"Cheeseburger" Macaroni

We made a new dinner tonight. It was so wonderfully scrumptious Cheezeburger Mac. I served with broccoli (K and Mike had their broccoli on the side and I mixed mine in with my Cheezeburger Mac). I'm gong to try to be better about adding pictures to my blog, but I didn't get a picture of this meal. There's too much to do tonight before bed to stop and take a picture. Find the recipe HERE

Z man, who is now 8 1/2 months enjoyed some homemade sweet pea puree' and organic applesauce. In a little while he will also enjoy some delicious (not really) soy formula. It's not totally vegan, but at least it's not made with cow's milk! There's nursing story here somewhere if you really want to hear it let me know. :)

Have you tried anything new recently? What was it? How'd it turn out?

New Recipe

At dinner time tonight, I realized that we didn't have food for dinner, so I created something new. Hubby really liked it so I thought I'd throw out the recipe for everyone. :)

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cans tomatoes (I used Italian seasoned and 'chili ready' because that's what was in my house)
1 batch of vegan cheeze sauce
1 - 12 oz package smart ground meat substitute
Salsa (to taste)
Corn
Cooked rice

Method:
Puree cans of tomatoes (I did this because hubby doesn't like chunks of tomatoes)
Add tomatoes and meat substitute to a skillet. Simmer until warmed through. Add a dollop of salsa (or a bottle, whatever makes you happy)
Add cheeze sauce to taste, and simmer until everything else is ready. (I know, I'm really bad at instructions, sorry).
Cook corn according to package instructions
Cook Rice according to package instructions

Put rice in bowl, add tomato/meat mixture, put corn on top.
I mixed mine all up and thought it was wonderful. Hubby ate it in layers (without the corn 'cause he doesn't like corn).

It was really good and I had everything laying around the house to make it. Hubby said that he'd eat it again, so it must have been good for the meat eaters! :)

Let me know what you think if you try it, and what changes you made or would make.

Happy Eating!!

Artichokes, Capers and Sun-dried Tomatoes

My daughter, who is 3 1/2 has gymnastics on Tuesday evenings which leave dinner to hubby. Normally I try to have something really easy (like spaghetti and a jar of marinara), but tonight I went with Artichokes, capers and sun-dried tomatoes. The recipe is from How it all Vegan! and it was FANTASTIC!! Granted, darling hubby forgot the capers, but still, it was amazingly delicious! Munchkin and hubby wouldn't eat it though. They thought the artichokes were yucky. I think munchkin might have tried it if meat man hadn't told her she wasn't going to like it before she had a chance to try it. Grrrrr...anyway, it was a wonderful treat to have my sweet meat man fix me a nice vegan dinner. Maybe I'll start making him cook more often. :)

Oh, I don't have exact measurements for the recipe, but here are the basic ingredients.
Artichokes (1 can)
An onion
Garlic
Sun dried tomatoes
Lemon juice
Capers
Salt, pepper, basil and thyme

Saute the artichokes, then add onions and garlic, let it simmer for awhile, add tomatoes, lemon juice (just a little), capers and spices. Toss w/pasta. It calls for Rotini, but we used penne and it was good.

Happy Eating!

New Meals for the New Year

I got three new cookbooks this weekend! How it all Vegan (HIAV), The Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen(TMVK) (meat man actually picked this one!), and Skinny Bitch in the Kitch (SBITK). Last night I tried a soup and a bread out of HIAV. I made the rustic tomato lentil soup and a Linzed version of the Harvest Herb Bread (I changed most of the herbs and omitted the raisins and nuts). Both were fantastic! Meat man didn't mind the soup (although he thinks lentils feel like peas so he won't eat them) and he really like the bread! It was a great first new meal for the new year. This week is full of new recipes! I'm going to try to make a point of blogging more often.

If you don't own How it all Vegan! go buy it! Right now. Go. Why are you still reading this? You should be going somewhere to buy this book. ;)

Happy Eating!