Raspberry Sauced-Up Portobello Burger

Have I mentioned how much I do NOT like mushrooms?  Well if I haven't, here goes:  I hate mushrooms.  My honey on the otherhand LOVES them...to the point he could eat them every night.  He brought me this recipe that looked good to him and I cooked it up. It had a wonderful marinade of raspberry jam, OJ, soy sauce.  I have no idea how good it was except that he tells me it was!  I sliced up some sweet potatoes into fries and baked them which is one of MY favorites!  And as usual, a chopped up avocado made it on our plates.

Snacks....

It's always a challenge to find Vegan-friendly "snacks" while we are out and about running errands.  Rubio's is one of our favorites.  Nothing beats some black beans, chips and yummy chipotle salsa! All for cheap too...very cheap.

Sausage and Lunch Meat

Once again, gotta give it up to Vegan Dad for his amazing recipes.  I spent most of Sunday in the kitchen making various things, but these two recipes still have me smiling today.  First, Homemade Sausage which may not look too appealing (please no jokes, ha!) but tastes just-like-sausage.  I made a big batch and froze for future use.  Next, Lunch Meat which also came out great but now that I look at the picture from Vegan Dad, I will have to slice mine much thinner next time.  The nice thing about the lunch meat is you can use it for more than just lunch meat.  Sam had some this morning with pancakes (see Banana Pancake Monday) and I just ate some with toast.

Black Bean Burritos

Got home late on Saturday night and we were starving! I was having trouble thinking of something to make, but then remembered driving by Taco Bell. Now, I loathe Taco Bell. I have not eaten there in years. But while driving by, I thought their grilled burrito and thought "hey, I can do that at home". So, Saturday night I threw together some black beans, spinach, tomatoes, vegan cheez in a skillet. I added some cumin, garlic and other spices. I then filled up multi-grain tortillas, rolled them, put them under the broiler. Once they were done "grilling", I cut them in half and ended up with a nice plate of mini grilled burritos. We cut up some avocado as we do almost every night and then sat down and enjoyed our dinner.....at midnight.

Crispy Tofu with Orange Dipping Sauce

I am not much of a fan of plain ol' tofu.  I like tofu disguised as other food! That has all changed now that I experienced this yummy dish.  I could eat this many times a week.  The recipe is from my new The Kind Life book.  Good thing about it----you can change it up and use any type of dipping sauce.

YUM! Peanut Butter Cups

One of Sam's favorite treats over the years has been Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.  That is a no-no now and boy was I happy to run across this recipe in my new The Kind Life book!  They came out very good....so rich with flavor.  I didn't have any crushed nuts so they look a little plain but next time I will dress them up with some sliced almonds.

Jerk Tempeh and Shroom

Wow, two nights in a row we have had the pleasure of making a Vegan Dad recipe!  Last night it was Ethiopian Stew and tonight we had Grilled Jerk Tempeh and Portobello Mushrooms with just a few modifications because we didn't have exactly everything to make said recipe.  For instance, no peach and no roasted peppers.  But all in all, it came out great and tasted verrrrry good.  Love Jerk spice.  We have been using if for years and years.