Casserole and Cookies.

Creamy Chickpea Tahini Casserole (the famous recipezaar recipe) with spinach and olives. I love this to bits.


Isa's recipe for chocolate chip cookies. I added coffee flavored chips to mine. The best cookies ever. These were gobbled up in record time!

Kale Pesto Linguine and Thai Coffee Agar Dessert!

I've never made pesto with kale before. I've made it with basil of course, broccoli, arugula, cilantro and spinach. I had two big bunches of kale in my fridge that needed using up so I decided to give it a go. I processed fresh kale with walnuts, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice and a little bit of salt. It came out nice and creamy but was quite bitter. I was a little disappointed. I ended up sauteeing some tomatoes and garlic in olive oil and added the pesto to the pan to cook it out a bit. It lost a lot of the bitterness as a result so I was good to go. I tossed it with hot linguine and topped it with "Parmezano Sprinkle" (almonds, nutritional yeast, miso, salt).

For dessert I had Thai coffee flavored jelly agar dessert. If you remember the last one I made, this is the same thing just a different flavor. It was so delicious. I like coffee flavored everything so this was a treat. This flavor worked much better with the sliced bananas.

Raw Red Pepper Soup

Since I've been doing soups for the week, I figured it was about time to make a raw soup. I got this idea from a friend at work. We got some beautiful organic red bell peppers that we weren't using so we brought them home. I wanted to use them up before they spoiled so I whipped up this raw soup in my blender this morning. It's very flavorful and sweet from the peppers with a spicy kick from the jalapeno!

Raw Red Pepper Soup

2 large red bell peppers, chopped
4 ribs celery, sliced
1 or 2 cloves of garlic
1/4 cup raw unsalted cashews
2 tsp. red miso paste
2 TB chopped jalapeno (or more if you are so inclined)
2 TB olive oil
2 cups water
freshly cracked black pepper to taste

Put all ingredients in a blender and blend on high speed for a few minutes until completely smooth. You may top this soup with a raw salsa, avocado or fresh corn kernels for texture.

10 Stupid Questions Vegans Get Asked

Someone forwarded me this link this morning. It's quite funny and I do find that I get asked a lot of these questions. Number 2 and 6 make me laugh, laugh, laugh....
Read Article. (for entertainment purposes only)

Sephardic Red Lentil Soup (with Kale)

Oh my this soup is good! It is so rich in flavor; it's earthy, tangy and just tasty! It's the Sephardic red lentil soup recipe from the coobook "Olive Trees and Honey" which happens to be one of my favorite vegetarian cookbooks. Seriously, go buy it right now. I made a big pot of this soup which is flavored with garlic, onions, cumin, olive oil and lemon juice. Soooo good. I served some to my dad who ate it over rice (he eats everything over rice, even pasta!) and he loved it. I'll be happy to eat this soup all week. I added chopped kale at the end which gave the soup some texture as well as giving a little color.

Sunday Eats.

We don't celebrate Easter so no big dinner or anything. Just a veggie-full sub sandwich with cheesy kale chips on the side and Dodger baseball on TV.


I also made Mexican Chocolate Cake with chocolate ganache icing. I had a couple pieces that were really chocolatey and spicy!

Thai Jelly Agar Dessert

I bought a packet of this at Bangkok Market on Melrose last week and thought I'd give it a try today. It's the easiest thing ever. You just mix up the packet with 2 cups of water in a pot, bring it to a boil, pour into a mold, add sliced fruit, put it in the fridge for about half an hour and voila! A fun jelly like dessert. It's got a very nice fruity and not too sweet flavor. The sliced bananas upped the sweetness a bit more. I liked the bananas in it but I think their flavor overpowered the jelly a little too much. I think I'd rather have it plain next time. And in case you're wondering, no this does not feel or taste anything like Jello. By the way, Jello is made from gelatin which is derived from animal connective tissue, skin and bone, ew! This product is made from agar which is derived from algae that has thickening properties like gelatin. Ingredients of this product: Agar agar, sugar, anti-caking agent, silicon dioxide, artificial flavor




Look at that lovely green!