Pizza: Papa John's

Just a jazzed up piece of Papa John's pizza. I added a bunch of garlic sauce, some cumin, Parma!, and red pepper flakes. The toppings from PJ's were: Green Peppers and pineapple. Maybe onions as well, can't remember.

Nothing special, but still a nice treat.

Breakfast: Pizza Lucé Brunch

WOW! This is from Pizza Lucé's Brunch: Portabello Florentine, basically Vegan "eggs" benedict. English Muffins, spread with olive tapenade, stacked with sautéed spinach, mushrooms, and finally topped with vegan hollandaise sauce!!! Hashbrowns are underneath all of this, and everything is garnished with sundried tomatoes and basil.

So tasty! I'm very addicted to the hollandaise sauce.

We also got a medium pizza with mock duck and "rinotta," which is basically soaked cashews blended with garlic and other spices made into a "cheese." Also very tasty.

Breakfast: Mini-Waffles and Fakin Bacon

I made this a while back. Simple, toasted mini waffles with pure maple syrup and crispy Fakin' Bacon which is tempeh-based. I forgot the brand of mini waffles, but I do know I was VERY excited when I found them. Tasty treat!

Thanksgiving 2007

Wow! It's been a whole month since the last post?!?!?! Sorry for the disappointment. I honestly have not felt inspired to cook much plus I've been quite busy. Fear not! Thanksgiving photos are here!

The whole meal:



Starting with the mashed potatoes & gravy, going clock wise: cranberry sauce, roasted fingerling potatoes, celebration roast, and stuffing.

Mashed Potatoes were homemade, as was almost everything else. I mixed a lot of veggie broth and almost 2 sticks of Earth Balance, then blended it all together until creamy, adding salt and pepper as needed.

Stuffing was almost the same: lots of veg broth and Earth Balance, salt and pepper, and I also added sage and garlic salt mix for more flavor.

Gravy: veggie broth, Earth Balance, flour, browning sauce.

The "meat" was a Celebration Roast which I LOVE. I was not much of a fan of Tofurky Roast, though I want to try again now that my cooking skills have improved a lot.

Roasted Fingerlings: halved or quartered, tossed in olive oil, chopped rosemary and garlic salt and pepper, placed on cooking sheet until tender and a little brown on some sides.

Cranberry sauce: from a can. :P

Overall, quite successful, though I didn't have any veggies. Probably the most carb-tastic Thanksgiving I've ever had. I almost always fill up on the veggies, but I was just craving more carby things so that's how my plate wound up.