Rancho Gordo Black Caviar Lentils

 I used Rancho Gordo black caviar lentils to make a roasted vegetable salad with tahini dressing. It was delicious. 

I had a lot of leftover salad left so I decided to mash it with more cooked lentils and added panko crumbs, flour, onion, garlic, cumin and cinnamon. I formed them into patties and cooked in olive oil in a pan. I served them on a bun with harissa mayo (vegan mayo, lime juice, harissa, cumin, agave, salt, pepper) and harissa slaw. Delicious!!!! I was so impressed with this. 

Cajun pasta.

 This is freaking awesome. Vegan Cajun pasta with @beyondmeat breakfast sausage. Creamy, spicy and so flavorful! Recipe by @zardyplants . Recipe here.

Tagine and Harissa.

 

Shakshuka and Sausage & Kabocha burger.

 

Shakshuka recipe from Tables of North Africa cookbook using Just Egg. And the most delicious burger! I made @beyondmeat spicy sausage (that I got from @dollartree) and airfried kabocha squash with curry powder and panko and I made a sandwich with curry mayo and Dijon slaw. Amazing

New rice cooker.

Just wanted to document that we got a new rice cooker. Our 8 year old expensive $110  Zojirushi with flowers on it died the other day. I was sad. Was hoping it would go for 10+ years. I picked up this cheaper model for  $64 which wasn’t really cheap. But this brand makes very good rice! Hopefully will last a long time!

Made a test batch of 2 cups. Delicious!

 

Lentil walnut bolognese

Adapted from the recipe at the Sweet Peas and Saffron blog. I used brown lentils which were leftover from a soup I made. This was delicious!

 

Crockpot Smoky Vegetable Bean Soup

 Delicious recipe adapted from the Soup recipe from Kathy’s Vegan Kitchen blog. I used 32 oz marinara instead of diced tomatoes, added sautéed impossible sausage, used a cup of dried cranberry beans instead of canned and 2 TB of nutritional yeast. It is essential to top with avocado, tortilla chips, shredded cabbage, onion, cilantro and hot sauce. Vegan cheese if you have it!