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Monthly Archive: October 2012

Vegan Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie

I’m calling this both a cheesecake and a pie for lack of a closer dessert relative.  It’s got all the elements of a cheesecake.  Minus the dairy.  Rich.  Decadent.  Creamy.  Yum.  That said, it doesn’t have the tang that a cheesecake has.  More like a creamy pumpkin pie I guess? But dang is it delicious. Kinda odd to preface a dessert recipe like this but I just want to convey exactly what this dish is all about.  So.  Disclaimer: If you want a true [vegan] cheesecake, this is the recipe for you.  It’ll wow vegans… Read more >

October 6, 2012 dessert, nuts, pumpkin, tofu Read more >

Quinoa & Seitan with Red Almond Sauce

  I got pretty lucky with this recipe.  I made it with the scraps I had on hand, and it turned out so great I think it’s worthy of repeating. Quinoa & Seitan with Red Almond Sauce Ingredients: Salad 1/2 cup peas 3-4 large carrots, chopped 2 1/2 –3 cups cooked quinoa (or the yield from 1 – 1 1/4 cups dry quinoa) 1 1/2 cups seitan, cubed Sauce 1 cup almonds, soaked (2 hours to overnight) and drained 1/2 red bell pepper 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sesame oil 1 tbsp brown rice… Read more >

October 5, 2012 almonds, quinoa, seitan Read more >

Mexican Layered Casserole

This dish has the essence of a layered Mexican dip with the meal-like heartiness of a casserole.  It’s awesome.  And not remotely complicated to make assemble.   Hooray!  I did something productive in the kitchen!  Mexican Layered Casserole [vegan, gluten free] Ingredients: corn tortillas (check ingredients, some do contain wheat) extra firm tofu tomatoes corn teese nacho cheese sauce salsa paprika cayenne pepper chili powder cumin Directions: Coat bottom of a large (9×11) casserole dish with olive oil.  Layer pieces of tortilla.  Add thinly sliced (drained) tofu.  Sprinkle seasonings on top.  Layer tortillas.  Layer corn… Read more >

October 4, 2012 avocado, follow your heart, mexican food, teese, tofu Read more >

Seasonal mug

Every day there’s a new pumpkin recipe on some blog or another.  And I drool over every single one.  But I’ve been pretty lazy and aside from one batch of pumpkin oats, I haven’t done much else to resolve my lusting taste buds.   The other night I put a can of pumpkin out on the counter so when I woke up I’d see it and do something (anything!) with it.  Here’s the problem.  In the morning I tend to be at my all time laziest.  Adding almond milk and maple syrup to my iced… Read more >

October 3, 2012 nutmilk, pumpkin Read more >

Dinner and baby alike

Coincidentally enough… My baby is the size of a spaghetti squash.  Which was exactly what I had for dinner last night.   Oh man was this ever a fantastic meal.  I knew a spaghetti squash would kick start my motivation!  Dear Fall, Thank you. Love, Elise I roasted the squash the lazy way.  Stabbed it with a knife a few times and let it bake in the oven for ~40 minutes on 375.  Once it had cooled, I cut it open and the stringy flesh just about separated itself from the skin.  Seriously.  Not only… Read more >

October 2, 2012 squash, tofurky Read more >