Who says there's no cheese in vegan!!!

ANOTHER SUCCESS!!!!!




Vegan Fondue!!!!!  With bread, carrots and broccoli.

And the critics went WILD- ish!!  The small human gave it 2 thumbs and 2 toes UP!!!  Medium human gave a single thumb up, declaring The Melting Pot makes better fondue.  It is true, they do, but it is loaded with casein so this is as good as you can expect here!!   LOL

This is from the Daiya web site.

 

Servings: 

 10  ( I HALVED the recipe, and the nutrition reflects that!)Preparation Time: 

 25 minutes

Ingredients: 

1/2 cup vegan shortening or margarine

2 Tablespoons whole wheat flour

1 1/2 cups water

3 teaspoons Braggs or soy sauce

Dash of liquid smoke

1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion powder

2 1/3 cups nutritional yeast

2 cups Daiya Mozzarella Style Shreds

1 cup dry white wine

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

1 teaspoon dry sherry

Dippers: Baguette (sliced and slightly toasted), apple and pear slices.

Instructions: 

Melt vegan shortening or margarine in a dutch oven over a low heat. Beat in flour and nutritional Yeast with a whisk until smooth, then whisk into the mix the following ingredients in this order : water, Braggs, liquid smoke, garlic powder, onion powder, white wine, lemon juice, garlic and sherry. Let simmer till it starts to bubble. Then stir in with a spoon the Daiya Mozzarella Style Shreds. Turn the heat up a little and let the Daiya melt. Stir the mix occasionally to keep cheese from sticking the bottom.

Serving Size 72 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 157 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 8.0g 12%

Saturated Fat 1.7g 8%

Trans Fat 0.0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 223mg 9%

Total Carbohydrates 12.8g 4%

Dietary Fiber 5.2g 21%

Protein 9.2g

Vitamin A 4% • Vitamin C 1% Calcium 2% • Iron 21%

Nutrition Grade B

WOoo hoo, EVERYONE join me in THE ELAINE!!!!!!

"Two thumbs and two toes up"!!!!

This was the ACTUAL response I was given this evening!!!!!

It was more of a throw together than a "meal"  but I will take it!!

It was sweet potato fries with corn and peas!!!  Most non vegans consider this a bunch of sides, but this is a legit meal......check it out.....  Serving was 1 cup sweet potato, 1.2 cup of peas, 1/2 cup corn.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 307 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  362 Calories from Fat  76

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  8.5g 13%

Saturated Fat  1.2g 6%

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  29mg 1%

Total Carbohydrates  67.0g 22%

Dietary Fiber  11.9g 48%

Sugars  7.3g

Protein  8.7g

Vitamin A 18% • Vitamin C 100% Calcium 5% • Iron 13%

A little bit of everything!  I think the success came from the honey mustard sauce provided for the fries, that also went all over the peas and corn!!!  But hey I will take it as a success!!!

So the fries, are 2 sweet potatoes cut into sticks sprayed with olive oil, baked at 400 for about 20 mins.  Peas and corn just steamed lightly.  Honey mustard was from the blog the other day.


WOOO HOOOOOO!!!  Happy dance!!!!!  ( Shall I go look for the Elaine gif again?!?!?!?!)

You wont believe it!

TWO successes in one day!!!!!

I had made it before the "Mexican night" with vegan cheese in tortillas, BUT I hand made the tortillas and STILL success!!!!  

And there was MUCH rejoicing!


I got the recipe for the Tortillas on one of my all time FAVE sites.... www.100daysofrealfood.com

Whole Wheat tortillas!

• 2 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour 
• 1/2 cup oil ( I used coconut)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup warm water 

1. Mix everything EXCEPT the water in a mixer.
2. Add the water
3. Make the dough into 8 chunks
4. roll into flat circles
5. cook in greased skillet for about a minute on each side.

Then we put in Daiya ( www.daiyafoods.com )  Mozzarella and Cheddar and served with vegan sour soy cream!

Here is the nutritional info on the tortillas...

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 83 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories  260 Calories from Fat  126

% Daily Value*

Total Fat  14.0g 22%

Saturated Fat  11.8g 59%

Cholesterol  0mg 0%

Sodium  292mg 12%

Total Carbohydrates  29.8g 10%

Dietary Fiber  1.1g 4%

Protein  4.0g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 0% Calcium 1% • Iron 10%

Not exactly a meal ( although raw vegans will disagree)

But I just had to blog I had a GENUINE TWO THUMBS UP success!!!!!  I shall dazzle you with the nutritional information before I tell you what it is, shall I??!?!

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 238 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 186 Calories from Fat 16

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 1.8g 3%

Trans Fat 0.0g

Cholesterol 13mg 4%

Sodium 74mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 38.3g 13%

Dietary Fiber 1.8g 7%

Sugars 22.1g

Protein 6.1g

Vitamin A 0% • Vitamin C 74% Calcium 5% • Iron 3%

Looks promising eh?!?!


So the Small Human had a minor misfortune this morning.  Suffice to say when blowing bubbles DONT accidentally inhale, cos it HURTS and is horrible.  Soooo I had to come up with a cold smooth lunch that wont hurt more.

ENTER STAGE LEFT......(drum roll please)

STRAWBERRY LASSI !!!!

1 cup frozen strawberries

1 cup rice/almond/soy milk ( unsweetened)

2 tbsp agave ( adults go to 1 tbsp - I just made it sweet so the kids would eat it!)

1 scoop vanilla protein

1/4 banana

(to make it officially you need 1/2 cup of plain or vanilla soy yogurt, but I didnt have any)

BLEND

Sadly i dont have a picture because the little human drank it so fast!  But a 200 calorie lunch for a50lb, 8 yr old that has protein and vitamins is OK with me.  I am calling it a SUCCESS!!!

WOOO HOOOOO, we will call it a LIGHT meal!

UPDATE...

SECONDS !!!!!! THEY ASKED FOR SECONDS!!!!!!

Trawling for recipes

Yes it is that time.  Although, since I last wrote, I have heard the ACTUAL words spouting fourth from the Small Human's lips....

" Muma, I need crackers and VEGAN cheese for lunch please"!!!!!!!!

  So small amounts of progress are being made!!

In other news this week, we have been out on group day trips and my kids have been eating pure junk.  So while it is nice not to have been shot this week, it makes the Veganization harder and me seem more evil when I place healthy foods in front of them.  If looks alone could kill I would be posting from the great beyond because at the day camp type thing we did on Monday and Tuesday, the morning started with make your lunch.....Medium Human was about to make a sandwich with lunch meat laden with enough chemicals, nitrates and other goops to embalm a small cat.  So I told her that while I would gladly let her have something at restaurants from time to time, the consumption of lunch meat was not even an option; I had made her a PBJ anticipating this (she loves a PBJ) and, uuuuugh, the look I got was a mix of a of

"a pox on you woman" and "may your death be slow and painful".

Anyway, I have yet to decide on a dinner, I am about to hit The Happy Herbivore books www.thehappyherbivore.com and I will come back with a delightful recipe that I hope will be met with moderate optimism - heck I would settle for "it wont make me vomit"!

To the BOOK CAVE Batman!


So I decided on Chicken (ISH) Nuggets!

1 can chick peas
1tsp Poultry Seasoning Mix
2 tsp Veggie broth powder ( I just used one of the soft veggie broth cubes from Repunzel) http://www.iherb.com/Rapunzel-Vegan-Vegetable-Bouillon-No-Salt-Added-8-Cubes-2-4-oz-68-g/30385?utm_source=gb&utm_medium=f3&gclid=CL-6z72x27ECFYao4Aodmi0AxQ
1tsp Dijon Mustard
1tbsp Vegan Mayo
1tsp Braggs Liquid Aminos
1/3 cup Vital Wheat Gluten
3tbsp water

Mash up the chick peas.  Add everything EXCEPT the gluten and water.  Then add the last 2 things.  Stir, mix divide into "nuggets".  Bake at 350 until they are nice and brown.  Flipping every 10 mins is a good idea!

I am going to serve with home made honey dijon mustard ( 50/50 mix of both)

WISH ME LUCK!!!!!

:)  Update to follow.

UPDATE

The chef was NOT shot.  I got a thumbs in the middle and TOTAL consumption from Small Human, and a thumbs down after 2 bites from Medium Human.  My honey mustard sauce got TWO THUMBS UP from everyone!!!  If only it had protein in it!!!!  LOL