This dish is from the My Beef With Meat cook book. It was called the Dr Seuss Polenta Stack or something similar. It consists of stacked slices of polenta, sweet potato (both baked) and tomato with walnut sauce between each. It’s topped with a cilantro lime dressing. The recipe also called for a balsamic glaze to be poured over the stacks which I omitted. This was our first time cooking & eating polenta. The recipe turned out better than we thought it would be.
Sara Lee whole wheat bread, Morning Star bacon, Miracle Whip with olive oil, Romaine lettuce and home grown tomato. Served with cucumber chips.
Over the weekend we bought our first ever rice cooker. It’s a small cheap one. Used it for the first time tonight and are really happy the results. I never could get it just right cooking it on the stove.
I made Vegan Jambalaya (recipe here).
Fruit, Grape Nuts and little pure maple syrup.
The faux chorizo was made with quinoa, pinto beans and a lot of spices. I originally made it into patties for burgers. The next day I broke the leftover patties apart and reheated in skillet for tacos. I think I liked it better crumbled than in patty form.
Notes: This recipe is loosely based on the Zeb’s Waffles recipe from the My Beef With Meat cookbook. These turned out better than I expected. We served with fresh blueberries and pure maple syrup. If you like your waffles light and airy these aren’t for you. They are dense and hearty.
Notes: The texture is kind of weird but the flavor is good. We both like them.
Ingredients:
3 mashed bananas (ripe)
1/3 cup apple sauce
2 cups whole oats
1/4 cup rice milk
1/2 cup non-dairy, non-soy chocolate chips (or raisins)
1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350.
On a sprayed or lined cookie sheet pat out heaping spoonfuls of batter into cookie shape.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Faux Feta-like cheese I made by mixing a little olive oil, dried oregano and fresh chopped basil with firm tofu. On top of flat bread I placed chopped baby spinach followed by the fake cheese, then olives and cherry tomatoes. Baked at 350 for 8 minutes or so.
It worked pretty good for not having a plan.
The taco consists of black beans, corn, black olives, red bell pepper, green onions, romaine and iceberg lettuce.
Looked a lot better than they were. We didn’t finish them.
