What's Been Cookin'

Banana Oat Pancakes topped with strawberries. I make these quite often but wanted to post this pic because I ended up making the oat flour from scratch. It's very simple ... just use regular rolled oats, place it in the food processor and grind. Voila! Homemade oat flour!


Grilling up some veggies. My MIL brought over some green(!) & purple eggplant ... I'm now obsessed. Yum! Yum! These grilled veggies include eggplant, summer squash, zuchinni, butternut squash & onions.


Garlic Sesame Soba Noodles ... I just used regular mushrooms instead of Oyster Mushrooms ... just as tasty I think.


I made these cupcakes for AAH's birthday. They are a white cake with fudge chocolate frosting. ("My Favorite Cupcakes" from The Kind Diet).


Tofu Stir Fry with Soba Noodles. OMG! Sooooo good! I got this recipe from my friend Sarah, who found it in her P90X recipes. It is one of my favorite dishes I've made so far. The recipe only calls for broccoli & onions but I added eggplant (new favorite!), squash & mushrooms. Delicious!


What is a post without an adorable shot of my boy, Joey? Look at that face!


Can I have some more mom?


The new planter box that AAH made for me ... just filled it today with Basil, Cilantro, Parsley & Mint.


Mint.

The Yard, The Dog, The Food

Our yard is looking quite snazzy lately.







My #1 Son continues to crack me up on a daily basis.


Joker Joey.

And ... I've managed to make a few morsels since returning from vacation and sinking into a Lazy Vegan Cooking Funk. I'm getting back into the swing of things.


OK, I lied ... I did not make this (except the brown rice) ... it's from the Whole Foods deli ... but doesn't it look so good?! A vegan veggie tamale & chinese green beans. Yum!


Whole Wheat Pancakes topped w/ strawberries.


Oatmeal, Walnut & Dried Plum Cookies (The Kind Diet). These are a.m.a.z.i.n.g.


I'm aware this looks like a big pile of s%&# ... but it is really good & really healthy! Lentil Dahl from the Green Cuisine cookbook.


Avocado Pesto Pasta from www.ChefChloe.com (my new favorite site).

I have Moroccan Couscous & Garlic Soba Noodles on the agenda this week ... stay tuned!

Sundays

I really enjoy Sundays. I like the idea of Sundays. I even like the way the word "Sunday" looks. It's relaxing ... it's quiet ... it's just a nice, mellow, confident word ... SUNDAY.

I baked up these yummy morsels today. Cornbread Muffins. They are delicious! Yes, I realize cornbread is usually yellow ... but these are made with maple syrup and soy milk ... so the yellow-i-ness of the cornmeal is gone. I also may have baked them about 1-2 minutes too long ... but they still turned out pretty amazing! I had one earlier for a snack with some Earth Balance Butter (soy). Very, very satisfying. I plan on having one or two in the morning for breakfast.


Cornbread Muffins


Salad w/ tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, olives, onion sprouts, avocado, carrots & pumpkin seeds. Topped with Annie's Goddess Dressing.

I also figured out how to add links (yay!)... so I will link up any recipes I use that I've found online. If it's from a book I will type it out for you guys. I am too new to cooking to come up with anything creative on my own yet ... maybe one day. For now all the recipes come from ... somewhere out there. I will add recipes to the end of my postings.

Brunch: Blueberry Buckwheat Pancakes (leftovers from yesterday)
Snack: Pomelo
Snack: Cornbread Muffin
Dinner(1): Salad
Dinner(2): Brown Rice w/ Tomato & Basil & a bit of Kale n' Corn Delight

Just for fun on this Spring-y Sunday:


Our backyard is in full bloom ... oranges, jasmine & honeysuckle.


Lavender & Bamboo

And our two loaves of Frenchie Love ...


Joey


Logan

The Cornbread Muffins recipe is from The Kind Diet.

Serves 12

1 cup sorghum or maple syrup
1 1/4 cups soy milk (or soy/rice blend)
1/4 cup safflower oil
1 1/2 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 tspn baking soda
1/2 tspn fine sea salt

Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Oil a 9x9 baking dish or 12-cup muffin tin. Combine syrup, soy milk, and oil in a medium bowl and mix well. In another bowl, stir together cornmeal, flour, baking soda & salt. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and mix just until well combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 25-30 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. They will be golden brown & crazy delicious.

Enjoy!