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Things I Eat

As a vegan, I look up lots of tasty recipes to make and eat. Most vegan food pictures look amazing! Which is awesome! Makes me want to make amazing food like that even more. But what do you do when your just a normal person? Not a fancy food guru, not a master chef, not some stay at home Betty Crocker.

Just a normal everyday person.

Since I still live at home, and pretty much act like a locust when dad buys fresh produce. And I usually just concentrate on lunches and snacks. Work is where I am more then half of my day.

So here are some things I eat!

Rice with some sautéed veggies 

Spiced rice, veggies, tortillas 

Veggies, soup, fruit

Oatmeal with brown sugar and apples, with coffee

Nachos with anything I can find and salsa

And sometimes when I'm lucky, I get men to cook for me!

And there you have it! Just a slice in the food life of this vegan. Maybe once I get my own place I'll be able to plan a little bit more with my menu. 

But for now, I am content. 

So how do you eat?  

Bratwurst anyone?

Naan Bread!

Happy Monday my fancier's! It's a pretty rainy and windy monday here in Michigan. But that makes toasty days inside with friends and family that much more fun. Today I have Naan Bread for you guys, have you ever made it before? It's so YUMMY!!! I usually eat it while it's being made, because I can't help myself most days. It's really simple to make, and you don't bake it. That was a first for me, you know....NOT baking bread. I want to make other varieties of the bread, but this one is my favorite so far. Partly because I have a great love for onions and garlic, and bread. Goodness how I love bread, I wish we could have an affair together.

So today I also found this website that helps edit photos. I was going to go to Picnik, but it's no longer a site.
So I found Be Funky, it was so fun messing around with things. I'll probably use that site from now on for all my photos. You guys should check it out to!

So remember! Eat Naan warm and with good company, smile (even if it's rainy), and never have a boring photo.

Happy Monday Everyone!

Cooking Monday #6

Happy MONDAY Everyone!

This time I cooked something pretty standard. You know the days were your lazy and don't really want to put anything together. lol Well this was one of those days. Noodles, Sauce - BAM!!! Dinner is served. 

I must say that making the sign in the morning was the best part! 

And most of the time, no one ever left a comment. lol

Cooking Mondays #5

It's once again Monday! Cooking Monday to be exact, and today I bring you something sweet and warm for the cold months ahead.

Cooking Mondays #4

 Can you guess what time it is!!!

Cooking Mondays #3

This was soooo good! Best part is, I made my own bread for the stuffing. I made this for dinner, as the main part of dinner. Luckily I made 4, because I ended up eating 2. This would have been truly better as a side. And though they are yummy! these are best not eaten as leftovers. They get mushy, and since the bread is toasted. It doesn't have a very good texture the next day. 

When you hollow out the tomatoes, make sure you don't take out a lot of the meat from the tomato. Just all the juicy watery stuff. The tomato will absorb most of the flavors, and with all the watery stuff out of the tomato the eggplant won't get to mushy. 

And the balsamic reduction is a must, it says in the book that it's optional. But I really think it's the perfect finishing touch. Just the right amount of sweetness on top of hearty veggies! 

Cooking Mondays #2

Today I will show you the wonders of TOFU NUGGETS! I know I know, alot of people don't like tofu or think it's tasteless. And I'm sure there's lots of negative thoughts in the minds of millions about this wonderful food. But not me, no sir! 

One of the things about tofu is that it's all how YOU cook it. That's where the tastes comes from. I like to think of tofu as a blank canvas. It's only gonna look good, if you the artist make it look good. So it's only gonna tastes good, if you the cook make it taste good. 

So take your time when you cook, enjoy yourself and actually take time to TASTE your food. 

The breading here is pretty simple. You use flour and water for the batter, no need for egg here. The breading is bread crumbs, salt and cayenne. But for these ones, I used Italian bread crumbs, because I was trying to use it up. 

Then you fry it up! Be careful not to get splashed! And the best part about making your own nuggets is, if you want them well done. You make them well done! 

As you can see, I like my nuggets well done. 

NOM NOM TIME! Take a bite! And remember you can always change the seasoning to your liking. When I made these, I was making lunch for my boyfriend and I, we got 12 each....we couldn't finish them. Now if that isn't a filling lunch I don't know what is! 

Tofu Facts

Rich in Calcium, Protein and Iron

Very low in Saturated Fats 

Very low in Cholesterol

Low amount of sodium

Tofu Facts Found Here

Hope you all have a great day! And remember don't just eat your food, TASTE your food. 

Cooking Mondays! #1

So since I cook alot and have all these pictures. I have decided Random Mondays will now be Cooking Mondays! YAY! So here is some Bread!

Making Finnish Flat Bread

Turned out pretty good! 

Also while making this bread I learned how to make vegan buttermilk! all it takes is soy/almond milk and lemon juice! Who knew it would be so easy!

Hope everyone has a great time cooking this week!