemon, 3 leaves kale, 1 cup strawberries, 1 cup wild blueberries, 1/2 an avocado and some water! SO GOOD!! Like the best I've made so far!

Dessert- a piece of endangered species chocolate bar and a piece of ezekiel sesame toast with peanut butter (while watching Juno- great movie!!)

Workout- zip, zero, nada...I could barely walk on my injured toe today. Going to the DOctor tommorow :)

Tuesday 4-15-08

2008-04-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

Tuesday 4-15-08

Breakfast- Natures Path bran flakes cereal topped with hemp milk and chopped strawberries

Lunch- Ezekial sesame bread filled with spinach and left over bean balls from last nights dinner, with leftover whole wheat pasta from last nights dinner- talk about easy!

Snack- I made a bunch of goodies in the dehydrator today (Sun bars, goji berry leathers, and apple flax crackers so I much on all of that throughout the day.

Dinner- Ezekial pita pizza baked in the oven for 10 minutes at 400 degrees topped with tomato basil hummus, pesto, spinach, mushrooms, and sun dried tomatoes, asparagus topped with olive oil and baked in the oven at 400 for 10 minutes, and my fave- a bowl of kale and avocado salad.

Dessert- Popcorn air popped in a popper, sprayed with olive oil and some garlic powder sprinkled on top.

Workout- NO workout, hehe...not by choice though. My foot is killing me from the hike and there was NO way I was putting on closed toe shoes! It was very hard, especially when my roommate went on a bike ride, I wanted so bad to join her!

Monday 4-14-08

2008-04-14T19:51:00.000-07:00

So I've gotten a little bad with posting "dessert" recipes and not so many "healthy" recipes...mostly because I've been eating alot of dessert recipes, LOL! But I have started eating healthier, exercising more frequently and basically setting out a plan for the week. So I'm going to post what I eat each day along with recipes, as well as my workout for the day! Hopefully I can motivate you to join me! I don't have pictures for all the meals today but here it is;

Monday- 4/14/2008

Breakfast- bowl of oatmeal topped with a banana and strawberries and half a grapefruit.

Snack- larabar, raw cashews

Lunch- Ezekiel tortilla crisped up in the oven filled with brown rice, pinto beans, spinach, broccoli, balsamic vinegar dressing, tomatoes and avocado

Snack- an orange

Dinner- Roasted red pepper spaghetti with bean balls (recipe from veganomicon), kale and avocado salad, and santa cruz organic sparkling root beer.

Dessert- piece of endagered species cocoa-mint chocolate bar

Workout- I fell down a hill, yes you can laugh, hiking this past weekend and am scratched up pretty bad, but the worst part is I jammed my toe and now its all swollen and black and blue. I'm a little scared it might fall off (TMI, I know) but that means its hurts to walk, BADLY, so I just did arms at the gym today :)

Tropical Smoothie

2008-02-23T15:03:00.000-08:00

Yet another smoothie...which I wont be making for a while because genius me shoved the tamper too far down the blender and my vitamix shredded the thing to pieces. SO dumb on my part- not only can I not make anything that uses ice until I get another tamper but I'm sure I dulled the blades on my blender as well. But it made me realize how bad it would be if someones finger got in there. If it can shred a huge stick of plastic I don't even want to imagine what else it can do to body parts!! :( This smoothie was seriously awesome though! I felt like I was in Hawaii!

I dont feel like typing the ingredients so follow the pictures, LOL!

Ingredients

Measurements

Final Result

Chocolate Glazed Peanut Butter Scones

2008-02-23T14:54:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure if I just eat too much or what but I swear when I make recipes it says it serves 4 but yet me and Ryan always finish it off ourselves?? Whatever, I'm just gonna keep telling myself that the authors don't eat enough, LOL! These are really good scones, even without the glaze if youre feeling too guilty to add it!

Chocolate Glazed Peanut Butter Scones

PB Scones
1 1/2 c AP flour
2 TBSP sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 TBSP margarine
1/4 c crunchy peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c soymilk

Choc PB Glaze
1/3 c confectioners sugar
1/2 TBSP cocoa powder
1 TBSP creamy PB
1 TBSP plain soy milk

Preheat oven to 400. Combine flour through salt, and use a fork to press the margarine and peanut butter into the mixture. When it begins to resemble large crumbs add the vanilla and slowly drizzle in the soymilk. while stirring. Drop the dough into a circle and cut into 4 quarters. Bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for 15-20 min.

Mix all ingredients for the glaze together and drizzle over the scones once theyve cooled a bit.

Apple Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes

2008-02-23T14:51:00.000-08:00

If you haven't ever been to http://blog.fatfreevegan.com I suggest you go now!! She has wonderfully low fat versions of everything one could want. I made her Apple Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes quite a while ago and they are still a weekend breakfast classic. The applesauce makes them extremely moist. These are way better than any pancakes you could get a breakfast diner.

Apple Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes

Pancake Batter:

1 1/4 cups unbleached flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/3 cups almond milk or soymilk
1/2 tablespoon egg replacer powder* mixed with 2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Cinnamon-Apple Swirl Batter:

2 tablespoons prepared batter (above)
2 tablespoons natural apple sauce
1 teaspoon cinnamon
In a large bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Add almond (or soy) milk and egg replacer mixture and stir just until flour is moistened. (For thicker pancakes, use only 1 cup milk.) Let the batter rest for 5 minutes while the skillet heats.

While the batter is resting, combine all of the "swirl" ingredients, using 2 tablespoons of the prepared batter.

Heat a non-stick griddle or skillet (sprayed lightly with non-stick spray) over medium heat until a drop of water sizzles. Gently stir the walnuts into the batter. Pour batter by scant 1/4 cupfuls onto hot griddle. Immediately drizzle the cinnamon-apple batter over the top of each pancake in a swirl pattern. Cook until tops are bubbly and bubbles burst; edges will look dry. With a pancake turner, turn and cook until undersides are golden. Place on a warm platter; keep warm.

Repeat until all batter is used, brushing griddle lightly with canola oil, if necessary, to prevent sticking. Serve pancakes with syrup or other topping as desired.

Strawberry Love Muffins

2008-02-23T14:44:00.000-08:00

These strawberry love muffins from My Sweet Vegan are SOOO good! They have alot of sugar in them, which is the downside but seriosuly I could live off of these!

Strawberry Love Muffins
From: My Sweet Vegan

Ingredients

1 1/2 Cup AP Flour
1/2 Cup Sugar
1/4 Teaspoon Salt
1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
3/4 Cup Vanilla Soymilk
1/3 Cup Canola Oil
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 Cup Frozen Strawberries, Thawed

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and grease muffin tins.

Begin by mixing together your dry ingredients (Flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and soda.) Gently stir in soymilk, oil, and vanilla but be careful not to over-mix. A few lumps are okay! Fold in your thawed strawberries and pour batter into muffin tins, 3/4 of the way to the top. Slide you filled tins into the oven and cook for 15 – 20 minutes, depending on your oven. Test for doneness by inserting a toothpick; When they’re ready to come out, the toothpick will remain dry.

Don’t try to remove them immediately or you will end up with smushed, dented muffins! Allow to sit for atleast 10 minutes inside their cooking vessel. Enjoy with someone you love.

Leek and Bean Cassoulet with Biscuits

2008-02-23T14:38:00.000-08:00

This recipe for Leek and Bean Cassoulet with Biscuits came from the new Veganomican and it was really good! Truly hits the spot and feels you up QUICK! No joke! I was missing a few ingredients so improved and added others in its place. Its pretty simple so you can change it however and can't really go wrong!

Leek and Bean Cassoulet with Biscuits

Ingredients

stew
2 yukon gold potatoes, cut 1/2 inch dice
3T cornstarch
2T olive oil
2 leeks, washed well and sliced thinly (about 2 cups)
1 small onion, cut into medium-sized dice
1 1⁄2c carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch dice
2 cloves garlic, minced
1T heaping, chopped fresh thyme, plus extra for garnish
several pinches of freshly ground black pepper
1⁄2t salt (more or less depending on how salty your broth is, so taste first
3⁄4c frozen peas
1 (15 ounce) can navy beans, drained and rinsed (about 1/2) cups

biscuits
3⁄4c plain soy milk
1t apple cider vinegar
1 1⁄2c all-purpose flour
2t baking powder
1⁄4t salt
1⁄4c nonhydrogenated vegan shortening

Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Place the potatoes in a small pot and cover with water. Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, let cook for about 10 minutes, until the potatoes are just tender enough to be pierced with a fork. Drain immediately so that they do not overcook. While they are boiling, you can prep the rest of the veggies and start preparing the biscuits - the potatoes should definitely be done by the time you are.
Now, prepare everything for the biscuits. You're not going to make them yet, but it's good to have everything ready when it comes time to top the stew. Add the vinegar to the soy milk in a measuring cup and set aside to curdle. Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium-size mixing bowl.

Now leave that alone and start the stew:
Mix the cornstarch into the vegetable stock until dissolved.
Preheat an oven-safe skillet, preferably cast iron, over medium heat. Saute in the oil the leeks, onions, and carrots until ery soft and just beginning to browm about 10 minutes. Keep the heat moderate so that they don't burn.
Add the garlic, thyme, freshly ground black pepper, and salt, and cook for 1 more minute. add the cooked potatoes, and frozen peas, then pour in the vegetable stock mixture. Raise theh eat just a bit; it will take a few minutes but the liquid will start simmering. Once it does, lower the heat again. Let it simmer for about 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, but no longer than that. If you need more time for the biscuits, then turn off the heat under the stew.

Back to the biscuits
Add the shortening to the flour in small slivers and work it into the dough with a fork or with your fingers until large crumbs form. You don't want to cream it in; there should be clumps. Drizzle in the soy milk and mix with a fork until everything is moistened (some dry parts are okay).
Wash and dry your hands, then lightly flour them and get them dirty again. Gently knead the dough about ten times right in the bowl, just so that it is holding together and not very sticky. If it seems sticky, as in sticking to your fingers, then gently work in a little more flour. Set that aside and check your stew.
The stew should be simmering and slightly thickened. Mix in the beans. Now, let's add the biscuits. Pull off the chunks of dough that are about slightly large than golf balls. Gently roll them into balls and flattem at bit; they do not ahve to be prefectly round. Add them to the otp of the stew, placed an inch or so apart.
Transfer the whole megillah to the preheated oven. If you are worried about spillover, place it on a rimmed baking sheet, but we've never had that problem. Bake for about 15 minutes. The biscuits should be just slightly brown and firm to the touch.
Remove from the oven and use a large serving spoon to place some of the stew and a biscuit in each shallow, individual bowl. Sprinkle with a little chopped, fresh thyme.
Serve at last! Especially yummy when you break up your biscuit and mix it in a bit with your stew.

Orange Sesame Tofu

2008-02-23T14:27:00.000-08:00

So it's official, I do not and never will like Tofu. I've tried it at health food restaurants, I've tried cooking it at home, I've tried it at chinese restaurants and I DONT like it! But Ryan does, so I figured I'd give it another go ahead and see if I could learn to like it. Not gonna happen! But if you like tofu you'll love this. Ryan said it was his fave tofu so far!

Ingredients
2 tsp arrowroot powder
1/2 fresh squeezed OJ
1 tsp orange zest
3 Tbsp tamari
2 Tbsp maple syrup
2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
2 cloves minced garlic
1 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
1 pkg extra firm tofu sliced in 1/4 inch thick squares
1 tbsp sesame seeds for garnish

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In an 8x12 baking dish combine arrowroot with 2 Tbsp OJ and stir. Add remaining juice and ingredients except tofu and stir. Add tofu and turn to coat. Cover and refridgerate to marinade for an hour or longer. To bake, cover with foil and bake for 15 minutes. Take out, remove foil stir and bake another 9 minutes without foil.

At this point the recipe ends, but I decided to throw the tofu chunks on the stove and fry them up for a few minutes on each side so they aren't so bouncy, LOL! Your choice...depends on how you like them!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Icecream

2008-02-23T14:21:00.000-08:00

I don't even have to say anything about this! Just make it!

Ingredients
1 package Newmans Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups or homemade ones (recipe in previous post)
Vanilla Soy Icecream
Creamy Peanut Butter

Blend icecream and 1 scoop creamy peanut butter in blender, throw in chopped up peanut butter cups.

Chocolate Chunk Spice Cookies from ED&BV

2008-02-23T14:12:00.000-08:00

These cookies were a bit different, but delicious none the less! They remind me of something you would eat at Christmas time!

Chocolate Chunk Spice Cookies
From: Eat Drink and Be Vegan

Ingredients
1/3 c sugar
1/3 c chocolate chunks
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/16 tsp allspice
1 pinch ground cloves
1 c less 2 TBSP AP flour
3 TBSP cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/3 c maple syrup
1/4 c + 1 tsp canola oil

Preheat oven to 350. Combine all ingredients except syrup and oil. In a seperate bowl add the syrup and oil and mix both together. Scoop batter onto parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 11 minutes

Cinnamon- Banana Oatmeal

2008-02-23T14:08:00.000-08:00

Oatmeal is like my staple breakfast. Give me some oatmeal topped with a banana and some Ezekial bread with PB and I am happy! Oatmeal is super easy to make but plain oatmeal just isn't as fun. Thats why I add goodies to mine! No measurements here...add to your hearts content!

Ingredients
some oatmeal
water
cinnamon
brown sugar
1 banana, strawberries, blueberries (whatever youre feeling)

Put the oats in a cup and fill with water so it just barely covers the oatmeal. Place in microwave for 2 minutes. You may need to stop and stir once or twice. Mix cinnamon and brown sugar and slice up your fruit on top! YUM!

Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice

2008-02-23T14:06:00.000-08:00

We have 2 HUGE orange trees in our yard which means fresh squeezed orange juice for FREE!! Yippee!! Nothing too special here...just thought I would emphasize how easy and cheap it is to make OJ when you have a tree!! :)

Tostada Salad Bowl

2008-02-23T14:01:00.001-08:00

Ryan wanted Mexican food- I wanted something I could cook in 10 minutes= hence we have a tostada salad bowl. Super easy to make and odds are you'll have all the ingredients on hand.

Ingredients
2 flour tortillas
1 can of kidney beans heated on stove mixed with seasonings of your choice (chili powder, cumin etc.)
lettuce or a salad mix (I use herb salad mix)
guacamole (I made my own with 1 avocado, salt, lime juice, 1/2 and onion and 1 tomato)
salsa
soy cheese

Get 2 pieces of foil and roll them into 2 seperate balls. Place on a baking sheet, and lay your tortilla on top of the foil balls. Bake in oven at 400 degrees for about 5 minutes. You now have your bowl...Layer all your ingredients in the bowl and enjoy!

The Farmer and The Cook

2008-02-23T13:56:00.000-08:00

Ryan and I went to this great little cafe/grocery store called Farmer and The Cook in Ojai that grows all their produce out back. They are a great local store that even has a tracker that tells you how much solar energy they are putting out each day. SUPER COOl!! I forgot to take a picture of our sandwiches but the dessert was a must, all vegan! We got a vegan mexican wedding cake (I ate it before I got a picture, LOL), vegan lemon bar, and a vegan peanut butter and chocolate smore bar. Everything was delish!! Especially the lemon bar!

Woman In A Hurry Soup

2008-02-04T22:50:00.000-08:00

I had left over cornbread from last nights meal and wanted something I could throw together real quick. What goes better with cornbread besides soup (chili of course but we had that last night, LOL) As I was making this I was laughing about how this is probably the only southern meal I have ever cooked! I threw some cut up red potatoes, zucchini, carrots, brocolli, celery garlic, and onions and about 4 cups of veggie broth and a can of diced tomates. I then added a can of kidney beans, some basil, oregano, salt and pepper and boiled it and let simmer for about 25 minutes. Quick, hearty and easy!

Smoothie Time

2008-02-04T22:40:00.000-08:00

Strawberry- Mango Smoothie

I've been trying mounds and mounds of smoothie recipes recently...they have all came out delicious, I take that back- a blueberry flax one came out pretty bad but that was my fault because I didn't have any ice to make it cold. I have been reading alot of blogs for inspiration and just experimenting alot but these are a few of my faves...even though its February I figured everyone could use summer smoothies anytime of the year :)

Coconut Date Smoothie

Blueberry Protein Smooothie

Bad Dinner

2008-02-04T22:34:00.000-08:00

Ryan had been craving cream of mushroom soup for SO long so I decided to make it for him real quick before I went to the gym. I got the recipe out of my vita-mix recipe book (mistake #1) and threw it together. I didn't get a chance to try it and just left it out for him to eat when he got home from work. I figured it would be fine right...wrong, it was disgusting. He said it was terrible and I didn't beleive him so when I got home I tried it and wanted to throw up. I'm not sure exactly what went wrong, it did call for the juice of 1/2 a grapefriut and I am guessing it was something to do with that. Anywayz..don't try the cream of mushroom soup out of the vitamix recipe book, LOL!!

Wing It Salsa

2008-01-27T14:28:00.000-08:00

I was feeling a little crazy yesterday and decided to make some salsa. Considering I had no idea what I was doing it came out REALLY good! Ryan was very surprised, he didn't think he was going to like it after he saw me just throw random things into the vitamix.

Ingredients
1/2 a red pepper
1/2 a green peeper
3 tomatoes
a handful of cilanto
1/4 jalapeno pepper
a splash of lemon juice
1/2 an onion
a dash of sea salt

Our Famous Pita Pizza Lunch

2008-01-27T14:19:00.000-08:00

The pita pizza is something that I make for lunch whenever I a.dont have time to cook something or b.am just not in the mood to cook anything or make a mess in the kitchen. I have two variations of the pizza below...the hummus-pesto pizza being mine and Ryan's fave the veggie cheese pizza.

Hummus-Pesto Pizza

Ingredients
Pita bread
Hummus- any flavor you like (classic and tomato basil are my faves for this)
Pesto
Tomatoes
Mushrooms

Top pita bread with all your ingredients and cook in the oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

Soy Cheese Veggie Pizza

Ingredients
Pita Bread
Pizza sauce (I get mine from Trader Joes)
Soy Mozzarela Cheese
Red Pepper
Green Pepper
Tomatoes
Mushrooms
Onions

Top pita bread with all your ingredients and cook in the oven at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

Potato Fries

2008-01-27T14:11:00.000-08:00

Shandon and I went on a beautiful hike up a hill that is right behind our house that overlooks all of Ventura and the ocean. The whole way back for some odd reason I was craving potato fries. These are super simple and delicious.

Ingredients
Red Potatoes (I usually cut up 2-3 when its just for me)
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Sea Salt

Cut the poatoes up into wedges, put on a baking sheet, pour some olive oil on the wedges and mix it around with your hands till the poataoes are a lil coated and sprinkle salt on them. Cook at 400 degrees for 10 minutes on each side. Serve with some organic ketchup!

Sunday Fun Day French Toast Sticks

2008-01-27T13:58:00.000-08:00

I am eating extremely healthy and going to the gym 6 days a week so I have decided to let myself have Sunday as the day I can eat something sweet, eat out or what not. You can't deprive yourself entirely. So I woke up and the first thing on my mind was french toast. I had never made vegan french toast besides a fruit stuffed one and I followed a recipe for that one before so I browsed the internet trying to find a good recipe and I came across this one on vegweb.com...the original recipe is here- http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=13005.0 and I put it below with a few of the changes I made :) They were absolutely delicious...even Ryan said they were better than the non vegan french toast he was used to!!

Ingredients
1/2 cup rice milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons sunflower oil
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon flour
2 tablespoons cornstarch
3 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 slices whole wheat bread from Trader Joes
Maple Syrup
Powdered sugar

Cut slices of bread into 4 equal sticks. Mix first 9 ingredients in bowl and dip the sticks individually into mixture. Lay sticks on a pan greased with a little earth balance. Cook on low heat for 4 minutes and then medium-high heat for another minute. Flip over and cook the opposite side for about 2 minutes on medium-high heat. Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar and maple syrup!!

White Wine Sangria

2008-01-21T20:27:00.000-08:00

My roommate Shandon and I made this a while ago but we finished it all by ourselves and loved every sip of it

White Wine Sangria

Ingredients
Stir 1 bottle sauvignon blanc with 2 TBSP agave nectar and a cut up apple, orange, pear, plum, pineapple and watermelon.

Super Rich Brocolli Soup and Mashed Taters

2008-01-21T20:19:00.000-08:00

I made this delicious brocolli soup in the vitamix and had cut up too many potatoes so I decided I misewell make some mashed taters to go along with the soup but we ended up loving it as a gravy on the soup along with some soy bacon bits that our local health food store just started carrying! If I make it again as a gravy I will definitely cut back on the taters in the soup recipe.

Brocolli Soup

Ingredients
Medium head of brocolli
3 potatoes diced
1 veggie broth cube
salt and pepper

Boil the brocolli and potatoes with the veggie cube in about 5 cups of water. After about 10 minutes drain the water and throw the brocolli and taters in the vitamix. Puree and serve with salt and pepper or any seasons to your taste.

Vegan Mashed Taters

Boil some chopped up potatoes for about 15 minutes, drain the water and mix soy milk, earth balance, 1 tsp nutrional yeast and some salt and pepper.

Fat Free Brownie w/ Cherry Icecream

2008-01-21T20:12:00.000-08:00

I am realizing in posting these that I have a serious obsession with desserts and really need to lay off all this dessert cooking! But this is a must...I really didn't expect it to be so good. My original intentions were just to make the cookie/brownies but they were all crumbly and fell apart to I decided to put some soy cherry icecream in the middle and it came out wonderful. My harshest critic even ranked it a 10 out of 10...now that amazing!!

Fat Free Brownie w/ Cherry Soy Icecream sandwich

Ingredients
1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup margarine
1/3 cup dry sweetener
egg replacer = to 1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup flour
2 TBSP cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking powder

In a small saucepan on medium heat, melt the chocolate chips and margarine. Mix in a bowl the sweetener through vanilla and add the melted chocolate. Mix and add the rest of the ingredients. Spread evenly on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake 12-15 minutes. Slice it up, put a slice on a bowl and top it with icecream (any soy flavor you like) and top it with another slice of the cookie.

Tomato Basil Pita Sandwich

2008-01-21T20:09:00.000-08:00

We were busy visting all day Sunday with friends and family so I had to throw together a quick lunch that I could bring with us so I sliced pita bread and stuffed it with tomato basil hummus, lettuce, mushrooms and tomatoes and sliced up some apples and kiwi and we were good to go! Quick and simple!

Who The Hell Put Peanut Butter In My Chocolate Cookies??

2008-01-21T20:03:00.001-08:00

Who The Hell Put Peanut Butter In My Chocolate Cookies?? are delicious, easy to make cookies.

Ingredients
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup chocolate chips
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
3 TBSP cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 TBSP agave nectar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup peanut butter

Preheat oven to 350. Combing sugar to baking soda. In a seperate bowl combine maple syrup to canola oil. Add wet to dry and mix. Cut peanut butter into butter and spoon rounded tablespoons of dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake for 11 minutes.

Golden Vanilla Cupcakes with Choc Ganace Frosting

2008-01-21T20:00:00.001-08:00

We were all craving dessert, and wanted cupcakes, I had everything to make the golden vanilla cupcakes with choc ganace frosting from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World so I went with it and topped it with bananas.

Teriyaki Stir Fry

2008-01-21T19:56:00.000-08:00

A wok is the best thing in the world and I LOVE my classic stif fry. Its really easy to make and I think I have posted about it before. You basically throw brocolli, red peppers, green peppers, onion (the chunkier the better) garlic and tofu in a wok with a little bit of extra virgin olive oil and when its just about done throw some teriyaki sauce on it and toss it on top of some brown rice. YUM!

My New Dehydrator

2008-01-21T19:53:00.000-08:00

Inspired by Rawvolution I decided to get a dehydrator. Nothing special just a basic one from amazon.com and I am really struggling as what and how to make food. There aren't many recipes online and the dehydrator booklet it came with wasn't much help so my roommate Shandon and I basically threw everything in our kitchen in and dried it. That was quite an experience I must say...especially the dried carrots and snap peas, LOL! The apples were good though! If anyone has any recipes PLEASE send them my way!

Cookies and Cream Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting

2008-01-21T19:49:00.000-08:00

I made the always delicious Cookies and Cream Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World and must have done something wrong in the doubling of the recipe because they came out much more bitter than usual. I have no idea what I did wrong and while they were edible I made WAY too many and ended up throwing about 15 away. It was very sad to do but we all kickstarted a healty eating/workout plan last Monday and just couldn't have them sitting on the counter staring at us anymore. TOO tempting!!

Raspberry Salad

2008-01-21T19:45:00.000-08:00

So even though I am not eating dairy I had people over for dinner last weekend and just HAD to make this delicious salad that had feta cheese in it. It is absolutely amazing!

Ingredients
1 Bag Herb salad mix from Trader Joes
1 package candied walnuts
i package feta cheese
1 small container of raspberries (can also be substituted for cranberries or grapes)
Raspberry vinaigrette Dressing

I'M BACK!!!

2008-01-21T19:38:00.000-08:00

I have been busy, busy, busy and haven't posted in over 2 months :0 But I am back with LOTS of pictures and new recipes. I also have gotten a Vita Mix since I have been gone :) It is WONDERFUL!! I make smoothie everynight, guacamole, salsa, and all kinds of delicious soups! Pictures attached!

Yummy smoothie

Colorful guacamole before and after

Citrus sorbet

Sesame Seed Dip

The Good and The Bad

2007-10-30T22:27:00.000-07:00

I was all excited to try some new recipes out of my new eat, drink and be vegan cookbook which you can buy here- http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Drink-Be-Vegan-Celebrating/dp/1551522241 and I am sad to say that I tried the Gimme Chimis and they weren't near as good as I anticipated :( But I still highly recommend the book!! I don't want to give the recipe tell I mess with it a bit and am happier with it so for now I'll just leave a picture of how they turned out and a wonderful picture of my goodies from the Farmers Market. We have amazing farmers markets in both Ventura and Oxnard that offer a HUGE selection of organic fruits and veggies, preserves, hummus and amazing homemade bread that is made locally in Ojai. It is a Sunday tradition!

My Farmers Market Goodies

The Gimmi Chimis

Golden Vanilla Cupcakes with Choc Ganache Frosting

2007-10-30T22:18:00.000-07:00

These are the best cupcakes ever...no joke Isa really nailed this one! They are from the vegan cupcakes take over the world cookbook and they are the best cupcakes I have ever had, vegan or not.

Golden Vanilla Cupcakes

1 cup soymilk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 1/4 cups flour
2 tbsp cornstarch
3/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup canola oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp almond extract

Preheat over to 350. Whisk soymilk and vinegar and set aside. Beat together the soymilk mixture, oil, sugar, vanilla, and almond. Sift in the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and mix. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way and bake for 20 minutes.

Chocolate Ganache Frosting

1/4 cup soymilk
4 ounces chocolate
2 tbsp pure maple syrup

Bring the soymilk to a boil in a saucepan, immediately remove from heat and add chocolate and maple syrup and stir until smooth. It will seem a bit runny but by the time the cupcakes are done it will have hardened up.

Cinnamon Sweet Tortilla Strips

2007-10-30T22:13:00.000-07:00

I absolutely despise Pizza Hut and Round Table. I think their food is disgusting, but this reminds me of their cinnamon breadstick twists, but in a good way!

Cinnamon Sweet Tortilla Strips

2 whole wheat tortillas cut in strips
1 tbsp canola oil
3 tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
pinch of sea salt

Preheat oven to 375. Brush both sides of tortilla with canola oil and dip in sugar, cinnamon and salt mixed in a bowl. Lay on a parchment lined baking sheet and sprinkle whatever is left over on top of the strips. Bake 5 minutes, flip over and bake another 5 minutes.

Rawesome Nut Dip

2007-10-30T22:07:00.000-07:00

I have been really into eating raw recently. I have yet to get a raw cookbook, I am still adjusting to veganism but I found a recipe for a delicious raw nut dip in my new eat, drink and be vegan cookbook and it was by far the best dip I have ever had!

Rawesome Nut Dip

1/2 cup raw almonds
1/2 cup raw pistachios
1/4 cup raw walnuts
1/4 cup raw pine nuts
1/2 red bell pepper chopped
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 garlic clove
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
5 tbsp water
1/2 cup fresh basil
1 tsp fresh thyme

In a food processor combine all ingredients from almonds to water. Puree until smooth (this took me a good 10 minutes, but I don't have the best blender) Add basil and thyme and puree again until well combined.

Fruit Stuffed French Toast

2007-10-30T22:00:00.000-07:00

This is an absolutely delicious, hearty breakfast that came from who other than fatfreevegan.com. I thought for sure I would need to eat at least 2 to get full but I was full before I even finished one, and it only took like 10 minutes to cook! Highly recommended for both weekends or weekdays!

Fruit Stuffed French Toast

4 slices whole grain bread
1/2 cup soymilk
1/2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp sugar
1 Tbsp nurtritional yeast flakes
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
4 large strwaberries
1 banana
2 Tbsp Maple syrup

Whisk together all ingredients from soymilk to vanilla extract. Dip slices of bread into the mixture and fry on skillet till golden brown (about 1 1/2 minutes per side). While the toast is cooking mix the rest of the ingredients and put that mixture between two slices of cooked toast and a bit on top.

The Classic Stir Fry

2007-10-30T21:44:00.000-07:00

This is a classic recipe, one that I make whenever I have leftover veggies from the farmers market or when I am feeling extremely lazy. It is super easy and requires no recipe or planning because you just throw in whatever youre in the mood for. A wok is a must though!

Teriyaki Stir Fry

Olive Oil
Veggies (garlic, onion, brocolli, red pepper, green pepper, bok choy) whatever youre in the mood for)
Teriyaki Sauce (I use trader joes teriyaki sauce)

Heat up the wok with a little but of olive oil and once it starts steaming toss in some garlic and onions. After about a minute slowly add in the rest of your veggies cooking each for about 2 minutes before you add in the next. In the last 3 minutes of cooking add a dash of pepper, some basil, and your teriyaki sauce. Cook for another few minutes and serve.

My 1st Meal As A Vegan

2007-10-25T01:09:00.001-07:00

So I woke up late and skipped breakfast and while my lunch was not too exciting it is my first meal since being a vegan so I thought I would post it. Spinach with sunflower seeds, tomatoes, green/red pepers, sprouts, organic balsamic dressing from Trader Joes and apples and celery with TJ's peanut butter. Yum! New recipes should be coming soon...since I got rid of a bunch of food with dairy in it I had to go grocery shopping so I am stocked up and ready to try new stuff, if I can ever find the time, LOL!

Potato Pizza

2007-10-25T00:51:00.000-07:00

I found this recipe from fat free vegan ages ago and have been meaning to try it for a long time and could never find someone who was willing to experiment and try it with me. My roommate Shandon finally agreed (shes my guinea pig by the way...I always make her try my cooking, LOL) and we ended up really liking it.

Potato Pizza
2 large baking potatoes
Your choice of toppings (bell pepper, onion, zuchini etc.)
Basil
Soy parmesan

For the sauce
1/2 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic
1 can diced tomatoes
1/8 tsp fennel seed (didnt have this, didnt use it)
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp basil
s&p

Cut the potatoes in half and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. While the taters are cooking saute the onion and garlic, add 1/3 of the diced tomatoes and put the rest in a blender and add to the saucepan once pureed. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer on low till the taters are done. When the taters are done, take them out of the oven, spread them with the sauce and put on your toppings. Put them back in the oven for 20 more minutes and sprinkle with parmesan and basil and serve.

Baking, Baking and Baking

2007-10-25T00:33:00.000-07:00

I was determined to find a recipe to use up some more of the apples that were given to me so I decided to modify my apple crumble recipe a bit into muffins. Once I already had everything out I decided to go ahead and make a breakfast muffin for the next day because my friend and I were planning on shopping all day and I wanted something quick and easy in my purse to snack on. They were both very good but the carrot one seemed bland when eaten after the apple one, but thats a given it would happen so just don't make them together and you'll be good :)

I didnt have apple cider for the muffins so I used apple juice instead and I didnt have cloves so I just completely omitted it from the recipe and they were still amazing!!

Apple Pie Crumb Cake Muffins
1 1/2 cups flour
1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking poweder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground allspice
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup apple cider
1/3 cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup grated apple
1/2 cup choped apple

For The Topping
1/4 cup flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground allspice
pinch of salt
3 Tbsps canola oil

Prepare the topping by mixing all topping ingredients together until crumbs form. Set aside. Preheat oven to 375 and lightly grease a twelve muffin tin. Mix all dry ingredients from flour to salt and make a well in the center and add the apple cider, oil, and vanilla. Mix. Lastly add in the grated and chopped apple. Fill each muffin cup 2/3 full and add topping. Bake for 22 minutes.

These are great fo breakfast muffins on the go...they are not to sweet so their good for early mornings.

Carrot Raisin Muffins
1/2 cup raisins
1 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup soy milk
1/4 cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups grated carrot

Preheat oven to 400. Soak the raisins in a bowl of hot water while you mix all the ingredients. Lastly remove the raisins from the water and add them in. Fill the tins and bake 18 to 22 minutes. It took me about 19, you know theyre done when you can poke a knife in the center and it comes out clean.

Lasagne Night!!!

2007-10-18T23:33:00.000-07:00

This is my FAMOUS dinner which my Mom and I have been making for years and let me tell you it is AMAZING! My boyfriend says this is the best thing I have ever made, and he is one picky eater, if that tells you anything. This is the go-to dinner for whenever I am cooking for meat eaters. The lasagne is a guaranteed hit and I have yet to get a complaint from meat eaters about not being filling enough etc. etc. I made salad and garlic cheesy pita toast with it but forgot to take a picture of the pita toast so that recipe will come later. The dessert was an experiment and came out absolutely delicious as well. I was given a HUGE bag of delicious apples from a local grower and had to find somehow to use some up so I came up with apple crumble.

Vegetarian Lasagne
1 pound dry lasagne noodles
3 cups italian tomato sauce
1 large zucchini, grated
2 large bunches of spinach washed and stemmed
1 pound ricotta cheese
1 pound mozzarella chesse, grated or thinly sliced
1/2 pound provolove, grated or thinly sliced

Bring the tomato sauce to a boil, stir in zucchini, cook for 5 minutes. Ladle a bit of sauce into the glass 9x13 baking dish so it if coated. Place noodles in a single layer, spread 1/3 of the ricotta cheese, 1/3 of the spinach, 1/3 of the cheese, cover with tomato sauce and repeat 2 more times starting with noodles. Sprinkle a bit of cheese on top for garnish and bake in oven at 350 for 1 hour.

Apple Crumble
6 apples
1 cup oats
1 1/2 cups white flour
2 cups brown sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup earth balance

Peel and core apples and cut into extremely thin slices. Mix with 1 cup brown sugar and line bottom of 9x13 baking dish. In a bowl add oats, flour, remaining cup of brown sugar, baking powder and cinnamon. Gradually add margarine and crumble with fingers until a crumbly texture is achieved. Place oat topping over apples and press down. Bake 45 minutes at 350 and serve with either vanilla ice cream or cool whip.

Fall Harvest

2007-10-12T19:34:00.000-07:00

I have been in a very fall/halloween mood recently so I decided to make a fall themed dinner. It wasn't nearly what I anticipated it to be, but it was still good! I made Sweet Potato, Squash, & Apple Soup, toast with pumpkin butter from Trader Joes and peanut butter cookies. I highly recommend the soup..it is amazing! Everyone loved it! But definitely don't make it the main course, it is much too sweet! As you can see in the pictures below my cookies didn't come out like they should have because I halved the recipe and guessed on the measurements alot, but they were still delish, and if you use the complete recipe they will be much better than mine!

The soup recipe came from How It All Vegan...but I must warn you to leave plenty of time to cut up the ingredients. It took me forever!!

Sweet Potato, Squash, & Apple Soup
1 medium onion
1 T olive oil
2 cups veggie stock
2 cups butternut squash, peeled and diced
2 cups sweet potatoes or yams, peeled and diced
2-3 medium apples, cored and diced
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

In a large soup pot, saute the onions in oil on medium high heat until translucent. Add the stock, squash, potatoes, apples, and salt, pepper, nutmeg, and cayenne and bring it to a boil. Turn down the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Take 2 ladles' worth of veggies and 1 ladle of stock and blend in the blender or food processor until smooth. Return to soup pot and stir together before serving. Makes 4-6 servings.

The peanut butter cookie recipe came from Vegan With a Vengeance and were SO easy to make.

Peanut Butter Cookies
1/3 cup canola oil
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking poweder
1/8 teaspoon salt

Preheat over to 350. Lightly grease 2 cookie sheets. Cream together the oil, sugar, peanut butter and vanilla. Add the cornstarch and beat until well combined. Add the flour, baking powder and salt and mix. Drop the dough on sheet and put the little fork slashed in them. Bake for 12 minutes.

Insurance Rates

2007-10-08T10:33:00.000-07:00

I came across an article while browsing online this morning about how an insurance company called Animal Friends is offering a 6% discount on insurance premiums to vegetarians! Obviously, this is good news to me, LOL! If this in't enough information to make someone start questioning the health effects of eating meat then I don't know what is. Obviously, the companies have done ALOT of research to come to the conclusion that people who don't eat meat will have less health problems because they are willing to take a huge cut to offer them a lower rate. I wonder though how they can prove and know who is vegetarian and who isn't???

http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=146859&d=340&h=341&f=342

Yo! Zone

2007-10-06T17:46:00.001-07:00

Ok seriously...this makes me so excited!! There is a new vending machine called Yo! Zone that has only healthy items in it like Hansens soda and cliff bars. I would LOVE to have one of these at my school. Without fail, every single day you can see me roaming our school cafeteria with a sad look on my face because while even though we are a green, healthy school my only food options consist of a $5.00 fruit cup, a salad with ranch, blue cheese or some other fattening dressing, or a grilled veggie sandwich (that I ordered once and they pulled the grilled veggies out of a plastic tupperware covered in some stinky liquid and she said they pre-grill them and then store them in a plastic container until they are used...GROSS!! Talk about losing nutrients!) These machines would also be amazing in high schools to encourage healthy eating. Here's the link if you want to check it out;

http://www.yonaturals.com/

Hello!!

2007-10-06T17:23:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone...I'll start with a quick introduction as to why I started this blog. Basically I have been an avid blog reader for at least a year now, I love reading blogs and becoming inspired by beautiful photographs and finding delicious vegetarian recipes. It just recently donned on me that since I love reading other blogs so much that I should start my own :) So here it is...my first ever blog! I plan on posting recipes, (I am vegetarian but I try and incorporate vegan and raw meals aswell) photographs, and basically anything I find of interest. I hope you enjoy it!