vegan recipes

Cinnamon Raisin French Toast

April 7, 2011 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Dear baby Jesus this is amazing! And of course if I’m making it, it’s simple! You can use any cinnamon raisin bread for this recipe but I really like the Ezekiel 4:9 cinnamon raisin bread for this because it’s very hearty!

Let’s get right to it, shall we?

Cinnamon Raisin French Toast

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Ingredients:
6 slices Ezekiel 4:9 cinnamon raisin bread
1 cup almond milk
2 1/2 Tablespoons flour
Dash of cinnamon

Directions:

Whisk together almond milk, flour, and cinnamon.

Dip bread into the mixture, allowing a few seconds of soak time on each side because the bread is so hearty.

Into the (nonstick) pan it goes! (Pan should be heated to medium)

Let it brown well on the first side before you try to flip it over or you will end up with a really big mess.

Flip ‘er over and let brown on the other side.

As I get done with each piece I like to put it in a pan in a 250 F oven so that it stays nice and crisp and warm!

Top with whatever toppings you want- I did a drizzle of maple syrup, shredded coconut, and a big glob of almond butter! Any fresh fruit or nut butter would make a great topping!

I’m so in love with these! Hope you are too!

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Smokey Portabella Burgers

April 6, 2011 by Sarah Leave a Comment

You are going to fall in LOVE with this one! This is just amazingly easy to make and so very tasty! My husband loves these and always asks me to make them. Back in the day when I used to eat dairy (eww!) I used to make this with a smoked Gouda cheese. Now I make them with Daiya mozzarella style vegan cheese (Daiya should really pay me for this, haha- I love their stuff!) and I think they taste even better! I’m going to go ahead and apologize for my picture quality- I was making this really late at night so I couldn’t get any grill shots and we were starving so I really rushed through the picture taking!

Smokey Portabella Burgers

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Ingredients:
BBQ Rub(recipe follows)
Portabella mushrooms (the number will depend on how many you are wanting to make)
Daiya Mozzarella style cheese
Burger Buns
BBQ sauce
Whatever burger fixings you like

Directions:

Fire up the grill and clean up your mushrooms (I like to scrape the gills out because I think they’re oogey, but you can leave them in if you like)

Rub your shrooms with a little olive or canola oil so that the rub will stick

Sprinkle them with your BBQ rub and massage it in a bit.

Grill on both sides until mushrooms are soft.

Sprinkle the gill side with your cheese and let it get all melty.

Serve on a bun that has been slathered in BBQ sauce with your favorite burger fixings- sometimes I like to smother in caramelized onions- yummmm!

We also served this with baked sweet potatoes.

BBQ Rub

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Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons light brown sugar
2 Tablespoons smoked sweet paprika (this is the KEY to the whole rub! It’s essential!)
1 Tablespoon ground black pepper
1 Tablespoon coarse sea salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in small container.

Mix well.

This will make quite a bit! Store leftovers in refrigerator.

LOVE!

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So simple flatbread pizzas

April 5, 2011 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Morning!

Last week I met a couple of brand new vegans at whole foods(Hi Angiei!!!). And it’s funny that I met them at the exact time that I did because I had tried to get to whole foods from school and ended up getting lost somewhere along the way, so I should have been there about 30 minutes earlier. But if I had I wouldn’t have met them! Which really makes me believe that I was supposed to bump into them and help them out! God definitely works in mysterious ways!!

Anyway I just loved helping them- they were just so sweet and excited (which was really good for me to see because it makes me remember the reason that I choose to live this compassionate lifestyle!) P.S. I’m coming up on my one year veganniversary and I’m going to have to do something fabulous to celebrate!!

I talked them into buying some of my favorite brand of wraps- California Lavash!

I told them about the hummus wraps that I am addicted to that I make from these wraps, but I wanted to come up with something else to do with them, so here it is- behold the beauty of the flatbread pizza!!! (P.S. they also make a flatbread specifically for pizza, it’s a bit thicker than their regular flatbread)

So simple flatbread pizzas

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Ingredients:
California Lavash wraps (or whatever kind of wraps you like)
Pizza or tomato sauce (whatever kind you like)
toppings of choice (we used caramelized onions and sautéed mushrooms)
Daiya Mozzarella style cheese

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Place flatbreads on a baking sheet

Top with sauce (don’t do too much- you don’t want your flatbread to get soggy!) and other toppings of choice.

Place into oven for around 5-8 minutes. Really watch them- they burn easily! When they start getting brown around the edges they’re done!

Slice them up however you want and serve with a nice salad on the side.

What a lovely easy dinner!

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Almond Butter

March 31, 2011 by Sarah Leave a Comment

I have been wanting to make this for forever! There are several different recipes out there on the web, but none of them really appealed to me and most of them have quite a bit of added sugar. I don’t like sugar in my almond butter, I find that it never really dissolves all the way so it leaves kind of a crunchy/gritty texture.

So I just decided to come up with my own version!

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Almond Butter

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Ingredients:
2 cups almonds
2 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
drizzle of agave nectar (probably 1 maybe 2 tsp)
1/2 cup chocolate chips, chopped(or the mini ones would be good too!)

Directions:
Toast almonds in a 300 F oven for 20 minutes, stirring them every 5 or so minutes (so they don’t burn!). Let them cool completely before you work with them!

Process in your food processor until it reaches a nice smooth consistency- about 10 minutes (for technique help see my almond butter tutorial!)

Add your vanilla and agave nectar. If you don’t like the consistency of your almond butter you can add a tsp of canola oil at this point.

Let it cool to room temp- the food processor will make the almond butter very warm, you have to let it cool down before you stir in the chocolate chips or they’ll melt! Trust me on this one!

Stir in the chocolate chips and enjoy!

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Bodacious Breakfast Burritos

March 27, 2011 by Sarah Leave a Comment

Good morning! There’s not much better on a weekend morning than brunch! We had some pretty amazing breakfast burritos, so I just had to share the recipe.

Bodacious Breakfast Burritos

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Ingredients:
1 package tofu (drained but not pressed- you want a teensy bit of liquid)
1/2 bell pepper, diced
1/2 onion, diced
2 cups spinach
1 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp Mexican oregano
salt and pepper, to taste
tempeh bacon
wrap of your choosing (I like the California Lavash wraps)
salsa, cheese and whatever else you want for topping your burritos

Directions:
Sautee peppers and onions until tender.

Crumble in the tofu.

Add your spices- the turmeric, oregano, and S&P.

Stir and simmer until some of the water from the tofu evaporates out.

Add your spinach and stir until wilted