Mmmmm, mock chicken salad.

Now that I am back from my trip, I can start to have a normal cooking schedule. I usually plan 3 different meals (with leftovers) for the week. I looked through a cookbook my vegan friend Danielle gave me for my birthday (Was she premeditating about getting me to join Vegan MoFo?), and chose the Mexican Tortilla Soup and parsley, rosemary, sage, and thyme biscuits, and Macadamia Encrusted tofu. All are available in "The 30 Minute Vegan" by Mark Reinfeld and Jennifer Murray. I ran by Whole Foods to grab some Miso soup, and while I was there I picked up some mock chicken salad. I had this a few weeks ago, and all I can say is yum! I swear it tastes like the real thing! And I grabbed a Tom's Tobouley Wrap for lunch and a small salad. I also need to get WF's Balsamic Dressing, it was amazing! Anyway....The soup is more like a chili, and I should put corn in too, but it is really good. The biscuits.....well I did not have spelt flour, so I used whole wheat flour. And the recipe says it will be sticky. Not really...it was dry, so I added some more soy yogurt. They looked like dried poop, but tasted good. I will get some spelt flour and remake them. As a bonus, I use some dried sage from my own planters! I hope that the tofu recipe works out just as good, but my hubby and I decided that cashews would be a better crust.....Mmmmm, cashews!

I am hungry again talking about all this food....so I am off to find a snack. Maybe some mock chicken salad?...Mmmmm

Good 1st morning of Vegan MoFo!

Let's start this off by having a disclaimer.....I am not a morning person. So in all honesty, "good morning" is really not something I like to hear or say. Okay.....

Today is the first day of my trip to Veganland. I am an omnivore, and although I could give up most meat, I do like milk products, like cheese, butter, and cream. They work so well in my baking. And I can bake the crap out of some cookies. And I will....but I will not eat any this month. In fact, I am making some for the crew of the Breast Cancer 3 Day, which I am a part of....Go Route Safety!

Today was also my Weight Watchers meeting, where as a Lifetime member, I have to weigh in at the 1st of the month. Whew! thank goodness that is over for 30 more days. I swear it gives me stomach aches just stressing over maintaining my weight.

I had some almond butter and jelly for a quick snack before hitting the scales and took a banana to have later. But lunch was tricky. I LOVE grits, so it should be simple to sub stuff out....right? Sort of. Plain soy milk, veggie cheese shreds, and vegan butter in place of the regular stuff really didn't have the same taste. I may use nutritional yeast next time, I just forgot I had some. And the cheese was not very melty....I at least know what to have for dinner, Sloppy Joes. Made some last night for dinner, so its left-overs for me since I have to work late. I fed some to my daughter without telling her what I made it with and she ate it without any problems. But I was less than pleased with McCormick's seasoning packet. I will try to find the Manwich brand and see if that helps.

Well, on with the rest of my day.....