Vegan enchilada casserole

 Inspired by a video of Rebbie and Latoya Jackson making enchiladas for the Jackson family. It was adorable. Enchilada casserole with veggies and black beans. Veggies I used: red and green peppers, tomatoes, onions, potatoes, Mexican squash, kale and corn. Topped with homemade sauce, vegan cheese and @traderjoes almond chipotle dip and salsa. Yummy!

My go to salsa. Toast in a pan: 10 dried chile de arbol, one garlic clove, and a chunk of onion until slightly charred. Add to a blender with one can of diced tomatoes (you can use a couple of big fresh tomatoes), lime juice, salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar. 

Good tea and food.

 Just some random pics!

Pizza made with Trader Joe’s garlic and herb dough. Follow your heart cheese.

My mom’s Thai papaya salad (som tum)

Delicious open face sandwich: German seed and grain bread, almond chipotle dip, tofurky, fyh cheese, avocado and tomato.

My aunt brought back teas from Asia. I love all of them!

Vegetable and jackfruit vindaloo.

 

Recipe from Vegan Richa’s book. I love this recipe. I dry roast the spices then make the paste which has lots of garlic, chili and vinegar. I used hot red chili powder. I airfried the jackfruit first before adding it to the pot.

Greek food is top tier!

 Went on a date to a Greek taverna and it did not disappoint!

Gigantes, Melitzanosalata, Skordalia and lemon potatoes.

The Skordalia was firm like a cheese. Loved it!

Happiness on a plate.

Blood orange margarita. 

Heirloom beans

 Stocked up on Rancho Gordo beans for the apocalypse! I had a gift card and decided to go ahead and get a bunch in case prices go up this year. Everything is so expensive now! I’m so excited to cook with these beans.

Coconut pandan cake

 This cake was delicious. I just used an existing coconut cake recipe and added pandan flavoring. 

Crockpot soup

 Crockpot white bean soup made with dry beans. It has potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, celery and cabbage. Poultry seasoning, mushroom broth powder, salt, pepper. Cooked on high for about 4 hours. 🍲 

Healthy bowl.

 

I keep seeing a diet bowl going around of rice with ground beef or sweet potato with ground beef and avocado so I decided to veganize it. I used beyond meat and a healthy mixed rice of brown rice, white rice, black rice, purple rice and red rice. It was delicious. 

Balti curry

 I made a delicious Balti style curry today. I got this recipe a long time ago when I first went vegan from the Internet and I’m not sure who the author is or how authentic it is, but it was so good. A couple things I did differently was to prepare the sauce in the blender after sautéeing the chili, onions, garlic and ginger and cook it along with the vegetables and chickpeas in the pot. I also added Chana masala powder and fenugreek leaves at the end. 

Bread dipping oil

 Made the olive oil, balsamic, green olives, garlic, sun-dried tomato dip that I’ve been seeing all over Instagram. I added walnuts, black olives, lime infused olive oil and artichoke hearts. Delicious!