Taco Salad

Simple, filling taco salad consisting of taco seasoned TVP, lime corn, and spicy black beans. I also added hot sauce and taco sauce.

Salad: Raspberries, Figs, Lettuce and Dressing

This was a nice little salad I had at a sit-down meal function. Lettuce, rasperries, one fig sliced in half and a vinaigrette. Simple yet tasty, better than many iceberg lettuce salads I've had to endure.

The Phyllo Experiment

This is the result of my experiment with phyllo. I've never worked with it before, and don't know if I want to again! I've always read that it's quite labor intensive, and that is an understatement. I was also ill-equipped and low on counter space, which made it really tough. I had no pastry brush (where did mine go?!?!) and no plastic wrap. I was able to piece together a decent set up to prevent drying out, but it was still quite the chore.

I made two fillings: one with Morningstar Chik'n Strips diced up into a blended mixture of spinach, canned artichoke hearts, squash and garlic. The other was a more simple filling of just vegan pesto and the Chik'n. I liked the artichoke filling better, but overall bother were rather "meh." I was going to incorporate vegan cream cheese but the container in my fridge was growing...something. I decided it was best to throw it away and make up a different filling.

Another shot:



Next time I'd like to try something more all in one dish, so I don't have the hard layering and folding, just layering in one baking dish. Something such as baklava or I was thinking maybe vegan cream cheese with medjool dates and nuts and shredded coconut? We'll see, I've still got another roll of phyllo in the freezer.

Berry Breakfast Waffles with Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter

Happy 100th Post to me!

Yum! This was a fantastic and filling berry breakfast. Frozen flaxseed waffles with a generous spread of both Smart Balance Light and Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter. Then they are topped with an even more generous mound of fresh blackberries and blueberries as well as maple syrup. I served this with a glass of strawberry soymilk.

Another photo, a close up: