Day 27

On Monday I came home and had rice noodle ramen from the co-cop. Not so much like regular ramen, but it was still good. I think I just really like the noodle texture.

Then my mom made me "hot dogs" with smart dogs and potato chips, pickles, and onions. I didn't have any hot dog buns so  I just used bread, but I think hot dog buns would be easier to eat with.

Last night I made more Blts (so yummy!) and afterwards I made a cookies and cream milkshake! That's the milkshake I was talking about in my last post. It was so veganly amazing it made me want to cry milkshake tears. Anyways, I downed it before I remembered to take a picture. But just imagine a creamy oreo mixture. I got more today to make more milkshakes. I am one happy kid.

I am having the most delicious milk shake right now. I feel like Charlie in Perks of Being a Wallflower it is that good. Oh my giddy goodness. It's an oreo soy vanilla ice cream milkshake with almond milk. Soooo delicious. More to come tomorrow.

Day 26

Sooo yesterday was basically delicious. I made BLT's with tempeh bacon, got soy peanut butter chocolate ice cream, this yummy carrot raisin curry salad, and the most delicious vegan cherry cheescake ever from the Co-op. The BLT's were really easy to make, and really good.

Carrot raisin curry salad. Yummm!

Cherry cheesecake from Earth Cafe! My favorite!

This cheesecake was so amazing, oh my god all I want for my birthday is a hundred of these cheesecakes. I was so happy when I ate it. It tasted even BETTER than regular cheesecake.

I also got vegan hot dogs and chorizo. What what! Later this week I'm making hot dogs. Super stoked! I also decided to extend my project for 10 more days. Yay! More vegan yuminess to come!

Day 25

Like I said before, day 24 I ate nothing but brownies and sour patch kids. I had a junk food hangover the next morning. Then I went to eat MORE sugar but it was totally worth it because I went to doughbots!

Best doughnuts eva! I got 2 vegan maple, 1 vegan vanilla bean, and vegan lemon lavender and blood orange doughnut holes. Such vegan delicousness! I like their dougnuts because for one, they're vegan, and two they aren't sickening sweet. I'm so in love! And for the non-vegans, they have a great PB & J doughnut and smores doughnut. And when I used to eat bacon, I would get their bacon maple dougnut and bacon chocolate doughnut. I'm sure it would be great with tempeh bacon, too...well, maybe. Hehe.

Tonight I'm making vegan BLT's with tempeh bacon. Hope it turns out yummy! Enjoy this great day everyone!

Day 23

Day 22 consisted of leftovers and nothing new. But day 23 I found a great recipe for vegan french toast that I made with cranberry walnut bread.

Take a bite of THAT!

Anyways,
2 cups almond milk
4 tbsp flour
3 tsp sugar
Dash of cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla

It was really good! Also because I used pure maple syrup. But it tasted so much like french toast! I was so happy.

It feels good to be blogging again. Friday and Saturday were a little hectic and I didn't plan anything to make. Plus we got in a car situation. And you know how fun those are. Anyways, but seriously Friday all I had to eat were vegan brownies and sour patch kids. Oh so healthy.

But I'm going shopping today and getting ingredients to make BLTS with tempeh bacon,  and later this week I'm making my own nut burger and grasshopper pie. Can't wait!

Also, I got one follower! So thank you so much for following! I hope you enjoy my blog! :)

Day 21

On Tuesday, I made breakfast burritos with potato and tofu scramble from Little House of Veggies. It was pretty good! I recommend adding some tapitio sauce for a little kick.

I used spinach burritos. Mmmm! Last night for dinner I went to a Japanese restaurant and had a bowl of miso soup and Wakame salad. Then I ran over to Jamba Juice and had straight carrot/orange juice. It was all really good! I can't believe I only have 7 days left. This month has gone by so fast. Not that I'm going to stop my veganism. It wouldn't right to know all I know now about meat and dairy and suddenly start eating animal products again.

Alright, time for the day and the Kooks.

Day 20

Went to Clarks Corner again for dinner and had a spinach salad with a side of sweet potato fries. I came home with a sweet tooth so I looked in the dessert section of La Dolce Vegan! and found a simple apple crisp recipe.

Before going in the oven.

 After. Mmmm! Quick, easy, and delicious. You can basically substitute anything you want in for the apples. Plum crisp is my favorite. Pear would be good, too.

Filling
2 apples, cored and chopped
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp flour

Topping
1 tbsp flour
3 tbsp sugar
1 cup rolled oat flakes
3 tbsp margarine, room temperature

Preheat oven to 375 and lightly oil 8 inch baking dish, or little ones like in the picture. In a medium bowl combine apples, sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, and 1 tbsp flour. Spoon mixture into baking dish. In another medium bowl, stir together flour, sugar, oats, and margarine. Sprinkle on top of apples and bake for 40-45 minutes until browned on top. Enjoy!

La Dolce Vegan! has some really great recipes. The only thing is there aren't many pictures, but that's just me. Found a recipe for hot chocolate which I may make later.  Sounds like a cozy way to end the night.

Day 19

Yesterday I ate mostly leftovers. But I did go to Tupelo Coffee House right down our street and got a bowl of soul! It's chamomile tea infused with soy milk and honey. It's my favorite thing to get there.

I think I'm going back to Sugar Plum tonight. Woot woot! This week I'm making an apple pie. I found a recipe in Vegan Girl's Guide to Life. I'm quite excited. Have a good day everyone!

Day 18

Yesterday my mom made me vegan chili! I made vegan cornbread to go with it. I also made banana bread as well (but not for the chili.)

Mmmm! You can get the recipe for the cornbread from the ppk.com (post punk kitchen.)

Banana bread! Super yummy! You can get the recipe from dairyfreecooking.about.com. Enjoy!

Day 17

Day 16's dinner consisted of nothing but a vegan mint chocolate milkshake made with hemp ice cream. Pretty good! I also found one of the most simple and tasty vegan snacks while babysitting: crispy tortilla peanut butter roll-up. Oh my god, why is peanut butter the most amazing thing ever. I can't even...ahh. I love food. Anyways, yesterday I went to sugar plum AGAIN! I was one happy vegan child.

The amazing award winning vegan burger!

Mom's humus wrap. That was good, too! I also had a mocha cupcake which I highly recommend if you ever stop at Sugar Plum.

Quite a vegan-licous day! Now to make banana bread!

Happy Valentine's Day!

For Valentine's Day, my valentine (my mother) took me to Sugar Plum for a yummy vegan treat.

 Sugar Plum's AWARD WINING midtown "burger" with a nut patty and tempeh bacon with daiya cheddar cheese and other burger fixings. I can't even give a good enough description of this burger that would do it justice. But it was the best burger I ever had. And it wasn't even a real burger. I was so happy.

Mum's avocado and sweet potato panini. Also delicious!

Vegan sweets! Chocolate covered strawberries, lemon lavender cupcake, a sticky bun, and 3 oatmeal whoopie pies. Mmmm!

My lemon lavender cupcake. Amazing! I don't think I've had a cupcake as moist.

It was a little vegan party in my tummy.

Most delicious vegan restaurant eva! Sacramento needs more establishments like Sugar Plum. VEGAN places.

Last night I went to Evans Kitchen and had their veggie burger. Forgot to bring my camera, but it was quite tasty! Not as tasty as the burger at Sugar Plum, but that burger was the holy grail of all vegan burgers.

Day 12

Yesterday was quite a yummy day. For dinner I made the vegan sloppy joes from Vegan Girl's Guide to Life. SO GOOD! Then I made vegan brownies. I was going to make vegan caramel sauce for them, but I was too lazy.

1 tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, sliced
3 cloves of minced garlic, or about 1/4 tsp garlic powder
8 oz tempeh, crumbled
1 green bell pepper, sliced in strips
2 tbsp mild chile powder
1 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1 can tomato sauce
1 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp yellow mustard
1/4 tsp liquid smoke (optional, but it's good!)

Preheat a skillet with olive oil over medium heat, add onion and saute for 5 minutes until translucent.  Add the garlic and crumbled tempeh and saute for 3-5 minutes until lightly browned. Add the bell pepper allowing it to soften for about 3 minutes, then add the chile powder, cumin, and salt, stirring to coat. Stir in the tomato sauce, brown sugar, mustard and liquid smoke. Turn down the heat to medim-low and let simmer for about 10 minutes, allowing the sauce to coat everything. Serve hot on whole wheat hamburger buns and enjoy! Use napkins. They're messy. Hence the title. Duh.

 Wasn't planning on making the brownies, but they sounded really good. And after making non-vegan brownies for my friend (very tempting), I wanted to make vegan ones for me! They were quite tasty. Next time I'm going to add the caramel sauce to make it a bit sweeter.

 Goes best with a cold glass of almond milk!

2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup water
1 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a 9 x 13 pan. In a medium bowl  stir together the ingredients until well blended. Pour into pan and bake for 25-30 minutes. Serve with a glass of almond milk :)

These were my breakfast. I'm going to have another one now. See ya!

Day 11

Last night I attempted to make vegan carmalley popcorn from Vegan Girl's Guide to Life which I was really looking forward to, but unfortunately I burnt the caramel. Oh well. Live and learn. Otherwise I could tell it would have been really good! I mean, it looked pretty.

1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 Earth Balance butter
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp brown rice syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
3 tbsp popcorn kernels
1/2 cup roasted nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Pop the popcorn kettles and spread on greased baking sheet. If adding nuts spread out with popcorn. In medium saucepan bring brown sugar, maple syrup, rice syrup,  and margarine to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring often. After it has deepened in color and thickened, remove from heat and add vanilla, salt, and baking soda. Pour the caramel over the popcorn and put in oven for 10 minutes. Remove and allow to cool slightly before eating. Enjoy and don't burn the caramel!

Day 10

Last night for dinner I made udon noodles from the farmers market with thai peanut butter sauce. It was super good! Then again it was made with peanut butter, and peanut butter, well, just makes a girl a lot happier.

Thai Peanut butter sauce:

1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup water
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp lime juice
2 cloves garlic, minced and crushed
2 tbsp rice vinegear

In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, mix ingredients until sauce becomes smooth and creamy. Serve over...anything! In this case udon noodles that I just heated in the microwave for 2 minutes. Enjoy!

Day 9

Got lots of yummy vegan treats from the Co-Op yesterday. Including spinach bolani with humus!

 Ahhhh love.  We also got cocunut mocha almond fudge ice cream. Tastes like the real thing! So good I just ate it out of the carton.

Tonight I'm making udon noodles with peanut butter sauce. Yum can't wait!

Day 8

Last night I had delicious red skin hash browns with ketchup and a side of broccoli soup. I love potatoes!

 Going shopping today to get ingredients for the sloppy joes, carmally popcorn, and strawberry cupcakes. Mmmm can't wait!

Sweet Tooth

Last night I indulged myself in a vegan junk food treat.

 Yes, they're vegan! And full of sugar! Other vegan candy includes sweedish fish, redvines, twizzlers, oreos (what whaaat!), cracker jacks, nutter butters, and many others. I am so happy!

Day 7

Enchiladas went bad fast. Next time I think I will try a different recipe without the tofu. But anyways, for dinner I came home and made pesto pasta with the left over pesto sauce from the pumpkin bolani from last week. Quick and simple and yummy!

I boiled whole wheat pasta for about 10 minutes with about 1/2 tsp. of salt and mixed the pesto with it when it was drained. I love pesto! I also had a side of the vegan rosemary bread. Now off to watch a documentary, Forks Over Knives, about the affect of animal based and processed food. Should be very interesting. My mom says it's really good.

Also, kudos to my mom for juicing this whole week with all this food I'm making that she could be eating. She also made me vegan cream of broccoli soup. Yum!

Day 6

I am not definitely not wasting any food through this project. Yesterday for breakfast I ate my cinnamon rolls, for lunch my wild rice salad, and for an after school snack a couple of the enchiladas.

For dinner, my mom used the rest of the sweet potatoes and made me mashed sweet potatoes with a side of mustard greens and rosemary bread with almond butter. Delish!

Day 5

Yesterday was a big messy cooking day, but I was very pleased with the results. For breakfast I made sweet potato pecan cinnamon rolls from  healthyfoodforliving.com.

My food processor stopped working right when I was about to make the sweet potato glaze, so it was a bit chunky. I really didn't taste much of the sweet potato, but they still were really good. I could eat the pecan filling by itself!

For dinner I made wild rice salad with oranges and roasted beets from theppk.com (Post Punk Kitchen.) I think this was my favorite dish I made yet. I didn't realize that I actually liked beets until I made this dish!

 They're so pretty!

 All the fixings.

Final product!

It made a lot of salad. I also had a side of vegan rosemary bread from the farmers market. Yum! Planning on making a savory french toast with it.

Day 4- Dinner

For my dinner last night, I made delicious black bean enchiladas from www.happyherbivore.com. Get the recipe at www.happyherbivore.com/recipe/smokey-black-bean-enchiladas.

I put the tortillas in a oiled pan for a couple of seconds on each side to loosen them up so it's easy to roll your enchiladas. 

The tofu and bean mixture.

Before going in the oven!

 Final Product. Yum! I love eating something good and knowing that it's good for me.

The recipe calls for canned enchilada sauce which is perfectly fine. But with this recipe  I made my own enchilada sauce: