Winter Warmer Hotpot.

From Mary McCartney’s book Food. It’s so delicious and warming!

Recipe

Crockpot Lentil Sausage Stew

The pic above is my crockpot with the following ingredients: 

Olive oil, 1 celery, 1 onion, 3 cloves garlic, 2 carrots, 1 potato, 1 can cooked brown lentils, 2 vegan apple-sage sausages, 3 Tb tomato paste, rosemary, sage, thyme, a pinch of sugar, 1/2 tsp cumin, salt, pepper, a splash of vinegar and mushroom broth to cover.

After cooking on high for about 5-6 hours, the end result was this delicious stew that was so perfect! I didn’t have to tweak anything at the end.

Nachos

Glorious nachos I made the other day with the cheese sauce from Hot For Food on YouTube. 

So delish!

Chickpea Spinach and Potato Curry

This chickpea spinach and potato curry was so good tonight! Here’s the recipe:

1/2 onion, chopped 

2 cloves garlic, minced 

1” piece of ginger, peeled and minced 

1 tsp each: Garam masala, cumin, turmeric, coriander 

1/2 tsp chili (Indian chili powder)

1 tsp salt

Pinch of sugar

1 - 16 oz can of tomato sauce 

1 cup coconut milk

1/2 cup chopped broccoli 

1 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed

2-3 handfuls of baby spinach, chopped 

1 potato, peeled and diced

1/2 cup frozen peas

Sauté onions, garlic and ginger in olive oil on medium high heat, add spices and salt and a splash of water. Stir around and and add all the other ingredients and bring to a boil. Add a little water if it’s too thick. Lower heat and simmer covered for 30-45 min.

Beyond Love.

I’m so happy that Beyond Burgers are now available at Costco. You get a four pack (8 patties total) for about $14. A deal!

Ooohhhh, so beef like. These are my fave vegan burgers.

Cooked 5-6 minutes on each side and done!

Quick pasta bake.

I was heating up marinara sauce to have with pasta but I was in the mood for lasagna so I made a quick ricotta out of half a block of tofu they was in the fridge and some lemon, garlic, olive oil and Italian herbs. I also had Trader Joe’s vegan mozzarella. I added kale to the boiling pasta water at the end. This was yummy!

Vegan scones.

I made scones today! I have never made a vegan recipe that was good. These are great! I used this recipe and used 2 tsp of baking powder for every cup of plain flour: https://lovingitvegan.com/must-try-vegan-scones-jam-whipped-cream/

Served with vegan butter, jam, coconut cream and finger sandwiches (tofu egg salad). And hot tea of course!