potato flautas, inari sushi moshi/daifuku, eggplant stir fry, pineapple upside down cake, etc

i know its been a while
we've been way into pies. pot pies, shepards pies, chocolate mouse pies, banana creme pies. and just last night we made an upside down cake with box cake mix and canned pineapple. (easy substitution baking powder and baking soda instead of egg). made a whipped vanilla frosting
kombucha, breakfast fried potatoes with quinoa and rosemary. eaten with katchup and serracha
home grown eggplant, stir fried with shitake, zucchini, basil, onion, garlic, quinoa, grated carrot all wrapped up in a burrito
went to mitsua japanese market and bought some snacks (and groceries)
went to pokez mexican restaurant and ordered potato flautas with rice and beans, guac, all the fixins.
coffee with a spot of soymilk

yesterday had spaghetti with marinara sauce (with frozen veggies and lots of seasonings and garlic - those marinara jars are never flavorful enough for me)
yam baked in the toaster oven (my husband likes margarine on his, i dont)
pot pie with potato, mustard greens, carrots, peas, green beans, corn, garlic, onion, nutritional yeast, a layer of quinoa (cause i'm quinoa crazy lately), gravy, carmelized red cabbage, etc etc etc turned out really good!
what else lately...
beer
taco bell burritos
banana
chocolate coconut milk
kombucha
tofu sandwich on focaccia bread with spicy veganaise, spring mix, tomatoes, onions, balsalmic glaze (from influx cafe)
orange
brown rice and nori seaweed
oatmeal with mixed berries, chia seeds, maple syrup
salted almonds
miso soup with wakame and garlic mashed potatoes
collard green and king trumpet mushroom stir fry with hot peppers and basil...
yeah thats a couple days worth of meals.

what i did with the groceries i bought in the last post

made some amazing tamales. the store was out of tamale powdered mix to add to the masa flour, so i used fajita seasoning mix and it turned out great. cooked up veggies and seitan, sauteed with garlic and onions and all that before put into the tamale goo to cook.

here is a sideways picture of the zucchini noodles i mentioned in the previous post. the spiralizer turns the zucchini around and cuts noodles. baby acorn squash stuffed with seasoned quinoa with seracha hot sauce. baked yam. pasta sauce was made from boiling down a grip of tomatoes, asparagus and other veggies in my cast iron pot for an hour

potato baked with a pool of olive oil diced garlic rosemary, chili powder, topped with green onions and the pieces of potato that were removed to fit all the garlic. homemade whole wheat bread. split pea mash stuff. cucumber jicama apple lime mint cilantro radish salad

kale cabbage and celery with budda'd toast (its just margarine), dal soup

more of that kale cabbage celery onion chinese stir fry. this one is served with fancy ramen(top ramen 'oriental' flavor): roma tomatoes, tofu, carmelized onions and garlic (how i start pretty much every meal), eggplant.

tomato soup. straight from the can

pancakes with peanut butter (syrup not shown), hash browns with bbq sauce

misc. camera uploads

Pizza with olives, roma tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, pineapple, jalapenos. (papa johns). some sort of tea i forgot.

this was thanksgiving last year, it was a vegan potluck. we had lots of alcohol wine is pictured (though i dont think i was drinking, i think i had martinellis sparkling apple cidar) we ate candied yams, garlic and herb mashed potatoes, 3 types of gravy (one country gravy with ground round and two different flavored mushroom gravy), bread rolls AND bisquits, roasted carrots and turnips and mushrooms, zucchini something or other, green bean casserole, a couple different stuffings, a tofurkey AND a field roast, and a couple cranberry sauce options too. 2nd best thanksgiving potluck ever - the best was in 2006 :)

yummy carrot cake my roomate made

quinoa and tapatio, mushroom collard seitan potato tacos on corn tortillas. with nutritional yeast gravy (cheesy) sauce

whole wheat toast with flax seed oil and peanut butter, sweet potato and russet potato mixed hash browns, cilantro, pan fried plantains, cucumber, iced coffee

corn, potato, soyrizo, bean stuff, with the last of the cornbread (got mashed) and avocado

chocolate macadamia nut cookies my roommate made

berry pie :D

a shopping trip: fat papaya, 3 red bell peppers, hunk of ginger, large jicama, 1/2 cabbage, 2 apples, 2 lemons, 5 roma tomatoes, 2 stalks of celery, bag carrots. i probably juiced a lot of that.

pancakes with syrup, breakfast potatoes with garlic and chilis

another shopping trip: 2 bunches of russian kale, 2 baby acorn squash, a red bell pepper, 7 zucchinis (to spiralize into pasta noodles), bag quinoa (grain), 2 heads broccoli, 6 roma tomatoes, 4 yams, bunch of celery, canola oil, 2 onions, grapes, corn husks (for making tamales), bag of gluten (for making seitan), jar of sun dried tomatoes.

i wanna try and photograph my grocery trips more often

bunch of rainbow chard, collards, and spinach, picked from my garden. diced up the stems and added those to the pasta sauce (i let it cook for 30 min+ in the cast iron pot long enough to soften any veggies added - plus the extra time brings out the sweetness in the tomatoes) greens got quick cooked with garlic and onions. 

below: just a work snack. berries and a luna bar - nutz over chocolate

below:  rice and beans and cubes of seitan ham and yellow squash, all cooked together with lots and lots of onions and garlic (always), chilis, covered in seracha hot sauce. thats a mango pit i chewed up after the lunch.

raw zucchini noodles (spiralized. amazingly good) in pasta sauce. sauteed greens with bell pepper, slices of seitan, yellow crockneck squash (i took a bite)

red velvet chocolate wedding cake and champagne <3 (bride and groom vegan. i thought i'd gotten a pic of the dinner but i guess not. it was delicious: yummy bread rolls, spring mix salad, penne pasta with tomatoes, mushrooms, misc. veggies, lentil cakes over sauteed greens. good stuff)

below: gallo pinto (rice and red beans, kind of sweetened with carmelized onions and garlic.) and pancakes with cinnamon. syrup not shown.

an option at my work. veggie sandwich without the cheese and all the goods added. peppers and such. i was lucky the bread was vegan. many deli breads have milk and the whole wheat ones often will have honey for some reason.

yesterday i ate potato pancake things, my roommate was trying to recreate the potato hammys they sell at hamiltons tavern. its a seasoned fried potato patty in a burger thing. delicious. my roommate finally figured it out. you have to really fry it. before that i had a jalapeno baguette with jalapeno seasoned hummus and vanilla coconut milk and a 'z-bar' mini clif bar thing. before that veggie soup from pokez (pictured from a while ago below), blueberry kombucha. pancakes with blueberry syrup. vitamin (of course). orange juice. toast with blueberry jam. blueberry rooibos tea (i've been on a blueberry kick)

the other day i had sweet potato fries, strawberry raw cheesecake (casa de luz), ants on a log (celery peanut butter raisins), bean burritos, rice and beans, i've been super into mexican food lately. mexican food with extra greens. soyrizo burritos. peanut butter and blueberry jam sandwiches. garden salad. spinach 'feta' calzone thing my roommate made - i think he used tofu and tofutti and italian spices for the feta part. turned out really REALLY good. maybe i should make a recipe page too.

more misc. photo uploads. mostly restaurants

heres a santanas burrito (MXN, checked ingredients, beans are not vegan, so i usually order the veggie and combine rice, mushrooms, avocado, and lettuce or potatoes, then i pile on the salsas)

heres a better one, pokez restaurant. my husband is eating tofu potato mushroom enchiladas with rice and beans, i have the veggie soup with avocado, rice and beans and corn tortillas, and cole slaw. ordered vegan.

indian princess restaurant: na'an, veggie biryani, and pickled vegetables. have to ask for no butter

i made a berry pie

subway sandwich on italian bread (wheat bread not vegan), loaded on the veggies with avocado. but no lettuce until the end or else they usually just pile on the lettuce and skimp on the good stuff... even then you have to request they add more than 3 thin slices of tomato. i usually ask for as many slices of vegetables as possible before they threaten to charge more. loaded with vinegar and olive oil and pepper and spicy peppers too. i think this one had spinach instead of lettuce.

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below is a shopping trip

some steamy pasta dish with mushrooms, zucchini, eggplant, and spices

beet brussel sprout fry, rice and bean pilaf thing, mashed potatoes and tofurky smothered in gravy

another steam pasta dish. this one with mustard greens, garlic and capers

del taco - bean burritos and veggie burritos (without cheese or sour cream)

potatoes and kale, chili ramen, shopping lists

today was incredibly lazy and not the best example.

had breakfast at a friends house. thinly sliced potatoes, spices, tons of chopped kale (purple and russian), leftover rice and beans, all mixed up with garlic and hing (onion flavored spice- also called asafetida. we didn't want to run to the store for onions) topped with seracha chili sauce. kombucha

a lot of strong yerba mate tea

made some fancy ramen. filled a seasoned cast iron pot with water, added sliced brussel sprouts, a couple yam ends (thrown away from previous meal - you can also save onion bottoms and collard stems for broth seasoning), a bulb of sliced garlic, a 1/2 cup of masa corn flour, a splash of apple cider vinegar, turmeric, dashes of cumin and crushed red chilis (from papa johns pizza packet). let those boil for a while to extract flavor. then added 4 cakes of Top Ramen noodles (not maruchan!), but only used 2 seasoning packs, 1 chili and 1 oriental (the only vegan flavors i know of. i saved the other 2 seasoning packets in my spices drawer. let that boil till it thickened a bit. good stuff. if you're gonna eat crap like ramen, best to mix it with healthy things

heres a couple grocery lists:

shopping trip: $15.19 2 large celery stalks, 2 lemons, .39lb granny smith apples, .58 lb fuji apples, .36lb ginger root, 1.17lb cabbage, 4lb papaya, bag carrots, 1.56lb red bell peppers, 1.15lb roma tomatoes, 2.79lb jicama. most of this got juiced.

shopping trip: $40.45 2 packs wheat tortillas, corn tortillas, pancake syrup, frozen potatoes o'brien (just means they added bell peppers. this is easy enough to make, but i was hungry when i went shopping - never do that), bob's gluten flour (to make seitan), hummus mix, bag cauliflower, 1.27lb collard greens, red onions, 5lb bag wheat flour, vegetable oil (i buy the high omega stuff), 2lbs brown rice, soysage patties (like i said, never shop when hungry. these were yummy, but processed foods are less healthy and more expensive)

and below some recent meals: jyoti bhanga restaurant, my husband got the neatloaf (meatloaf) with mashed potatoes and 7 grain bread, i ordered the 'peace, love, and bliss burger' (i know), with salad, herb tahini dressing. sooooo good.

below, something I made. roasted roots (beets, carrots, potatoes, yams, onions with rosemary), spinach mash with north african spices (my husband liked this one the best), wild rice, yellow squash, brown rice, and red bean fry - a modified gallo pinto, of corse with tons of garlic.

and below, the next day at work - my packed lunch. usually i dont buy things like chocolate peanut butter meal bars, but i found myself getting gas at 7-11 before work and i hadn't eaten breakfast.

today was incredibly lazy and not the best example.

had breakfast at a friends house. thinly sliced potatoes, spices, tons of chopped kale (purple and russian), leftover rice and beans, all mixed up with garlic and hing (onion flavored spice- also called asafetida. we didn't want to run to the store for onions) topped with seracha chili sauce. kombucha

a lot of strong yerba mate tea

made some fancy ramen. filled a seasoned cast iron pot with water, added sliced brussel sprouts, a couple yam ends (thrown away from previous meal - you can also save onion bottoms and collard stems for broth seasoning), a bulb of sliced garlic, a 1/2 cup of masa corn flour, a splash of apple cider vinegar, turmeric, dashes of cumin and crushed red chilis (from papa johns pizza packet). let those boil for a while to extract flavor. then added 4 cakes of Top Ramen noodles (not maruchan!), but only used 2 seasoning packs, 1 chili and 1 oriental (the only vegan flavors i know of. i saved the other 2 seasoning packets in my spices drawer. let that boil till it thickened a bit. good stuff. if you're gonna eat crap like ramen, best to mix it with healthy things

heres a couple grocery lists:

shopping trip: $15.19 2 large celery stalks, 2 lemons, .39lb granny smith apples, .58 lb fuji apples, .36lb ginger root, 1.17lb cabbage, 4lb papaya, bag carrots, 1.56lb red bell peppers, 1.15lb roma tomatoes, 2.79lb jicama. most of this got juiced.

shopping trip: $40.45 2 packs wheat tortillas, corn tortillas, pancake syrup, frozen potatoes o'brien (just means they added bell peppers. this is easy enough to make, but i was hungry when i went shopping - never do that), bob's gluten flour (to make seitan), hummus mix, bag cauliflower, 1.27lb collard greens, red onions, 5lb bag wheat flour, vegetable oil (i buy the high omega stuff), 2lbs brown rice, soysage patties (like i said, never shop when hungry. these were yummy, but processed foods are less healthy and more expensive)

pancakes to sandwiches

quick breakfast, toast mashed avocado with pepper and tomatoes

sandwich with lettuce tomato onions, veganaise, dijon mustard, salsa, avocado, seracha hot sauce oranges
gingerbread cookies and tea

hush puppies with bbq sauce, orzo pilaf with cauliflower
7 bean soup with quinoa and bulgar (and celery and stuff) cornbread with onions and garlic
blueberry strawberry spinach smoothie pancake with blackstrap molasses and syrup, bananas
leftover burritos. soup lettuce cornbread hot sauce, pretty good actually. tea
herbed biscuits with raspberry jam and blk tea
bowl noodle hot soup with garlic sauteed asparagus and 11.11.11 stone beer!! (happy 11.11.11)
pineapple pancakes with agave syrup and apple butter, grapefruit juice (from the tree)

unpictured, yams pasta with sauteed mushrooms and tofu. almonds. hot applesauce with cloves and cinnamon. sugar cookies with chocolate frosting. bean burritos.

pizza, soyrizo scramble, spaghetti

Pizza from papa johns (all the veggies, pineapple only on half) last night. dr pepper.

had a slice while making breakfast this morning. leftover pizza is the best! now i just have to avoid eating those extra garlic sauce packs!

garlic sauce=evil.

I drank some kombucha tea.

while preparing

breakfast, which was a soyrizo scramble with collards,

cauliflower (tastes like potato in strong dishes like this), onions, spicy chipotle black bean sauce, garlic mashed into walnuts(great way to sneak nuts and seeds into

your diet, mashing garlic with them disguises flavor and adds texture) over brown rice (leftover from yesterday's sushi)

Then went to get some boba taro tea, only SOME boba is vegan because some places use cow's milk. boba is just sweetened flavored tea with tapioca pearls. This place was by city college, they use soy instead of milk, and non-dairy sweetening flavor powder stuff.

a banana for snack.

later had 2 strawberry margaritas, corn chips and 2 types of salsas (green chunky and thin red), lime, guacamole.

pica fresa mexican candy + tamarind pulp

(went to mexico, almost bought a tortilla press).

then i ate another banana.

Dinner was spaghetti with garden marinara sauce (prego) (mushrooms and peppers mostly) and yams.

and later, wasabi seaweed snack.