Pizza

This morning I had it all planned out - home made pizza for supper. This is something I'm pretty famous for, with my pizza stone from Pampered Chef. However, this time I had to do it vegan. Except, when I got home, the dough hadn't mixed in the bread maker. (I was using my mom's - so maybe that's why.) I was a tad heartbroken. But, I went off to Safeway and bought Amy's Soy Cheese Pizza as a base and then put my own toppings on (with more cheese). It was delicious!

I was worried about two things - veggie pepperoni and soy mozzarella. Verdict = both were awesome. The pepperoni was hidden amongst all the vegetables, so I couldn't really taste it. (I might leave it off next time). And, the mozzarella melted wonderfully and tasted exactly the same as regular mozzarella. Success!!

I can envision many more vegan pizzas in the future.

Here's a pic of the leftovers. (I know I mentioned a pizza stone and this is on a normal cookie sheet. I used the pizza stone for the one I made for the rest of the fam - non vegan.)

Taco Thursday

Well I did a bad thing today and although I brought my lunch to work, I didn't feel like eating it and bought something at the cafeteria instead. I ended up with a grilled cheese sandwich and poutine. Good Lord. I think that's a vegan's worst nightmare. But it was so gooooooood. Reminded me of the days at AOL eating lunch with AM.

So this evening, I knew I had to be super good. On the way home I stopped at SuperStore and made up this meal in my head (thank you very much.) I made vegan tacos and Mexican rice. It was really simple, honestly it took less than 5 mins. The tacos were shells with lettuce on the bottom and then a mixture of salsa, black beans, and corn. The rice was Uncle Ben's brown rice that you cook in the microwave with taco seasoning. It was simple, and so good. I could have put some soy cheddar on it, but if you read my last post, you know I'm not such a huge fan.

Tomorrow I'm making my very first vegan pizza. I love my pizza stone and have been dying to use it since I moved back home (cringe). I'm making my own vegan pizza, and then one for the rest of the fam.

I hope veggie pepperoni tastes good.

Cravings

Lately I've been craving a big hunk of cheddar cheese and also bread. I've heard that the number one thing that vegans crave is bacon. I often think of how easy it would be on the way to work to drive thru McDonald's and have a bacon and egg breakfast bagel which would be delicious, but make me feel awful.

So, for now I think about the wedding I'm going to in a week and half and how much better I'll look in pictures and the dress if I don't eat such horrible food.

Also, to get the bread-iness out of the way I made these delicious vegan banana chocolate chip muffins. I found them on this website http://www.veganchef.com/ along with many other delicious recipes which I can't wait to try. I added carob chocolate chips to fulfill my daily chocolate cravings.

This is a pic of the muffins from last night, and then what I had for breakfast today. I haven't been able to find something to crave my cheddar craving. The soy cheese I've bought looks too oily, like something I couldn't want to eat on it's own. I put it on top of a Mexican type dip which people enjoyed.

Any suggestions?