Weekend is here.

Arugula pesto that I whipped up with 1/2 a bag of arugula, walnuts, garlic, olive oil and a touch of lemon and salt.

Quick pan grilled portobellos and veggies.

Vegenaise and pesto on both sides of the delicious French bread.

Stackin it up.

Amazing. The lettuce was a fresh compliment to the juicy Portobello, flavorful veggies and oily pesto.

Yum.

Snack time: homemade hummus and pita.

Dashed over to the local Indian market for some imported yummies for the weekend! 

Dinners this week: Salad and Meatloaf.

Made a quick salad the other night of arugula, grilled Portobello seasoned with garlic and soy sauce and tossed in a Dijon vinaigrette. I served it with a baked sweet potato. This was so good.

Last night I made a Magical Loaf out of chickpeas, mushrooms, celery, onion, green peppers, panko bread crumbs and oats. Slathered it with Manwich sloppy joe sauce instead of ketchup. Yum! 

Create your loaf here!

Tonight it's all about the meatloaf sandwich on squishy white bread slathered with vegan mayo, mustard and ketchup!

Grilled Portobello Sandwich, Pesto Pasta Salad, Scones

Grilled portobello, red pepper, red onions on toasted whole grain bread with Vegenaise, arugula pesto and fresh arugula. Amazing sandwich.

Served with arugula pesto pasta salad.

Arugula and spinach pesto mixed with Vegenaise made a great pasta salad dressing.

Cranberry and raisin scones.

Simple Labor Day Food.

Didn't want to work too hard it being Labor Day and all. I simply grilled a Tofurky Andouille sausage and small potatoes and mushrooms on my trusty cast iron grill pan then made a quick arugula salad. I also made a frozen mango daquiri (not pictured). So delicious!

So tasty!

For dinner yesterday I made the Spicy Chickpeas and Carrots from the River Cottage Veg cookbook. It has great flavors: cumin, garlic, orange zest, orange juice and smoked paprika.

For supper tonight we had a bunch of lovely things to nibble on. Salad, tomato bruschetta, white bean hummus, agave roasted cherry tomatoes (that I made yesterday) with fresh seeded baguette slices.

Arugula, cranberries, grilled zucchini, grilled mushrooms tossed in a light italian dressing.

Tomato bruschetta which is simply fresh cherry tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and basil, salt and pepper.

Popped open the Moroccan Olive Salad that I bought yesterday from World Market. This stuff is good! Green olives bathed in olive oil, tomato sauce and spices.

All served on seeded baguette slices. I love eating like this so much.

So tasty!

Tasty English Muffin.

Dinner: Pan fried english muffin with veggie ham and Daiya jalapeno havarti vegan cheese. I ate it with tamarind chutney and a nice arugula salad with cranberry and fried onions. So tasty.

Salads and CAKE.

Amazing salad with mixed greens, big chunks of avocado and leftover chili covered in vegan "thousand island" dressing.

Arugula and couscous salad with orange bell peppers, spinach, scallions, tomato and garlic, tossed in a lemon, white wine, dijon vinaigrette.

My oven wasn't working for about a month and now that it's fixed, I made a cake! A basic yellow cake recipe from "The Complete Vegan Kitchen" and lemon glaze.

I was so waiting for this moment to arrive. Cake is my one true weakness.

Mother's Day Lunch.

Happy Mom's Day to all the motherly ones out there. For today, my mom wanted pizza which we ordered it from her fave pizzeria. For sides, I whipped up the following. All vegan all the time!

Grilled veggies.

Potato salad.

Arugula salad with crispy onions, almonds and cranberries in a lemon-white wine vinaigrette. For the dressing: 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp white wine vinegar, 4 tsp olive oil, a drop of agave nectar, salt and pepper.

My plate!

Edited to add a photo of my dinner! I made Mary McCartney's hummus, avocado and chili jam sandwich yet again. I absolutely love messy and satisfying sandwiches. Mmm, mmm!

A.A.T. Sandwich and Linda McCartney's Tuscan Bean and Cabbage Soup

This is seriously an amazing sandwich. Take two slices of Ezekiel sprouted grain bread, pop them in the toaster to brown. In the meantime, take a handful of arugula and toss with a little lemon juice and olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. When toast is done, spread some Vegenaise on both. Top one with the arugula salad, sliced avocado and the other with sliced tomato. Sprinkle both sides with salt and pepper. Close sandwich and eat. Trust me, it's good!


This soup recipe I got from Linda McCartney's book "Linda's Kitchen". It's an adapted version of her Tuscan Bean and Cabbage Soup. I did everything as written but added zucchini, potatoes, summer savory and a touch of mellow red miso paste.

Semi-Homemade Vegan Pizza.

I was craving pizza so I made this after a trip to Trader Joe's to get pizza dough, marinara sauce, heirloom tomatoes, cremini mushrooms and tofurky sausage. I added lots of garlic and onions too.


I like to dress up my pizza with a fresh arugula salad that was tossed in a light olive oil/lemon juice/salt and pepper dressing.

Hot Days and Salads.

It was a hot day and I was in the mood for a salad for dinner. So I texted my husband from work with a grocery list. My salad has romaine, arugula, sauteed tofu, cranberries, and walnuts. I made a really good dressing with walnut oil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, dijon, agave and soy sauce.

Salad Oh Salad.

I have to say, being a vegan I am not a salad person. I like vegetables and leafy greens but I just can't get all excited about salads. In order for me to order salads at restaurants (especially vegan restaurants where I can get any kind of indulgent meat free option), it has to be chock full of enticing stuff with a really good dressing. Tonight I made this salad because my friend Maile at work always brings these amazing kale salads with tofu, nuts, cranberries and other greens. I kind of wanted something similar to that. I raided my fridge and tossed together romaine, arugula, edamame, bell peppers, corn, walnuts, cranberries with a teriyaki-sesame dressing. And to top it all off, I added sauteed mushrooms and caramelized onions. Now this is a salad worth getting excited about. I ate it all. :)