I'm a tumblr person now, just to make things definitive... still posting recipes!  Search the recipe tag at http://justanotherveganhealthfreak.tumblr.com/

A Salad of Sorts...

Alrighy, then.  Let's see, you'll need a base of chopped iceburg/lettuce.
Toppings are warmed:
Rice
Sun dried tomatoes
Cooked onion, carrot, broccoli
Raisins
Shredded low-fat coconut
Avocado

Drizzle with sugar free maple syrup, and sprinkle with nooch.

Adapted from The Tolerant Vegan

Broccoli and Sun Dried Tomato Pasta

Adapted from Cookie and Kate

Saute up some garlic and broccoli.  Toss with cooked whole wheat pasta, chopped sundried tomatoes, black olives, nooch, lemon juice, chickpeas, and a bit of arugula.

Was that easy or what ;)

Sweet Potato Burgers

Quick post tonight - sorry I haven't been posting recently.  Kind of got attacked by integrals/derivatives.  It was rather scary, to tell the truth.  But it's all good - got some excellent grades, and I'm feeling good about life right now..
ANYWAY

Adapted from How Sweet Eats

Roughly blend/ mash

• 1 sweet potato, cubed and cooked
• 1 tbps flax meal mixed with 1 tbsp water
• 1 cup white beans
• 2 cloves garlic, sliced and sauteed
• 1/3 cup bread cumbs
• 1/3 cup oat flour
• Smoked paprika, onion powder, and cumin

For the sauce, blend silken tofu with LOTS of roasted galic.

Shape into patties and bake for about 20 minutes at 350, until cooked.
Serve on buns with avocado, red onion, and sauce.
*A note on the buns: I managed to get my hands on some white whole wheat flour this weekend, and used that to make the buns.  They turned out much better!  Yum!

BBQ Burrito

Still catching up on life, still cooking...

Adapted from Weekly Vegan Menu

Saute up some onion and red bell pepper strips with:

• lime juice
• garlic
• rice vinegar
• soy sauce
• bbq sauce
• liquid smoke
• chili powder

stick all of this in a wrap, along with some seitan, avocado, and still in a panini press for a few minues to crips up the wrap.

Corn Chiliiiiii!

Dude.  I am so exhausted, but also couldn't be more content with my life.  (Ok, so I got some bad grades today, but that was not unexpected...)  I won't disclose why I'm feeling like this, but life has just gotten better.  Let's just go with... I have some EXCELLENT friends :)

Alright, and now the food!

Adapted from 86 Lemons

Veggies

• Onion
• Carrot
• Sweet potato
• Frozen corn
• Canned diced tomatoes (no salt)
• Celery
• Red bell pepper
• Garlic

Seasonings:

• Cumin
• Chili powder
• Home made veggie broth powder

Beans - any kind will do.
Corn starch slurry
Seitan, of course.

Carrot & Sesame Burgers

Adapted from Maple Spice

Saute up 1/2 chopped onion and 1 cup grated carrots.  Put half of this mixture aside, and the rest in a blender with:
1 tbsp flax meal soaked with 1 tbsp water for 5 min
2 tbsp sesame seeds
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 tbsp cumin
zest of 1 lemon
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1/2 cup water

blend until pretty much uniform, and then add water/bread crumbs as needed.
Stir in remaining chopped veggies, and form into patties.  Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes, until cooked through.
Serve on hamburger buns, with avocado, arugula, and red onion slices.

Pizza Time! BBQ and B-Nut Squash

Got two recipes for you guys tonight!  Sorry I haven't posted so long - I got swamped by physics!..

Both of them went on the crust from here, using whole wheat flour for the buckwheat.  (made the full recipe and made 3 crusts with it)

Adapted from here,

Toppings:
BBQ sauce
chopped fresh cilantro
red onion slices
seitan chicken (baked at 350 for half an hour, no oil)
goat cheese
Cauliflower

Second up is adapted from DDD,

Toppings:
sauteed onion
shaved b-nut squash
goat cheese
arugula (added after baking)
pepitas

[Vegan] Meaty Beans

Saute some chopped onion, and add TVP.  Add enough water to rehydrate the TVP.  For seasoning, add in a splash of soy sauce, paprika, bbq sauce, vegan worchestire sauce, chili powder, home made veggie broth powder.
Add in cooked beans (I used a mixture), along with canned tomato sauce.
Top with goat cheeze.

Adapted from Hell Yeah It's Vegan

Pink Tofu + Cranberry Salad

For the dry fried tofu: cube & press a brick of tofu.  Heat a nonstick pan over medium heat.  Fry the tofu in a dry pan, pressing on it gently, until a nice firm crust develops.

For the cranberry sauce: This recipe, using stevia (chunky version)

Heat the fried tofu with cranberry sauce and a drizzle of maple syrup.  Serve over lettuce, with diced avocado and pecans.

Adapted from HHL

Pot Pie Soup

Adapted from One Green Planet

Veggies:
Frozen corn
Frozen peas
Onion
Carrot
Celery

Seasonings:
Basil
Thyme
Butter extract
Home made veggie broth powder

Other:
Unsweetened plain almond milk
Corn starch slurry
seitan
Yukon potatoes

Cashew Stir Fry

Alright.. dry fried tofu.  You cube/press tofu, and then 'fry' it in a pan - no oil, no water, no nothing.  Just press on the tofu to get out the moisture over medium heat, and the tofu should develop a nice crust, like it's fried but not really.  GREAT STUFF!
Veggies were broccoli, carrot, mushrooms, garlic, and onion.
Sauce was soy sauce, corn starch, sugar free strawberry jelly, dried ginger, stevia, a wee bit of molasses, rice vinegar.
Served over brown rice, topped with cashews
Adapted from Vouge Vegetarian.

Quickie Quesadilla

Ok, this recipe looked too weird not to try, so I made it the other night... Yes.  Yeeeeees.  It was good!

Spread a tortilla with cranberry sauce (made with stevia, chunky kind), pistachios, vegan goat cheese, and grilled onion + broccoli.  Simple, but it really has that OMG WOWZA factor!

Adapted from That Was Vegan

'Zza with B-Nut Squash

Crust: mix together

• 1/2 cup whole wheat flour
• scaaant 1/2 cup soy milk
• 2 tbsp apple sauce
• 1 tsp baking powder
• pinch salt (opt)

pour onto a baking sheet, and bake until firm at 420, about 11 minutes

The 'sauce' was roasted butternut squash blended with nooch
Toppings were goat cheese, dried dates, roasted red bell pepper, onions, mushrooms, and sun dried tomatoes.
This was DA BOMB!
Adapted from The Socially Akward Vegan

Desserts!

Well, my friends, I am not allowed to upload any more pictures.  Quel horreur, mes amis!  So, I think until I have the time+energy to mess around with that stuff, I'll be linking you to my Tumblr (which you should visit anyway ;) ) for my pictures, and posting the recipes here.
Oh, gosh, I'm writing this at 4:41 in the morning.  I will be leaving at 7 for my traditional Thanksgiving Day race (I'm so excited), and I guess I was just too anxious to sleep... (?)  So, thus, I am typing this, in order to stall on doing my french homework...

I give you desserts!

Up first is CCK's crustless pumpkin pie, which I gave a crust, and topped with some raw whipped cream.  I made two servings, and divided that recipe into two ramkins.  For the crust I mixed together 3 tbsp oatmeal, 1 tbsp whole wheat flour, and 1 tbsp applesauce, and baked it for about 12 minutes at 350, until firm.  Then I added the pie (doubling pretty much all of the seasonings), and using baking blend stevia. 

These babies were a chocolateglobofgoodness :D  I used PB2, and sugar free maple syrup for the agave, but no changes other than that.  Woooowww...

I wasn't too big on the texture of these blondies, but it may have just been my flour.  However, the flavour was excellent.  I used applesauce for the oil, and skipped the frosting since it doesn't freeze too well.

WHOLLYFREAKINGBANANAS This cake was excellent.  Seriously.  Good.  Gooooood.  I essentially fifthed the recipe, so I used 2 dates, 1/5 banana, and 3 tbsp of pretty much everything else.  The only actual changed were to use applesauce for the oil, and instant coffee powder + water for the coffee.  Topped with more of the raw whipped cream from above.

Meatball Sub

Alright... So.  For the sandwich, toast a hotdog bun.  Heat up some tomato sauce (I blended sauteed onion, garlic, canned tomatoes, Italian seasonings, and sugar free maple syrup) with a few lentil balls.  Top with some goat cheese and fresh arugula!
Adapted from Live Learn Love Eat

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Neatballs in a Sweet Sauce

I made these, sans the oil, and mixed them with roasted green beans, sugar free strawberry jelly, bbq sauce (sans oil and alcohol), and chili powder.  Yum!  (Idea from This Can't Be Vegan)

Also ate some cinnamon apple bread that I made a few days ago with these... oh, wow, that stuff is so good... from Plant Powered Kitchen (using sugar free maple syrup, baking blend stevia, and no oil.  Since I used all whole wheat flour, the baking time was also increased by about 15 minutes).

B'nut Squash and Black Eyed Pea Soup

Yaaayyy!  It's almost Thanksgiving break - one more day, one more test, and one more quiz to go!

 

In the meantime, here's the soup I've been happily indulging in for the past few days.  It's lovely - I'm loving this butternut squash stuff...

 

Adapted from Manifest Vegan

 

Veggies:

• Leek
• Onion
• Carrot
• Garlic

 

Etc:

• Black eyed peas
• Unsweetened, plain almond milk
• Cumin
• Butter extract
• Home made veggie broth powder
• Seitan

 

Puree 1 roasted butternut squash with 1/2 cup-ish sundried tomatoes and enough water to make it blend.  Add to the soup and heat through.

Oatmeal ATTTTAAAAAAAACK!

So, here's what I did... made a quadruple batch of Bottomless Oatmeal, and just reheated the stuff every day, with a different flavour each day!  It worked out great, and oatmeal tasted normal.  Saved sooo much time too!  I also added a splash of almond milk when reheating, to loosen it up a bit.

 

#1: Pina Colada.
Pineapple, cinnamon, stevia, reduced fat shredded coconut, sunflower seeds

#2: Mocha
Instant coffee powder, cocoa powder, banana (roughly mashed), vanilla extract, low fat shredded coconut

#3: Loaded PB and J
Granola (actually leftover oatmeal cookie crumbs!), frozen banana, frozen strawberry, peanut butter, vanilla extract, cinnamon, sugar free strawberry jelly, peanuts

#4: Banana Split
Frozen banana, frozen strawberry, fresh pinapple, cinnamon, stevia, dark cocoa powder, vanilla extract

#5: Peach Pie
Cinnamon, nutmeg, frozen peach, mashed banana, cinnamon, walnuts, sugar free maply syrup, butter extract

#6: Banana Peanut butter
Banana, peanut butter, vanilla extract, dark cocoa powder, stevia

#7: Chai
Instant coffee powder, mashed banana, cardamom, cinnamon, vanilla extract, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon

#8: Orange
Chopped glow orange, walnuts, maple syrup, vanilla extract

#9: Sweet Potato and Cranberry
Mashed sweet potato, dried cranberries, nutmeg, cinnamon, sugar free maple syrup

#10: PB and J
Strawberries, banana, peanut butter, sugar free maple syrup, vanilla extract

#11: Blueberry and Chia
Frozen blueberries, chia seeds, walnuts, cinnamon, flax seeds, dried goji berries, sugar free maple syrup

Creamy White Bean Soup

Today was a big day for me.  I WORE A DRESS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS.  ?! Seriously?  Yes.  Seriously.  I can't believe myself...

But, yes.  Here's some buttery, creamy, heart-warming soup for you!

Adapted from HHL

Veggies:

• Onion
• Carrot
• Celery
• Garlic
• Potato

Seasonings:

• home made veggie broth powder
• butter extract
• celery seed
• liquid smoke
• bay leaf
• nooch

Other:

• Great northern beans
• Seitan
• Plain, unsweetened almond milk

Once things are fully cooked, blend a bit of the soup for creaminess (just not the seitan...)