chickpeas / cookies / dinner / maple / roasted / tofu / VCIYCJ

sweet & savoury & colorful

The Sweet: White Chocolate Chip & Orange Biscotti Recipe modified from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. White Chocolate Chips from Pangea’s VeganSweets line, via Sidecar in Seattle.   The Savoury: Roasted Chickpeas with tamari, nutritional yeast, olive oil, cayenne, lemon juice, cumin and smoked paprika. The Savoury & Colorful: Cornmeal Crusted Tofu with maple … Continue reading »

bowls / Cafe Yumm / nutritional yeast / nuts / portland / roasted / spicy / The Whole Bowl

Yummmmmm Saucccccccccce

It’s a rite of passage for every Oregon-based food blogger: the reproducing of the Yumm sauce. For those not in the loop, Cafe Yumm! is a chain of eateries based in Eugene, OR that feature bowls topped with their signature Yumm sauce. You can also buy the rather pricey sauce in containers at natural type stores … Continue reading »

dinner / eggplant / FarMar / farmer's market / Persian / roasted / stew / veganomicon

World’s Cutest Eggplants become Persian Eggplant Stew

Yeah, most of these striped little nightshade dream boats were smaller than my fingers. This was a multi-step roasted stew. I loosely used the recipe in Veganomicon as a guide. When doesn’t that happen? First, I trimmed the tops off the unpeeled, mini eggplant wonders and sliced them in half, length-wise.  This was roasted in … Continue reading »

dinner / Fresh Mexico cookbook / Marcela Valladolid / mexican / recipes / roasted / spicy / tempeh

Jalapeno and Herb Roasted Tempeh and Broccoli

This meal brought about the usage of positive profanity. For starters, it was Mexican inspired and didn’t include cilantro. Jalapeno and Herb Roasted Tempeh and Broccoli. Served with red quinoa, black beans, carrots and fresh tomatoes. Jalapeno and Herb Roasted Tempeh and Broccoli Adapted from Jalapeño Roast Chicken with Baby Broccoli Book: Marcela Valladolid’s “Fresh … Continue reading »

broccoli / dinner / portland / ppk / products / restaurants / roasted / tea / tempeh

dinner is good: cornmeal crusted baked tempeh

Leigh and Ann’s Homemade Creole Sauce from the Vegan Bake Sale for Haiti spooned over thyme-y, cornmeal crusted, baked tempeh strips. Roasted broccoli with fresh lemon, coarse sea salt and pepper.  Steamed yam with sea salt. I had been craving good ole tempeh. The tempeh strips were marinated overnight in tamari and the Creole sauce (so … Continue reading »